SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- Market Research for Use of Project Labor Agreements for Large Scale Military Construction FY12 Projects, Various Locations, Alaska
- Notice Date
- 3/15/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Alaska, ATTN: CEPOA-CT, P. O. Box 6898, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, 99506-6898, United States
- ZIP Code
- 99506-6898
- Solicitation Number
- W911KB-11-S-PLA
- Point of Contact
- Kimberly D. Tripp, Phone: 907-753-2549
- E-Mail Address
-
kimberly.tripp@usace.army.mil
(kimberly.tripp@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Market Research for Use of Project Labor Agreements for Large Scale Military Construction FY12 Projects, Various Locations, Alaska The Corps of Engineers, Alaska District is soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for large scale military construction projects (exceeding $25 million) within the State of Alaska to include Fort Wainwright, Fort Greely, Eielson Air Force Base, and Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER). A PLA is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement described in 29 U.S.C. 158(f). Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Policy: (a) Project Labor Agreement (PLA) is a tool that agencies may use to promote economy and efficiency in Federal procurement. Pursuant to Executive Order 13502, agencies are encouraged to consider requiring the use of project labor agreements in connection with large-scale construction projects. (b) An agency may, if appropriate, require that every contractor and subcontractor engaged in construction on the project agree, for that project, to negotiate or become a party to a project labor agreement with one or more labor organizations if the agency decides that the use of project labor agreements will (1) Advance the Federal Governments interest in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement, producing labor-management stability, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing safety and health, equal employment opportunity, labor and employment standards, and other matters; and (2) Be consistent with the law. Reference: Provision 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement Clause 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement. Please provide responses to any or all of the following questions: (1) Should PLAs be executed on selected large dollar, large scale military construction contracts at Fort Greely, Fort Wainwright, Eielson Air Force Base and/or Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER)? If yes, describe how a PLA will achieve economy and efficiency in the procurement, produce labor-management stability, and/or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing safety and health, equal employment opportunity, labor and employment standards? If no, describe why? (2) Are there concerns by prime contractors on the availability of skilled construction labor? (3) Would a PLA benefit a project which contains a unique and compelling mission-critical schedule? How? (4) What type of project should not be considered for PLA clauses? (5) What is the time impact to the completion of the contract due to a PLA? (6) What is the cost impact to the bid/proposal due to a PLA? (7) What other factors should the Corps of Engineers consider before deciding to include PLA provisions in a Alaska District Engineer contract? Please limit your responses to no more than two (2) to three (3) pages in length. Please provide your comments via email to Kimberly Tripp, Contract Specialist, at Kimberly.Tripp@usace.army.mil, no later than 18 April 2011.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Ft. Wainwright, Ft. Greely, Eielson Air Force Base, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER), Alaska, United States
- Record
- SN02400568-W 20110317/110315234252-0e8182a8feba74d728be79a0c362fe0f (fbodaily.com)
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