The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS) intends to acquire inspections, maintenance and repair services for two helicopters: one McDonnell-Douglas 1977 MD 500D Helicopter with tail number N8617F and serial number 570128D, and one McDonnell-Douglas 1990 MD 500E Helicopter with tail number N46EE and serial number 0406E. The Contractor who makes an offer shall have a repair facility located within a 50 mile radius of San Antonio, Texas. This is a total small business set-aside with a 5 million dollar size standard. This procurement is firm-fixed price under NAICS code 488190. For a copy of the solicitation, submit a fax or e-mail request to Jose-Luis Gallagher at
[email protected], stating name, address, telephone number, email address and solicitation number. Fax requests to Contracting Section at (612) 370-2106. The solicitation, 088-M-APHIS-02, will be released on or about February 14, 2003. To download a copy of the solicitation please visit our web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mpls/contracts/cbd.html. The Government intends to provide the solicitation and all amendments via this web site only. NOTIFICATIONS WILL NOT BE SENT TO OFFEROR REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION NOR ANY OF ITS AMENDMENTS. IT IS THE OFFEROR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THIS WEB SITE PERIODICALLY FOR UPDATES. Telephone requests will not be accepted. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. All proposals shall have the solicitation number placed on the front of the proposal envelope. Those bidders who download the solicitation should send an e-mail to the Contract Specialist stating that they have downloaded the solicitation.