Addition of Exterior Elevator at Lima, OH

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) W912QR20B0020 Addition of Exterior Elevator at Lima, OH. This project includes a limited site demo including concrete pavement and utility relocation, including tying in sanitary sewer to new elevator pit. Construction of a new 65' tall track-operated exterior freight elevator with 5000 lb. capacity. Walls to be constructed of insulated metal panels consistent with exterior of existing building. Construction of a reinforced CIP foundations and welded/bolted structural steel framing. Installation of a ductless heat-pump mini-split for the mechanical room, intake louvers for ventilation, and electric heater units for the elevator shaft.  An elevator sump-pump will be required in the pit, LED lighting installation, and Category 6 cabling installed for the control panel. All required electrical power cables installations and connections to the existing electrical power panels.

At the time of bid submission, offerors are required to be registered in the Joint Certification Program (JCP) run by DLIS and must also submit verification that the company is US owned and personnel are US Citizens in order to be considered responsive for this Invitation for Bid (IFB) contract award.  JCP information can be found at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp.  A US Certification Letter will be included with the IFB package.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This IFB will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 238290 – Other Building Equipment Contractors.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be advertised as Full and Open Competition

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a sealed bid procurement operating under FAR Part 14. The bids will be evaluated based on the lowest price submitted.  

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 in accordance with FAR 36.204.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 29 June 2020.  Details regarding the Optional Site Visit will be included in the solicitation.  Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted to http://beta.sam.gov.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Contracting Opportunities website, http:/beta.sam.gov.  Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued.  Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored.  Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.  To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Contracting Opportunities website at http://beta.sam.gov.  Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will 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.

REGISTRATIONS:

Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http:/beta.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for this procurement is Jessica Moss, Contract Specialist, at jessica.k.moss@usace.army.mil  

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project.  Responses to this synopsis are not required.