Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity Multiple Award Construction Contract for Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast Area of Operations N69450-20-R-0097

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) has been tasked to develop, solicit, and award a Design-Build (DB) and Design- Bid-Build (DBB) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC) for general construction type work to be performed in the Southeast Area of Responsibility.

A sources sought notice for this requirement was posted under solicitation N6945020RSEAOR on June 4, 2019 requesting small business industry interest and capability statement. Based on responses from the notice, sources sought concluded that none of the evaluated small businesses met the minimum requirements and qualifications.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on an unrestricted basis inviting full and open competition.

All responsible businesses with the specialized experience and qualifications required by the solicitation may submit a proposal to be considered by the agency. The NAICS code for this IDIQ MACC solicitation is 236220 with a size standard of $39,500,000.

This solicitation will result in the award of approximately (5) DB/DBB IDIQ MACCs, unless a number more than five (5) is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. The total aggregate value for all contracts to be awarded from any resultant solicitation is not-to-exceed (NTE) $900,000,000 over a five year ordering period. There is no yearly or per contractor limit except for the total five (5) year maximum. Task orders will be firm-fixed- priced, normally in the range of $20,000,000 to $100,000,000 per order. However, task orders under or over these amounts may be considered if deemed to be in the Government’s best interest.

Construction projects to be performed will primarily consist of general building type projects both vertical and horizontal construction (new construction, renovation, alteration, demolition, repair work) including but not limited to: Administrative Facilities, Training Facilities, Hangars, BEQs, Dormitories, Maintenance Facilities, Commissaries/Retail and other similar types of facilities for the areas managed by NAVFAC SE.  Projects may include design-build, modified design-build or full plans and specifications.

Work will be performed within Department of Defense (DoD) activities in the NAVFAC SE Area of Operations (AO) to include (but not limited to) the states of Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Work may be required in other locations in the area of responsibility of NAVFAC SE if deemed necessary and approved by the NAVFAC SE Chief of Contracting Office.

The source selection method to be used is a best value continuum process in a negotiated two-phase acquisition utilizing the trade-off approach. Formal two-phase 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 FAR Subparts 15.1 and 15.3, a trade-off approach to source selection will be used for this solicitation with respect to the initial award.

Offerors selected to proceed to Phase-Two will be required to submit a technical and price proposal for a seed project.  Offerors who fail to submit a technical and a price proposal will not be considered for an award. The offeror with the best value proposal for the seed project will be awarded an IDIQ under the MACC with a five year ordering period, and the seed project task order. The remaining four (4) selected offerors will be awarded an IDIQ under the MACC for a five year ordering period with a minimum guarantee of $1,000.00 over the five (5) year period.

This will be an electronic solicitation, which can be downloaded from beta.SAM.gov at https://www.beta.sam.gov. The solicitation will be available at this site no earlier than 15 days after this pre-solicitation notice is posted. A Pre-Proposal Conference and Site Visit will be held for those offerors chosen to participate in Phase-Two (exact date and time will be specified in the Phase-Two solicitation).

Phase-One proposals will be due no earlier than 30 days after the solicitation is released (exact date and time will be specified in the Phase-One solicitation). 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

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