THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. This pre-solicitation announcement is not a solicitation document, but a pre-notice of an upcoming solicitation. Full solicitation 140P4523R0002, posted under the title: STEA - Rehabilitate Diesel Locomotive #1901 will be issued electronically and can be found by searching for the solicitation at SAM.gov | Home Government Portal website on or about Feb. 10, 2023.

The Department of the Interior, The National Park Service NY MABO intends to issue a solicitation for a contractor to provide all labor, personnel, equipment, tools and supplies, facilities, materials, transportation of locomotive from and to Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS), supervision and project management to perform the refurbishing and upgrading of Locomotive #1901. Contractor shall provide 1-yr warranty after final approval of project, after a full quality and acceptance inspection and delivery of the finished locomotive to Steamtown NHS in Scranton, PA.

The entire solicitation package, with all attached documents, will be available in Adobe PDF formats through beta.SAM.gov. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued. Contract performance duration is approximately 2 years.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, the magnitude of this contract is between $250,000 and $500,000. Award to be made on a Best Value Tradeoff evaluation process providing the best trade-offs to the government. The resulting contract will be firm-fixed price. In addition to price, the government will evaluate other factors, such as experience and past performance in successfully completing similar extensive refurbishment projects on historic diesel locomotives.

This solicitation is restricted to Total Small-Business contractors in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.203 - Set-asides for small business concerns.

The RFP will be set-aside for 100% small-businesses under NAICS Code 336510 ¿ Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing (size standard 1,500 employees). This procurement is subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. Proposals are due approximately thirty (30) days following issuance of the anticipated solicitation. Search by referencing solicitation number 140P4523R0002.

The successful offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and have current online Representations and Certifications. Please access http://www.sam.gov to update your records and renew your registration prior to submitting an offer.

The Government reserves the right to cancel this Solicitation.

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