Pre-Solicitation Synopsis - Baghdad Power Plant.pdf

Pre-Solicitation Synopsis

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Department of State 2025 Design-Build Construction Contract for

Power Plant Remediation Project at U.S. Embassy

Baghdad, Iraq

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice – interested companies do NOT need to submit any documentation at this time. The solicitation for qualification packages will be posted on

SAM.gov on October 10, 2024, please see below for further information.

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS), Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations

(OBO) has a requirement for Design-Build Services for design and construction services for remediation of the power plant at U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. The Project is described below. OBO seeks to commission our nation’s top designers and constructors to produce facilities of outstanding quality and value.

This project is available for full and open competition.

Project Description:

Design and construction services for remediation of the power plant at U.S. Embassy

Baghdad, Iraq.

Summary of Project Scope:

The project includes the design/build construction to address the existing, prime rated, central power plant’s operational, maintenance, and performance challenges. The contractor shall design and install modifications to the existing central power plant to remedy the major deficiencies with the plant’s performance and sustained operations since

2018. The contractor shall be responsible for accomplishing the performance goals set forth in the solicitation to deliver the power plant project conforming to the U.S. Embassy Baghdad’s unique operational requirements and to OBO’s preferences, requirements, design standards and all applicable criteria.

The central power plant shall remain in continuous operation throughout the construction period. This project requires complex phasing

Estimated Design/Build Construction Cost: $68 - $83 million

Award selection process/stages:

The project solicitation will consist of two phases.

Phase I – Pre-Qualification of Offerors

The announcement of solicitation of pre-qualification submissions is Phase I. DOS will evaluate the pre-qualification submissions based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the Phase

I SAM.gov announcement, to be posted on October 10, 2024.

Phase II – Requests for Proposals from Pre-Qualified Offerors

The Offerors determined to be pre-qualified in accordance with the Phase I SAM.gov notice will proceed to Phase II and be issued a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) for the project. These offerors will be invited to participate in a site visit and submit technical and pricing proposals in

Phase II. Phase II proposals will provide pricing for the design-build construction.

The resulting contract will be “firm fixed-price.” Construction services will include, but are not limited to, providing construction labor and materials to execute the 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 construction documents, quality control plans, safety plans, project schedules and project close-out activities.

The pre-qualified Offerors participating in Phase II will be required to attend a pre-proposal conference at the project site, anticipated to be within 10 to 15 days after the issuance of the

Phase II RFP depending on travel and access restrictions.

The execution of this project requires that the bidder must engage the services of a team of qualified design professionals meeting the following minimum criteria:

• Active U.S. Engineering License (P.E.) and Active U.S. Architectural License (AIA /

R.A.) for all applicable disciplines.

• Expertise, knowledge and experience in design and engineering of mechanically ventilated, indoors, prime power plants located in extremely hot climatic zones, based on U.S. standards.

• Technical knowledge, expertise, and experience of operational and maintenance of

Caterpillar®C-175 4.0 MW generators, and the entire powertrain in a prime rated powerplant configuration with continuous power generation.

• Expertise, knowledge and experience in instrumentation and controls for a fully integrated automated power generation, distribution, load cycling, fuel operations, monitoring, diagnostics, analytics, and reporting system engineering.

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling, simulation, and analysis expertise with mechanical system design and engineering.

This is a complete design-build project, please be advised that design documents (including bridging documents) will NOT be provided. The design and engineering shall be fully delegated to the awarded contractor, and the contractor shall develop a design consistent with the OBO mission to create safe, secure, functional, and resilient facilities that embrace project-specific constructability, sustainable priorities, and security.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

SAM registration is not required for purposes of prequalification (Phase I), note the pre-qualified entity shall be the same entity submitting a proposal in response to the Request for

Proposal in Phase II. Prequalification is distinct from eligibility for contract award and the

Omnibus Certification is distinct from the Security Clearance Requirements. Specific requirements for award will be set forth in the Solicitation.

To the extent the Offeror anticipates proposing two or more entities that meaningfully rely on related entities to perform under the contract and to meet the stated requirements of the

Solicitation, the Offeror should be structured as a formal JV or prime/subcontractor and the

Offeror itself (formal JV or Prime) and should be registered in SAM prior to proposal submission.

A facility security clearance is not required, but the Contractor must possess a current license to do business in Iraq at the time of Phase II proposal submission.

The Contractor shall submit to a background investigation (also known as “vetting”) after contract award for the Uncleared labor and obtain approval of the Project

Director/Contracting Officer Representative (COR), in coordination with Regional

Security Officer (RSO), before access is granted to Project Site or applicable Support

Sites.

Estimated schedule:

The solicitation, Phase 1 – Pre-qualification, is planned for release on SAM.gov on/about

October 10, 2024.