PreBid Security.pptx

117th Air Refueling Wing

PRE-BID CONFERENCE

SOLICITATION NO.

W50S6M-24-B-0002

BRKR009063 – New Security Building, at the 117th Air Refueling Wing

INTRODUCTIONS

Contracting Personnel Mr. Stephen Shanks, Contracting Officer CMSgt William Hall, SMSgt Wade Edwards, and TSgt Jonathan Werkmeister, Contracting Specialist’s

Civil Engineering Maj. Jeffrey Farmer, Base Civil Engineer

Architects Mr. David Donovan, Seay, Seay & Litchfield Architects Mr. Daniel Burton, Seay, Seay & Litchfield Architects Mr. Jake Johnson, Seay, Seay & Litchfield Architects

DISCLAIMER

The following is a brief overview of the IFB requirements

Contractors are cautioned to carefully read the requirements of the solicitation and comply accordingly

Projects W50S6M-24-B-0002

PROJECT TITLE: New Security Building

MAGNITUDE OF PROJECT: Between 5,000,000 – 10,000,000

LOCATION: 117th ARW, Sumpter Smith Nation Guard Base, Birmingham, Al.

Project will have Four Bid Option

PROPOSAL DUE DATE

DATE: 14:00 on 14 Aug 2024

Documents must be received prior to or on this date Questions (Written Only) Deadline: 17:00 on 02 Aug 2024

LOCATION: 117th Air Refueling Wing C/O Base Contracting 5401 East Lake Boulevard Birmingham, AL 35217-3545

Hand carried bids, deliver to Building 700 Base Civil Engineering All documents should have proper signatures

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Bid Guarantee’s are required

Performance Bond and Payment Bond: On Awarded IFB

Liquidated Damages: $1,020.52

Performance Period: 395 days after NTP

Davis Bacon Wage Rates applicable: AL 20240087, dated 03/22/2024

Questions Send to:

william.hall.13@us.af.mil wade.edwards@us.af.mil jonathan.werkmeister@us.af.mil

All RFI’s/questions must be submitted to the contracting office. DO not contact the A/E or CE directly.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

All questions, on a non-attribution basis, and the answers will be posted to the website https://sam.gov/content/opportunities

All Addendums will be issued by an Amendment and posted to https://sam.gov/content/opportunities

Check website regularly and don’t forget to REFRESH the web page.

Award

Award will be a Firm Fixed Price

Funds are presently available.

SITE VISIT SECURITY AND SAFETY BRIEFING

You can have your cell phones, but no driving and talking on your cell phone

All photos must be approved by the Government.

All contractors must be accompanied by an escort during the site visit.

Project Overview Security & Services Training Facility:

Construction of approximately 9,941 square foot Security Forces Facility.

Load bearing CMU wall construction with brick veneer, light gage metal truss roof framing with standing seam metal roof assembly, and aluminum framed curtain wall assembly openings.

Building pad preparation consists ground supported shallow foundations and ground supported floor slabs.

Facility HVAC will include high efficiency gas boilers and chilled water with VAV terminal units.

Sitework:

Demolition of buildings 205 and 214 and associated utilities.

Remove existing asphalt pavement systems in building areas.

Base bid – existing building 202 and 204 to remain and existing parking areas on the Southwest side of the site to remain without modification.

Saw cut asphalt as shown.

Cut, remove, and replace/patch existing asphalt as required for new utilities.

Some utilities will be capped and abandoned in place under existing asphalt to remain.

All new utilities (gas, water, fire water, electrical, storm drainage, sanitary sewer) for new building.

All utilities are connected to ANG owned utility infrastructure. Coordination with utility provider is not anticipated. All utility cost will be included within the project cost.

Demolition Plan Layout Plan (New)

Sitework:

Routing of utilities as shown on drawings is critical. Utilities have been coordinated with a future proposed addition.

Future addition is shown on civil drawings for reference.

Phasing & Occupancy:

All adjacent facilities will remain occupied including building 204.

Contractor to erect new fencing to secure building 204 where existing fencing is connected to building 205 to re-establish a secure perimeter around 204.

Contractor to erect construction fencing to delineate work area and prevent access to work area by the public/ANG personnel.

Notional site access plan showing fence location, delivery access, contractor parking, and material storage areas is included on L1.0

LEED Compliance:

Project has been designed to meet the LEED Certified Goal (minimum of 40 LEED points).

Refer to specification section 01 3514.01. Design assumes achieving 48 points which includes exemplary performance on regional materials, recycled content, and green power.

Contractor is required to purchase renewable energy certifications providing at least 830 Mwh (Mega Watt Hours) of electricity from renewable sources. Cost for these credits to be included in Contractor’s bid.

The Contractor is expected to understand the Construction phase documentation required for LEED Certification and include all administrative costs within the Contractor's Proposal. This includes the accessing LEED Online, filling in required templates for construction phase submittals, and uploading required backup documentation for construction phase submittals.

The Architect will pay all LEED submission/registration fees.

