Notice is hereby provided that the refreshed Standing Solicitation for Multiple Award Schedule 871 Professional Engineering Services PES will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities FedBizOpps website on the Internet at http://www.FedBizOpps.gov on or about October 31, 2007. This new solicitation number TFTP-MC-990871-B Refresh 10 will replace solicitation number FCXB-B2-990001-B, Refresh 9, posted on July 21, 2005 and includes updated clauses and provisions. If offerors have not expended significant effort under the previous versions it is requested that they propose under the refreshed solicitation. Submissions under the previous solicitation will be accepted until December 3, 2007. After December 3, 2007, no submissions made under Refresh 9 will be accepted. Background Information: This solicitation includes the Economic Price Adjustment clause. Vendors are responsible for payment to Open Ratings, Inc. for past performance evaluation. This acquisition was originally synopsized, April 20, 1999. The solicitation was posted June 25, 1999. This is a refreshed solicitation. The solicitation includes the following Special Item Numbers SINs. The SINs are structured below in a phased format. The phases represent the cycle of an engineering requirement. The phased SINs are to be utilized by using activities to meet their professional engineering requirements. 871-1 Strategic Planning for Technology Programs Activities, 871-2 Concept Development and Requirements Analysis, 871-3 System Design, Engineering, and Integration, 871-4 Test and Evaluation, 871-5 Integrated Logistics Support, 871-6 Acquisition and Life Cycle Management. Three NAICs Codes are listed under this solicitation: 541330 Engineering Services, 541711 Research and Development in Biotechnology and 541712 Research and Development in the Physical Engineering, and Life Sciences except Biotechnology. Please note - this acquisition is only appropriate for professional engineering services and does not include architecture or environmental engineering services. This solicitation does not have a closing date, contracts awarded will have variable contract periods, this Worldwide Federal Supply Schedule does not have a prescribed beginning and ending date. The schedule period will be continuous, and will be for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts, allowing for a Labor Hour Task Orders based on Firm-Fixed Prices. Contract periods will commence on the effective date specified or date of award DOA and expire in five years from that date, unless extended based on the three 5-year options, to extend the term of the contract, Clause I-FSS-163 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT EVERGREEN is included in the solicitation. GSA is only issuing this solicitation/request for proposal through the FedBizOpps Internet Site, GSA will not provide paper copies of this solicitation. Interested parties may access the solicitation at Internet address http://www.FedBizOpps.gov. This site contains information describing the Federal Business Opportunities and how to register to receive automatic notices of acquisitions. Prices will be requested FOB destination. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by this agency. Offers may be submitted either in writing or electronically. When submitting the offer solely in writing, offerors must submit the offer to the address shown in Block 9 of the SF 1449. The GSA electronic offer eOffer system is available at http://eoffer.gsa.gov. When electing to submit the offer electronically, offerors must comply with all solicitation requirements and follow the directions provided on the eOffer website. No other forms of electronic submission will be accepted. For additional information regarding current contract awards review the GSA Schedules E-Library website at http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/elib/eLibrary.jsp , Go directly to Federal Supply Schedule 871. If you have further questions please call 1-800-241-RAIN 7246, or E-mail:
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