Construct Exterior Lighting

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The 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard located in Westhampton Beach, New York, 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 for the Construct Exterior Lighting at Westhampton Beach, NY (Suffolk County).

The project work includes, but is not limited to construct of exterior lighting:

-Replace and install new light fixtures inclusive of new light pole foundations, poles, and fixtures as illustrated in the Contract Drawings.

-Replace existing light fixtures on existing poles as noted. Install/replace existing wall pack fixtures and bollard lights as directed in the Contract Drawings.

-Provide underground conduit and wire all fixtures as noted and illustrated in the Contract Drawings.

The contract duration is 180 days after NTP. This project is Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 238210, with a size standard of $15,000,000.00. The magnitude is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

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 February 1, 2019. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or about February 13, 2019 at 11:00AM EST, location will be in solicitation. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference. All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted by February 8, 2019 via email to fred.rodriguez1.mil@mail.mil .

The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about March 5, 2019. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation.

In accordance with FAR 28.101-2, a Bid Guarantee will be required.

Interested offerors must be registered in SAM. To register go to:
https://www.sam.gov/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 eventually 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. (Please note the registration for access to the secure site takes approximately 15 business days. PLAN ACCORDINGLY) Reference paragraph 4.7 of the Vendor Guide for instructions to obtain a MPIN to retrieve the specification and drawing documents. Contractors who do not already have a MPIN are advised that the normal processing is 7 to 12 business days to obtain a MPIN password that will give them access to the plans and specifications, which are located in the controlled access location on FBO. See video in vendor guide at 3.3 on advanced functions for other information. Bidders/offerors who have registered with FedBizOpps must access the data for this solicitation with their MPIN. Bidders/offerors cannot log into the FedBizOpps home page and search for data.

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. Place of performance is
Westhampton Beach, NY.