Construct C-17 Simulator Facility

22 Feb 2019 update:
The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or about 16 April 2019. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference/site visit is on-or about 25 April 2019, 9:00AM EST. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about 21 May 2019. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation.

The 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte, NC intends to issue an Invitation for Bid to award a single firm fixed-price contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances and supervision necessary to construct a C-17 Simulator Facility. This project includes but is not limited to a 10,000 square foot structure. Functional areas include a two-story high bay in which to house the flight simulator, briefing rooms, administrative areas for training and support staff, equipment and maintenance rooms, storage spaces, communications room supporting simulator operations, mechanical and electrical utility rooms and latrine facilities.

OPTIONS: Options will be used for this project in addition to the previous work described. There will be three (3) options:

•1. Building Crane

•2. Landscaping

•3. Demountable Partitions

BRAND NAME: This project requires two (2) brand name specific products. A justification will be posted with the solicitation. The brand name products included in this acquisition are:

•1. Monaco Radio transceiver, antenna, fire alarm control panel

•2. Alerton Direct Digital Control (DDC) system

The contract duration is 365 days after issuance of notice to proceed (NTP). This project is set aside 100% for Small Business contractors. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 236220, with a size standard of $36,500,000. The magnitude of this project is between $3,000,000.00 and $6,000,000.00.

The Government will determine the apparent low bidder in accordance with the procedure described in FAR 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options. Prior to award, to establish its responsibility, the apparent low bidder will be requested by the Government to submit a statement regarding his previous experience in performing comparable work, business and technical organization, financial and bonding resources, resources available to be used in performing the work, etc. (this is not an all-inclusive list).

Your attention is directed to FAR CLAUSE 52.219-14 (b) (4) LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING which states "By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror /Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract the concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees" applies to this project.

The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or about 26 February 2019. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference/site visit is on-or about 7 March 2019, 9:00AM EST. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about 2 April 2019. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation.

Interested offerors must be registered in SAM. To register go to: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. You will need your DUNS number register. Instructions for registering are on the web page. The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website online at https://www.fbo.gov/. FedBizOpps is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested bidders/offerors must register with FedBizOpps before accessing the system.

DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are located on the official government webpage and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to https://www.fbo.gov/ for electronic downloading. This will normally 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. Websites are occasionally inaccessible, due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies. All inquiries must be in writing, preferable via email to the persons specified in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing via posting to the web.