Pre Solicitation Notice Ouagadougou Marine Security Guard Quarters Plus Up.pdf

RFP 19AQMM21R0259

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 2021

DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

OUAGADOUGOU MSGQ PLUS-UP

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

The U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS), Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) is seeking high quality firms experienced in complex construction projects for Design/Build construction services for a Marine Security Guard Quarters Plus-Up in Ouagadougou, Burkina

Faso.

This project is a small business set aside.

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. The Project description (Secret Facility and Personnel Security Clearances NOT Required).

RFP 19AQMM21R0259, U.S. Embassy Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Marine Security Guard

Quarters Plus-Up. The required constructions services consists of a 350 GSM addition to the existing Marine Security Guard Quarters on the U.S. Embassy compound in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The addition will include bedrooms and modifications to the existing support spaces such as an expansion of the dining area, and additional washer and dryer. The exterior scope includes two new covered parking spaces, expansion of the surface parking area and limited landscaping. The project also includes installation of a total building lightening protection (grounding) system and new technical security equipment. Construction will take place on an active Embassy compound. To ease disruption as much as possible to tenants, coordination and phasing will be necessary with the Embassy to complete construction services in a timely manner.

The approximate construction cost: $11,000,000 to $17,000,000.

2. Project Solicitation

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

October 5, 2021.

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 addressed to Deborah Carey and e-mailed at careyda@state.gov. No telephone calls will be accepted regarding this pre-solicitation notice. The letter of interest is due by e-mail not later than October 4, 2021 by 11:30AM

EDST. Your submission must be in the English language. The letter of interest shall include the following information.

mailto:careyda@state.gov

Project Name: Ouagadougou Marine Security Guard Plus-Up

RFP# 19AQMM21R0259

Company Name

Company Address

Company DUNS Number

Company CAGE Code

Company Telephone Number

Company FAX Number

Contact Person Name

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 project 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

($3,850,000). 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 may be planned but is contingent on COVID-19 and traveling availability/restrictions.

No stipend will be provided.