Design- Build of a Housing Unit at Special Hospital for Psychiatric Disorders in Gornja Toponica, Serbia and construction of a Kindergarten in Drugovac, Serbia.

This announcement constitutes a formal solicitation with full details, including a response deadline, statement of work, Instructions to Offerors, the Evaluation Factors/Basis for Award, Technical Specifications, and Drawings. OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE.
1. AGENCY: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU)
2. NAICS: 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
3. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Gornja Toponica and Drugovac , Serbia.
4. SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912GB19R0049
5. TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) contract
7. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be an unrestricted action under full and open competitive conditions. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location Outside of the Contiguous United States (OCONUS).
6. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the project is for Design- Build of a Housing Unit at Special Hospital for Psychiatric Disorders in Gornja Toponica, Serbia and construction of a Kindergarten in Drugovac, Serbia.

Housing Unit at Special Hospital for Psychiatric Disorders in Gornja Toponica, Serbia:

It serves as a Housing Unit for Alcohol Addicts. The building is a two-story solid structure with pitched roofs without basement. It was constructed in 1927 and did not have any major renovation in 40 years. The structure is made of masonry walls and concrete slabs / beams. Roof structure is made of wood with clay tile roofing. Exterior and interior walls are plastered. The Contractor must deliver fully functional, turnkey type facilities (without furniture). The work includes - but is not limited to - design, demolition, fabrication, delivery, installation, construction, and site work. The facility and the installed equipment must be permanent construction.

Kindergarten in Drugovac, Serbia:

Existing single story building must be demolished and replaced with new single story solid structure with sloped roofs that will serve as kindergarten. The Contractor must deliver fully functional, turnkey type facilities (without furniture) as described in this document. The work includes - but is not limited to - design, demolition, fabrication, delivery, installation, construction, and site work. The facility and the installed equipment must be permanent construction.
The design requirements shall need to consider host nation design codes and standards in Serbia.
7. SELECTION PROCESS: The Contracting Officer will award a firm fixed price contract to the responsible offeror that conforms to the solicitation, is determined to have proposed a fair and reasonable price and whose offer presents the best overall value to the Government, all factors considered.
8. CONTRACT MAGNITUDE: The estimated magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.
9. SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: The Government intends to hold a pre-proposal conference and site visit at the project location. The details are as follows.
Location: Best Western Hotel My Place Kej 29 Decembar Bb, Nis 18000, Serbia Time/Date: 30 July 2019 at 09:00 local time. Registration Instructions: Due to limited space, attendees are limited to no more than three (3) people per Offeror.
10. SPECIAL SAM NOTICE: Please take notice that SAM (www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms must submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective April 29, 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/sam-update-updated-july-11-2018. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM and FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause 52.212-4 Contract
Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office.
11 NOTICE TO OFFERORS: The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation, either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror by the Government.
12. POINT-OF-CONTACT: The USACE NAU Contracting Office will be the sole point-of-contact for this solicitation. The Primary Contracting Point of Contact for this solicitation is the Contract Specialist SFC Betsy Weintraubat at Betsy.Weintraub@usace.army.mil and the Contracting Officer Ms. Kristina Morrow at Kristina.morrow@usace.army.mil.

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This announcement seeks information from industry which will be used for preliminary planning purposes and as a Sources Sought/Pre-Solicitation Notice. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this announcement. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

1. AGENCY: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU)
2. NAICS: 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
3. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Gornja Toponica and Drugovac , Serbia.
4. ACQUISITION INFORMATION: NAU anticipates soliciting and awarding ONE Single Phase Stand-Alone "C" type Design/Build (D/B) Construction Contract using the Best Value Tradeoff Source Selection process in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Parts 15 and 36. The project will be solicited under Full and Open competition and awarded as a firm-fixed price contract and paid in U.S. dollars. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests.

Solicitation Number: W912GB19R0049

Total Value of Contract: The contract is estimated to be between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

Performance Period: The estimated period of performance will be 425 calendar days.

Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location in Europe.

5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the project is for Design- Build of a Housing Unit at Special Hospital for Psychiatric Disorders in Gornja Toponica, Serbia and construction of a Kindergarten in Drugovac, Serbia.

