Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Contracting Department, PO Box 97, Jacksonville, Florida 32212-0097

G -- CHILD CARE SERVICES FOR THE NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST, FLORIDA SOL N68836-00-R-0003 DUE 010200 POC Victoria West, (904) 542-1253; E-Mail: fiscjax_rfprequest@jax.fisc.navy.mil WEB: www.jax.fisc.navy.mil, www.jax.fisc.navy.mil; Contracting; RFP. E-MAIL: fiscjax_rfprequest@jax.fisc.navy.mil, fiscjax_rfprequest@jax.fisc.navy.mil. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Jacksonville intends to issue a solicitation under the requirements of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-76 for Child Care Services required at the Child Development Center, Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. The solicitation is part of a Government cost comparison to determine whether accomplishing the specified work under contract or by Government performance is more economical. If Government performance is determined to be more economical, the solicitation will be canceled and no contract will be awarded. The composition of the U.S. Navy is changing rapidly and largely reflects trends in our society. Increasingly, Navy families consist of two wage earners, or families that are headed by a single parent, either male or female. These personnel experience a need for child care services, which is heightened by the mobility of military service. It is the Navy's intent to assist in providing a Child Development Program that promotes quality childcare for Infants, Pre-Toddlers, Toddlers, Pre-school and school age children. Services will include, but not limited to the following: Management and Operation of Child Development Center located at the Naval Air Station Key West, Florida and the Family Child Care (FCC) Program. The FCC program is child care service provided by FCC homes outside the Child Development Center. Services require the oversight and administration of the FCC program to provide full-day care and to provide extended hours and weekend care, care of mildly ill children, care of special needs children, hourly and part-time care, school-age care, twenty-four (24) hour care and emergency care. Proposed contract is for a period of one year (Base Period) and will include four one-year options to extend services. The proposed contract for these services will be competed under full and open competition procedures. Requests for copy of the solicitation must cite the solicitation number as reference and appropriate return E-Mail address. Request for information or copy of the solicitation may be E-Mailed to: fiscjax_rfprequest@jax.fisc.navy.mil. Business concerns are invited to visit our internet website at www.jax.fisc.navy.mil utilizing the following links: Contracting, Request For Proposal (RFP). Posted 11/17/99 (W-SN401586). (0321)

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