The proposed contract is being offered for competition limited to eligible 8(a) concerns. This is a follow-on requirement. The Contractor shall provide all services, management, administration, personnel, equipment, materials, supplies and transportation except as specified as Government Furnished Property and Services. The contractor shall perform preventive and corrective maintenance, overhaul of electronic equipment; equipment inventory and parts inventory control, including ordering, receiving, distribution and maintenance of supply levels: test equipment pick up and delivery service; remote grounds and facility maintenance service. The contractor is also required to provide additional miscellaneous support, which includes various types of electronic support or services not included in other contract requirements and will be ordered separately as needed. Electronics maintenance is required at shore units, afloat units, and remote sites. The Coast Guard will provide electronics shops in Alameda, Humboldt Bay, Monterey, San Pedro and Vandenberg AFB, CA. The services may be required to be performed at exposed, elevated locations; on cutters and boats; on structures, poles, and towers on land and in the marine environment. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about 03 Jan 2006. All interested 8(a) firms are encouraged to download a copy of the solicitation. The solicitation will include fixed-price service items, as well as task hour, and unit priced indefinite quantity, indefinte delivery line items. A technical proposal will be required and award will be made on best value to the Government. Offeror's will be required to submit a price proposal and a technical proposal under separate cover. The solicitation will be issued via the Electronic Posting System at www.eps.gov under Vendor, DHS, United States Coast Guard, Commander (fcp-2) USCG Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific, Alameda, CA. Telephone, written, and E-mail requests for hard copies of the solicitation package will not be accepted, the solicitation must be extracted from the EPS web site. The NAICS code is 811219. The size standard is no more than $6 million. If applicable all FOIA requests for previous contract information and pricing should be sent to the FOIA Control Officer, Jennifer Mitchell, at
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