V--Packing, containerization, and local drayage of personal property shipments for U.S. military and civilian personnel

The Government intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Requirements type contract with firm fixed prices in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and FAR Part 13.5. The contractor shall provide packing, crating, drayage of household goods as required by United States Naval Academy, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk (FISCN) Annapolis, Personal Property Division, Annapolis, MD. The area of performance will consist of the Maryland counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline Kent, Carroll, Frederick, Charles, St Mary's, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George, Queen Anne's and Talbot. Potential offerors shall be located within a one hour drive from the area of performance specified above. This is a 100% small business set-aside under North American Industry Classification System code 484210. The solicitation N00189-09-T-0004 will consist of a base period with four additional one-year option periods thereafter. T! he base period of performance is from 1 January 2009 through 31 December 2009. The solicitation will be issued on or around 17 October 2008. Potential offerors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will only be available by downloading the documents at http://www.neco.navy.mil and http://www.fedbizopps.gov. This office no longer issues hardcopy solicitations. By submitting a proposal, the offeror will be self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal Agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the proposal. By submission of a proposal, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except fo! r awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil. The NECO website has a "submit bid" button next to the solicitation number. DO NOT use the "submit bid" button on NECO to submit your proposal.