Commissioning is required. The Government will employ the commissioning agent. Contractor will provide associated services included in project specifications and ancillary support – refer to commissioning specifications.

Supervision & Job-Site Trailer:

Contractor shall provide on-site supervision as required to successfully complete the work.

Contactor to provide on-site office space for Contractor personnel and project meeting.

Refer to 01 3000 for project manager and site superintendent resume requirements.

Refer to 01 3000 for project manager requirements for on-site presence and attendance if third-party project management approach is utilized.

Security:

Weapons Vault contains a secure area protected with concrete construction, specialty vault door, intrusion detection, and access controls systems.

ADVANTOR systems is the Government’s proprietary security systems provider and will provide all intrusion detection and access control systems for secure and SAPF areas.

Contractors to reach out to ADVANTOR systems for pricing of IDS/ACS systems and include the costs within their bid.

QFPE Requirement:

The Contractor must engage a QFPE to be involved during the construction process. The QFPE must meet the requirements of UFC 3-600-01 and provide site inspections and submittal review for the fire alarm, mass notification, fire sprinkler, and life safety systems.

The Contractor's QFPE will be ultimately responsible to certify all life safety systems.

All costs associated with the Construction QFPE shall be included within the bid. QFPE can be furnished via a subcontractor. However, the QFPE will be responsible to review and stamp drawings that may fall across different subcontractors (fire alarm, fire sprinkler, mass notification, etc…)

Limited Source Requirements:

Refer to 01 6000. The following products/manufacturers must be provided by name with no exception:

ADVANTOR Systems Contractor shall contact ADVANTOR during the bid process and get updated pricing information Monaco Transceivers BEST Access System Locksets Refer to the Government's solicitation package for requirements/justification regarding limited source requirements.

Project Management Software:

Contractor will be required to utilize Architect's newforma system for all project communication All submittals and RFI will be submitted electronically Web-based interface will be provided at no cost to the Contractor iPad applications will also be made available to contractor at no cost.

Regular progress meetings.

Frequency will be based upon progress schedule and work quality.

A minimum of bi-weekly meetings should be anticipated.

Third party project manager, if utilized, will be required to be on site a minimum of once a month - refer to administrative requirements specification.

ADDITIVE BID ITEMS

Security Forces Parking Lot Mechanical Screen Wall Alternate Roof Configuration Upgrade Finish Schedule

Bid Option Description Bid Option #1 - Security Forces Parking Lot

Base bid – existing curb and gutter along South side of “B” Street remain. Existing asphalt access drive is removed, and new curb/gutter is installed.

Bid Option – Existing curb and gutter along South side of “B” Street is removed. Area is graded as shown on C4.1 and new asphalt parking area is constructed. New sidewalks along South and East sides of parking area are included within bid option

Sidewalks Included in Base Bid

Bid Option #2 - Mechanical Screen Wall

Base bid – Partial screen wall with handrail above required as a retaining wall for site grading plan.

Bid Option – Extend wall to fully conceal mechanical equipment. Install chain link fencing over top of mechanical yard. Install decorative metal gate.

Base Bid Bid Option

Bid Option #3 – Alternate Roof Configuration

Base Bid – Consistent CMU bearing height of 12’-0” in all areas of the building.

Refer to A4.1 Elevations, A2.3 Roof Plan, and S1.3 Framing Plan

No change to bearing height of this roof in base bid/bid option

Bid Option – Varying bearing heights of 12’-0”, 14’-8”, and 17’-4” Refer to A4.1A Elevations, A2.3A Roof Plan, and S1.3A Framing Plan

No change to bearing height of this roof in base bid/bid option

Bid Option – Bulkheads added at exterior walls where bearing heights are raised (see A8.1Aand 1/A5.3) Bid Option – Note 4/A5.1, 3/A5.1, 9/A5.3, and 10/A5.3 for flashing conditions where bearing heights are raised.

Bid Option #4 - Upgrade Finish Schedule

Base Bid – VCT in Offices, reduced extent of hard tile on walls in restrooms, and sealed concrete in room 148b. Refer to “Base Bid Floor Finish” column of the finish schedule on page A3.1 and 1/A9.1. A6.1 and drawings 1 through 5 on A6.3 show base bid extent of hard tile on walls in restrooms.

Bid Option – Carpet tile in offices, increased extent of hard tile on walls in restrooms, and hard tile flooring in room 148b. Refer to “Bid Option Floor Finish” column of the finish schedule on page A3.1 and 2/A9.1. A6.2 and drawings 6 through 10 on 6.3 show bid option extent of hard tile on walls in restrooms.

ONCE AGAIN PROPOSALS ARE DUE

NO LATER THAN

Thursday 14 August 2024 2:00 p.m. Central Time

Thank You

We appreciate your interest in this project Office Open Tuesday - Friday 0700- 17:30

Questions image5.png image6.png image7.png image8.png image9.png image10.png image2.png image3.png image4.png image11.png image12.png image13.png image14.png image15.png image16.png image17.png image18.png image19.png image20.png image21.png image22.png image23.png image1.png