Courts Telecommunication Room Cooling, Fargo, North Dakota

**THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE for CONSTRUCTION**

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 47PJ0024R0006

PROJECT TITLE: Courts Telecommunication Room Cooling, Fargo, North Dakota

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORK: The purpose of the project is to add cooling to four rooms that are currently overheating and require additional cooling with two dual head mini splits located in Fargo, North Dakota.

MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: The estimated price range of this project is between $25,000 and $100,000.

NAICS CODE AND DESCRIPTION: 238210, Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors.

SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $19.0 million

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This procurement is set aside for award to qualified small businesses. Offers from other businesses including large businesses will not be considered.

LOCATION OF THE WORK: Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota

DATES:

Solicitation Issue: November 16, 2023

Offers Due: 4:00 p.m. CT on December 7, 2023

PROCEDURES FOR AWARD: The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror (s) whose proposal (s) conforming to the Solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, Price and other factors considered. The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to do so.

PLAN AVAILABILITY: The solicitation is available for electronic download at no charge from the System for Award Management website at sam.gov under “Contract Opportunities”.

AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION: It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the GPE site at sam.gov for the release of any amendments.

AWARD RESTRICTIONS: This procurement is offered for competition limited to eligible small business concerns.

SITE VISIT: To arrange a site visit, contact Jim Boisjolie at james.boisjolie@gsa.gov or via telephone at (701) 541-2368.

BONDING: 40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter III, Bonds (formerly known as the Miller Act), requires performance and payment bonds equal to 100 percent of the original contract price for any construction contract exceeding $150,000.

SECURITY: All personnel are required to comply with the HSPD-12 directive prior to beginning work at this project site. Forms will be provided to the successful offeror after award.

BUY AMERICAN ACT / TRADE AGREEMENTS: This procurement is subject to the requirements of the Buy American Act. Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 25.401(a)(1), trade agreements (such as NAFTA) do not apply to acquisitions set aside for small businesses. Accordingly, any offeror proposing the use of foreign construction material, other than those articles listed in FAR 25.104, must request an exception to the Buy American Act as described in FAR Part 25.2. Such an exception must then be approved by the Government before the requested material may be used in this construction project.

ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: All responsible Small Business firms may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.

Prospective offerors are required to be registered and active within the System for Award Management (SAM). You may access SAM via the following URL, www.sam.gov.

DEFINITIZATION OF REQUESTS FOR EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: Definitized Change Order (DCO): a bilateral or forward priced change to the contract (i.e.supplemental agreement). Agreement on the change in price and terms/conditions is reached prior to executing the change order modification. In addition to the guidance found in FAR 43.204, PBS's preference is to always negotiate an equitable adjustment before issuing any modification.