INSTALL NATURE-THEMED PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE AND RELATED EQUIPMENT

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE SOLICITATION. The United States Air Force, OC-ALC/PKOAB at 7858 5th Street, Suite 1, Tinker AFB, OK 73145-9125, announces its intent to issue a solicitation to purchase services to provide and install playground equipment for the Tinker Youth Center at Tinker AFB, OK. This is a notice for a commercial acquisition of non-personal services using simplified acquisition procedures (Reference FAR 12 and FAR 13) and shall be a 100% Small Business Set Aside. The anticipated NAICS for this requirement is 238990. SERVICES NON-PERSONAL: The contractor shall remove and dispose of existing playground equipment. Contractor shall prepare the site for installation to include leveling, and adding or removing dirt and surfacing material. The contractor shall provide and install a nature-themed playground structure that is appropriate for ages 5-12. Services shall be completed no later than 30 days from contract award date. See attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for further descriptions of equipment, material, and service requirements. A site visit opportunity for this requirement is available upon request between the dates of 6 August 2012 through 10 August 2012. Interested vendors must submit a completed copy of the attached Site Visit Registration Form attached and coordinate their appointment with the contacts below no later than 2 August 2012, 4:00pm CDT. The points of contact for the site visit opportunity are Mindy Whittington (72 FSS/FSFY) at 405-734-1234, or Joy Shelly (72 FSS/FSFCY) at 405-734-7866. The forthcoming solicitation will require offerors to submit detailed drawings/plan designs of the proposed playground equipment. The government intends to make a single award to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror. The anticipated release of solicitation documents may be on or around 13 August 2012. The anticipated award date for this requirement may be on or around 1 September 2012. Central Contractor Registration is required to be considered for award. Contractors can register electronically at http://www.ccr.gov. ORCA registration is also required and contractors can register electronically at https://orca.bpn.gov. Point of contact is Joshua Huckeby, OC-ALC/PKOAB, at 405-734-4034, or email at joshua.huckeby@tinker.af.mil. This synopsis is posted in accordance with FAR 5.101(a)(1).