NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

S -- CUSTODIAL AND REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICES SOL 8-1-8-AB-30973 POC Lynn P. Southgate, Contract Specialist, Phone (205) 544-0303, Fax (205) 544-5401, Email lynn.southgate@msfc.nasa.gov -- T. Jerry Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone (205) 544-0295, Fax (205) 544-4401, Email jerry.williams@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-1-8-AB-30973. E-MAIL: Lynn P. Southgate, lynn.southgate@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the equipment, labor, supplies, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, and transportation (not otherwise supplied by the Government) necessary to provide custodial and refuse collection services for all MSFC facilities. Custodial service applies to all designated spaces, including, but not limited to, halls, rest rooms, offices, work areas, entrance ways, lobbies, storage areas, shops, laboratories, warehouses, clean rooms, equipment rooms, elevators, stairways and other unique research facilities. The contractor is also required to make special trash pickups and provide cleaning to support Centerwide employee moves. This shall include, but not be limited to: emptying and washing containers such as waste paper baskets, cigarette disposal containers, and trash cans; removing trash; assuring that recyclable paper, cardboard and aluminum cans are deposited in the appropriate collection containers for pickup by the recycling contractor; cleaning spray-on foam insulation (SOFI) area, cleaning drinking fountains, restroom facilities, chalkboard and dryboards, sand urns, venetian blinds (includes repair), roller shades, light fixtures, glass panels, woodwork and baseboards; providing restroom supplies; sweeping and mopping floors and stairways; cleaning outside walkways, stairs and landings; shampooing and vacuuming carpets including treatment to prevent static electricity; stripping, waxing and buffing tiled and composite floors; checking for and replacing burned out light bulbs and tubes; checking emergency lights and reporting findings; cleaning upholstered furniture; policing exterior areas; dusting furniture and ledges; cleaning and waxing office furniture; and cleaning administrative area walls. Also included is the gathering of trash and recyclable materials and placing it in designated collection points. Refuse collection consists of the operation of a containerized garbage, refuse, trash, and salvable materials disposal service. The function will involve, but not be limited to: emptying collection containers, transporting and dumping of trash, garbage, and other refuse at the Post Sanitary Fill or other designated area of Redstone Arsenal, the Huntsville Waste to Steam Plant or the Huntsville Land Fill in accordance with the instructions fo the supervisor at the facility. The contractor shall furnish equipment as necessary to facilitate handling scrap lumber, boxes, crates, pallets, excessively bulky items, and other items of salvable material not readily handled in other salvable material containers. All work shall be performed in accordance with MSFC procedures to ensure safe conditions. The provisions and clauses in the RFP are those in effect through FAC 97-03. This procurement is a total 8(a) small disadvantaged business set-aside. Proposals from firms other than those certified by the Small Business Administration as 8(a) shall not be considered for award. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 7349 and $12.0M, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The anticipated release date of a draft RFP 8-1-8-AB-30973 to be released for industry review and comment is on or about April 15, 1998, with an anticipated release date of the official RFP 8-1-8-AB-30973 to be on or about May 20, 1998, with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about June 20, 1998. All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL of the NASA/MSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office in writing of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0042)

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