B -- A-76 Study of Administrative Support Services at Personnel Support Detachment, Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois

The contract involves the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Detachment Philadelphia issuing an unrestricted solicitation for a firm fixed price contract to provide Administrative Support Services for the Recruit Training Command Personnel Support Detachment at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois. The contract covers a base period from March 1, 2004, to February 28, 2005, with four additional one-year option periods. This procurement is part of an A-76 cost comparison study to evaluate whether performance of the work by a contractor or government employees is more cost-effective; if government performance proves more economical, the solicitation will be cancelled and no award made. Proposals must be submitted in two volumes: a technical proposal and a price/cost proposal. The solicitation will be available electronically around January 30, 2003, at the designated naval contracting website, and all offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration system. The procurement is open to all responsible sources and is associated with NAICS code 561110, which pertains to office administrative services. The effort is aimed at assessing the best approach to delivering administrative support to ensure efficient and cost-effective personnel support operations at the Recruit Training Command’s Great Lakes facility.