B01_Pre-Solicitation_Notice_3.docx

Farmington Fire Facilities, NM Design-Build 140L0621R0019 Pre-Solicitation Notice

The Bureau of Land Management has a requirement for complete design and construction of a new Fire Station building, Crew Quarters building, and associated site elements and utility work in Farmington, NM. The design of the Fire Station and Crew Quarters are based on the standard prototypical fire facility designs approved by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). The Farmington Fire Facilities will include two new buildings, access roads, parking and vehicle circulation space, overhead fill station, outdoor storage areas, fencing, vehicle gates, and areas designated for future expansion. New buildings include the following:

1. Fire Station Building: consisting of vehicle storage bays and offices for BLM wildland firefighting staff. The overhead fill station shall be directly adjacent to the vehicle storage bays.

2. Crew Quarters: consisting of a residential style quarters building to house BLM staff.

Existing development adjacent to the proposed site includes the BLM’s Farmington District.

The period of performance for this requirement is 550 days.

The BLM will issue a Total Small Business Set-Aside competitive design-build solicitation on or about June 9, 2021. The BLM anticipates issuing a single firm fixed price award from this solicitation. Davis Bacon Act (DBA) is applicable and the appropriate DBA Wage Determination will be included in the solicitation.

The competitive solicitation, 140L0621R0019, is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.5, Set-Asides for Small Business. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. All materials must be in accordance with the Buy American Act. This acquisition will use two-phase design-build selection procedures in accordance with FAR 36.3.

A Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation package will be available electronically on or about June 9, 2021 at https://sam.gov/content/opportunites for 30 days. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring www.fbo.gov and www.fedconnect.net for the release of the solicitation package for any other pertinent information and for downloading a complete copy of the solicitation package. The government will not provide paper copies or email the solicitation. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered and complete the online Representations and Certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) data base via website: http://www.sam.gov.

A site visit date, time and meeting location will be provided in the solicitation. Offerors are highly encouraged to attend the scheduled site visit to inspect the site and to ensure they fully understand the requirement and conditions that may affect the cost of the project, specifications, and performance.

Award will be based on best value to the Government in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract nor does it obligate the government to pay for any proposal preparation costs.