Sources Sought JBSA-BAMC Upgrades.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

For

Construct solar photovoltaic (PV) power generations systems at Brook Army Medical Center (BAMC) and Camp Bullis Taylor Burk Medical Clinic at Joint

Base San Antonio, Texas

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice; a market survey, for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION

FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS

NOTICE. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information or industry response to this notice or any follow up information requests. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future procurement. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in the Government-Wide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Responses to the sources sought will be utilized with other market research methods to establish the planned acquisition strategy. The planned acquisition strategy will be posted as a change to this synopsis, as required by regulation.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), or Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). All are highly encouraged to respond to solidify the acquisition strategy.

The acquisition strategy will be determined based on responses received from this notice and/or other market research methods.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Fort Worth District has been tasked to solicit for and award a firm fixed-price, Design-Build construction project for construction of solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems to supplement the current power load at Brook Army Medical Center (BAMC) and Camp Bullis Taylor Burk Medical Clinic at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

The Government is seeking experienced firms for the following scope of work:

Construct solar PV power generation systems at BAMC and Camp Bullis Taylor Burk Medical Clinic locations in accordance with all current and applicable codes.

The main hospital at Brook Army Medical Center consists of the original main building referred to as BAMC, and a Consolidated Tower addition, referred to as COTO. There are two Central Energy Plants, CEP-1 and CEP-2. CEP-1 serves BAMC, and CEP-2 serves COTO. BAMC’s campus includes five large parking areas surrounding the hospital. The Camp Bullis Taylor Burk Medical Clinic is a small medical outpatient facility. The facility includes a parking lot in front of the building that the carport PV array will be installed over. Tasks associated with the BAMC Main Campus and Taylor Burk Medical Clinic include the design, installation, and commissioning of a PV system located in the parking lots. The design build team shall design an optimal layout for the PV array to fit within the constraints of the existing parking lots. Additional tasks associated with the BAMC Main Campus and Taylor Burk Medical Clinic include both mechanical and electrical work required to upgrade motors, drives, transformers, and associated equipment.

In accordance with FAR 36/DFARS 236, the estimated construction price range for this project is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.

Estimated duration of the project is 730 calendar days. NOTE: The project duration in the actual solicitation could be increased or decreased.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 236220 which has a small business size standard of $45,000,000.

The Product Service Code is Y1PZ—Construction of other Non-building Facilities.

Should this action be set-aside for small business, firms are reminded of the requirements under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. Firm will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by the Government to the prime’s subcontractors that are not similarly situated. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Cost of materials are excluded and not considered to be subcontracted.

Should this action be solicited as Full and Open Competition, a Small Business Participation Proposal will be identified as an evaluation factor in the solicitation.

Large Business(es) must comply with FAR 52.219-9 by submitting an acceptable Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to this notice. However, respondents are reminded that all construction performance must follow the USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1), and must also comply with all Federal, State, and local laws, ordinances, codes and/or regulations.

Anticipated solicitation issuance is mid-November 2025, and the estimated proposal due date will be early-January 2025. The official notice citing the solicitation number will be issued via the GPE and firms are to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued.

Response to this Notice shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information:

1. Firm’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, Unique Entity Identifier and e-mail address.

2. Firm’s interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued.

3. Firm’s experience to perform the magnitude and complexity outlined in the Scope of Work above by providing:

Brief description of the project, customer name, and dollar value of the project – provide at least 3 examples.

4. Firm’s Business Size – LB, SB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB.

5. Will the firm submit a response as a Joint Venture or other arrangement?

If YES, provide specific type: Joint Venture, Mentor-Protégé, Teaming Arrangement, or Other

6. Firm’s Bonding Capacity (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars).

7. The magnitude of construction for this project is between $25,000,000 and $100,00,000 and therefore will be subject to a Project Labor Agreement (PLA).

Is your firm willing to propose on this project subject to a PLA?

8. Firm’s capability statement.

This announcement and all information will be issued via the Government Point of Entry, and Offerors must be active in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of Government contracts, including documenting Sec. 889 Compliance in SAM that includes FAR 52.204-24 and FAR 52.204-25.

Contracting will verify the 889(a) and (b) compliance – per FAR 52.204-26.

The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) is the Department of Defense, single, authorized application to retrieve supplier performance information. SPRS is a web-enabled enterprise application that gathers, processes, and displays data about the performance of suppliers and must be completed prior to an award in accordance with DFARS 204.7303(b)(1), DFARS 204.7304(e), DFARS 252.204-7020, DoDI 5000.79. Review NIST SP 800-171 for further information.

Interested Firms shall respond to this Notice no later than 11 February 2025, 4:00 PM (CST). Email your response to Patricia Dickson at patricia.l.dickson@usace.army.mil.

*EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD WHEN RECEIVING RESPONSES TO

THIS NOTICE.