SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- Project Labor Survey – National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - Next NGA West (N2W)
- Notice Date
- 6/6/2016
- 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, Kansas City, Attn: CENWK-CT, 635 Federal Building 60l East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106-2896, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106-2896
- Solicitation Number
- W912DQ-16-PLA-Survey-NGA
- Archive Date
- 7/7/2016
- Point of Contact
- Jay B. Denker, Phone: 8163893934, Hilary M. Winans, Phone: (816) 389-3500
- E-Mail Address
-
Jay.B.Denker@USACE.Army.mil, Hilary.m.winans@usace.army.mil
(Jay.B.Denker@USACE.Army.mil, Hilary.m.winans@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Project Labor Survey - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - Next NGA West (N2W) The Corps of Engineers Kansas City District is soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for a large scale construction project (exceeding $500 million) within the St. Louis Metropolitan area. N2W Requirement: The N2W facility is required to replace mission critical facilities in St. Louis that have exceeded their service life. The project will accommodate new technologies and processes that will generate beneficial synergies through integration, collaboration, and geospatial data immersion. The ‘purpose-built' facility will provide an open flexible work environment that is scalable, reconfigurable, and adaptive to changing mission requirements and the associated changes in workflow and data sharing methodologies. The project will provide NGA's workforce with safe, secure, and efficient facilities that will meet the agency's long-term requirements and vision for Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) and will be consistent with the Director National Intelligence (DNI) facilities strategic plan. Given the scale of the construction project and the need for NGA to move from existing facilities minimizing dual operating costs, the N2W will require the builder to provide transition phase services from immediately after beneficial occupancy date (BOD) for up to 24 months later when the facility will be ready for full operational capability (FOC). A project labor agreement is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organization 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) 22.503 provides the following guidance: (a) Project Labor Agreements are 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 law. (Refer also to FAR 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement and FAR 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement). The Kansas City District requests responses to the following questions: 1.Do you have knowledge that a PLA has been used in the local area on projects of this kind? If so, please provide supporting documentation? 2.Are you aware of skilled labor shortages in the area for those crafts that will be needed to complete the referenced project? If so please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible. 3.Are you aware of time sensitive issues/scheduling requirements that would impact the rate at which the referenced project should be completed? If so, please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible. 4.Identify specific reasons why or how you believe a PLA would advance the Federal Governments interest in achieving economy and efficiency in federal procurement. 5.Identify specific reasons why you do not believe a PLA would advance the Federal Governments interest in achieving economy and efficiency in federal procurement. 6.How would the use of a PLA impact project costs? 7.Please identify any additional information you believe should be considered on the use of a PLA for the referenced project. 8.Please identify any additional information you believe should be considered on the non-use of a PLA for the referenced project. Please send your Sources Sought responses via email to jay.b.denker@usace.army.mil. Submissions must be received by 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time, June 22, 2016.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA41/W912DQ-16-PLA-Survey-NGA/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Record
- SN04139212-W 20160608/160606234242-b6f6ba9028970366df5460c1706d3cac (fbodaily.com)
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