Benin - Money and Godekoara Health Clinics - Malanville

CHANGES DATED 26 July 2019: Solicitation Posted - See Attached
This is a solicitation annoucement resulting from the pre-solicitation notice for W912GB19R0036. The final solicitation package is posted as an attachment to this annoucement.
OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND THE FORMAL SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT.
SPECIAL SAM NOTICE:
Please take notice that SAM (www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective 29 April 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/samupdate. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. NOTE: the instructions are different for domestic (U.S. based) and international (not U.S. based) firms. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM or FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause FAR 52.204-13 SAM Maintenance or 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office. Instructions for domestic entities (located in the U.S. or its outlying areas): https://fsd.gov/fsdgov/answer.do?ysparm_kbid=d2e67885db0d5f00b3257d321f96194b&sysparm_search=kb00

Instructions for international entities (not located in the U.S. or its outlying areas): https://www.fsd.gov/fsdgov/answer.do?sysparm_kbid=dbf8053adb119344d71272131f961946&sysparm_search=KB0

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:
This acquisition will be subject to full and open competition pursuant to FAR Subpart 6.1. The NAICS Code selected for this acquisition is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

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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 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.

PLANNED SOLICITATION:
The US Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District intends to issue a one-step Request for Proposals (RFP) for Design-Build (DB) construction services as described herein. Currently it is estimated that the formal solicitation could occur any time on or after 8 July 2019. Proposals will be due no less than 30 days from the solicitation date. The solicitation and any subsequent amendments will be posted to FedBizOpps (FBO) at www.fbo.gov. The solicitation documents will only be made available in electronic format, downloadable from FBO. No CD- ROMs or hardcopy documents will be distributed. Interested parties must be registered in FBO and the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov in order to view or download the solicitation documents. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to appropriately register SAM & FBO and to monitor for notices, amendments, etc.

SPECIAL SAM NOTICE:
Please take notice that SAM (www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective 29 April 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/samupdate. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. NOTE: the instructions are different for domestic (U.S. based) and international (not U.S. based) firms. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM or FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause FAR 52.204-13 SAM Maintenance or 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office. Instructions for domestic entities (located in the U.S. or its outlying areas): https://fsd.gov/fsdgov/answer.do?ysparm_kbid=d2e67885db0d5f00b3257d321f96194b&sysparm_search=kb00

Instructions for international entities (not located in the U.S. or its outlying areas): https://www.fsd.gov/fsdgov/answer.do?sysparm_kbid=dbf8053adb119344d71272131f961946&sysparm_search=KB0

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:
This acquisition will be subject to full and open competition pursuant to FAR Subpart 6.1. The NAICS Code selected for this acquisition is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

PLANNED CONTRACT INFORMATION:
The intent is to issue a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP), C-type contract with a duration of 450 days from issuance of Notice to Proceed.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICES TO BE PROCURED:

The RFP will consist of two projects. Details are as follows:

Money Health Clinic: The Request for Proposal (RFP) provides parameters for a design-build project for construction of a health clinic complex in the community of Money in Malanville, Benin. This project includes the design and construction of the following new structures/facilities, one health clinic building including a maternity ward, dispensary, and midwife's quarters; one multi-compartment ventilated pit (VIP) latrine; one hazardous solid waste storage building; one hazardous solid waste incinerator; one hazardous liquid waste storage vault; one non-hazardous solid waste storage vault; and one packaged-solar powered light pole.

Godjekoara Health Clinic: The Request for Proposal (RFP) provides parameters for a design-build project for construction of a health clinic complex in the community of Godjekoara near Malanville, Benin. This project includes the design and construction of the following new structures/facilities, one health clinic building including a maternity ward, dispensary, and midwife's quarters; one multi-compartment ventilated pit (VIP) latrine; one water well; one hazardous solid waste storage building; one hazardous solid waste incinerator; one hazardous liquid waste storage vault; one non-hazardous solid waste storage vault; and one packaged-solar powered light pole.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:
Place of performance will be in Benin.

SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE:
TBD

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