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M -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT TO THE WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER AT ALBANY, CALIFORNIA SOL 53-3k06-0-3 POC Contracting Officer Lyndia V. Countee on Telephone 301-504-1700 or Fax No. 301-504-1717 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, lcountee@ars.usda.gov. The USDA, ARS intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, a five month contract with three one month option periods for operations and maintenance support services to a Government-owned facility at Albany, California. Functions include preventive maintenance, work management, building maintenance, alteration and repair, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration; security, grounds maintenance, electrical, housekeeping, environmental, health and safety, and administrative services. A cost plus award fee contract effective February 1, 2000 will be awarded. Award of a bridge contract is required for the following reasons. The services are available from only the original source in the case of a follow-on contract to extend the service for the continued highly specialized services. No other offer could immediately perform all of the required services within the time frame and without incurring substantial cost. J.A. Jones is the only feasible source for these services because any other contract would incur excessive projected duplicated cost and schedule risk to provide the services. The government is converting it's work management system to become Y2K compliant. All of this is vital to the research mission areas at the Albany Research Location that the incumbent continue to provide operation & maintenance support. The six primary entities missions include solving researchable food and agricultural problems of national scope at WRRC; provide the means to control plant gene expression to develop plant germplasm with inherent increased productivity and quality characteristics at PGEC; responsibility for research programs in California, Hawaii, and the Western Pacific at PSW; national and regional responsibility for research in the area of natural resources at PSW-AFSL; responsibility for programs in California, Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona at the PWA, Office of the Director; and responsibility to provide administrative services to the PWA. No solicitation willbe issued. Questions can be emailed to lcountee@ars.usda.gov. Posted 01/21/00 (W-SN417410). (0021)

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