Design-Build of Two Child Development Centers, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Design-Build two (2) one-story Child Development Facilities, one of which will be a bid option. The Child Development Facilities will have reinforced concrete foundations and floor slabs, masonry walls, stucco exteriors, standing seam metal roofs, fire detection/suppression systems, HVAC, interior and exterior communications support, utilities, parking, site improvements, O&M manuals and other required support.

THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO CONTRACTORS UNDER W91278-09-R-0073.

This synopsis was originally posted on 3 July 2009, was modified on 7 July 2009 to change the bid date from 25 September 2009 to 25 August 2009, and is being modified again to add the following statements: (b) the site visit will be held at the tennis courts adjacent to the existing CDC Facilities off Turnstone Avenue. (c) On the day of the site visit, the contractor(s) shall enter at the Dale Mabry Gate and is not required to stop at the visitor's center. Contractors shall provide the gate guard with a photo ID, the name of the event (Child Development Center Site Visit), and name of the sponsor (Joseph Toups). No entry will be granted without a photo ID, Contractor(s) are hereby informed that they shall proceed directly to and from the event. Contractor(s) observed in areas outside the direct route to and from the event will be escorted off base immediately. Random base tours are not authorized. The event may be cancelled at a moments notice due to unforeseen circumstances or an increase in Force Protection Conditions. All other information remains unchanged.

This synopsis was originally posted on 3 July 2009 is being modified to change the bid response date from September 25, 2009 to August 25, 2009.


This synopsis will be available for download approximately on 24 July 2009.



All other information remains unchanged.

Design-Build two (2) one-story Child Development Facilities, one of which will be a bid option. The Child Development Facilities will have reinforced concrete foundations and floor slabs, masonry walls, stucco exteriors, standing seam metal roofs, fire detection/suppression systems, HVAC, interior and exterior communications support, utilities, parking, site improvements, O&M manuals and other required support.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 236220.

The solicitation will be available for download on 24 July 2009. The estimated cost of this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. The contracting officer is Mr. Leo J. Hickman.

Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractor must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) prior to award of this contract. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via FedBizOpps. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FedBizOpps Internet Homepage. If you are not registered, the United States government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the Contractors responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at
http://www.adobe.com/ .

Note No. 2: All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed.

Note No. 3: Critical path method (network analysis system) is not required.

Note No. 4: For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $33,500,000 for the past three years.

Note No. 5: This solicitation includes bid options which may not be awarded.

Note No. 6: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Synopsis of Work, etc.) are available on the Internet at: https://www.fbo.gov.

Address questions concerning downloading of plans/specifications to Sonya King at phone number 251-690-2537.

Note No. 7: SITE VISIT:

A Contractor Site Visit has been scheduled for 04 Aug 2009 from 9:30 am to 11:00 am. The only purpose of the site visit is to become familiar with the existing site conditions. Requests for Information (RFIs) generated from the site visit must be entered into the ProjNet contractor RFI system for responses. Due to Base Security requirements and limited field staff available for construction contractor site visits, this scheduled site visit will be the only one offered. Individual requests for site visits will not be granted. Contractors will be required to register with Mr. Joseph Toups by 5:30 PM ET on 29 July 2009 and provide their given name (as it appears on their driver's license), social security number, date of birth, the project name, name of the company that they represent, and a state drivers license number. Contractors must provide a list with the names of the persons to be attending the site visit on Company Letterhead and fax it to Mr. Joseph Toups at the number shown below. Request for attendance received after the date and time shown above will not be accepted and will not be allowed on base. The number of attendees is limited to four from each firm.

Fax 813-840-2496


Note No. 8: The request for information (RFI) process for bidder inquiries during the advertisement period is contained in the RFP solicitation package available exclusively from FedBizOpps. Other forms of communicating RFIs to the government will not be honored. The government will try to respond to all questions. However, responses may not be furnished to all questions and particularly those received late in the advertisement period (0-10 days prior to bid opening.)