U. S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, P.O. Box 889, Savannah, Georgia 31402-0889

Y -- IDIQ CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH TIME AND MATERIALS CAPABILITIES FOR GEORGIA SOL DACA21-98-B-0063 POC Warren T. Clarke (Technical Questions) 912-652-5163; Julie Oliver (Contractual Questions) 912-652-5899 WEB: Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Contracting, http://www.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Julie M. Oliver, julie.m.oliver@sas02.usace.army.mil. *****Changes to this Pre-solicitation Notice are noted with asterisks******DESCRIPTION OF WORK: STEP ONE OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 3, 1998, ON THE INTERNET AT: http://www.sas.usace.army.mil/ebs/. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This will be an indefinite quantity, multi-task construction contract with prime contractor fixed labor rates for a wide variety of maintenance, repair, and minor new construction tasks. Work will be performed at (or in the vicinity of) Georgia. This includes primarily various Reserve Centers, Ft. Benning, Robins Air Force Base, Dobbins Air Force Base, Fort McPherson, Fort Gillem, Fort Stewart, Moody Air Force Base, Hunter Army Airfield, FLETC, Savannah Harbor, and Brunswick/Kingsbay Harbors. There is potential for tasks supporting other Federal Agencies within the Sate of Georgia, and for supporting recovery from national disasters in the State of Georgia and neighboring states. The contract is to provide expeditious execution of task orders for general construction or remediation of real property type work, which will vary from site to site. The Contracting Officer will issue specific task orders in accordance with the unit price schedule and task order specifications. Contract duration will be an initial 12-month period with options for two additional 12-month periods to be executed at the discretion of the Government. The ordering period will be for one (1) year or whenever the Contracting Officer determines the ordering period is over and any dollar amount not consumed by task orders issued during the ordering period may be carried over to the next ordering period. The maximum estimated contract amount for the base and for each additional 12-month period is $4,000,000. Task orders will not be issued for less than $2,500 or more than $500,000. The contractor will not be required to accept more than a (cumulative) total of $2,000,000 in task orders at any given time. The Government will obligate to the Contractor a minimum of $80,000 for the base year and $40,000 for each option period as the options are exercised. This guaranteed fee is an obligation at the time of award and, as such, will be fully funded upon contract award. The Contractor will be required to furnish all plant, labor, materials, permits, equipment, personnel, and service necessary to manage and accomplish designated deliveries which will include surveying the problem, recommending a solution, and remediating the problem in a timely and efficient manner. Task orders will include a variety of trades including (but not limited to) biologist, environmentalist, environmental abatement (asbestos and lead-based paint) technicians, agronomist, computer specialist, carpentry, plumbing, road repair, roofing, excavation, demolition, concrete, topographic surveyors, roofers, masonry, welding and engineering (general, civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, fire protection, and/or safety). Contractors must have a minimum of 3 years related experience and must possess all state and locally required licenses for this type work within the areas specified in the solicitation. Offerors will be required to submit cost and technical proposals as stated in the solicitation. The following technical evaluation criteria will be used for selection: (1) prime contractor's past performance with various sub-items, (2) prime contractor's experience with various sub-items, (3) prime contractor's management with various sub-items. The acquisition strategy is a two-step sealed bid. Proposals will be received and evaluated on a Go/No Go basis. Those offerors with technically acceptable proposals will be requested to submit bids. A pre-proposal conference is tentatively schedule for August 12, 1998. Proposals from large business firms must comply with FAR clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a subcontracting plan. Estimated cost range of project is from $5,000,000 to $25,000,000. Network Analysis System will be required. ***********BIDDING ON THIS SOLICITATION IS RESTRICTED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS, $17,000,000 SIZE STANDARD AS DEFINED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.******** NOTE: ALL REQUESTS FOR SOLICITATIONS MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED NOT LATER THAN JULY 24, 1998. REQUESTS MAY BE FAXED TO 912-652-5828. DOCUMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS UNTIL SUPPLY IS EXHAUSTED. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE NUMBER OF SETS BE LIMITED TO ONE (1) PER FIRM. (ADDITIONAL COPIES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REQUESTOR.) STATE AREA CODE, TELEPHONE NUMBER, STREET ADDRESS AND NINE-DIGIT ZIP CODE IN REQUESTS. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:30 A.M. TO 5 P.M., 100 WEST OGLETHORPE AVENUE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31401-3640. Posted 08/17/98 (W-SN237882). (0229)

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