THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING OFFERED AS A TOTAL SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The project involves the contractor providing all labor, materials, tools, equipment, permits, and transportation necessary to construct and install a complete, fully working wet pipe sprinkler system, addressable fire alarm system and control panel for real time interface with the Fire Deparment, complete with a Class I, six inch wet standpipe riser. Project also includes the abatement of some asbestos containing material (ACM) thermal insulation and replacement of concrete walks Construction includes fire suppression, electrical, fire detection/alarm system, trenching and backfilling and concrete work. The magnitude of this project is between $100,000 and $500,000. This project is located at Building 504 at the 910 Airlift Wing (AFRC), Youngstown Air Reserve Station, 3976 King Graves Rd, Vienna OH 44473-5931 (Trumbull County). This is an Invitation For Bid (IFB) solicitation. There will be a public bid opening. The closing date for submission of offers is estimated to be on or about 8 Sep 08 and will be contained in the solicitation package. Total contract performance period is 240 calendar days from date of receipt of the notice to proceed. The resultant award will be a Firm-Fixed Price contract. The NAICS Code is 238990, and the Size Standard is $13 million average annual receipts over the past three years. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be provided as these documents, which include the solicitation, drawings, and specifications, can be downloaded from the FedBizOpps (FBO) at http://www.fbo.gov and should be available on or after 8 August 2008. Once the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review this site frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. The following viewers can be used to view the solicitation: Microsoft Word (.doc), Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf), and WinZip (.zip or .exe). More information concerning these viewers can be found at www.fbo.gov. To be included on the Potential Prime, Subcontractor, and/or Supplier List, interested parties should identify themselves by adding their data to the Interested Vendors List (IVL) on the FBO site below the solicitation. Contractors are also requested to identify if they have other designated size standards besides Service Disabled Veteran (i.e. Small, Woman Owned, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.). Contractors are advised that in order to receive an award as the prime contractor, they must be listed in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) database; failure to register will disqualify a contractor from award should the contractor be selected and not registered. Contractors may register via the Internet CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov . Registration may take up to three weeks to process. Recommend registering immediately in order to be eligible for timely award. Contractors are also advised that they must be registered with the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), and have completed electronic annual representations and certifications at http://orca.bpn.gov, or risk having their proposals declared non-responsive. ORCA replaces most paper-based certifications and representations previously found in Section K of contractor proposals. Site visit information will be provided in the bid package; prime contractors, subcontractors and/or suppliers may attend the site visit. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered by the Air Force Reserves. The response date cited above is an estimate, not an actual. This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract nor does it obligate the government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation costs. NOTE: Funds are not presently available for this project. In the event current fiscal year funding does not become available, the requirement will be funded with next year's funds contingent upon appropriation by Congress. The approving authority certifies that the requirement has a high enough priority to ensure that it will not be cancelled. A bid acceptance period through 31 Dec 08 will be required.