United States - T-780 Renovation of General Purpose Secure Administrative Spaces Located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

Description

Added: May 10, 2019 8:53 am

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Solicitation Number W912ER-19-R-0026
T-780 Renovation of General Purpose Secure Administrative Spaces Located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) intends to solicit construction firms experienced in working in the Middle East region who are interested in submitting a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) offer for this project.
This is a Sources Sought announcement for market research and planning purposes. It is not a Request for Proposal. The USACE, TAM is conducting market research to garner interest and the capabilities of United States firms interested in submitting a proposal to renovate and improve secure administrative spaces in an existing building.
An unclassified contract will be awarded to a firm. Note: for planning and bidding purposes, work shall be accomplished by skilled tradesmen who are United States (U.S.) citizens or have become naturalized citizens. Joint Ventures (JV) may participate in the competition. The JV must meet the definition of a U.S. firm. All parties to the JV must be U.S. firms. To be considered a U.S. firm, the firm must be incorporated and have its corporate headquarters in the U.S.; have filed corporate and employment tax returns (if required) in the U.S. for a minimum of two (2) years and have filed State and Federal income tax returns (if required) for 2 years; have paid any applicable taxes determined due as a result of such filings; and employ U.S. citizens in key management positions.
This requirement is assigned a code of 236220 in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and the size standard for such requirements is $36.5M per annum. Statements should also include the eligible business concern's name, point of contact, address, and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number.
Project Scope: This Design-Bid-Build project includes the renovation of an existing 5,700 square foot (SF) warehouse, which is currently used partially for administrative and server room space, and partially used as unfinished warehouse storage.
The scope of this project includes the finishing and conversion of the warehouse storage space into general administrative office use and the re-configuration and modernization of the existing administrative space. This includes the replacement, re-routing, and/or new installation of electrical systems, communications systems, and Heating Ventilation, and Air Conditioning systems.
This project includes work in access controlled, secure administrative spaces and the Contractor will need to satisfy the project specific security and personnel clearance requirements.
The estimated magnitude of this project is between $1 million and $6 million with a period of performance of 480 calendar days from contract award.
The solicitation will be a request for proposal (RFP). The Government is considering the use of full and open competition procedures for this project. The Best Value Tradeoff source selection process will be used to evaluate proposals. Evaluation criteria will be stated in the RFP. This acquisition will result in a single FFP contract. The successful offeror will have demonstrated experience in constructing secure spaces in accordance with IC Tech Spec for ICD/ICS 705, "Technical Specifications for Construction and Management of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities", dated 28 September 2017. DFARS provision 252.236-7010, Overseas Military Construction-Preference for United States Firms applies to this solicitation. This acquisition will not be set-aside for small businesses.
Military Construction funds are available to the TAM for award of this project. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation either before or after the closing date, and there shall be no legal liability on the part of the Government, to include liability for Contractor's proposal costs.
All interested offerors must complete the attached Capabilities Statement and the Statement of Affiliation as part of their response to this sources sought. Only those offerors who complete these documents to the Government's satisfaction will be eligible to receive the bid documents for this project.
Please return the completed information to the Contract Specialist by email to Eric.L.Caruso@usace.army.mil. Place the words "Statement of Affiliation for W912ER19R0026" on the subject line of your message. Your response is requested by 12:00PM, EST, on 22 May, 2019.
The solicitation documents will not be posted at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website for this announcement. The solicitation documents will be provided through the AMRDEC Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) system. Upon issuance of the RFP, Contractors on the bidders list will receive an email notification with the subject: AMRDEC Safe Access File Exchange Delivery Notice. The notification will include a description of the file, a link to the file, and a password to retrieve the file. The file will only be available for 14 days and the password is a one-time-use only during the 14 day period. In other words, the Contractor will have access to the documents for only one time during the 14-day period.
Important Notice: Firms that would like to receive the solicitation documents must click and open the "Add Me to Interested Vendors" window at the FBO announcement for this project and provide the information requested therein. You must ensure a valid email address is provided. Your email address will be used to transmit the solicitation documents via AMRDEC SAFE.
The tentative date for issuance of Request for Proposal W912ER19R0026 is 19 June, 2019. The tentative date for receipt of proposals is 19 July, 2019. Details regarding the construction site visit will provided at a later date.

Opportunity closing date

22 May 2019

Value of contract

to be confirmed