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The US. Special Operations Command Central is planning a Global War on Terror Symposium September 15-21 in the Tampa Bay area. Representatives from the Special Operations Commands of several nations will attend along with various U.S. Special Operations Commands. The Command is seeking vendors to display products at an off-base location on September 19. All products or services offered must be releasable to foreign governments. Contact Maj. Victor Kelly at 813-828-4950 or KellyV@soccent.centcom.mil.

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The Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, IL, plans to award two indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Remedial Action contracts. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 562910. Work will be performed in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming. The estimated cost is $30 Million over 5 years. The solicitation, number N68950-04-R-0028, will be available on the on or about September 15. Contact Judith Honold at 847-688-2600, ext. 171.

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The Office of Personnel Management will be issuing an RFP for several indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts for online training products and services. Contractors will support the OPM E-Training Initiative’s GoLearn program for federal employees. The services are classified in these specialized technical areas:

*Learning Management Systems, NAICS 541511, a small business set-aside;
*Training Content COTS Courseware, NAICS 541511, 20% small business reserve;
*Collaboration Tools and Human Capital Performance Applications, NAICS 541511, 50% small business reserve;
*Implementation, Customization and Integration Support Services, NAICS 541512, 50% small business reserve;
*Consulting and Transformational Change Management, NAICS 541611, 50% small business reserve;
*Academic Licensing, Credentials, And Online Degrees, NAICS 611310, 50% small business reserve; and
*GoLearn Staff Support, NAICS 541611, a small business set-aside.

The RFP, number OPM-RFP-04-00037JCT, will be posted on FedBizOpps around September 1. Contact Tina B. McGuire at 202-606-4591.

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GSA’s Desert Service Center in San Diego is seeking firms to perform architect/engineering services in design of building repair and alteration projects in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada. This is a small business set-aside. Contract awards will be made on a project-by-project basis. The maximum award per project is $100,000. The solicitation number is 9PDC045052. Responses are due by September 30. Contact Dan Makowski at 619-557-7468.

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NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston plans to issue an RFP for human resources and procurement offices support services. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 541519. The contract will be a labor-hour indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity with a three-year base period and two one-year options. The anticipated value, including options, may exceed $5 million. The RFP is scheduled for release around September 17, with a pre-proposal conference planned for October 13. Contact ester.f.holloway@nasa.gov.

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The Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Poulsbo, WA, intends to award three to five indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity construction contracts. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 236. Work will be performed in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Task Orders will be firm fixed price with an award range between $100,000 and $1.5 million, with a ceiling of $100 million for all contracts over five years. The solicitation, number N44255-04-R-9111, will be available around Sept. 15 at http://esol.navfac.navy.mil. Contact mark.snell@navy.mil.

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The Naval Facilities Engineering Command in San Diego plans to award at least three indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity construction contracts for new construction and repair of HVAC systems. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 238220. Work will be performed in Arizona, California, Nevada, and New Mexico, but primarily in Southern California. The task order range for this contract is between $50,000 and $3 million, with a ceiling of $30 million over five years. The RFP, number N68711-03-R-7004, is available at www.esol.navfac.navy.mil. Register at the same site for the pre-proposal conference to be held Sept. 14 in San Diego. Contact Kristen Sanchez at 619-532-2439.

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The National Park Service is seeking a contractor to coordinate media and communications for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, a partnership system of national parks, state parks, refuges, museums, historic communities and water trails throughout the Bay Watershed. This is a new requirement. The solicitation, number N4250040113, is available at http://ideasec.nbc.gov.

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The State Department plans an RFP for the accounts receivables function at its Financial Service Center in Charleston, SC. The cascading preference source selection method will be used, with offers from small businesses considered first. The NAICS Code is 541219. The solicitation, number SAQMPD04R1040, will be released around Sept. 13 on FedBizOpps. Contact Edward Baran at 703-516-1708.

A-76 Competitions

The Justice Department in Washington has announced a standard competition for Grants Management Support Services in the Office of Justice Programs. The NAICS code is 541611. The services are currently provided by approximately 115 government employees. Contact Robyn Dyson Towles at towlesr@ojp.usdoj.gov.

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The Defense Contract Management Agency has announced several streamlined competitions for information technology field support services:

Northwest Sector: The services are currently provided by 14 government employees in several locations in Colorado, Washington, California and Utah.

Southern California Sector: 23 employees in 12 California locations.

Midwest Sector: 17 employees in several locations in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

New York Sector: 13 employees in New York and New Jersey.

Southeast Sector: 21 employees in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.

Southwest Sector: 20 employees in Texas and Arizona.

East Information Technology Directorate: 16 employees in Boston.

Mid-Atlantic Sector: 19 employees in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Mid-West Sector: 13 employees in Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas.

Information Technology Testing Services Division: six employees in Whitehall, OH.

The point of contact for all these competitions is Theresa.Hyman@dcma.mil.


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