187 FW F35 Simulator/ Supply New Construction

The USPFO for Alabama intends to issue an Invitation for Bids to award a single firm fixed-price contract for construction services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances and supervision necessary for the construction of a 19,000 SF, F-35 Simulator Facility and a 39,000 SF Base Supply Complex  in Montgomery, AL (Montgomery County).  This project will include sitework, subgrade excavation, demolition of existing underground and overhead site utilities, demolition of existing concrete pavement of curb, gutter and sidewalks, minor demolition of security fencing, building foundations, structural, architectural, plumbing, mechanical, electrical and relocation of existing utilities. 

This project will contain Sole Source / Brand Name items: See attached Justification and Approval for Sole Source Items within a Construction Project. The place of performance will be Dannelly Field Air National Guard Base, Montgomery, AL. All security requirements for working on a military installation will be followed. The contract duration is 500 calendar days after NTP.  This project is set aside 100% for Small Business. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 236220, with a size standard of $36,500,000.00.  The magnitude is between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00.  

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 August 17, 2021. 

The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or-about 24 August, 2021, 2:00 PM local time; the location is 5187 Selma Highway, Montgomery, Al 36108-4824, in the building 1502 Auditorium.  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.  

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.  

Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation for pre-bid conference, RFI's, and bid due dates.  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://beta.sam.gov/help/contract-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://iae-fbo-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/fbo-training/QSG_Opportunities_Part_4_of_4_Contractors.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20200223T174134Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=14400&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAY3LPYEEX5FRGIQ4E%2F20200223%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=073c87ce1f10073cb8e336a75b7d23d6cf20fa8862ca68e1d878b6a5c99b947c. 

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://beta.sam.gov/search?index=opp 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.