SOURCES SOUGHT FOR CFM SERVICES AT THE VA BUILDING, WASHINGTON, DC.

The Potomac Service Delivery Team is developing specifications for and seeking interested small business (SB), small disadvantaged business(SDB), and/or 8(a) firms to provide Commercial Facilities Management Services at the Veterans Administration Building, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The Contractor shall be responsible for management, operation, maintenance, repair, custodial, pest control, trash debris removal/recylcing and support operations of the building its associated grounds and all budilding support systems, in an efficient, economical and reliable manner. The Contractor shall provide management, administrative, and technical functions, including engineering services for reimbursable building alterations; develop management operational plans to cover all functions, including equipment and building inspection tours and a building operation plan. The Contractor shall provide the necessary staff and training to perform management and operational functions, including the planning, scheduling and allocation of resources to sustain the building functions (i.e. operation and maintnenance of mechanical/electrical equipment, uninterrupted power supply system, energy management system). The VA Building is 528,133 square feet, and your previous experience should be in a facility of similar size and complexity. Interested parties should submit responses by fax to 202-708-4645, by no later than close of business, May 25, 2000, attention Mary Holloway, Contract Specialist. Services are expected to commence on or about February 1, 2001 and continue for a minimum of 5 years. This procurement will be negotiated. The request for proposals is expected to be issued on or about July 6, 2000.