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Z -- REQUEST FOR COMMENTS TO THE PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS OF AIR FORCE PLANT 42, PALMDALE CA SOL F33657-99-R-0021 POC Contact Dan Lyons, (937) 656-4395 ext. 425, Buyer or Gail M. Porumb, Contracting Officer, 937 656-4395 ext 404 The purpose of this notice is to invite comments in regard to the Performance Work Statement for the Operations and Maintenance of Common Areas at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale CA. The successful contractor will be required to provide the personnel, program management staff, services, and limited equipment to accomplish the total contract operation of the common areas of Air Force Plant 42. The Performance Work Statement is published in the Wright Patterson AFB PreAward Information Exchange System (PIXS) at Error! Bookmark not defined.. Other proposal documents will be posted in PIXS as they become available. The Air Force is contemplating setting this acquisition aside for Small Businesses. SIC Code 8744, Base Maintenance applies to this acquisition with a small business standard of $20M gross revenue average over the last three years. Response should be submitted in both hard copy and in WORD 6.0 (or higher) format and must be received no later than 30 days after the publication date of this synopsis.An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. Mr. Stephen Plaisted, ASC/SY has been appointed as Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors, or potential offerors, during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. Existence of an Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of proposals or the source selection process and, therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact Dan Lyons at (937)476-4395 extension 425. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Should you desire to contact the Ombudsman, Mr. Plaisted can be reached at (937)255-9095. Direct all requests for solicitations and routine communication concerning this acquisition to Dan Lyons, Contract Negotiator, ASC/EMK, at (937) 656-4395 extension 425. Posted 02/09/99 (W-SN296356). (0040)

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