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F -- RANGE MAINTENANCE SURFACE AND LIMITED SUBSURFACE CLEARANCE AT SITES IN CONUS AND OCONUS SOL DACA87-98-R-0006 DUE 032498 POC Contract Specialist Lydia Tadesse (205) 895-1169 (Site Code DACA87) This requirement is for range maintenance surface and limited subsurface (land and water) clearance services to safely locate, identify, mark and dispose of Ordnance and Explosives (OE) at various active Department of Defense (DoD) installations, and other sites as identified on a case by case basis. The facilities are current active military installations used for military training and other purposes as may be identified. All types of ordnance, bombs, rockets, land mines, grenades, projectiles, small arms and under water ordnance may be encountered. OE range maintenance surface and/or limited subsurface clearance may occur at sites located in the Continental United States and OCONUS. The sites may be currently owned or controlled by the Federal Government or leased, or used by the Department of Defense or other organizations. The period of performance is for a base year and includes provisions for four one year optional periods of performance. The contract type is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity type contract with provisions for issuing time-and-materials, fixed-price, and cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders. The estimated dollar value, including options, for all contracts awarded is $30 million. It is anticipated that multiple awards will be made from this effort. The Government reserves the right to synopsize and award contracts for similar work within the geographical areas described. Evaluation criteria will be based on past performance, oral presentations, and price. Price will not be a scored factor but will be evaluated as to reasonableness, affordability and realism. This is not a request for proposals (RFP). The RFP will be issued on or about 17 February 1998. The RFP will be set-aside for competition limited to eligible 8(a) concerns. Eligibility to participate may be restricted to firms in either the developmental or transitional stage. Telephone requests will not be honored. Prospective offerors shall indicate on their request if they are an eligible 8(a) concern. An eligible 8(a) concern is a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in FAR Part 19, in good standing in the SBA's 8(a) program, and that meets the eligibility requirements for this acquisition. To be considered for this solicitation, the offeror must not exceed 500 employees. The supplies or services to be procured under this RFP are classified in the Standard Industrial Classification as Code 8744, Environmentl Remediation. (0030)

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