Presolicitation_PAIP 9 Yokota D-B Phase 1 10 Apr 2023.docx

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District (POJ) is providing a PRESOLICITATION notice pursuant to FAR 36.213-2. This is not a solicitation.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Project Title: FY24 ZNRE224305P1 IMPROVE FAMILY HOUSING PAIP 9, PHASE 1

Project Location: Yokota AB, Japan

Product Service Code (PSC): Y1FA – Construction of Family Housing Facilities

NAICS Code: 236118 – Residential Remodelers

Project Magnitude: Between ¥2,500,000,000 and ¥10,000,000,000 ($25,000,000 and $100,000,000) (DFARS 236.204)

Project Description:

Provides whole house interior and exterior modernization, renovation, and repair of twenty- four (24) housing units at Yokota Air Base, including unit types: 3GAN (24 units). The work includes but is not limited to, providing all labor, materials, transportation, and performing all work necessary for the improvements of the family housing units to meet current codes and standards. The interior renovation includes modernizing finishes in kitchen, bathrooms, living room, bedrooms, and family rooms, replace windows with ASTM F2090 window fall protection and doors, lifecycle replacement of domestic water and sanitary plumbing, bring units up to LHS code by installing hard wired smoke alarms fire sprinklers. The modernization includes the construction and expansion of the existing floorplan to provide a family room and secondary dining space consistent with the Air Force family housing design standards. The exterior modernization includes the construction of awnings, exterior storage, and roof replacement. The project will include the lifecycle replacement of mechanical systems to provide energy efficient heating and cooling. Demolish the two supporting mechanical buildings and all utility lines all the way to main line. The environmental remediation work includes testing, abatement, demolition and disposal of asbestos, lead, and any other hazard material. The project will include all necessary utilities, site electrical, site mechanical, natural gas lines, landscape, pavement, electrical upgrades, environmental remediation, site work, and all necessary supporting work for a complete, safe, adequate, and usable facility.

The overall facility improvement shall be permanent and designed to meet the current Family Housing Standard and shall be in accordance with UFC 4-711-01 Family Housing, UFC 3-600-01 “Fire Protection Requirement” and other latest applicable DoD Unified Facilities Criteria. In addition, environmental (asbestos/lead) sampling, testing, remediation, and all other related work are programmed into the project to provide complete and usable facilities.

SOLICITATION INFORMATION:

1. Procurement Method: The Government will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) Solicitation utilizing the Two Phase Design-Build Selection Procedures, outlined in FAR Subpart 36.3 and the Tradeoff Process, outlined in FAR 15.101-1.

2. The Government anticipates issuing the solicitation no later than late April early July 2023. The solicitation when issued, will identify the proposal submission instructions for Phase 1. All Phase 1 solicitation documents, drawings, and specifications will be posted on Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE: https://piee.eb.mil/) and SAM.Gov when issued. It is the responsibility of interested vendors to monitor PIEE or SAM.Gov for issuance of the solicitation and/or amendments.

3. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price construction contract as a result of the Phase 2 RFP.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE (PHASE 1)

1. A telephonic pre-proposal conference for PHASE 1 will be scheduled, but the date is yet to be determined.

2. Phase 1 Preproposal Conference will discuss Phase 1 solicitation requirements and general Design-Build process information.

3. Companies that wish to attend shall send an email notification no later than 3 business days prior to the notified date Japan Standard Time to the POCs identified below with the company name, participant name(s) and POC email address. Upon receipt of the notification, a call-in number will be sent to the company POC no later than 1 business day prior to the conference.

Point of Contacts:

Contract Specialist: Charles.L.Qi@usace.army.mil

Contracting Officer: Nakiba.S.Jackson@usace.army.mil

4. Offerors are strongly urged to attend the pre-proposal conference. The purpose of this conference is to promote uniform interpretation of the solicitation documents and can include discussions of any problems with interpretations of the solicitation documents identified by potential offerors. In no event will a failure to attend the pre-proposal conference constitute grounds for a claim after award of the contract. If there is any conflict between the information presented at the conference, the terms and conditions of the solicitation govern

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM). All interested companies shall be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts. For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must be registered in SAM as such. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be found at http://www.sam.gov.

OFFEROR ELIGIBILITY. This contract will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan and is intended only for local sources. Only local sources will be considered under this solicitation. Local sources are sources (e.g. corporations, partnerships, or Joint Ventures [For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must satisfy the local source requirements or, in the alternative, each member of the Joint Venture must individually satisfy the local source requirements]) that are physically located in Japan and authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform in Japan, the type of construction work specific in this solicitation. Specifically, a prospective offeror must be duly authorized to operate and conduct business in Japan and must fully comply with all applicable laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the resulting contracts. Offerors are required to be registered with the Government of Japan to do construction work in Japan and possess necessary construction licenses and permits to perform work required under this solicitation at the time an offer is submitted. Construction license will be verified through the Government of Japan – Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MILT) https://etsuran.mlit.go.jp/TAKKEN. The U.S. Government will not offer “United States Official Contractor” status under Article XIV of the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to U.S. contractors normally resident in the United States; nor will the U.S. Government certify employees of such contractors as “Members of the Civilian Component” under Article I(b) of the SOFA.