Construct Aircraft Maintenance Shops

The South Dakota Air National Guard, Joe Foss Field ANG Base, Sioux Falls, SD intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) to award a single, firm fixed-price (FFP) contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances and supervision necessary for Project LUXC099042, Construct Aircraft Maintenance Shops.  The contractor must provide all labor, equipment and material for the construction of a new 38,975 SF facility including administration and maintenance areas.  Project includes site work, landscaping, demolition, concrete, asphalt paving, utilities, precast concrete walls, masonry, fully adhered membrane roofing, structural and miscellaneous metals, doors, windows and glazing, HVAC and DDC, plumbing, electrical and communications systems, fire alarm system, fire suppression, flooring, demountable wall systems, painting, and other miscellaneous work as required.  In addition to a base price for the work described above, the solicitation includes Options.  There will be a total of three Options.  Options are as follows:  (1) interior finishes and construction within 7,045 SF of shelled space included in the Base Bid; (2) construction of additional shop and storage space of 6,805 SF (for increased total of 45,780 SF); (3) existing building demolition and construction of parking lot.  This project shall meet LEED SILVER Certifiable level of construction; Energy Policy Act of 2005 compliance; and Executive Order 13693 compliance.  The solicitation will include a BRAND NAME JUSTIFCATION for the following:  Monaco – fire alarm reporting system; and Best Access Systems – door locks.  Your attention is directed to FAR CLAUSE 52.219-14(e) Limitations on Subcontracting which applies to this project.  The contract Period of Performance is 650 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP).  This project is set aside 100% for Small Business.  The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 236220, with a size standard of $39.5M average annual revenue for the previous three years.  The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $10M and $25M.

*The dates below are TENTATIVE, but the number of days for questions before and after the pre-bid conference will not change.  You are encouraged to download the solicitation, plans, specifications and any other documents as soon as they are available to ensure you have adequate time to review and understand the project.

The solicitation is tentatively scheduled to be released on or about November 12, 2021.  A pre-bid conference is tentatively scheduled for December 3, 2021 at 1:00 PM CST.  All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted via email by two calendar days prior to the pre-bid conference (current deadline is December 1, 2021, 1:00 PM CST but subject to change if the pre-bid conference date/time changes) to jeremiah.minter@us.af.mil, eric.comes@us.af.mil AND monty.c.eisenbraun.mil@army.mil.  The location of the pre-bid conference will be in the solicitation.  Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration, base access and COVID protocol requirements shown in the solicitation.  Prospective bidders will be given an opportunity to attend an organized site visit following the pre-bid conference.  All questions regarding this project must be submitted via email by 7 calendar days after the pre-bid conference (current deadline is December 10, 2021, 1:00 PM CST) to jeremiah.minter@us.af.mil, eric.comes@us.af.mil AND monty.c.eisenbraun.mil@army.mil.

The bid opening date is scheduled for on or about December 15, 2022.  Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation.

Interested bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).  To register go to: https://www.sam.gov.  You will need your DUNS number to register.  Instructions for registering are on the SAM website.  The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Contract Opportunities website online at https://www.sam.gov.  Contract Opportunities is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies.  INTERESTED BIDDERS MUST REGISTER WITH CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE SYSTEM AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO START THE REGISTRATION PROCESS ASAP.  Registration instructions can be found on the Contract Opportunities website at https://sam.gov/content/help.  Please note the registration for access to the secure site takes approximately 15 business days.  PLAN ACCORDINGLY (the tentative date to post the solicitation is in 15 days).  This solicitation is a competitive Invitation for Bid and there will be a formal public bid opening.

DISCLAIMER:  The official plans and specification will be located on the official Government web page at the time the solicitation is posted and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source.  Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to https://www.sam.gov for electronic downloading.  This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the bidder's responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.  Websites are occasionally inaccessible due to various reasons.  The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for a bidder's inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages.  The Government will not issue paper copies.  All inquiries must be in writing, via email to the persons specified in the solicitation.  All answers will be provided in writing and posted to https://www.sam.gov.