Construct Vehicle Maintenance Facility at Whiteman AFB

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District intends to solicit and award a contract to perform construction work on a new Vehicle Maintenance Facility located at Whiteman AFB, Missouri. The Government proposes to issue a firm fixed price type design-bid-build (DBB) contract award for this project.

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT FROM RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, NOR DOES IT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO PRODUCE A SOLICITATION IN THE FUTURE. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY INTERESTED PARTIES IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY AND NO MONETARY COMPENSATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR RESPONSE PREPARATION OR FOLLOW UP REQUESTS.

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to obtain insight into the interest, capabilities and qualifications of small business firms to perform a firm fixed price DBB construction type contract of this magnitude and to determine if there is adequate competition to compete and successfully perform.

The scope of this DBB contract is to construct a single-story vehicle maintenance facility with areas for both general and special purpose vehicle maintenance. Construction will include an area for vehicle maintenance and an area for the Vehicle Operations Element. Type of construction will include a reinforced concrete foundation, structural steel frame, masonry unit veneer and a standing seam metal roof. The scope of the construction will contain infrastructure to support unique requirements such as an overhead crane and a paint booth. Supporting facilities such as utilities, pavements, and site improvements will also be included in this construction. This project will demolish several buildings at the beginning and end of the project.  Work will be located at Whiteman AFB, MO.

The Government anticipates an 18-month firm fixed price type contract for this project. The requirement will consist of all aspects of construction of the new facility described above.  The anticipated award of this contract will be on or before March 31, 2021 and shall be complete within 18 months.

The magnitude of this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes and applicable size standards include but are not limited to: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 236220, and $39.5M size standard.

You are invited to respond to these sources sought notification, with your response to include the following information:

COVER LETTER:

Business name, address, CAGE code and DUNS number; and Point of Contact including name, phone number and email address responsible for submission;

Company Website

Company size (Small or Large), in accordance with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 236220.

If a Small Business, specify if your company is any of the following: (a) Service- Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (b) HUB Zone Small Business; (c) 8(a) Small Business concern; or (d) Woman-Owned Small Business.

Assertion of Contractors interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued.

SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTIONS:

Prior Experience. Prior experience with construction of projects that have similar scope and magnitude. Provide examples with summaries of past performance on a minimum of (3) three projects similar to vehicle maintenance facilities greater than 50,000 SQ within the last (10) ten years by including as much of the following information as possible:

Dollar amount of the contract;

Design-Bid-Build construction experience;

Large commercial installation facilities to include utilities, site improvements, pavements, communications infrastructure and other supporting work;

Brief description of the technical requirements of that project;

Description of the work that was performed and whether it was self-performed or performed by a subcontractor; if performed by a subcontractor, identify subcontractor. Specifically identify any work self- performed other than administrative;

Indication of how long the services took to complete from start to finish;

Name, address, point of contact and phone number of customer organization for which the work was done.

Contractor may submit examples of work done by a subcontractor, if that subcontractor intends to enter into a letter of commitment with the contractor.

Joint Venture information, if applicable - existing and potential.

Bonding Capability; Bonding Surety Letter. Offer must provide a letter or other documentation from a surety appearing on the Department of Treasury Circular 570 (list of approved sureties) stating that the Offeror is able to provide a bid bond and obtain Performance and Payment Bonds for $10 million - $25 million Aggregate.

The response must be specific to the qualifications listed above to show that the respondent is qualified and possesses the necessary skills, experience and capabilities. If a response does not clearly demonstrate that the respondent meets the qualifications, possess the necessary skills, experience and capability the response will not be considered as confirmed capability for the purposes of market research which will be used to support procurement planning initiatives.

Please respond by November 19, 2020 at 1:00 pm Local Time, with response limited to four (4) pages.

Send your response email with Subject of “Whiteman Vehicle Mx Facility Sources Sought” to Carol Hodges via, carol.w.hodges@usace.army.mil with a courtesy copy to Alice Jeffres at alice.m.jeffres@usace.army.mil.