Powell Industries Inc. seeks small businesses for three opportunities:
-- to subcontract all labor and supervision to perform janitorial services at the Corps of Engineers facility at Oahe Project Administration (Admin) Building, Maintenance Building, Powerhouse, and Visitor Center near Pierre, SD. Contractor will supply all supervision, personnel, and transportation to provide daily, weekly, and monthly cleanings of Oahe Project buildings. NAICS 561720 Janitorial Services. Ref SOL-W9128F19Q0018. Bidding closes at 10 am MDT on Jan. 5.
-- to provide janitorial services required under this specification, providing for park cleaning and mowing services at Army Corps of Engineers facilities at Caney Creek PUA, Lake Texoma Marshall County, OK. The contractor or subcontractors shall be physically qualified to perform all work as specified in this contract. NAICS 561720 Janitorial Services. Ref SOL-W912BV19Q0022. Bid closing date is 10 am CDT on Jan. 16.
-- to demolish three existing pole mounted transformers at Corps of Engineers facilities at Black Rock Lake, Thomaston, CT. Transformers should be assumed to contain PCBs. In conjunction with this task,

• Contract with the utility to provide pole mounted transformers on the utility pole.
• Provide meter socket.
• Provide overhead conductors from the utility transformer to the meter socket and from the meter socket to the project office.
• Additional tasks described in the SOW.

      PTSI Managed Services, under contract to the FAA, seeks small business subcontractors to replace runway Visual Approach Indicators (VASI) with Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI) at local airports in Waterloo, IA, Clinton, IA, Davenport, IA, Sioux City, IA, Detroit, MI (2), Olathe KS (2), Goodland, KS, Kearney, NE, Wichita, KS, Kansas City, MO. Work typically includes, but is not limited to, (a) construction of access roads and concrete foundations for the Lamp Housing Assembly, Power and Control Rack and Power Service Equipment, (b) perimeter electrode systems, installation of equipment on the foundations and of all required conduit, conductors, anchor bolts, grounding and testing, or (c) replacement of Distance Measuring Equipment and related ancillary facilities, or (d) RVR equipment replacement. Estimated value of $25k-$500k per site. NAICS 238210. Ref SOL-ACE-2546 NAVAIDS Projects. Contact Kelsey Skarin at kelsey.ctr.skarin@faa.gov for pre-qualification documents and SOW specs.

      Odle Management Group LLC is seeking a small business subcontractor to provide dormitory painting services at Tulsa Job Corps Center, operated by Odle Management Group. Mandatory walk-through will be at 1pm local time on January 8th, 2019. Bids need to be turned in by 5 pm on Jan. 22. NAICS 238320 Painting and Wall Covering Contractors. Ref. SOL-RFP TJCC-2018-DORM RM PNT. Performance starts Feb. 1. Contact Alan Stie at 918-005-5607 or email Alan at stie.alan@jobcorps.org.

      ALPFR LLC is a newly-certified innovative IT modernization and cloud migration consultant firm looking for ethically sound teaming partners with sole source experience as a 8(a), SDVOSB or prime contractor with Federal Agencies (i.e., DOD, VA, DHS, Treasury, etc). ALPFR Solutions is a fast growing Amazon Web Services Managed Service Partner, helping companies enable, operate, and innovate on the cloud. NAICS 541512, 541690 and 541618. Contact Tola Adesanya at 240-762-0646 or email info@alpfr.com.

      JAF Consulting Group is a veteran-owned small business specializing in assessing, auditing, and securing Information Technology (IT) security systems/applications and sensitive/classified data from possible security breaches and noncompliance. NAICS 541512 Computer Systems Design Services. Contact Kwaku Fordjour at 202-460-4687 or email jafconsultinggroup@gmail.com.

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