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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 11, 2007 FBO #2053
SOLICITATION NOTICE

Y -- Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for Design-Build Services, Southwestern Region (AR, AZ, CA, LA, NM, NV, OK & TX), BRAC and MILCON Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing (UEPH) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) Barracks

Notice Date

7/9/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

236220 — Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
 

Contracting Office

US Army Engineer District, Fort Worth, PO Box 17300/819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300
 

ZIP Code

76102-0300
 

Solicitation Number

W9126G-07-R-0074
 

Response Due

8/23/2007
 

Archive Date

10/22/2007
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Presolicitation Notice Unrestricted Solicitation for Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Single Award Contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Southwest Division) for Design-Build Construction Services, to include (but not limite d to) planning, design, and the construction of new facilities located within the boundaries of our military customers in the southwest region. The Southwestern Region refers to the geographic area encompassed by the IMA/Southwest Regional Office (AR, AZ, CA, LA, NM, NV, OK, and TX). It is anticipated that a large portion of the work will be in the San Antonio, TX area. This contract may be used for other agency requirements where the contracting officer has made a determination that the new requirement i s within scope. FOR INFORMATION ONLY: This contract is required by the Armys initiatives under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), the integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy (IGPBS) (also known as Global Defense Posture Realignment (GDPR)), a nd the Army Modular Force (AMF) program, although the projects may be required from any Military Program. The Army must posture facilities to effectively orient combat capabilities where they can most effectively organize, train, and deploy to support ong oing operations worldwide. The design/build contractor will be responsible for maintaining current documents and incorporating into future task orders changes in department of defense criteria as well as, modification, and clarification identified in ongoi ng task orders. The team will be responsible for keeping up with the current standards and criteria.SCOPE OF WORK: The projects include the design and construction of Barracks Buildings. The projects include living/sleeping rooms, private baths, walk-in c losets, laundry area and cooktops. Supporting facilities include Mass Notification, electrical service, water, sewer and gas. Accessibility for mobility impaired individuals will be provided. Anti-terrorism/Force Protection measures will be provided by use of standoffs, clear zones and hardening of the windows/doors/walls to meet minimum standards. Typical work for the Barracks may include but is not limited to 1) planning, design, estimating, and construction 2) Site planning and site verification 3) site engineering to include subsurface investigations, laboratory analysis, and final geotechnical report 4) pavement design 5) coordinate with utility providers and the JPMO (Joint Program Management Office) 6) acquiring all local, state and federal permits 7 ) architecture and interior design to include building exterior and interior, signage, and comprehensive furniture package 8) design of telecommunications systems and service 9) lightning protection 10) heating (self contained, gas fired), ventilation, and air conditioning to include building automation systems, testing, adjusting and balancing, and commissioning 11) energy conservation 12) fire protection and alarm systems 13) sustainable design solutions to meet a minimum LEED Silver/SPiRiT Gold to suppor t the MILCON program 14) site electrical systems 15) meetings and design review conferences 16) design configuration management 17) quality control systems 18) safety plans 19) environmental protection through the following products: environmental protecti on plans, incorporating protection features, environmental assessment of contract deviations, land resources plans, monitoring water resources, air resource monitoring and control, chemical materials management and waste disposal, recycling and waste minim ization, preservation of historical, archaeological, and cultural resources, protect biological resources, integrated pest management, post construction clean-up 20) traffic control plans 21) scheduling and phasing 22) preparation of design drawings on Aut oCadd and Microstation 23) and development of as-built drawings. