A16 Site visit AGENDA -ZQEL 24-0004 B302.docx

AGENDA

Site Visit – 10 May 2024 @ 1000 hours Solicitation #FA665624B0002 Convert Corrosion Control Shop B302

PROJECT ZQEL-24-0004 Convert Corrosion Control Shop The work specified herein consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, tools, appliances, transportation, and materials required to demo current restrooms, select walls, flooring, ceiling, and associated utilities. Construct new walls, flooring, ceilings, and associated utilities where specified. Reroute plumbing and construct new restrooms. Raise the current ventilation to accommodate equipment moves. Redesign and install HVAC and ductwork. Remove paint booth and all associated filtration. Update electric service to provide for new equipment. Update mass notification, and fire suppression system. Sustainable principles, to include lifecycle cost-effectiveness practices, will be integrated into the design, development, and construction of the project in accordance with UFC 1-200-02. All work shall be done as per Specifications and Drawings in Section J of Solicitation.

This project has one (1) line item. This is a sealed bid solicitation whereby the bid opening will take place at Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Bldg.504—Conference Room at 1030 (10:30 am) local time on 29 May 2024. Offers will be publicly opened at that time. Envelopes containing offers must be sealed and marked with the offeror’s name, the solicitation number, and the date and time the offers are due.

Anyone who needs base access for the bid opening must submit a completed Entry Authority List form no later than 2:00pm local time on 22 May 2024. An updated form with instructions will be posted on sam.gov following this site visit. Even if you already completed one for this site visit, you will need to submit a new one.

This project is a HUBZone Set-Aside. Offers are only being solicited from certified HUBZone Small Businesses. Contract Clause 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole Source Award is included in the solicitation at Section I page 13. (The full text of the clause is also attached to this agenda.)

Bids are due on 29 May 2024 at 10:30 am, local time. Hand carried bids shall be delivered to the Contracting Office at Bldg. 504—Conference Room, no later than that time. Bid package is to include required bonds and the Financial Institution Reference Sheet (Attachment 4 of the solicitation).

Contractors are reminded that in order to receive an award as a prime contractor, they must be registered and listed in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at website, www.sam.gov, as well as have completed the annual representations and certifications. NAICS code 238160 must be registered in SAM at the time of bid opening. The contractor that receives the award as a prime contractor will be required to give written notice to the OFCCP within 10 working days of an award of a subcontract in excess of $10,000. You will submit this notice on the Notification of Construction Contract Award Portal (NCAP) at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/ncap.

The bid is to be based on the specifications/drawings. Contractors are urged to closely review the drawing notes. No changes are to be made unless received in writing from the Contracting Officer in the form of an amendment. It is the contractors’ responsibility to check the sam.gov website for updates and amendments.

Contractors are to direct all questions to the Contracting Office in writing. Questions can be e-mailed to the attention of Kimberly Hitchcock – kimberly.hitchcock.1@us.af.mil or Joseph Perry –joseph.perry.14@us.af.mil. Emails are preferred. It is imperative all communications are identified with the full solicitation number, not project number, in the subject line. Any/all questions received, along with the response, will be posted to the sam.gov website. It is important to have your questions to us by 17 May 2024 no later than 10:00 am Eastern to allow time to answer and post no later than 22 May 2:00pm 2024. If questions are not received by the deadline, they will not be answered.

Contractors are reminded that the Buy American Act pertains per the terms of the contract. The contractor shall use only domestic construction material in performing this contract. (Reference, Section I – Contract Clause 52.225-9). Consideration should also be given to biobased products. This clause can be found in Section K.

NOTICE OF HUBZONE SET-ASIDE OR SOLE-SOURCE AWARD (OCT 2022)

(a) Definitions. HUBZone small business concern, as used in this clause, means a small business concern, certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA), that appears on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the SBA ( 13 CFR 126.103).

(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to-

(1) Contracts that have been set aside or awarded on a sole-source basis to, HUBZone small business concerns;

(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for HUBZone small business concerns;

(3) Orders set aside for HUBZone small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); and

(4) Orders issued directly to HUBZone small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii).

(c) General.

(1) Offers are solicited only from HUBZone small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not HUBZone small business concerns will not be considered.

(2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a HUBZone small business concern.

(d) Joint venture. A joint venture may be considered a HUBZone concern if—

(1) At least one party to the joint venture is a HUBZone small business concern and complies with 13 CFR 126.616(c); and

(2) Each party to the joint venture qualifies as small under the size standard for the solicitation, or the protégé is small under the size standard for the solicitation in a joint venture comprised of a mentor and protégé with an approved mentor-protégé agreement under the SBA mentor-protégé program.

(e) A HUBZone joint venture agrees that, in the performance of the contract, at least 40 percent of the aggregate work performed by the joint venture shall be completed by the HUBZone small business parties to the joint venture. Work performed by the HUBZone small business party or parties to the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.

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