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S -- CHILD CARE SERVICES SOL SP4700-97-R-0039 DUE 101497 POC Sandy Scales/703-767-1195 or Kevin Conneen/703-767-1165 E-MAIL: kevin_conneen@hq.dla.mil, sandra_scales@hq.dla.mil. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Headquarters Complex (HQC), Fort Belvoir, VA, intends to issue a solicitation to subsidize an on-site Child Development Center (CDC), for use by its federally employed personnel. The HQC CDC shall be operated in accordance with the most current issuance of DoD, DA, AF, USDA, and HQC directives and instructions. Regulatory requirements include references cited in DODI 6060.2 and related DA, AF, and DLA guidance. AR 608-10, Child Development Services, provides detailed operational requirements. All requirements shall be met by the Contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for all day-to-day operations associated with the HQC CDC. The CDC shall open, fully staffed, and ready for business between the hours of 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays). The facility will accommodate 258 children, six weeks to, and including, ten years of age. The primary target for care will be in four categories: infant, toddler,preschool, and kindergarten. If the center is not filled with preschool children, children up to the age of ten may be accommodated. The HQC CDC and its programs, under the direction of the Contractor, must pass an initial DoD certification inspection; annual DoD recertification inspections; and ongoing and recurring announced and unannounced Installation, HQC, and DA/AF inspections. Additionally, the Contractor shall begin the National Association for the Education of young Children (NAEYC) accreditation process for HQC CDC within six months of contract award, and will achieve accreditation of the HQC CDC within one year of beginning the process. The Contractor shall maintain accreditation through the renewal process of the National Academy of Early Childhood programs. The contractor shall have prior experience in the operation of a Child Development facility of equal or nearly comparable size. Offerors shall be prepared to perform the required effort for the listed task areas within CONUS for any resulting contract from this action for a period of one (1) base year and four (4) one-year option years, not exceeding a total of sixty (60) months. No telephone inquiries/responses will be accepted. Interested parties may submit requests for solicitation number SP4700-97-R-0039, in writing to DLA Administrative Support Center, Sandy Scales, DASC-CPM, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6220, fax: 703/767-1183. All responses from responsible sources which are received within 15 days of the date of publication of this synopsis will be fully considered. (0269)

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