D/B Replace Wastewater Treatment System (WWTS) and Effluent Decontamination System (EDS), AFRIMS, Yothi, Thailand.

Sources Sought

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Notice Type: Sources Sought

Response Date: July 16, 2024, 11:00 am Thailand Time

This notice aims to provide public notice of a forthcoming project at Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Yothi Annex, Bangkok, Thailand. The government plans to issue a solicitation approximately July 2024. This notice also aims to collect names of contractors interested in attending the site visit for the Base Access Request (BAR) that will be facilitated by the US Government.

Projects Description:   This is a Design-Build (DB) project to provide a compliant design, construction, and repair works located at AFRIMS Yothi Annex, Bangkok, Thailand. This project must be designed and constructed in accordance with either Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), International Building Codes (IBC), National Institute of Health (NIH), or Thailand Codes as stated in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The proposed project is as follows:

1. Design-Build Replace Wastewater Treatment System (WWTS) and Effluent Decontamination System (EDS). Project consists of demolition and upgrading the current central wastewater treatment system and effluent decontamination system at Yothi Annex. The WWTS will be upgraded from current capacity of 80 M3/Day to 120 M3/D and consists of a separation tank, aeration tank, sedimentation tank, and disinfection by chlorine dioxide . The existing chemical batch type EDS of 5.4 M by 1.9 M will be replaced by a thermal continuous type EDS with  a capacity of 3,000 Liters/Day to eliminate or reduce the use of chemicals during treatment. Both, the WWTS and EDS are located underground and the new systems will remain underground. Project will replace and upgrade all systems and auxiliary  components such as tanks, piping. electrical components, wiring, pumps, filters, controls, and monitoring system.

Project Magnitude is between US$1,000,000 and US$5,000,000 (FAR 36.204 Disclosure of the magnitude of construction projects).

Offeror experience requires construction experience similar in size, scope, and complexity performed in Thailand.

A Pre-Proposal Site Visit (PPSV) for this project is tentatively scheduled for 31 July 2024. The site visit is to provide Offerors with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the job sites and conditions to be encountered and is not for the purpose of answering questions.  Attendance is highly encouraged.

***All information relevant to this procurement will be posted on SAM.gov. Emails requesting confirmation for site visit times, locations, and other information that is clearly stated on SAM.gov will not be answered.***

Offerors interested in the project are required to submit the attached Base Access Request (BAR) and fill in base access information in the attached Base Access Request (BAR) form in excel format / provide required information for the PPSV. Submit it to the site access coordinators listed below by July 16, 2024 no later than 11:00 am Thailand Time.

To: Ms. Kannikar Pakhunthot (Site Access Coordinator)

Email: kannikar@state.gov

cc: artitar@state.gov and williamsrg@state.gov 

Notes:

- Contractors may submit up to 3 names (2 primaries and 1 alternates), but only 2 participants, 1 driver, and 1 vehicle, per company shall be allowed to attend the PPSV.   The driver can enter the base but must remain in the vehicle throughout the site visit. The driver is not permitted to attend the site visit or replace any of the attendees during the site visit and must present a valid form of identification or passport for base access. Only the first three (3) names on the list will be submitted if more than three names are submitted.

- Due to limitations imposed by the host nation, Contractors not included in the base access request will not be allowed to attend the site visit. Contractors with access to the base that show up to the site visit on their own, will not be allowed to participate.

- Late requests to be added to the US Government request will not be entertained and will not be responded to. Requests for changes to the base access request after the deadline will not be considered or responded to.

- Contractors are not allowed to inspect the project sites outside of the scheduled site visits. Any Contractor that does a site inspection outside of the scheduled site will be disqualified and ineligible for award due to having a competitive advantage.

- The US Government will not perform quality assurance on base access requests. The Contractor is fully responsible for inaccurate or blurry documents.

- The US Government will only confirm base access request information is received and added to the list for submission. Inquiries to verify if Contractor was approved will not be responded to. Contractors will only receive an email if the Host Nation specifically informs the US Government that a person was denied.

- It is highly recommended that Contractors bring a copy of the email stating their base access request was received to the site visit. The US Government will not track down Contractor’s access request submissions for Contractors not on the list.

***All information relevant to this procurement will be posted on SAM.gov. Emails requesting confirmation for site visit times, locations, and other information that is clearly stated on SAM.gov will not be answered.***