81st RD Facility Investment Services, Region C

PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT:

This announcement constitutes a Pre-Solicitation announcement of a proposed contract action pursuant to FAR 5.204. This is not a Solicitation. No response is requested at this time. A formal Solicitation will follow this announcement with full details, including a response deadline, the complete Price Proposal Schedule, the Performance Work Statement, Instructions to Offerors, and the Evaluation Factors/Basis for Award. The formal Solicitation is expected to occur on or around 15 days after the posting of this Pre-Solicitation notice.

OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND THE FORMAL SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT.

*DRAFT PWS AND DRAFT LIST OF SITES/SITE VISIT SCHEDULE ARE POSTED to this PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. SEE ATTACHED*

PLANNED SOLICITATION:

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District intends to issue a Solicitation (Request for Proposals (RFP)). Proposals will be due no less than 30 days from the Solicitation date. The Solicitation and any subsequent Amendments will be posted to SAM.gov. The Solicitation documents will only be made available in electronic format, downloadable from SAM.gov. No digitized (e.g. CD-ROM) or hardcopy documents will be distributed. Interested parties must be registered in SAM.gov at https://www.sam.gov  in order to view or download the Solicitation documents. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to appropriately register in SAM.gov to monitor the site for Notices, Amendments, etc. Prospective Offerors are advised in order to be eligible for award of the contract resulting from the Solicitation they must possess an active SAM registration, to include satisfactory completion of the applicable online representations and certifications.

TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE:

This acquisition will be a 100% Total Small Business Set Aside pursuant to FAR 6.203 & FAR 19.502-2. The NAICS Code selected for this acquisition is 561210, which has a size standard of $47 million average annual revenue.

PLANNED CONTRACT INFORMATION:

The intent is to issue a Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract as a result of this solicitation. The planned duration for the contract is a period of one 12 Month Base Period and four 12 Month Optional Periods, plus up to 1-6 Months Option to extend services for a potential total of 66 Months of services.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICES TO BE PROCURED:

The intention of the solicitation will be to obtain Base Operation Support Services in the form of Facility Investment and Preventative Maintenance at multiple sites throughout Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee (Region C). The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide these services. Full details will be provided in the Performance Work Statement (PWS), which will be posted with the formal Solicitation. The places of performance will be at the installations listed in the attached DRAFT LIST OF SITES/SITE VISIT SCHEDULE.

IMPORTANT: The Government is seeking one prime contractor to manage the performance of these services at all of these tentatively identified locations for Region C.

*DRAFT PWS AND DRAFT LIST OF SITES/SITE VISIT SCHEDULE ARE POSTED to this PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. SEE ATTACHED*

PLACES OF PERFORMANCE / LIST OF SITES: A tentative list of sites is attached for planning purposes.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITE VISITS:

A WebEx teleconference is tentatively planned for September 21, 2023 (9:00 – 10:00 AM EDT) to discuss this solicitation.  Site visits for the respective region will tentatively kick off September 25, 2023 (see additional details below). The sites throughout Region C will be made available for Offerors on the days listed in the attached schedule. Prospective Offerors are expected to attend AT LEAST the teleconference and one site and are strongly encouraged to visit all the other locations pursuant to FAR 52.237.1--this will allow them the best opportunity to fully understand the scope of this project and anticipate the related costs in order to provide the best possible value to the Government.

FULL SITE VISIT SCHEDULE:

A DRAFT Site Visit Schedule for the Region/potential contract is attached to this Pre-Solicitation Notice. A full schedule of site visit dates/locations will be provided no later than with the formal Solicitation. All site visits for all locations shall be scheduled during the open hours shown on the Site Visit Schedules.