U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attn: ORDSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

99 -- ESTIMATING COSTS FOR MOVING SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT SOL u2D026 POC Karen Z. Gibson, Contract Specialist, (919)541-4556 WEB: Click here for documents related to this notice, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, gibson.karen@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for a contractor to estimate the costs and time required for moving scientific equipment and cost for fabrication of a new aerosol wind tunnel. The equipment is currently located in Research Triangle Park, NC and will be moved from its present location into the new EPA building currently under construction in Research Triangle Park, NC. This requirement is for estimates only. The contractor shall estimate the time and costs of disassembly, preparation for moving, moving, and reassembly of the equipment. This equipment includes such laboratory instruments as balances, particle analyzers, microscopes, and work benches. The contractor shall also estimate costs for moving the existing aerosol wind tunnel facility to the new building. The contractor shall estimate costs to move five existing ambient aerosol research chambers ranging in size from 100 to 1200 cubic feet. The contractor shall estimate costs for the fabrication of a new Aerosol Wind Tunnel in the new building. A list of the equipment to be moved and target requirements for the new wind tunnel will be included in the Request for Quotation (RFQ). A pre-proposal site visit will be scheduled approximately one week after the RFQ is issued. The exact date, time, and place will be included in the RFQ. A copy of the blueprints of the wind tunnel location in the new building will be available for review at the pre-proposal site visit. This requirement will be issued under simplified acquisition procedures. This is NOT a small business set-aside, however, the SIC Code is 8999 which has a size standard of $5 million. The Request for Quotation will be issued on or about April 8, 1999 and will be available via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd only. Hard copies or diskettes will not be available. Telephone and FAX requests will not be honored. It will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the RFQ is posted for any amendments. See numbered Note 26. Posted 03/24/99 (W-SN311902). (0083)

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