Museum Aircraft Restoration & Painting

This notice is issued to obtain commercial sources qualified and interested in providing a commercial item proposal prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 12.602 for Museum Aircraft Restoration & Painting of four aircraft (C-47, C54, U-8, UH-1F) for Ellsworth AFB, SD. The contractor shall provide for all supplies, shipping costs, and labor requirements, and plans to full fill the requirement. The performance period is to be determined upon award of contract. This solicitation will part of the Small Business Competitive Demonstration program IAW FAR 19.10. All responsible sources may submit an offer. The North American Industry Code is 336411 and the Small Business Size Standard is 1,500 employees. The solicitation will be issued electronically on or about 21 August 2009. The solicitation may be obtained by downloading through the Electronic Posting System (EPS) (Vendor). Hard copies will not be available. Offerors must register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), online at https://www.bpn.gov/CCR/scripts/index.html and must also register at the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website https://orca.bpn.gov/. Only one contract will be awarded. Award will be made to the lowest priced proposal that is technically acceptable. To be considered technically acceptable, the contractor must submit all requirements out lined in the Addendum to 52.212-1 to be released at the time of solicitation. A site visit will be held for this solicitation and is tentatively scheduled for 27 August 2009. No phone calls will be taken on this solicitation until it has been publicly released. Preferred method of communication will be e-mail.