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19AQMM-22-R0224

Department of State 2022 Design Build Construction Contract for

United States Embassy Nouakchott, Mauritania

RFP 19AQMM-22-R0224

Notice of Solicitation

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS), Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) is seeking high quality firms experienced in complex construction projects for the Design Build

Chief of Missions Residence Renovation & Expansion, Compound Modification Project located in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

This project is available for full and open competition.

Continuing a legacy of outstanding diplomatic architecture, OBO seeks to commission the most highly qualified constructors to create facilities of outstanding quality and value.

1. Project Description (Secret Facility and Personnel Security Clearances NOT Required)

19AQMM-22R-0224, Design Build Chief of Missions Residence Renovation & Expansion, Compound Modification Project

OBO is pursuing a Design/Build project to renovate and expand the existing CMR and convert the former U.S. embassy compound to a representational residential campus. The project is located on 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) in the diplomatic district of the city. The CMR campus in

Nouakchott, Mauritania is nestled between the Mauritanian Presidential Palace to the east and the Spanish Embassy to the northwest. The triangular campus is made up of the now CMR campus as well as the American International School of Nouakchott (AISN) campus in its western corner. In front is a Public Zone that is not part of the U.S. government property but is controlled by the Embassy with vehicle control gates and structures that support the entrance to the CMR and the school. This public zone flanks the southwestern edge of the campus triangle and runs along Rue Abadallaye.

Approximate construction cost: $48 Million - $58 million

2. Project Solicitation

The project solicitation will be available on the Department of State ProjNet System on or about

July 18th, 2022.

High Quality Firms with the proven capabilities and past performance that wish to participate in this solicitation shall submit a letter of interest in writing to Jennifer Willis AND Jennifer Leung by email no later than July 15th , 2022: WillisJC2@state.gov AND LeungJB@state.gov. All submission must be in English language. The letter of interest shall include the following information:

Project Name: Design Build Nouakchott CMR Project

RFP # 19AQMM-22-0224

Company Name

Company Address mailto:WillisJC2@state.gov mailto:LeungJB@state.gov

19AQMM-22-R0224

Company DUNS Number (If available)

Company Telephone Number

Company Facsimile (FAX) Number

Contact Person: Name, E-Mail Address, and Telephone Number

Eligible firms will be provided key codes and a link to the ProjNet (www.projnet.net) Plan Room and Bidder Inquiry to be used to access the respective Unclassified solicitation information.

The contract will be “firm fixed-price.” Construction services will include providing construction labor and materials to execute the OBO-accepted design, on-site organization with management to ensure overall project coordination, and overall control throughout the life of the project. Required services include preparation of required construction submittals, quality control plans, safety plans, project schedules, cost estimates, and project close-out activities.

Section 11 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926, as amended, (22 U.S.C. 302), known as the “Percy Amendment,” applies to the projects described in this announcement. The act provides a 10% price preference to American-owned firms as defined in the Act on any

Department of State contract when the project is estimated to exceed $5,000,000.” The Percy

Amendment also requires exclusion of firms from countries that exclude U.S. firms from their diplomatic construction projects. The requirements of the Act will be applied to all proposals received. Offeror will be required to complete and submit as part of its offer the “Percy

Amendment Certification Form." (The form is attached to this FEDBIZOPPS announcement and may be obtained from the DOS Contract Specialist listed at the end of this notice.) If a joint venture is formed, the company having 51 percent or greater interest in the JV must be the one completing the form. Sufficient information should be provided in the Certifications and attachments thereto to determine Offeror status under the Percy Amendment, but the Department reserves the right to consider other information in the proposal submission or to obtain clarifications or additional information from the Offeror.

To demonstrate performance of similar construction work for Percy Amendment purposes, offerors will need to provide information demonstrating that it has successfully completed in the

United States or at a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission a construction contract or subcontract involving work of the same general type and complexity as the solicited project and having a contract or subcontract value of at least 35% of the low-end estimated value of the solicited project ($16,800,000.00). The value of the work provided to demonstrate successful completion of work of the same general type and complexity as the subject project will not be adjusted for inflation or any other market forces.

A site visit is planned for Early August 2022.