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USDA’s Agricultural Research Service plans to award one or more indefinite quantity contracts for engineering design and construction management/administration services for its research laboratory facilities in Albany, CA, and elsewhere in California. This is a small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 541310. Work includes repair and maintenance, alteration, and/or new construction projects including greenhouses and specialized farm buildings. The estimated value is up to $10 million over five years. SF-330s must be submitted by Nov. 23. The solicitation number is Reference-Number-05-0555-California. Contact Scott Sentz at 301-504-1172.

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The Agricultural Research Service plans a separate solicitation for the same requirements at research laboratory facilities in Idaho and Oregon. The solicitation number is Reference-Number-05-0555-Idaho-Oregon. All other information is the same as above.

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The Air Force’s 99th Contracting Squadron intends to award a contract for network control support at Nellis AFB, NV. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 541611. Services will encompass contractor support in operating, maintaining and modernizing network infrastructure capabilities, such as more than 60 servers hosting core service applications (i.e., email, file, web, antivirus) and 12 core backbone nodes to approximately 370 end building nodes. Solicitation number FA4861-05-R-B115 will be issued around Oct. 27. Contact Staff Sgt James McGill at 702-652-5488.

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FISC Norfolk Contracting Department Philadelphia plans a solicitation for administrative support services for the Administrative Support Branch of the Department of Navy Central Adjudication Facility in Washington. This is a small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 561110. No date for the RFP has been announced. It will be posted as at www.neco.navy.mil. Contact John Striano at 215-697-9603.

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The U.S. Army Engineer District Mobile plans a solicitation for operation and maintenance of facilities at the Carters Lake Project in Oakman, GA. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 561210. Solicitation number W91278-06-R-0012 will be available around Nov. 1 at www.sam.usace.army.mil/sa/ct/. Contact alisa.c.murray@sam.usace.army.mil.

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CH2M-WG Idaho LLC is seeking small business subcontractors for support services on the Energy Department’s Idaho Cleanup Project. The NAICS code is 562910. Teams of small businesses will be prequalified and invited to bid on the RFP when it is released. The notice, Reference-Number-CWIPRO002, was posted on FedBizOpps. Statements of qualifications are due by Nov. 18.

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The Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, AL, has a requirement for systems safety engineering and analysis support for the Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board, the Risk Based Explosive Safety Criteria Team working group and other agencies. This is a small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 541330. An indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is anticipated. The solicitation number is W912DY-06-R-0003. Contact Kathy.L.Hair@hnd01.usace.army.mil.

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The U.S. Army Engineer District Tulsa will hold a Pre-Proposal Conference and Small Business Symposium for its design/build contract for the student pipeline campus program and related activities at Sheppard Air Force Base, TX. This is a full and open indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity procurement. The Small Business Symposium will provide networking opportunities. Small firms are invited to exhibit. The conference and symposium will be held Dec. 1 in Wichita Falls, TX. To register, go to www.swt.usace.army.mil; select Contracting and select Current Solicitations. Plans and specifications will be available around Nov. 11. The solicitation number is W912BV-06-R-2001.

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Pacific Air Forces plan a solicitation for simplified acquisition of base engineering requirements (SABER) Eielson AFB, AK. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 236220. The contract will be a firm-fixed price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type for estimating and construction efforts. Solicitation number FA5004-06-R-C001 will be posted on FedBizOpps around Dec. 11. Contact Jerry Reyes Sr. at 907-377-1017.

A-76 Competitions

EPA has announced several streamlined competitions in its regional offices:

Computing and Database Management services in the Region 4 office in Atlanta. The competition involves 4.5 full-time-equivalent positions.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services at Region 4 in Atlanta.

Data Entry and Reporting services at Region 7 in Kansas City, KS. This involves 4.64 FTEs.

Application Development, Data Entry, Web Site Development, Database Quality and Review, and Database Retrieval services at Region 10 in Seattle. This involves 6 FTEs.

Desktop PC Support, Telephone Services, Audio Visual Services and Teleconferencing Services at Region 8 in Denver. This involves 5.4 FTEs.

The point of contact for all the competitions is Jill Robbins at robbins.jill@epa.gov.


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