R -- RESEARCHING AND WRITING AN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT

Description: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, transportation and other services necessary to perform Re-search/Writer of a Historical Manuscript, tentatively entitled; Andrews: Architect of Air Power. This acquisition will require considerable research experience and professional expertise. The project will result in a thoroughly research, extensively documented, unclassified history of General Andrews?s role in the evolution of U.S. air power. Bidders shall be U.S. citizens and shall be eligible to obtain a secret se-curity clearance should archival restrictions on essential documentary material make such clearance necessary to complete the project successfully. The total con-tract period will be for one (1) base year period to include three (3) one-year option periods. This acquisition will be accomplished in accordance with the Federal Ac-quisition Regulation, FAR Part 12 ? Acquisition of Commercial Items, FAR part 15-Contracting by Negotiation and FAR part 37-Service Contracting. This acquisition is being acquired on a 100% Small Business Set Aside. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 711510 and the small business size standard is $6.0M.The solicitation package will be posted around about 15 APR 02. All notices and any/all amendments will be posted and available for viewing on the Government Electronic Posting System (EPS) site at www.fedbizopps.gov. No paper copies will be issued. When the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review the aforementioned site regularly for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. All prospective offers interested in submitting proposals must have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and a current registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at www.ccr2000.com. This notice does not ob-ligate the Government to award a contract; it does not restrict the Government?s ultimate approach, nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation costs.