Housing Unit at Special Hospital for Psychiatric Disorders in Gornja Toponica, Serbia:

It serves as a Housing Unit for Alcohol Addicts. The building is a two-story solid structure with pitched roofs without basement. It was constructed in 1927 and did not have any major renovation in 40 years. The structure is made of masonry walls and concrete slabs / beams. Roof structure is made of wood with clay tile roofing. Exterior and interior walls are plastered. The Contractor must deliver fully functional, turnkey type facilities (without furniture). The work includes - but is not limited to - design, demolition, fabrication, delivery, installation, construction, and site work. The facility and the installed equipment must be permanent construction.

Kindergarten in Drugovac, Serbia:

Existing single story building must be demolished and replaced with new single story solid structure with sloped roofs that will serve as kindergarten. The Contractor must deliver fully functional, turnkey type facilities (without furniture) as described in this document. The work includes - but is not limited to - design, demolition, fabrication, delivery, installation, construction, and site work. The facility and the installed equipment must be permanent construction.
The design requirements shall need to consider host nation design codes and standards in Serbia.

6. SOURCES SOUGHT: The purpose of this sources sought/pre-solicitation notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of construction firms who have the capabilities to complete and perform contracts of this magnitude, and to address any questions, recommendations or concerns from Industry. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among potential pool of responsible contractors. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought announcement.
7. RESPONSES: The Capabilities Statement for this sources sought/pre-solicitation notice is not intended to be a Request for Proposal nor Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. It is to request statements regarding the company's ability to demonstrate existing-or-developed expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material may also be submitted with the Capabilities Statement. Submission of Capabilities statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Corps of Engineers in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.

8. SUBMISSIONS: Offerors response to this Sources Sought shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information (Clarifications and or questions shall be submitted in a separate word document and will not count towards the 5 page limitation):

• Offeror's Name, address(es), English speaking point of contact, phone number and e-mail address
• Offeror's interest in proposing on the solicitation when it is issued
• Offeror's Cage Code and DUNS number.
• Offerors should submit two (2) and no more than five (5) recent specific construction contracts/projects your firm has performed as the prime contractor to demonstrate your experience in design/build construction as indicated in this announcement. A specific project is defined as either a single stand alone contract or a single task order under an indefinite delivery contract. Recent is defined as having been 100% completed within the five years prior to the submission due date. For each of the projects submitted for experience evaluation, provide the following:
o title and location
o award and completion dates
o contract or subcontract value
o type of work for overall project and type of work your firm self-performed
o current customer information including point of contact, phone number, and email address
o whether the work was performed as a prime or subcontractor
o type of contract and narrative of project description
o description of the work that was self-performed by your firm, including the percentage of contract value your firm self-performed.
• Offeror's Joint Venture information or Teaming Arrangements
o Include Cage Code or System for Award Management (SAM) information/registration, if available

9. SOLICITATION: The Government will post the solicitation, and all subsequent amendments through the Government -Wide Point of Entry (GPE) Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Web Site www.fbo.gov. It is the Offeror's sole responsibility to obtain this solicitation and any subsequent amendments through the FBO.gov website. Offerors are encouraged to visit this web site and become familiar with its content and functionality prior to the solicitation issue date. Prospective Offerors must provide all information necessary to receive posting notifications.

Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. Visit website www.sam.gov for more information.

The USACE NAU Contracting Office will be the sole point of contact for this solicitation. The Primary Points of Contact for this solicitation will be as follows:

Contract Specialist:
SFC Betsy Weintraub
Betsy.weintraub@usace.army.mil
+49611-9744-2195

Contracting Officer:
Kristina Morrow
Kristina.morrow@usace.army.mil
+49611-9744-2630

10. RESPONSES DUE: All interested contractors should submit responses via email by 10:00 hours Central European Summer Time on 1 July 2019. Submit responses and information to Contract Specialist SFC Betsy Weintraub at Betsy.weintraub@usace.army.mil . No hard copies will be accepted.

11. QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this Sources Sought/Pre-Solicitation notice may be directed to Contract Specialist SFC Betsy Weintraub at Betsy.weintraub@usace.army.mil

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