Construction of Hospital Helipads in Croatia

Solicitation for W912GB19R0047
Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) for the construction of Hospital Helipads in Croatia

This announcement constitutes a formal solicitation with full details, including a response deadline, statement of work, Instructions to Offerors, the Evaluation Factors/Basis for Award, Technical Specifications, and Drawings.
OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE.
1. PROJECT TITLE: Hospital Helipads in Croatia

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

3. NAICS: 237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

4. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Zagreb, Karlovac, and Slavonski-Brod, Croatia

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912GB19R0047

6. TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) contract

7. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be an unrestricted action under full and open competitive conditions. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location Outside of the Contiguous United States (OCONUS).

8. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The renovation of the two heliports in Zagreb and Karlovac includes the design, site survey, site layout, demolishing the existing heliport, constructing the at-grade heliport replacement (earthwork, storm system, pavement, fencing, outdoor furnishings, and landscaping) for an MI8 Helicopter with a life expectancy of 25 years, appurtenances (navigational aid lighting, flood lighting, lighting vault, and grounding for the fence), and associated fence and access road.

The new construction of the elevated heliport will be in Slavonski-Brod which includes the design, site survey, site layout, constructing the new elevated heliport (earthwork, storm system, pavement, fencing, outdoor furnishings, and landscaping) for an MI8 Helicopter with a life expectancy of 25 years, appurtenances (navigational aid lighting, flood lighting, lighting vault, and grounding for the fence), and associated fence and access road.

9. SELECTION PROCESS: The Contracting Officer will award a firm fixed price contract to the responsible offeror that conforms to the solicitation, is determined to have proposed a fair and reasonable price and whose offer presents the best overall value to the Government, all factors considered.

10. CONTRACT MAGNITUDE: The estimated magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.
11. SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: The Government intends to hold a pre-proposal conference and site visit at the project location. The details are as follows.

Date and Time: 26 June 2019 at 10:00 - 12:00 local time.
Location: Karlovac Hospital Conference Room Ul. Andrije Štampara 3, 47000, Karlovac, Croatia
Coordinates: 45°28'39.7"N, 15°32'10.0"E

Date and Time: 26 June 2019 at 13:00 - 14:00 local time.
Location: Zabreb Hospital Helipad Site Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
Coordinates: 45°50'13.6"N, 16°02'05.3"E

Date and Time: 27 June 2019 at 10:00 - 11:00 local time.
Location: Slavonski-Brod Hospital Helipad Site Ul. Andrije Štampara, 35000, Slavonski Brod, Croatia Coordinates: 45°09'17.5"N, 18°01'34.1"E

Registration Instructions: Due to limited space, attendees are limited to no more than three (3) people per Offeror. Offerors must pre-register their attendees no later than 21 June 2019 at 1500 Central European Summer Time. To Pre-Register, complete the site visit attendee information sheet (RFP attachment B.08.02.00 Site Visit Sign in Sheet) and upload it to FBO via the "Electronic Response" feature (see paragraph C.3.a. of the solicitation for further instructions on that feature).

12. SPECIAL SAM NOTICE: Please take notice that SAM (www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms must submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective April 29, 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/sam-update-updated-july-11-2018. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM and FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office.

13. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation, either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror by the Government.

14. POINT-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 the Contract Specialist Whittni Hiscox at whittni.c.hiscox@usace.army.mil and the Contracting Officer Ms. Kristina Morrow at Kristina.morrow@usace.army.mil.

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Pre-Solicitation for W912GB19R0047
Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) for the construction of Hospital Helipads in Croatia

This announcement seeks information from industry which will be used for preliminary planning purposes and as a Sources Sought/Pre-Solicitation Notice. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this announcement. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND THE FORMAL SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT.

1. ANTICIPATED PROJECT TITLE: Hospital Helipads in Croatia

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

3. NAICS: 237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

4. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Zagreb, Karlovac, Slavonski-Brod and Osijek, Croatia

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912GB19R0047

6. TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) contract

7. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be an unrestricted action under full and open competitive conditions. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location Outside of the Contiguous United States (OCONUS).

8. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The renovation of the two heliports in Zagreb and Karlovac includes the design, site survey, site layout, demolishing the existing heliport, constructing the at-grade heliport replacement (earthwork, storm system, pavement, fencing, outdoor furnishings, and landscaping) for an MI8 Helicopter with a life expectancy of 25 years, appurtenances (navigational aid lighting, flood lighting, lighting vault, and grounding for the fence), and associated fence and access road.

The new construction of the elevated heliport will be in either Slavonski-Brod or Osijek which the design, site survey, site layout, constructing the new elevated heliport (earthwork, storm system, pavement, fencing, outdoor furnishings, and landscaping) for an MI8 Helicopter with a life expectancy of 25 years, appurtenances (navigational aid lighting, flood lighting, lighting vault, and grounding for the fence), and associated fence and access road.

9. SOURCES SOUGHT: The purpose of this sources sought/pre-solicitation notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of construction firms who have the capabilities to complete and perform contracts of this magnitude, and to address any questions, recommendations or concerns from Industry. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among potential pool of responsible contractors. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought announcement.

10. RESPONSES: The Capabilities Statement for this sources sought/pre-solicitation notice is not intended to be a Request for Proposal nor Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. It is to request statements regarding the company's ability to demonstrate existing-or-developed expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material may also be submitted with the Capabilities Statement. Submission of Capabilities statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Corps of Engineers in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.

11. SUBMISSIONS: Offerors response to this Sources Sought shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information (Clarifications and or questions shall be submitted in a separate word document and will not count towards the 5 page limitation):

a. Offeror's Name, address(es), English speaking point of contact, phone number and e-mail address
b. Offeror's interest in proposing on the solicitation when it is issued
c. Offeror's Cage Code and DUNS number.
d. Offerors should submit two (2) and no more than five (5) recent specific construction contracts/projects your firm has performed as the prime contractor to demonstrate your experience in design/build construction as indicated in this announcement. A specific project is defined as either a single stand alone contract or a single task order under an indefinite delivery contract. Recent is defined as having been 100% completed within the five years prior to the submission due date. For each of the projects submitted for experience evaluation, provide the following:
i. title and location
ii. award and completion dates
iii. contract or subcontract value
iv. type of work for overall project and type of work your firm self-performed
v. current customer information including point of contact, phone number, and email address
vi. whether the work was performed as a prime or subcontractor
vii. type of contract and narrative of project description
viii. description of the work that was self-performed by your firm, including the percentage of contract value your firm self-performed.
e. Offeror's Joint Venture information or Teaming Arrangements
i. Include Cage Code or System for Award Management (SAM) information/registration, if available

12. RESPONSES DUE: All interested contractors should submit responses via email by 14:00 hours Central European Summer Time on 27 May 2019. Submit responses and information to Contract Specialist Whittni Hiscox at whittni.c.hiscox@usace.army.mil. No hard copies will be accepted.

13. SELECTION PROCESS: The acquisition strategy is a competitive negotiation using the best value tradeoff process, resulting in a FFP contract award to a single offeror who demonstrates the best value to the Government, considering all non-price (technical) and price factors.

14. CONTRACT MAGNITUDE: Estimated magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

15. SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: Site visit information will be provided with the solicitation documents.

16. SPECIAL SAM NOTICE: Please take notice that SAM (www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms must submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective April 29, 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/sam-update-updated-july-11-2018. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM and FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office.

17. ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE AND AWARD DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation around early June 2019. The Government intends to have proposals due around early July 2019 and award the contract by early August 2019. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted.

18. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation, either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror by the Government.

19. POINT-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 the Contract Specialist Whittni Hiscox at whittni.c.hiscox@usace.army.mil and the Contracting Officer Ms. Kristina Morrow at Kristina.morrow@usace.army.mil.

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