J -- OTH-B Site Maintenance

The U.S. Air Force, Air Combat Command (ACC), is tasked to provide the services required to support the cold storage maintenance services for the Over-the Horizon Backscatter (OTH-B) Radar System sites. The contractor will be required to provide all labor, material, and supervision necessary to maintain the OTH-B Radar System in a caretaker status. Services primarily include maintaining equipment, facilities, and grounds at both the East Coast Radar System (ECRS) and the West Coast Radar System (WCRS). The ECRS consists of three geographic locations on the East Coast of the US. The transmit and receive sites are located near Moscow, Maine and Columbia Fall, Maine and are approximately 100 miles apart. There is one operations center at Bangor Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Maine. The WCRS also consists of three geographic locations. The West Coast transmit and receive sites are located near Christmas Valley, Oregon and Tulelake California and are approximately 150 miles apart. The West Coast Operations Center is located at Mountain Home Air Force Base (MAFB), Idaho. ACC is conducting market research in an attempt to set aside this acquisition through the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program. All HUBZone certified contractors are encouraged to respond to this announcement. Anticipated contract award date is 1 October 2002. The projected period of performance is from 1 October 2002 through 30 September 2003, with 4 one-year option periods. Estimated contract value is $1 to $5 million. This is not a formal Request for Proposal (RFP), and no contract will result from this synopsis nor does it commit the government to any acquisition for these services. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and the Government will not pay for any information received. Any subsequent solicitation will be synopsized prior to its release. The NAICS code for this effort is anticipated to be 56121. If you have interest in this requirement, you are requested to submit your company name, address and phone number; HUBZone Certification, and a point of contact to the ACC CONS e-mail addresses below. In an effort to streamline the process of acquiring documentation, the government intends to post copies of current contract information, draft documents associated with this proposal and questions/answers relating to the acquisition on the Electronic Posting System (EPS) (http://www.fedbizops.gov). An Industry Conference will be scheduled in the future for all interest offerors.