Convert Steam to Hot Water Distribution, M-Plant, B. 1391

:: Amendment 0002 to W912DS-16-R-0017 is hereby posted. ::

:: Amendment 0001 to W912DS-16-R-0017 is hereby posted. ::

:: Solicitation Package for W912DS-16-R-0017 is hereby posted. ::

NOTE: THIS SOLICITATION AND AWARD IS RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 U.S.C. 2304(C)(4) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT, TO DANISH AND GREENLANDIC FIRMS ONLY.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP), design-build solicitation package seeking to award a low-price, technically-acceptable, firm-fixed price contract, for the design and construction of the conversion of three existing steam producing exhaust gas boilers to a hot water distribution system. The scope includes switching out piping, installing new controls & monitoring systems, distribution pumps, installing a water treatment system and an associated pressure expansion tank.

The construction season is short at Thule Air Base. General Conditions at Thule Air Base are as follows: the location of Thule Air Base limits exterior work to the months of June through September, although work is sometimes possible in May or October. Additionally, Thule's location demands that all supplies & personnel must be shipped and/or transported, in or out, via air and/or sealift. Thule Air Base is not a commercial air/sea port and there is no other access. Shipping schedules are dictated by Defense contracts, and materials and labor are not available locally. The region is glaciated and the existing soil is generally permafrost, which exists from 1 to 6 feet below the surface and to a measured depth of 1,600 feet. Average winter temperature is 20-30 degrees F below zero while average summer temperature is 40-50 degrees F above zero. One annual military cargo sealift departs from Norfolk, Virginia to Thule AB, approximately 1 July. There are two sealifts that go from Copenhagen, Denmark to Thule AB, one in July & one in August. Airlifting any materials or equipment via military aircraft is very expensive and only on an emergency-need basis.

It is anticipated that the RFP will be issued on or about 4 Aug 2016 and the proposals will be due on or about 30 days later. The evaluation criteria will be as follows: Factor 1- Past Experience, Factor 2 - Past Performance and Factor 3 - Qualifications of the lead mechanical engineer.

The period of performance for this project is 420 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed date. The specifications will be posted electronically via the Federal Business Opportunity website at www.fbo.gov.

The magnitude of this construction is between $1 million and $5 million.

Proposals will be submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division, Room 1843, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278. All questions must be submitted in writing via email (Microsoft word format) to the Contract Specialist. The media selected for the issuance of this solicitation and amendments shall solely be at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the media utilized for this project are the Internet. Paper copies of this solicitation, and amendments, if any, will not be available or issued. In accordance with DFARS 252.204-7007, all vendors who want access to the solicitation must be registered with System for Award Management (SAM), located at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ , and Federal Business Opportunity (FedBizOps), located at http://www.fbo.gov, in order to safeguard acquisition related information for all Federal Agencies. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge from the FedBizOps website http://www.fbo.gov. Some contractor tools are as follows:

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Point of Contact is Alex Heinzel, Contract Specialist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1843, New York, 10278-0090, Phone: 917-790-8087 or via email alexander.t.heinzel@usace.army.mil