Agenda for Site Visit Rubber Removal.docx

AGENDA

Site Visit 15 August 2024 @ 10:00 am Solicitation #FA665624B0005 Rubber Removal

This solicitation is designated a 100% HUBZone Small Business set aside. A single award acquisition will be made. The awardee must be HUBZone certified at time of award.

This project has one (1) line item.

Line Item One: The work specified herein consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, tools, appliances, transportation, and materials required to remove 95% of the rubber buildup from 100% of designated area on the Youngstown ARS Assault (asphalt covered) Runway. The rubber removal is to be completed without damage to the pavement surface, joints, and joint and crack seals, or any other government property. Destruction of any runway or other pavement markings as a result of the rubber removal process will be restored, repainted as necessary. All LZ Markings, Controlled Apron and Non-Controlled Apron Markings shall be repainted as per specifications and as shown on plans dated 08 May 2024.

This is a sealed bid solicitation whereby the bid opening will take place at Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Bldg. 504, Room 125-Conference Room at 11:00 a.m. EST. on 30 August 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 date and time the offers are due.

Anyone who needs base access for the bid opening must submit a completed Employer Data Sheet form no later than 10:00 a.m. EST on 23 August 2024. An updated form with instructions has been posted on https://sam.gov/. Even if you already completed an employer data sheet for this site visit, you must submit a new one in order to attend the bid opening.

This project is a 100% HUBZone Small Business set aside. Offers are only being solicited from eligible HUBZone Small Businesses in accordance with FAR 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole Source Award. It is imperative that you be qualified as a HUBZone Small Business by time of bid opening. Failure to provide proper certification will result in loss of Award. Contract Clause FAR 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole Source Award is included in the solicitation at Section I page 12.

Bids are due on 30 August 2024, 11:00 a.m. EST. Hand carried bids shall be delivered to the Contracting Office at Bldg. 504, Room 125—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, https://sam.gov/, as well as have completed the annual representations and certifications. NAICS Code 237310 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 https://sam.gov/ for updates and amendments.

Questions can be emailed to the attention of Ashley Senich- ashley.senich@us.af.mil and Joseph Perry- joseph.perry.14@us.af.mil. 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 https://sam.gov/. Questions must be received by 10:00 a.m. EST. on 20 August 2024 in order to allow time for the engineer to answer. Questions and answers will be posted to https://sam.gov/ by 26 August 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.