Civil Works Design/Build and Construction

THIS ACQUISITION WILL BE SOLICITED AS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SETASIDE
THIS PROJECT WILL BE ADVERTISED AS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), TWO-PHASE DESIGN-BUILD SOURCE SELECTION SOLICITATION
This project is a Best Value, two-phase design-build solicitation, which may also include a percentage of design-bid-build (fully designed, ready for construction) task orders. A detailed project description and overall project performance requirements for this project will be included in the Request For Proposals (RFP) package.  The solicitation criteria relies upon industry standards, where allowable, to afford the offeror a degree of design flexibility while meeting certain specific project requirements.  The successful Contractor must design and construct complete and usable facilities, as described in the RFP documents.  One solicitation will be issued covering both phases. Proposals will be evaluated in Phase One to determine which offerors will submit proposals for Phase Two, and an amendment will be issued to those selected offerors.  Selection of offerors for involvement in Phase Two will be based on technical approach and performance capability.  Detailed project design requirements will then be added by amendment to the solicitation at the start of the Phase Two stage of the Request For Proposals.  A limited number of firms will be invited to participate in the second phase.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Civil Works project requirements such as grading, drainage, stormwater infrastructure, utility systems, ecosystem restorations, marine structures, fire suppression systems, water and wastewater systems, small 1-story structures, bank stabilization, vegetation establishment, and other miscellaneous civil works items including rehabilitation, new construction, or a combination thereof. Cumulative total of task orders executed shall be not more than $49M under this MATOC.

Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in The System for Award Management (SAM.gov) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/content/home prior to solicitation of this requirement. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website https://piee.eb.mil See attachments PIEE Solicitation Module Vendor Access Instructions and SOP PIEE Proposal Manager Offeror for instructions on getting access to the PIEE Solicitation Module and submitting your proposal. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website https://piee.eb.mil. If you are not registered, the United States Government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one (1) week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the contractor’s responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.

Note No. 2:  All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be electronic format with the proposal.

Note No. 3:  Critical path method (network analysis system) is required.

Note No. 4: The assigned NAICS code is 237990 and the size standard is $45,000,000. SBA establishes small business size standards on an industry-by-industry basis. Small business size standards and corresponding NAICS codes are provided at 13 CFR 121.201. They are also available at https://www.sba.gov/​document/​support--table-size-standards.

Note No. 5:  It is anticipated that this solicitation will not have bid options.  However, optional bid items may be added if it is determined to be in the Government’s best interest.

Note No. 6:  Site visits will not be held for Phase One of this solicitation.

Note No. 7:  The request for information (RFI) process for bidder inquiries during the advertisement period will be through the ProjNet internet-based system, and specifics will be contained in the RFP solicitation package available exclusively from the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website https://piee.eb.mil. . Other forms of communicating RFIs to the Government may not be honored at the Government’s discretion.