DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, BLDG 9507 MS 19, BOX 339500, FORT LEWIS WA 98433-9500

V -- PACKING, CONTAINERIZATION AND LOCAL DRAYAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY SHIPMENTS, FORT LEWIS AND MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON SOL DAKF57-96-B-0043 DUE 091196 POC Contract Specialist Cheryl O'Neal ext. 217 (206) 967-2151 Fax (206) 967-2772 (Site Code DAKF57) Furnish personnel, equipment, facilities, supplies, services and material, except as specified Government-furnished, for preparation of personal property of military members and civilian employees for movement or drayage and related services. Services include premove survey, servicing appliances, disassembly of furniture, packaging, inventorying, tagging, wrapping, padding, packing and bracing household goods in Government-owned and furnished shipping containers, properly secured and sealed for shipment, weighing, obliterating old markings, marking, strapping and drayage of container with in area of performance, loading shipments on line-haul carrier's equipment at contractor's facility. Services for expensive and valuable items include inventorying each item, packing in Government-approved, Contractor furnished container(s), marking, banding and cubing at owner's residence. Storage of containerized articles will be furnished when ordered by the Contracting Officer. Other services include furnishing new containers or specially constructed wooden crates; remarking shipments for reconsignment; repair of containers; assembly/disassembly of Government-owned containers; reweighing and partial removal of items from outer container. Contract period consists of Base Period (1 January 1997 through 31 December 1997) and three (3) one year option periods. All requests for the solicitation must be either in writing or FAX request (206) 967-2772; telephonic requests are not accepted. This solicitation will result in a requirements type contract and delivery orders will be issued. The proposed procurement listed here is being considered for 100 percent set-aside for small business (SB) concerns. Interested SB concerns should, as early as possible but not later than 15 days of this notice, indicate interest in the acquisition by providing to the contracting office above, evidence of capability to perform. If adequate interest is not received from SB concerns, the solicitation will be issued as unrestricted without further notice. Therefore, replies to this notice are requested from all business concerns as well as from SB concerns. Concern means any business entity organized for profit with a place of business located in the United States, including, but not limited to an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, or cooperative. The size standard for any concern including its affiliates with an average annual sales or receipts for its preceding three fiscal years shall not be in excess of $18.5 million. SIC Code: 4783. Numbered Note #26 Applies.(0235)

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