DEVA 236691 Replace Historic Scotty's Castle Climate Control System

ACTION: Pre-Solicitation Notice
PRE-SOLICITATION NUMBER: 140P2022R0103
CLASSIFICATION CODE: Y1NB Construction of Heating and Cooling Plants
CONTRACTING OFFICER: Joelle Mascarenas
DSC-CS Contracting Services Division
National Park Service
P.O. Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225

POINT OF CONTACT:
Joelle Mascarenas, Contracting Officer, 808-738-6518, Joelle_mascarenas@nps.gov
Patrick Naulty, Contract Specialist, 303-987-6701, patrick_naulty@nps.gov
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE POSTAL CODE: 92328-0579
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE COUNTRY: USA
Title of Project: Replace Historic Scotty¿s Castle Climate Control System
GENERAL:
The National Park Service (NPS), Department of Interior (DOI), Denver Service Center (DSC), is soliciting proposals from all interested businesses having the capability to perform the work described below. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the System for Award Management website at www.sam.gov . Proposal documents will be available for download in Microsoft Word, HTML, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF; Specifications will be available in Adobe PDF format; and drawings will be available in PDF format. Please Note: Paper copies of the solicitation will not be made available.

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This pre-solicitation announcement is not a solicitation document, but pre-notice of an upcoming solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or after the date listed below.
The sources sought for this requirement was posted under Solicitation140P2020R0031. Due to the Fiscal Year change we were required to generate a new solicitation number. This is the same requirement that was posted under Solicitation No. 140P2020R0031 and 140P2021R0117.
140P2021R0117 was cancelled as an award could not be made within available funding.
Proposed Solicitation Issue Date: Estimated on/about March 28, 2022

This is currently an unfunded requirement with a high expectation that funds will be available. When and if funds become available a contract will be awarded at that time.
The NAICS Code for this requirement is 238220 with a size standard of $16.5 million.

Title of Project: Replace Historic Scotty¿s Castle Climate Control System

Description: This project will replace critical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components of the circa 1990 mechanical system that services the National Register of Historic Places listed Scotty¿s Castle Main House and Annex structures. The project will thermally-zone the facility to improve space utilization, museum storage, and efficiencies of the HVAC system for 14,560 square feet of the Main House and Annex.

The Work includes the removal of the existing water source heat pump (WSHP) HVAC system at the Castle Main House and Annex and shall be replaced with a new 4-pipe boiler/chiller system with new air handling units (AHU) in the Castle Main House and Annex. The work includes selective demolition at the Castle Main House, Annex and Stables, installation of new HVAC and electrical systems, protection of existing historic fabric, selective site work, trenching for installation of new MEP infrastructure, modifications to existing interior partition framing at the Stables, construction of a new mechanical room at the Stables, construction of a new cooling tower and cooling tower enclosure east of the Stables, and construction of a new effluent disposal system for the cooling tower effluent.


Type of Procurement: It is anticipated that a negotiated firm-fixed price contract will be awarded requiring submission of both a technical and price proposal. The government will consider an offeror¿s technical capability in comparison to its price.

Magnitude of Construction: $5 million - $10 million

Estimated Period of Performance: 275 days

Proposal receipt date is not known at this time. The actual date will be established in the solicitation when issued.

Preproposal Site Visit is not known at this time. The actual date will be established in the solicitation when issued.

This procurement is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Responsible small business sources may submit an offer that will be considered. The small business size standard for NAICS 238220 is $14 million. Small Disadvantaged Business and HUBZone firms must be certified in accordance with solicitation clause, FAR 52.219-8¿Utilization of Small Business Concerns. It is the policy of the government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Such concerns must also have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors in the contracts awarded by any executive agency, consistent with efficient contract performance. All offerors are strongly encouraged to contact their local Small Business Administration Office, to post their need for qualified subcontractors at http://www.sba.gov .