117th Bld. 30 Electrical Project

SYNOPSIS FOR W50S6M-21-B-0003, building 30 electrical project, 117TH AIR REFUELING WING, SUMPTER SMITH JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, BIRMINGHAM, AL

SYNOPSIS – GENERAL IFB SB Set-aside

Document Type: Pre-solicitation Notice

Classification Code J061-Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment-Electric Wire and                                  Power Distribution Equipment

Set Aside: Small Business

NAICS Code: 238210-Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors

The USPFO for Alabama intends to issue and Invitation for Bid to award a single firm fixed-price contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances and supervision necessary for the Building 30 Electrical Project in Birmingham, AL (Jefferson County).  This project will replace the existing electrical service for equipment to be installed in the building. This work will include but not limited to; installing electrical service to individual pieces of equipment, install electrical disconnects, stop/start swtiches, emergency stops, transformers; and replacing an existing transformer.  See Statement of Work and project Plans for complete details. 

The project will be on Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, AL. All security requirements for working on a military installation will be followed.

The contract duration is 120 days after NTP.  This project is set aside 100% for Small Business.  The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 238210, with a size standard of $15,000,000.00.  The magnitude is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. 

Your attention is directed to FAR clause 52.219-14(b)(4) LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees that in performance of the contact the concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees”.  The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or-about July 7, 2021.  The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or-about July 21, 2021, 10:00 am local time, location is building 700 classroom.  Interested contractors are highly encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation.  A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference.  All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted by July 15, 2021 via email to 117.ARW.Contracting.Org@us.af.mil.

The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about August 4, 2021 Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation.  Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).  To register go to https://www.sam.gov/SAM/.  You will need your DUNS number to register.  Instructions for registering are on the web page (there is no fee for registration).  Please note that due to recent fraudulent activity, the process for fully activating (and updating) a registration at SAM has changed, and now requires the submission of a notarized letter to GSA.  See the following link for additional information and the latest updates to this process: https://www.gsa.gov/samupdate.

The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Government Point of Entry (GPE).  The new GPE is Contracting Opportunities located at the website https://sam.gov/content/opportunities.  Contracting Opportunities is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition related information for all Federal agencies.  Interested bidders/offerors must register with Login.gov for some features of the site to be activated. (Please note Government website experience downtimes for maintenance and other unexpected outages, PLAN ACCORDINGLY.)  The Vendor quick start guide can be found at https://login.gov/help/get-started/overview/. 

DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are located on the official government webpage and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to https://sam.gov/content/opportunities for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible, due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies. All inquiries must be in writing, preferable via email to the persons specified in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing via posting to the web. Place of performance is

Birmingham, AL.