Construction Basic Ordering Agreement

This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to notify potential offerors that the 765th Air Base Squadron, Contracting Flight (765th ABS/CONF), at Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal intends to issue solicitation FA448624R0002, Construction Basic Ordering Agreement.

This announcement serves as an advance procurement notice. Responses to the synopsis are not required.

The anticipated solicitation release date is on or about 1 April 2024. The closing date, time for submission of offers, as well as the date and time for pre-proposal conference will be contained in the solicitation package.

Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this procurement for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. All notifications and amendments will be disseminated in the same manner as the solicitation.

All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) or their proposal will not be considered. Contractors can obtain further information on the System for Award Management (SAM) at web site https://www.sam.gov.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction; and Product Service Code (PSC) Y1JZ, Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings.

The Construction Basic Ordering Agreement (CBOA) is a written instrument of understanding, negotiated between the United States (US) Government and the Contractor to provide construction services for a broad range of renovation, demolition and construction projects for the US Government. An agreement is not a contract. Construction to be furnished under the agreements will be ordered by issuing Task Orders. Work shall be defined in individual Task Orders and may consist of  multiple disciplines in generic construction categories. It may involve design services for all aspects of general construction including construction, modifications, demolitions and renovations of existing facilities. Work may include but is not limited to: maintenance, demolition, repair, alteration, mechanical, electrical, heating/air conditioning, painting, flooring, paving, and earth work for industrial/office buildings and/or infrastructure. The Contractor shall furnish all design, labor, equipment, material, manufactured articles, transportation, supervision, and all necessary items to accomplish the design and/or repair/construction of each Task Order written under this agreement for all work that is defined for each project.

Work locations include Lajes Field Base/“Base Aérea N.º 4” at Lajes, and any off-Base support sites at Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.

The Government intends to award multiple agreements for the Construction Basic Ordering Agreements. Each agreement shall remain in effect for a period of five (5) years, from the effective date of the receipt of a CBOA. The CBOAS will be utilized to execute a broad range of maintenance and repair construction projects and may involve design-build services. These projects may include tasks in a variety of trades such as demolition, site work, excavation, cast-in-place concrete, masonry, structural steel, electrical, mechanical (including HVAC), concrete and asphalt paving, painting, millwork, flooring, and other specialty and general construction work, and may require no design, partial design, or full design, depending on the particularities of each project.

The receipt of an agreement will be based on the competitive source selection where the best value is expected to result, from selection of the proposal with the technical factor rated acceptable, and with respect to past performance factor, more relevant past performance being a stronger predictor of future success and have more influence on the past performance confidence assessment than past performance of lesser relevance.

The point of contact for this procurement are the Contract Specialist, Ms. Jovita Salvador jovita.salvador.pt@us.af.mil and the Contracting Officer Mrs. Andrea A. Silva, andrea.silva.1.pt@us.af.mil.

The Construction Basic Ordering Agreement will be performed in Portugal, therefore, the Government will be requiring a Construction Certificate, issued by the "Instituto dos Mercados Públicos do Imobiliário e da Construção (IMPIC)" Institute of Public Real Estate and Construction Markets of Portugal.

THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY.