Facility operation and maintenance & student support

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), located in Anniston, AL has a requirement for various facility support and student services. The primary functions required are the operation, maintenance, repair, modification, and minor alteration of the facilities (physical facilities and grounds), as well as all student support (residential, transportation, housekeeping, and student lounge operation). In performing these functions the contractor shall be required to provide all supervision, labor, tools, equipment, materials, and vehicles unless specifically identified as Government furnished in the solicitation. The contractor shall be required to perform the required project management, administrative services, scheduled maintenance services, HVAC, trade craft services, grounds/maintenance/landscaping services, housekeeping services, copying/duplicating, warehousing, mail/courier services, as well as all student support services. The resulting contract will have a 2-week Phase-in Period during which time the contractor will become familiar with the facility and operations followed by a base period and options to extend services up to 5 years. Award of a single, fixed price contract is contemplated. The RFP RELEASE DATE WILL BE ON OR ABOUT JUNE 5, 2008 and will only be provided electronically through FedBizOpps web page as discussed below. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the solicitation by accessing the following URL: https://fbo.gov. ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SOLICITATION MUST BE TO SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO MR. LYNN GARDNER, CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS, P.O. BOX 5100, ANNISTON, AL 36205. It is anticipated that proposals will be due July 21, 2008. All responsible small business concerns may submit a proposal, which will be considered. A site visit will be held at CDP. The date and time of the site visit will be included in the solicitation package. This procurement will be a 100% small business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561210, Facilities Support Services-Base Maintenance, with a small business size standard of $32.5 million [average annual receipts for 3 preceding fiscal years]. FEMA posts all required notices of its contracting opportunities on the FBO site. Potential offerors who download copies of solicitations may register at FBO to automatically receive e-mail notification concerning issued amendments to the applicable solicitation. Registration is optional. You may still view plans/specifications and amendments without registering. If you register for the solicitation, you will receive a courtesy email from FBO notifying you of all amendments to the solicitation, all of which will be posted to the website. Registration for the solicitation, however, does not release bidders/offerors from the responsibility of checking the FBO website for solicitation amendments.