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Z -- BOILER PLANT MODIFICATION, PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, KITTERY, ME SOL N62472-96-C-0451 DUE 021497 POC Patti Hemingway, Contract Specilaist, 610-595-0630. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice: The Department of the Navy intends to issue an RFP for Boiler Plant Modification, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the following evaluation factors: 1) Price, 2) Technical/Management factors including a) Experience, b)Schedule, c) Corporate Management, and d) Selected system/Products/Subcontractors. The work includes modernizing and converting the four existing field erected boilers in the boiler plant, building 72 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to fire natural gas and #2 fuel oil as the plant fuels in lieu of the existing #6 fuel oil. It also replaces furnace refactory in three of the four boilers and brings the plant up to current environmental air emission requirements for these new fuels, and incidental related work. (NOTE: A supply of natural gas to the boiler plant from outside sources is not a part of this contract). Estimated cost range is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The SIC code is 1711 and the SIZE standard is $7.0 million are applicable to this contract. The proposed contract (solicitation) will be issued as UNRESTRICTED. Bidders/Offerors interested in obtaining plans and specifications for this project, must send their request along with a Business check or Cashier's check in the amount of $95.00 (NO FAXED REQUEST WILL BE ACCEPTED) to: DEFENSE PRINTING SERVICE DETACHMENT BRANCH OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA NAVAL BASE, BUILDING 77L, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19112-5094. Each check must be made payable to the U.S. Treasury and annotated with the applicable solicitation number. Two sets of plans and specification (prime contractor or subcontractor) will be mail upon availability to those contractors who have tendered payment. If a contract number is not annotated as required or your check is not made payable to the U.S. Treasury, your check will be returned unprocessed. NO PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO PLANS AND SPECIFICAITONS WILL BE ISSUED UNITL PROPER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. If you would like further information on the mailing of the solicitaiton package via expedited courier service please contact: MS DONNA SZLENER AT 215-897-6551. For technical questions concerning the plans and specification please faxed to Patricia Hemingway at (610) 595-0644. Bidders/Offerors that request or receive an RFP package, but will not be submitting a bid/offer, should advise Ms. Sheila Brown by faxed or letter at (610) 595-0646 as to whether they want to receive future pre-solicitation notices. NORTHERN DIVISION WILL BE ISSUING BID PACKAGES. (0317)

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