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Added: Feb 03, 2011 2:21 pm The Fleet Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Contracting Department, Norfolk VA intends to negotiate a 100 % small business set-aside Firm Fixed-Price contract for lighting technical support services, including load-in, rehearsal, performance, and load-out at the DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. for the United States Air Force Band (USAF). The services will be acquired in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The required support services shall support a period of performance from 19 February through 20 February 2011 and 5 March through 6 March 2011. The North American Industry Classification System code for this acquisition is 561210 with a small business size standard of $35.5 million.

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