S -- MCC Operations & Maintenance Service

NOTE: This notice is an amendment to TIRNO-03-RFI-00001, originally posted on July 29, 2003. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified small business concerns capable of performing operation and maintenance type services under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 238220 for plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. The small business size standard is $12m. A review of the responses to this sources sought announcement will assist the government in determining if competition should be restricted to small business concerns and may result in a solicitation announcement being published in the Federal Business Opportunities on or about December 20, 2003. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a requirement for critical facility operation and maintenance type services including operations and maintenance of a critical data processing center and related facilities. Basic services shall include operations, repairs, and maintenance of critical rotary uninterruptible power supplies in parallel (12-1000 KVA) and emergency generators in parallel (10-1250 KVA), ADP/Mainframe room HVAC, central cooling and heating plant, plumbing and electrical systems, building temperature control, routine equipment checks and inspections, equipment room and contractor space maintenance, painting and corrosion control, utility meter monitoring, water treatment services, routine, urgent and emergency service call management, and preventive maintenance performance and scheduling of equipment. Services will be performed at the Martinsburg Computing Center (MCC) in Kearneysville, West Virginia. The MCC facility is composed of four (4) buildings totaling 553,000 square feet and houses approximately 1,250 employees including the National Information Systems Training Center, Cryptographic Management Center, Martinsburg Development Center, Service Center Mainframe Consolidation, Martinsburg Child Care Center and Credit Union. RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS: All interested parties are hereby invited to submit a statement of capability. Statements of capability MUST identify 2 or more contracts (INCLUDING CURRENT POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION) in which the interested party served as the prime contractor providing 24/7 operation and maintenance type services in a campus-style facility of at least 250,000 SQUARE FEET IN WHICH 50,000 SQUARE FEET was dedicated to ADP/MAINFRAME SPACE. Statements must specifically address capabilities to man a minimum of 5-1000 KVA RUPS UNITS IN PARALLEL WITH 15 MINUTES OF BATTERY BACK and 5-2250 KVA DIESEL-POWERED GENERATORS IN PARALLEL WITH NO BLINK TRANSFER CAPABILITIES. Statements must also include a cover letter that includes the company name, address, telephone, facsimile, email address and business classification (large, small, small-disadvantaged business, woman-owned-small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 8(a) and HUBZone). Responses and questions must be submitted electronically via email or facsimile no later than December 3, 2003. Oral responses and inquiries will be treated as non-responsive. THE SUBMISSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCURE ANY SERVICES, NOR DOES THE IRS INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED.