Advanced Skills Training Barracks - Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Louisville District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. W912QR25RA031 for the construction (Design-Bid-Build) of an Advanced Skills Training Barracks located in Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. Primary facilities include a new 30,000 square foot, two-story Barracks with sleeping quarters, bathrooms, laundry room, common room, and storage. The project will include information systems, fire protection and alarm systems, energy monitoring control system connections, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Supporting facilities include minor land clearing and site development, storm water measures, utility connections, conduits and other necessary information systems infrastructure, landscaping and signage. The developed site includes an existing parking lot that will be utilized as parking for the barracks. Sustainability, energy, and cybersecurity measures will be provided as will furnishings, equipment, and accessibility for the disabled. Measures in accordance with the Department of Defense (DoD) Minimum Antiterrorism for Buildings standards will be provided. The facility will be designed to a minimum life of 40 years in accordance with DoD Unified Facilities Criteria 1-200-02 including energy efficiencies, building envelope and integrated building systems performance.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This RFP will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be a full and open procurement.

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a single-phase procurement.  The proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Trade Off source selection process.

DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000, in accordance with DFARS 236.204. 

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about May 15, 2025.  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://www.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 System For Award Management website, http://www.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 System for Award Management website at http://www.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://www.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 Contract Specialist, Jesse Scharlow at Jesse.E.Scharlow@usace.army.mil.  

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