PreBidSlides.pdf

COLLECTIVE TRAINING

FACILITY FORT PICKETT,

BLACKSTONE, VA

Pre-Bid Conference

November 15, 2012

USPFO-AQS, Fort Pickett, Blackstone, VA

INTRODUCTION

Rebecca Fowler – Contract Specialist

CW3 Rick Thibeault – Contracting Officer, Supervisory Contract Specialist

CPT Matthew Swanson – Contracting

Officer’s Representative (COR)

AGENDA

• Conference

– Rules

– Synopsis of Requirement

– IFB Process

• Site Visit

CONFERENCE/SITE VISIT

“RULES”

• No intention of answering technical questions today.

• IFB, Page 10, Para 3.5

Information provided at this conference shall not qualify the terms and conditions of the solicitation and specifications. Terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the solicitation is amended in writing.

SYNOPSIS

• Construct fourteen new training structures and three new support facilities and retrofit fifteen existing training facilities on Fort Pickett, Blackstone, VA.

•The estimated cost range -$10M to $25M.

• A firm-fixed price contract will be awarded.

• Solicitation issued as HUBZone SBSA.

• The contract will be awarded as low price.

WHAT IS THE CONTRACT

PERIOD?

• Construction period is 548 calendar days from receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP).

SOLICITATION, PLANS

& SPECIFICATIONS

• On the web:

– https://www.fbo.gov

– Solicitation

– Wage Determination

– Specifications & Drawings

– Bid Request for Information (BRIF) form

– Pre-Bid presentation & Sign-In Roster (will be posted)

– Amendments (if required)

• check regularly & refresh web page

IFB PROCESS

• In the invitation for bid (IFB) (FAR PART

14) process, a public bid opening occurs when the bids are due and the prices are read to the public

– There can be no discussion

– No correction of mistakes in most cases

DISCLAIMER

BIDDERS ARE STRONGLY

CAUTIONED TO CAREFULLY

READ THE REQUIREMENTS OF

THE SOLICITATION AND

COMPLY ACCORDINGLY.

IMPORTANT REMINDER

THE IFB PROCESS DOES NOT

ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION!!

WHAT YOU MUST SUBMIT

• Section 00010 of the IFB details the required information

– Standard Form (SF) 1442, pages 1 & 2

– Section 00010 Line Items

– Section 00600, Representations &

Certifications (including current and complete data at SAM)

– Valid Bid Bond

BID DUE DATE

• Bids are due 1000 Hours (10:00 A.M.), December 7, 2012

• Bid opening to be held at Bldg 316, 10th and Rives Streets, Fort Pickett, Blackstone, VA

• SF 1442, Page 1, Block 7 addresses where to mail bids

• Hand-carried bids – deposit in bid repository located at front entrance (10th Street) of Bldg 316

• Access to the bid repository is not available on Mondays

BID DUE DATE (continued)

• FedEx and UPS deliver to Bldg 316

– No guarantee of time for delivery

– Deliveries are not made on Mondays

• Bid must be signed by an official having authority to contractually bind the company

• No facsimile or electronic bids will be accepted

CONTRACT LINE ITEM

NUMBERS (CLINS)

• CLIN 0001 – New Construction

• CLIN 0002 – Retrofitting of Existing Facilities

• CLINs 0003-0007 – Additive Bid Items

HELPFUL WEBSITES

• https://www.sam.gov

• http://www.wdol.gov/dba.aspx

• https://www.fbo.gov https://www.sam.gov/ http://www.wdol.gov/dba.aspx

QUESTIONS AFTER

CONFERENCE/SITE VISIT

• Submit in writing only, preferably via email to:

rebecca.fowler@us.army.mil; Cc susan.quinn@us.army.mil and richard.r.thibeault@us.army.mil

• Submit not later than the 10th working day prior to bid opening (i.e. Bid Opening 7 Dec 12, questions must be submitted not later than 23 Nov 12).

DO NOT CALL TECHNICAL PERSONNEL,

INCLUDING DESIGNER - THIS WILL DELAY

GETTING AN ANSWER

mailto:rebecca.fowler@us.army.mil mailto:susan.quinn@us.army.mil mailto:richard.r.thibeault@us.army.mil

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

• All questions, on a non-attribution basis, and the answers will be posted to FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov)

• If necessary addendums, issued by an amendment, will also be posted

• Check web site regularly and don’t forget to refresh web page!!

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

• Specification Section 087111, Paragraph 2.3 will be amended to include “approved equal”.

• Specification Section 087111, Paragraph 2.4 will be removed via amendment.

• Section 042000, Paragraph 2.4 will be removed via amendment as all brick has been removed from the project.

• This project is currently funded.

• During the solicitation phase, CADD drawings will not be made available.

• Regulations identify the project magnitude range our office is authorized to publish. Therefore, we are unable to specify a range magnitude “tighter” than $10M-$25M.

Questions ???

Site Visit Follows This Briefing