Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Building 633 River Water Cooling System, Philadelphia Naval Business Center (PNBC), Philadelphia, PA

This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid.  The intent of this synopsis is to make notice of a proposed contract action for a Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Replace Cooling Water System, Building 633, located at Philadelphia Naval Business Center (PNBC) in Philadelphia, PA.           

This acquisition will result in a firm-fixed price (FFP) contract for design-bid-build (DBB) construction services. The project will repair project replaces 77 year old 50,000 gpm (gallons per minute) river water cooling system with new 8,200 gpm cooling tower with capability to reject heat up to 75 MMBH (Million British Thermal Units per Hour).

Adequate cooling water system with capacity to cool up to 8,200 gallons of water per minute with heat rejection of up to 75 MMBH. Cooling water is required to support RDT&E mission performed in the Building 633 Complex, including test and evaluation (T&E) of Columbia Class Program Integrated Power System. The cooling water system needs to provide a reliable source of cooling water on demand, whenever required to support testing, while minimizing environmental impacts.

The completion time for this contract is 400 calendar days after award.

This solicitation is being advertised as "Unrestricted" for full and open competition. This is a source selection procurement requiring both non-price (technical and past performance) and price proposals, and will utilize the lowest price technically acceptable process at FAR 15.101-2.  The basis for evaluation and evaluation factors for award will be included in the solicitation.  Large business concerns are required to submit a subcontracting plan prior to award of the contract.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, the magnitude of construction for this project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The appropriate Northern American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 238220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, and the Small Business Size Standard is $16,500,000.  This office anticipates award of a contract for these services by September 2020.

A Sources Sought notice was issued on 23 April 2020 with a response date of 07 May 2020, to determine the capability of small businesses to perform the requirement.  The Sources Sought notice yielded two (2) responses.  Based upon analysis of the data considered, and in accordance with FAR 19.501(c), the Contracting Officer has determined that there is not a reasonable expectation that an adequate number of Small Business firms would respond to or be qualified to perform the requirements of this solicitation.  NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic’s Office of Small Business Programs concurred with this decision on 20 May 2020.

The drawings and specifications for this project will be posted with the solicitation and are not available at this time.  The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about 03 August 2020.  All documents will be in Adobe PDF file format and downloadable from the Contract Opportunities website (beta.SAM).  The official address to the solicitation is https://www.neco.navy.mil.  Contractors are encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the website.  Only registered contractors will be notified by email when amendments to the solicitation are issued.  A free Acrobat Reader, required to view the PDF files, can be downloaded from the Adobe website.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  All prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).  You must have an active registration in SAM to do business with the federal government.  For additional information, go to https://www.sam.gov.

Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Brittany Cristelli at brittany.cristelli@navy.mil.