Presolicitation Notice_1.docx

The National Park Service (NPS), Department of Interior (DOI), Interior Region 2, South Atlantic Gulf, West Major Acquisition Buying Office (MABO), is soliciting proposals on a total small business set-aside basis from all interested small businesses having the capability to perform the work described below. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the Beta SAM website at www.beta.sam.gov. Proposal documents will be available for download in Microsoft Word, HTML, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF; Specifications will be available in Adobe PDF format; and drawings will be available in PDF format. Please Note: Paper copies of the solicitation will not be made available.

Vendors can search for opportunities and award history on www.beta.sam.gov and www.fedconnect.net without registering. The Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) website has an Interested Vendors List and a Watchlist where you can add your company's interest. Registering provides the opportunity to receive notifications; this is a tool of convenience only and does not serve as a guarantee of notification. Interested vendors and plan holders are required to visit the website periodically to check for amendments and other changes to the synopsis or solicitation documents.

Prospective offerors desiring to conduct business with the DOI are required to have an active registration in the Systems for Awards Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. You are also required to have a DUNS number in order to conduct business with the Federal Government.

This pre-solicitation announcement is not a solicitation document, but pre-notice of an upcoming solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or after the date listed below.

Proposed Solicitation Issue Date: Estimated on or about Thursday, April 1, 2021. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 236220 with a size standard of $39.5 million.

Title of Project: Repair Pemberton Headquarters Roof, Front Porch, and Exterior, Vicksburg National Military Park, VICK 219142

Description:

This project entails the following items of work at the Pemberton Headquarters site: restore two-story front porch by disassembly and rebuilding of the two-story front porch and reroof the house as shown in the drawings and specifications.

Summary of the Porch Restoration:

a. Document, disassemble, mark, catalog and store existing ceilings of the first and second floor of the existing two-story porch located on the front (north) of the structure.

b. Shore existing porch roof, porch roof framing, second floor ceiling, second floor porch floor, and second floor porch framing down to grade.

c. Lift all horizontal porch framing members back to original positions as can be determined from undamaged elements.

d. Document, disassemble, mark catalog and store existing porch millwork, balustrades, column boxing, columns and other historic wood elements.

e. Disassemble, mark, catalog, and store existing second floor porch framing members and remaining second floor porch decking, up to the underside of the second-floor ceiling framing. The porch roof and porch roof framing shall remain in place.

f. Disassemble, mark, catalog and store existing soffit boxing around second floor ceiling framing

g. Document geometry and positions of masonry piers. Disassemble masonry piers down to the concrete slab level and salvage brick for reinstallation. Remove the concrete slab. Disassemble piers and masonry foundation wall between the piers down to the bottom of the foundations. Salvage brick for reinstallation.

h. Excavate for and pour new foundations.

i. Reconstruct new foundation/piers/masonry screen wall to the underside of the original first floor slab. Reconstruct pier up to the original height. Pour new concrete porch slab, tying into the piers. Install new tie rods and anchorages, tying slab to the original building.

j. Reconstruct second floor porch framing, reusing existing members or replacing with new as described in the project documents. Shore porch in place during reconstruction. Install porch decking.

k. Repair or reconstruct (as necessary) second floor porch ceiling framing and roof framing as shown in the project documents.

l. Repair or replace in-kind as necessary and reinstall columns from masonry piers up to the second-floor porch framing and from the second-floor porch deck up to the ceiling and the roof framing.

m. Obtain representative samples of the cornice and architrave moldings to be used to develop templates for knives to mill replacement moldings.

n. Repair using epoxy or dutchman or replace, in-kind as necessary and reinstall millwork. Allowances for millwork have been established for pricing purposes.

o. Stucco exposed faces of masonry piers and masonry foundation wall between piers to match existing.

Summary of reroofing:

a. Tear off existing temporary roof-covering and remove existing Oriented Strand Board.

b. Repair or replace as necessary, main roof framing as shown in the project documents.

c. Repair or replace, in-kind, damaged roof deck boards.

d. Rework framing on two low-sloped roof areas on the east and west ends of the front porch as shown in the project documents for positive drainage.

e. Install new roof access hatch and tie off points.

f. Install new natural slate roof.

g. Install of new zinc-tin coated copper flat-seam metal roof where specified.

h. Either: Repair/repaint existing tern metal roof (Base Bid).

i. Or: Replace existing tern metal roof with new zinc-tin coated copper flat-seam metal roof (Option A).

j. Repair gutters (internal and half-round) and downspouts.

k. Install new half-round gutter in specified locations.

l. Repair cornice millwork at the roof. See Allowances.

Type of Procurement: It is anticipated that a negotiated firm-fixed-price contract will be awarded requiring submission of both a technical and price proposal. The government will consider an offeror's technical capability in comparison to its price.

Estimated Magnitude: Between $400,000 and $600,000

Estimated Period of Performance: June 3, 2021 – June 2, 2022

Proposal receipt date is not known at this time. The actual date will be established in the solicitation documents.

A pre-proposal meeting will be scheduled and posted and date/location will be noted in the solicitation.

All responsible small business sources may submit an offer which, if submitted in a timely manner, will be considered. It is the policy of the government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Such concerns must also have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors in the contracts awarded by any executive agency, consistent with efficient contract performance. All offerors are strongly encouraged to contact their local Small Business Administration Office, to post their need for qualified subcontractors at http://www.sba.gov .