Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Contracts (CON), 330 C Street, SW, Room 2500, Washington, DC 20237

Z -- REPAIR BROADCAST TOWERS AND ANTENNAS SOL CON-00-MR013-GH POC Contact Point/Contracting Officer: Gary Hosford, Contracting Officer, Telephone: (202) 619-2946; Facsimile: (202) 260-0855 E-MAIL: Please click here to contact the Contracting Officer, ghosford@ibb.gov. The Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), Office of Contracts (CON), has a requirement to refurbish four medium-wave (MW) and six shortwave (SW) broadcast towers and antennas at its Botswana, Africa Transmitting Station. The SW antennas are of the curtain type. The antennas are suspended between adjacent towers that are 310 feet in height. The MW antenna consists of a four tower array with towers that are 358 feet in height. The Contractor shall be required to: (a) prepare a Personnel Safety Plan and an Installation Plan; (b) perform maintenance as identified in the Inspection Report dated 01/25/1999; and (c) provide a Field Report documenting all refurbishment efforts. Due to the specialized nature of the work to be performed, there will be a mandatory organized site-visit to the Botswana Transmitting Station to afford Offerors the opportunity to review the existing site conditions and obtain a copy of the Inspection Report. The estimated construction price range is between $100,000 and $250,000 and the proposed period of performance of this work requires completion within six (6) months from issuance of the Notice-to-Proceed. To be considered, Offerors must attend the organized site-visit to be held at the Botswana Transmitting Station. A single site-visit will be conducted for all interested firms. Pursuant to FAR Subpart 15.304 (e), Offerors are hereby notified that the basis for award will be price and other technical factors, with technical factors being significantly more important than price. The following technical factors will be used in determining each Offeror's technical score: (a) demonstrated recent (within the past 5 years) experience in the maintenance of tower and antenna systems in high-power RF environments; (b) proposed technical approach to perform the work; (c) qualifications of Offeror's Project Manager and/or Crew Chief as demonstrated by resumes submitted; and (d) adequacy of the proposed Personnel Safety Plan and proposed Installation Plan.The IBB intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation for this negotiated firm-fixed-price procurement in June 2000. It is expected that the mandatory organized site-visit will take place 15 days after the release of the RFP, with a proposal response date of 15 days after the mandatory site-visit date. Offerors interested in receiving a copy of the RFP must respond in writing to the Contracting Officer, Mr. Gary Hosford via facsimile at (202) 260-0855, or E-mail at ghosford@IBB.gov, or via letter to the above-listed address not later than 15 calendar days after the publishing date of this CBD Notice. Please reference requisition number CON-00-MR013-GH on all correspondence regarding this notice. All written requests for copies of the RFP must include your company name, mailing address, telephone number, and facsimile number. No telephone requests for this RFP will be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the forthcoming solicitation document, and all proposals shall be considered by the Agency. This CBD notice is not a RFP, IFB, or RFQ. Posted 05/18/00 (W-SN456289). (0139)

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