SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- IT&C Primary Operations Addition
- Notice Date
- 11/16/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- National Science Foundation, Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Support, DACS, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room475, Arlington, Virginia, 22230
- ZIP Code
- 22230
- Solicitation Number
- ITCADD-2017
- Archive Date
- 1/18/2017
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth Baker, Phone: 7032924450
- E-Mail Address
-
elibaker@nsf.gov
(elibaker@nsf.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS SOURCES SOUGHT WILL NOT RESULT IN A DIRECT GOVERNMENT SOLICITATION. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Polar Programs (PLR) is the agency responsible for managing the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). Leidos Innovations Corporation (Leidos) provides logistical support to the USAP under the Antarctic Support Contract (ASC). The ASC program operates three year-round stations, which include South Pole and McMurdo on the Antarctic continent, and Palmer on Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Through the ASC, NSF is seeking vendors to perform design bid build construction of a new data center addition to the existing science support center at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The primary objective of this project is to achieve a highly functional, highly sustainable, aesthetic, low maintenance and operations, facility designed in accordance with the USAP's needs. IT&C Primary Operations The base bid includes a two story, ~11,500 sf, addition to the existing science support center. It will include 2,000 sf of co-located data center rack space, operations center, offices, and mechanical space which will house the required UPS, standby generator, combined heat and power unit, and HVAC equipment. The ASC program intends to solicit firm-fixed-price proposals for the construction of this facility addition from interested contractors. The solicitation is under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The small business size standard for this NAICS is $36.5M. The magnitude of the cost of construction for the base bid is estimated to be between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000. This range excludes shipping costs from Port Hueneme, CA to Antarctica; these services will be provided by others. Due to the size of this project it is expected the solicitation will be issued under full and open competition. A pre-solicitation conference will be held on January 24th, 2017. The conference will be held in Centennial, CO. Advance registration is required to attend this conference, a teleconference will not be provided. Transcripts of the conference will not be provided. To register to attend the pre-solicitation conference and receive the specific location address please email your company name, person of contact name, email and phone number to the following email address: Denver-MPSM-AIMS@usap.gov. The final RFP will not be released to the general public. If you wish to be considered to be included in the bidders list, please email your company name, person of contact name, email and phone number to the following email address: Denver-MPSM-AIMS@usap.gov. All interested parties will receive a copy of the pre-qualification requirements and upon successful completion will be added to the bidders list. Select draft solicitation documents and additional project details can be found at: https://future.usap.gov/itc-pre-solicitation/. Overarching McMurdo station master plan can be found at: https://future.usap.gov/master-plan/mcmurdo-master-plan-page/. ASC is soliciting your feedback on the draft solicitation information. Questions can be submitted in advance to Denver-MPSM-AIMS@usap.gov. Please include the specific document name, page or drawing number and paragraph reference for all questions. Incomplete questions may not be answered. ASC will attempt to address all advance questions at the pre-solicitation conference. Those questions asked at the conference may not be addressed prior to solicitation release. Summary responses will only be provided to contractors who have registered to attend the conference. The anticipated solicitation release date is March 2017 with a planned award date by March 2018. This notice is for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal, nor does its issuance restrict the Government to an acquisition approach. The Government is under no obligation to award any related contract associated with this notice. The Government will not reimburse contractors for any costs associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice.
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- Record
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