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This solicitation will be evaluated under the Two Phase Design Build P rocess. The first phase consists of a process known in the commercial design-build industry as the Request for Qualifications or the acronym: RFQ. (This solicitation refers to it as Phase 1). In Phase 1, interested firms or joint venture entities (refer red to as Offerors) may submit certain specified performance capability proposals, demonstrating their capability to successfully execute the design-build construction IDIQ contract resulting from this solicitation. The Government will evaluate the perfo rmance capability proposals in accordance with the criteria described in the solicitation and will short-list no more than four of the Phase 1 Offerors to compete for the design-build contract in Phase 2 of the process. In Phase 2, the selected Offerors w ill submit preliminary technical design proposals, the remainder of the performance capability proposals, including the contract duration, a preliminary schedule and a price proposal. The Government will evaluate the Phase 2 proposals, in accordance with the criteria described for Phase 2 in the solicitation, and award the contract to the responsible Offeror, whose proposal conforms with all the terms and conditions of the solicitation and whose proposal is determined to represent the overall best value to the Government, considering technical-design quality, performance capability, and cost. The following evaluation criteria listed for Phase 1 and Phase 2 are proposed as follows: Phase 1 Specialized Experience; Past Performance; Organization and Technica l Approach. Phase 2  Volume I Building Function and Aesthetics; Quality of Building Systems and Materials; Site Design; and Sustainability Requirements. Volume II  Proposed Contract Duration and Summary Schedule; Key Subcontractors; Utilization of Sma ll Business Concerns; Proposed Contract Duration and Summary Schedule; and Small Business Utilization. Volume III (Price and Pro Forma): Price; Bid Bond; Self Performed Work Requirement; and Required Pre-Award Information. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this project is 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), which corresponds to SIC 1542. The Small Business Size Standard is $31 Million. The total contract capacity is estimated not t o exceed $400,000,000. The estimated duration for contract award will be an initial Base Period of twelve (12) months with up to two (2) Option Periods of twelve (12) months each, for a total not to exceed contract period of thirty six (36) months. The c ontract will remain active: 1) unless the contractor has a documented past performance record of unsatisfactory; 2) until contract expiration; 3) until task order completion; 4) until the total contract capacity limit is reached, or 5) the contract is Ter minated for Convenience of the Government. The minimum guarantee will be $200,000.00. The minimum guarantee amount will be applicable to the base period only. Funds above the minimum guarantee will be obligated with the issuance of task orders. The m inimum task order limitation will be $200,000.00. The maximum task order limitation for the contract will be $180,000,000.00. The Government reserves the right to exceed the stated maximum task order limitation. Estimated solicitation issue date is on o r about July 24, 2007 under solicitation number W9126G-07-R-0074. Phase 1 Proposals are anticipated to be due on or about August 23, 2007. If the Government elects to conduct a Pre-Proposal Conference, details regarding the Conference will be provided in the solicitation. The solicitation will be a negotiated acquisition. There will be no public bid opening. Proposals from Other-than-Small businesses must comply with FAR Clause 52.219-9, regarding the requirement for a Subcontracting Plan. The Fort W orth District goals (expressed as a percentage of the contractors total planned subcontract amount) are as follows: Small Business 51.2%; Small Disadvantaged B usiness 8.8%; Women-Owned Small Business 7.3%; HUBZone Small Business 3.1%, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 1.5%. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a hard paper copy. This solicitation will be issued via Internet only. No tification of amendments shall be made via Internet only, as well. It is therefore the contractors responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. For security reasons, all technical and engineering data re lated to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDS) system. FedTeDS is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested bidders must register with FedTeDS before accessing the system. Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS website (https://www.fedteds.gov) by clicking on the Register with FedTeDS hyperlink. Contractors registered with the Federal Technical Data Soluti ons (FedTeDS) may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: http://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumber=W9126G-07-R-0 074. You are advised that FedTeDS currently does not have a Plan Holders List capability. Therefore, offerors are encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/su bnet. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation will be Shelley Calderon, 817-886-1090; or by e-mail at Shelley.a.calderon@swf02.usace.army.mil.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Engineer District, Fort Worth PO Box 17300/819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth TX

Zip Code: 76102-0300

Country: US
 

Record

SN01337364-W 20070711/070709221353 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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