Y--Construct the project entitled Air Operations Squadron Training Facility at the State College Air National Guard Base, State College, Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Air National Guard located at Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA and the USPFO for Pennsylvania intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to award a single, firm fixed-price contract for construction to provide all plant, labor, t ransportation, materials, tools, equipment appliances and supervision necessary to Construct the project entitled Air Operations Squadron Training Facility at the State College Air National Guard Base, State College, Pennsylvania. The project consists of the construction of an approximately 22,500 SF, single story structure consisting o f administrative / office space and space associated with the operation of their mission equipment. Proposed construction of this facility will consist of reinforced concrete footings, foundation and floor slab, standing seam metal roof, masonry walls and associated pavements, utilities and site work. The estimated cost range of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The estimated solicitation issue date is 20 June 07. Estimated proposal due date is o/a 24 July 2007. There will be a pre-pro posal conference and site visit tentatively scheduled for 28 June 2007. Interested contractors are strongly encouraged to attend and should contact USPFO for Pennsylvania Contracting Office at: Denise.Keim@pa.ngb.army.mil via email not later than 25 June 2007 to ensure installation entry at the main gate. Information required for clearance will be provided in the solicitation. A firm fixed price contract will be awarded. The contract will be awarded under Source Selection procedures specified in the soli citation. Evaluation criteria are Past Performance and Price with Past Performance being considered approximately equal to price. This project is being procured on an unrestricted basis in accordance with the Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Howev er, small businesses, veteran-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran owned businesses, HUBZONE Small businesses, and small disadvantaged businesses are encouraged to participate. The HUBZONE preference IAW FAR 19.1307 applies. The North American Ind ustry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220 and the Size Standard for Small Businesses is $31.0 million annual receipts for the past three years. A small business subcontracting plan will be required if the offeror is a large business and must be s ubmitted with the original offer. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. The source selection process will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15.3 and DFARS Part 215.3, source selection procedures. Evaluation factors include Past Performance and Price. The Government intends to award without discussions. Interested offerors must be registered in the DOD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Firms can register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by cont acting the CCR Information Center at 1-888-227-2423. Interested offerors are required to submit their representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov. You will need your DUNS number and CCR MPIN in order to log in to the Online Representa tions and Certifications Application (ORCA) website. The solicitation and associated information minus the plans and specifications will be available from the EBS website http://www.nationalguardcontracting.org/Ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp. All contract ors and subcontractors interested in this project must register at this site. The plans and specifications will be available only from the Federal Technical Data Solution (FedTeDS) website on-line at https://www.fedteds.gov/. A link to this site can be fou nd under Plans at the solicitation website. No telephone requests will be accepted. For security reasons all potential offerors, plan rooms and printing companies are required to register in the Central Contractors Registration (CCR) and the Federal Techni cal Data Solution (FedTeDS) in order to view or download the plans or drawi ngs from the web site. This solicitation is not a competitive bid and there will not be a formal public bid opening. DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specification are located on the official government web page and the Government is not liable for infor mation furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to the EBS page http://www.nationalguardcontracting.org/Ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendm ents prior to closing; therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connec tivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies. All inquiries must be in writing, preferable via email to the persons specified in the solicitation. All answers wil l be provided in writing via posting to the web. Place of performance is 112th AOS, State College, PA.