The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section, (USIBWC), has a requirement for a firm-fixed price non personal services contract for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP) and facilities located in San Diego, San Diego County, California.  Upon award of the contract, the Contractor shall operate and maintain an advanced primary treatment plan until such time that construction and commissioning of the plant's secondary treatment phase has been completed (currently projected to be completed Jan 2011).  Upon completion of construction and commissioning of the secondary treatment portion of the plant the Contractor shall operate and maintain a secondary treatment facility.  During the commissioning phase for the secondary treatment infrastructure and facilities, Contractor personnel will be required to "shadow" the construction contractor's personnel performing commissioning, in order to become familiar with the proper operation of the new plant infrastructure and facilities.  The Contractor shall provide all labor, material, management and other resources required to perform full service O&M of the SBIWTP, and the South Bay Land Outfall (SBLO) located in San Diego, California, San Diego County.  The contractor shall perform full service operation and maintenance is defined as complete facility operation and maintenance, including but not limited to providing day to day contract management, planning, supervision, administration, personnel; plant influent and effluent sampling and laboratory testing; equipment operation, maintenance, servicing, repair and replacement; system monitoring and operation; data recording, markups of plant as builts, management and reporting; quality control; vehicles and vehicle fleet management, operation, maintenance and repair; housekeeping; grounds maintenance; consumable supplies including chemicals; and other services related to the operation and maintenance of the SBIWTP.  The SBIWTP is a twenty five million gallon per day (25 MGD) wastewater treatment plant.  The period of performance will be October 01, 2010 through September 30, 2011 plus four (4) one year option periods.  Tentative dates for issuing and closing of the solicitation are April 27, 2010 and May 28, 2010 respectively.  Request for copy of the solicitation IBM10R0003 must be in writing, no telephone requests will be accepted.  This solicitation is unrestricted under the NAICS code  221320 (Sewage Treatment Facilities), size standard is $7.0 million.  Award of any resultant contract is subject to the available of funds.  All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered.  Award will be to the responsive responsible firm whose proposal conforms to the solicitation and offers the best value to the government, price and other factors considered.