Construct Parallel Taxiway and Construct Airfield Upgrades, Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary

ANTICIPATED PROJECT TITLE: Construct Parallel Taxiway and Construct Airfield Upgrades, Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU)

NAICS:  237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (Corresponding Index Entry - Airport Runway Construction)

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:  Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary

SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912GB24R0033

TYPE OF CONTRACT: The USACE NAU anticipates soliciting and awarding a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) stand-alone Design-Bid-Build (DBB) construction contract. This acquisition is for the construction of a Parallel Taxiway and Airfield Upgrades project in Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary to achieve the objectives of the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI) Program. This project will provide Parallel Taxiway and Airfield Upgrades facilities for the United States Air Force (USAF).

The construction completion period is anticipated to be 727 calendar days after the Contractor receives the Notice to Proceed for the basic work.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be issued on an unrestricted, full and open basis. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location OCONUS.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:  The general scope of work consists of the construction of the parallel taxiway, ladder taxiways, airfield lighting, tactical fighter aircraft (TFA) parking apron, cargo delivery roadway, and supporting utilities. The Parallel Taxiway and Airfield Upgrades are based on conventional design and construction methods to accommodate North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-equivalent Tactical Fighter Aircraft (TFA) and Strategic Transport Aircraft (STA). Design aircraft include the F-15 Eagle, A-10 Warthog, and C-5 Galaxy. Airfield upgrades are in support of the EDI, Improve Airfield Infrastructure. Construction includes taxiway and apron pavement using medium-load design, 650-pounds-per-square-inch (psi) portland cement concrete (PCC), asphalt shoulders, a separation layer, a drainage layer, a drainage system, airfield lighting, pavement markings, cargo road, earthwork, and grading.

SELECTION PROCESS: The Government intends to select a contractor for award using a best value trade-off source selection process. This process allows for a tradeoff between non-cost factors and cost/price and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal or other than the highest technically rated proposal to achieve a best-value contract award.

DISCLOSURE OF MAGNITUDE: The estimated magnitude of construction is between $25,000,000 and $50,000,000.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ prior to award of this, or any U.S. Government contract. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via Sam.gov (https://sam.gov/) website. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. 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. 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.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE AND AWARD DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 23 February 2024. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted.

NOTICE TO OFFERORS: The Government reserves the right to cancel any or all of the solicitation(s), either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror(s) by the Government.

POINTS-OF-CONTACT: The USACE NAU Contracting Office will be the sole point-of-contact for this solicitation.  The Primary Contracting Point of Contact for this solicitation is Contract Specialist, Lorraine Laurente, at lorraine.q.laurente@usace.army.mil and Contracting Officer, Shawna West, at shawna.m.west@usace.army.mil.