S -- Operations & Maintenance Service

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. 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 (FEDBIZOPPS) AT A LATER DATE. 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 (12-1000 KW units) and emergency generators (10-1250 KW units), computer 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 ability to provide the operation and maintenance type services specifically stated in this notice including information on key staff experience and corporate experience with projects of like size and complexity. 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). THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE IS 238220 FOR PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS AND THE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD IS $12M. Responses and questions must be submitted electronically via email or facsimile no later than August 15, 2003. Oral responses 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.