Design-Bid-Build Paving Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, Firm-Fixed Price, Single Award Construction Contract for the NAS Pensacola Area of Responsibility

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) has been tasked to develop, solicit, and award a and Design-Bid-Build (DBB) Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Paving Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Single Award Construction Contract for paving projects for Department of Defense (DoD) activities managed by NAVFAC SE located in the Florida (FL) Panhandle Area of Operation (AOO).

The Presolicitation Notice for Solicitation Number N6945020R0078 was published May 11, 2020.

A sources sought notice for this requirement was posted under solicitation N6945020RPAVE on March 9, 2020 requesting responses from interested prime contractors capable of performing general asphalt/concrete paving projects including airfield, roadway, and parking area pavement resurfacing, isolated repair and full-depth reconstruction projects, including U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a), HUBZone Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Women Owned Small Business and/or Small Business sources with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel, security approvals, equipment and bonding capacity to perform.  Based on the responses from the notice, it was determined that the requirement should be issued unrestricted inviting full and open competition.  The NAVFAC SE Small Business Office concurs with this determination.

The RFP will be issued on an unrestricted basis, inviting full and open competition.  All responsible businesses with the paving experience and qualifications required by the solicitation may submit a proposal to be considered by the agency.  The NAICS code for this solicitation is Code 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction) with a size standard of $39,500,000.

This solicitation will result in a single award.  The IDIQ contract will contain a base period and two (2) option periods for a maximum of thirty-six (36) months, or an aggregate maximum value of $20,000,000 for all contracts, whichever comes first.  Task orders will be firm-fixed-priced with a minimum value of $15,000 and a maximum value of $1,000,000 per order; however, task orders under or over these amounts may be considered if deemed to be in the Government’s best interest.  The Contractor may be asked to respond to multiple Requests for Proposal (RFPs) in a short timeframe (i.e. four (4) or more RFPs issued within a 30-day period).

Work will primarily consist of general asphalt/concrete paving projects including airfield, roadway, and parking area pavement resurfacing, isolated repair, full-depth reconstruction and incidental related paving work for DoD activities managed by NAVFAC SE located in the FL Panhandle AOO to include, but not limited to: Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola in Escambia County, FL; NAS Whiting Field in the city of Milton in Santa Rosa County, FL; Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City in Bay County, FL; and Naval Operational Support Centers (NOSC) and Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) located in Florida and Alabama.  Work may be required in other AOOs managed by NAVFAC SE if deemed necessary.

The source selection method to be used is a best value continuum process in a negotiated acquisition utilizing the trade-off approach.  Formal source selection will be used to select the proposals that provide the best value to the Government from a technical and price standpoint.  In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subparts 15.1 and 15.3, a trade-off approach to source selection will be used for this solicitation with respect to the award.  The Government does not intend to use FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items for this acquisition.

Offerors will be required to submit non-price and price proposals for a seed project.  Offerors who fail to submit non-price and price proposals for the seed project will not be considered for this IDIQ award.

This will be an electronic solicitation, which can be downloaded from Beta.Sam.Gov at https://www.beta.sam.gov.  This Solicitation posting provides notification the electronic Request for Proposal (RFP) Solicitation Number N6945020R0078 is available for download.

Offerors are responsible for checking the Beta.Sam.Gov website for the solicitation and any subsequent amendments that may be issued.

NO CONTRACT AWARD WILL BE MADE TO ANY CONTRACTOR THAT IS NOT REGISTERED OR IN THE PROCESS OF REGISTERING WITH THE SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM). PLEASE VISIT THE SAM WEBSITE AT https://www.sam.gov FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REGISTER.