Construct/Renovate Flight Operations Building

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability, capability and interest of small business firms for a potential small business category set-aside.

No solicitation, 100% specifications, or 100% drawings are available at this time as this is solely for market research. Therefore, please do not request such documentation as such requests will go unanswered.

If the conditions at FAR 19.502-2(b) are met, the contracting officer shall set-aside the acquisition for small business concerns. If set-aside, FAR 52.219-14 requires that for general construction the small business contractor will self-perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials. Accordingly, potential offerors having the interest, skill, capabilities, workload capacity and bonding necessary to complete the described requirement (either through self-performance and/or the managing of subcontractors) are invited to provide feedback via email to SMSgt Dionne Holloway at dionne.holloway@us.af.mil. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition.

The purpose of this NOTICE is to obtain a snapshot of current market capabilities, industry interest and to gain knowledge of potential small business sources to include small businesses in the following categories: Disadvantaged Small Business, Certified HUB Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and Woman Owned Small Business, for a prospective contract to construct Operations Building 522 at the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee, WI 53207. The capabilities will be evaluated solely for the market research purposes.

Contractors’ capabilities will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining an appropriate acquisition strategy to include whether this prospective action is appropriate to be set-aside for the small business community or should proceed as an unrestricted full and open acquisition. Other than small business may respond to this NOTICE in the event that the market does not indicate the conditions at FAR 19.502-2(b) are met. However, preference will be afforded to the small business categories as listed above.

This requirement is planned for solicitation at the end of calendar year 2020 and/or beginning of calendar year 2021 as W50S9G-21-R-0001.

In accordance with DFARS 236.204, the estimated value of the resulting contract is expected to be between $10 million and $25 million. The contract type is expected to be Firm-Fixed Price where it must be completed and functional no later than 730 days after the Notice to Proceed, no later than 30 SEP 2021. 

The NAICS Code is 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) the size standard is $36.5 million, and the Product Supply Code is Y1AZ (Construction of Other Administrative Facilities and Service Buildings).

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Construct Flight Operations Building at 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee, WI, in accordance with the criteria contained herein and using industry standard materials and efficient practices. The objective of this contract is to construct the required building as described in the draft specification documents to meet the operational requirements of the Air Force and Global Global ASNT. The Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment and material to perform the construction of a complete, operational facility.

The objective of this contract will be to construct the required building as described in the draft specification documents at 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee, WI, in accordance with the criteria contained herein and using industry standard materials and efficient practices.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT:

The following requests are designed to apprise the 128th Contracting and Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, of any prospective construction contractors’ project execution capabilities. All types of businesses, large and small, are encouraged to respond to this notice. Please provide your response to the following via email:

Prospective Offeror's name, DUNS#, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.

Prospective Offeror's interest in bidding or proposing on the solicitation when it is issued.

What are the most important skill sets does a contractor and/or subcontractor(s) need to possess to successfully perform this kind of requirement?

What distinguishes one contractor from another in achieving a quality construction outcome?

Offeror's socioeconomic type and Business Size (Small Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned and/or Small Business, 8(a), WOSB, etc.).

Offeror's Joint Venture information if applicable - existing and potential.

Offeror's Bonding Capability in the form of a letter from Surety.

The Capabilities Statement submitted in response to this sources sought will not be considered an offer (proposal) or a bid for any future Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid. Moreover, it will not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach.

Interested contractors should notify this office by email no later than 11:00 AM Central Standard Time on 19 November 2020. Submit response and information through email to: dionne.holloway@us.af.mil.   Please include the Sources Sought No. W50S9G-21-R-0001 in the subject line.