Y--MODIFICATIONS TO NORTH AND SOUTH SECURITY GATES

NASA/SSC plans to issue a Best Value Request for Proposal (RFP) for the projectentitled: Modifications to North and South Security Gates. The proposed contract is 100percent Service Disabled Veteran Owned Set-Aside for small business concerns. Offers fromconcerns other than Service Disabled Veteran Owned small business concerns will not beconsidered. The work for this requirement consists of, but is not limited to thefollowing: Widening of the existing roadways to include an additional traffic lane,replacement of the existing guard booths with new prefabricated bullet resistant booths,installation of fortress box frame cantilever gates to allow for closing off allvehicular traffic, construction of new screen walls to conceal the gates when open. Cosmetic enhancements to Building 3101, expansion of asphalt visitors parking lot,installation of chain link fence and bypass gates, and the installation of undergroundsanitary sewer and potable water piping. The order of magnitude for the procurement is $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, and the effortshall be completed within (180) calendar days after receipt of the notice to proceed. The NAICS Code and small business size standard for this procurement are 237990 and $33.5million, respectively. The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about July 24, 2009, with an anticipatedbid closing date of on or about August 27, 2009. The firm date for receipt of bids oroffers will be stated in the RFP. Offerors are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed. Anorganized site visit has been scheduled for August 13, 2009, at 9AM. Participants willmeet at the South Reception Center, Stennis Space Center, MS. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". Specifications and Drawings will only be made available on CDROM. Requests for copiesshall be made by email to the Bid Distribution Office: contact@example.gov or you mayfax your request to +1 (555) 000-0000. All contractual and technical questions must besubmitted in writing to contact@example.gov or by fax +1 (555) 000-0000. Telephonequestions will not be accepted. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement [with the exception of thespecifications and drawings] will be available over the Internet. These documents will bein Microsoft Office 97 format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which maybe accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/SSCBusiness Opportunities page ishttp://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=64 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It isthe offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of thesolicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible fordownloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). A CDROMcontaining the specifications and drawings may be obtained from the Bid Distributionoffice; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as thesolicitation, inclusive of any amendments, released on the Internet. Any referenced notescan be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing. Telephone questionswill not be accepted.