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Z -- REPLACE SCADA SYSTEM, CUTLER, ME SOL N62472-96-B-0441 DUE 081497 POC Ted Wallace, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0630. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice: Bidders/Offerors interested in obtaining plans and specification for this project, must sent in their request on company letterhead stating if you are bidding as a prime contractor or sub-contractor/supplier along with a Company Check, Cashier's check, Money Order, Visa and Mastercard in the amount of $35.00 to: DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA NAVAL BUSINESS CENTER, BUILDING 77-L, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19112. Each check must be made payable to the U.S. TREASURY and annotated with the applicable solicitation number. Two sets of plans and specifications will be sent via First Class Mail upon availability to those contractors who have tendered payment. If a contract number is not annotated as requires 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 SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL PROPER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. If you would like information on the mailing of the solicitation package via expedited courier service, please contact: MS DONNA SZLENER AT (215) 897-6551. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The work includes the provision of a new state-of-the-art microprocessor-based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for an existing primary diesel electric power generation plant. The work includes the removal and modification of existing instrumentation, new instrumentation, installation of electrical cabling, conduit, computers, calibration and incidental related work. Estimated cost range is $500,000 -- $1,000,000. The SIC code is 1731 and the Small Business Size Standard of $7 million are applicable to this contract. The proposed contract (solicitation) will be issued as unrestricted and is subject to the evaluation criteria set forth in DFAR 252.219-7008 -- Notice of Evaluation Preference for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns -- Construction Acquisitions -- Test Program (APR 1996). For technical questions concerning the subject notice, please faxed to Mr Ted Wallace at (610) 595-0644. (0177)

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