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R -- PARTNERING FACILITATION SUPPORT FOR THE AIR FORCE AND STATE/FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCIES SOL F41624-99-R-8024 DUE 072699 POC Chuck Wilcox, Contract Specialist, 210-536-4497, Carol A. Singleton, Contracting Officer, 210-536-5383 E-MAIL: For queries concerning this solicitation, click here, charles.wilcox@hqafcee.brooks.af.mil. The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) intends to procure services from The Management Edge, Inc. (MEI), 12600 Seminole Blvd, STE B2, Largo, Florida 33778. To continue effective environmental stewardship activities to maintain access to the air, land, and water needed to maintain and improve mission capabilities, the Air Force participates in and hosts meetings in partnership with regulatory stakeholders for an installation, state and/or region. Specific milestones and deadlines must be accomplished under such programs as the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) and associated state and federal environmental mandates. Presently, partnering efforts are underway between the Air Force, state regulators, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4. MEI has past experience in facilitating partnering meetings for these entities and has developed a broad base of competence, professionalism, trust and continuity which is vital to the continued success of on-going and future partnering meetings. A new contractor at this critical stage in developing viable partnering "teams" between the stakeholders would result in unacceptable delays in meeting mandatory deadlines and creating unnecessary Government expense. Since MEI is the only contractor that presently has the experience and proven abilities under these specific conditions, it is the only organization that can reasonably control and guide the partnering entities and complete Government requirements within constricted time parameters. This is not a solicitation for competitive proposals; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. The statement of capabilities and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow the AFCEE to determine if the party can perform the requirement. Capability statements must be received in the contracting office by 2:00 p.m. CST, on 26 July 1999. For further information, please contact theContract Specialist, Chuck Wilcox, at 210-536-4497. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Please reference F41624-99-R-8024 with any queries. No collect calls will be accepted. Posted 07/07/99 (W-SN350879). (0188)

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