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M -- OMB CIRCULAR A-76 COST COMPARISON STUDY TO MANAGE AND OPERATE MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS AT NIAGARA FALL, IAP ARS NY POC Betty Feirick, Contracting Officer, (912) 327-0588 E-MAIL: betty.feirick@afrc.af.mil, bfeirick@afrc.af.mil. SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT. HQ AFRC, Robins AFB GA, is seeking potential small business sources to participate in the OMB circular No. A-76, "Performance of Commerical Activities," study for Niagara Fall, IAP ARS NY, to be conducted by HQ AFRC/LGCP. The information provided will be used to determine if the acquisition will be a small business set-aside. Therefore, to be considered as a viable small business candidate, offerors must possess a minimum of one (1) year corporate experience (Excluding orientation period) within the past five years operating and managing at least three (3) Base Operating Services (BOS) functions of similar magnitude simultaneously at the same installation, with at least one of those functions being either Supply Management, Communications and Information Management, or Real Property Maintenance. NOTE: This is the minimum experience requirement for consideration as a viable candidate; it may not necessarily constitute sufficient experience to receive award of a contract. Failure to submit all required information may preclude consideration of your company as a viable candidate. Minimum Required Information: A capability statement, including summary of relevant experience and performance history (with points of contact and applicable telephone numbers, FAX numbers, addresses and email addresses, if available) within the past five years. The total manpower authorizations for all functions included in this study is 87 full-time equivalents. This is provided for information purposes only and is not to be construed as the Government's manpower requirement. This requirement will cover multiple Base Operating Services (BOS) functions listed in descending order of magnitude of work effort, consisting of Real Property Management, Supply, Communications and Information Management, Vehicle Maintenance and Management, Transportation Management, Lodging, and Meterological Services. However, specific tasks and workload data identified in the solicitation will determine the size of individual functional areas. These functions are integrated to provide complete base operating support to installation customers while focusing on quality practices. This acquisition will be solicited as a competitive negotiated procurement utilizing Technically Acceptable-Perfomance Price Tradeoff (TA-PPT) source selection procedures. The process permits tradeoffs among cost or price and performance factors of technically acceptable proposals allowing the Government to accept other than the lowest prices offeror in order to obtain the best value when it may be in the best interest of the Government. THE EVALUATION PROCEDURES INCLUDING SPECIFIC FACTORS AND STANDARDS WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE SOLICITATION. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 8744, Base Maintenance, with a size standard of $20 million. Contractors must possess or obtain prior to award a facility security clearance at the TOP SECRET classification level. Security clearances for personnel range from Top Secret in the Communications/ Information Management function to Secret in all other functions. The solicitation will require submission of past performance information and technical proposals. Respondents capable of satisfying the requirements stated herein should submit the following information (as a minimum) within 30 days of this publication to, HQ AFRC/LGCP, ATTN: Betty Feirick, BLDG 1000A, Executive Court, Warner Robins GA 31093. Womam-owned and small disadvantaged businesses are encouraged to repsond. Joint ventures and teaming arrangements are encouraged if needed to meet the requirements. As part of our market research efforts, Contractors are encouraged to complete the Service Contract Consolidation Survey located on the HQ AFRC Homepage at http://www.afres.af.mil/hq/LG/lgc/survey.htm. (0016)

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