US ARMY ENGINEER DISTR, ALBUQ, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 4101 JEFFERSON PLAZA NE, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87109-3435

Y -- GERMAN AIR FORCE (GAF) AGE MAINTENANCE/LOX MAINTENANCE/STORAGE FACILITY AND PRECISION MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT LABORATORY (PMEL), HOLLOMAN AFB, OTERO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO SOL DACA47-98-B-0017 DUE 072198 POC Contract Specialist Mary B. Henry (505) 342-3454 (Site Code DACA47) Competition for this acquisition is restricted to 8(a) contractors serviced by the Albuquerque Small Business Administration District which have SIC Code 1542 among their approved SIC Codes. All other contractors are deemed ineligible to submit offers. The SBA Requirement Number Assigned is 0682-98-803830. The project consists of the construction of an Aircraft Ground Equipment Maintenance Facility with Yard (AGE); a Liquid Oxygen Building with Storage (LOX); and a Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) addition to Building 830. The AGE facility shall be a pre-engineered building with split-faced concrete masonry units (CMU), wainscot exterior, banded with fluted CMU, and full height CMU interior partitions. The remaining exterior walls shall have a field assembled insulated metal panel system with both interior and exterior metal finish face sheet. A 5-ton interior bridge crane shall span the maintenance hall. The roof shall be of standing seam metal roofing panels. The LOX storage facilityshall be a concrete slab sealed with a hardener, sealer, and densifier to provide protection from LOX spillage. The LOX structure shall consist of a pre-engineered metal frame and roof structure covered with standing seam metal roofing panels. The facility shall house three 400-gallon storage tanks. The PMEL facility shall be constructed of load-bearing CMU walls with metal bar joist framing and a metal deck, roof insulation and a flat roofing membrane. The exterior finish shall match the existing U.S. Air Force PMEL. Each site shall include all supporting electrical requirements, utilities, parking lot, and sidewalks. Each facility will include special electrical requirements for 50-hz equipment. This is a Firm-Fixed Price contract with a SIC code of 1542. The magnitude of construction is between $1 Million and $5 Million and the construction period is 365 days. Bonding will be required for this acquisition. Questions of a technical nature should be addressed to Phil Boawn at (505) 342-3342. Plans will be issued on or about 19 June 1998 with bid opening on or about 21 July 1998. A ninety (90) day bid acceptance period will apply to this solicitation. The cost of plans and specifications is $125.00 per set and is non-refundable. Checks should be made payable to F&A Officer-UFC, Albuquerque, and mailed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contracting Division, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109-3435. For further information on ordering plans and specifications, call Zdenka Hvezda at (505) 342-3456. (Bidders who previously submitted a check for $60.00 to purchase plans and specifications for Invitation for Bid DACA47-97-B-0032, GAF Aircraft Parking Apron at HAFB, which was cancelled, may request a corresponding credit for this acquisition. Address your written request for credit to Ms. Hvezda at the address listed above. Those not interested in this project may apply their credit to any of the GAF projects scheduled to be issued in the near future.) Bidders are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, evaluation, negotiation and/or final award process based on decisions related to DOD/GAF changes in force structure, disposition of the armed forces and the signing of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the beddown of 30 additional Tornado Aircraft. In addition, award of this project is subject to the availability of funds. (0154)

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