Dining Facility, AIT Complex, Fort Huachuca, AZ

Synopsis posted on 14 April and Modification posted 1 May 2008 are amended as follows. Issued date for Solicitation is on or about 7 May 2008.

Synopsis posted on 14 April 2008 is amended as follows: Sandy Oquita is the Point of Contact in Lieu of Tina Frazier. She can be reached at 213 452-3249.

This is to notify all potential offerors: Solicitation No. W912PL-08-R-0013, Construct Dining Facility, Ft. Huachuca, AZ and all amendments for this acquisition will be posted on FedBizOpps (FBO) (www.fbo.gov). The solicitation will be available for download approximately 5 June 2008. Viewing/downloading documents from FBO will require prior registration in Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov). If you are a first-time FBO user, you will be required to register in FBO prior to accessing the solicitation documents. To register, click on FBO (www.fbo.gov) hyperlink, then select the Register Now link. The following information will be required prior to registration: DUNS Number, Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN); CAGE Code, e-mail address. Once registered with FBO, interested parties will then be able to utilize the posted hyperlink to log in and access the solicitation documents. Important Note: Solicitation documents can be accessed ONLY by using the hyperlink available on FBO. Please note that ALL firms who want to access the solicitation both prospective primes and subs will be required to be registered with FBO and therefore must be CCR-registered, have e a MPIN, and either a DUNS number or CAGE code. For further information, please click on the User Guide links on FBO homepage to download the Vendor User Guide. For additional assistance with the FBO website, please select the Helpdesk link located at the bottom of the webpage to submit a question or comment.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR TO CHECK FEDBIZOPPS

FREQUENTLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGESTO THE SOLICITATION.



Point of Contact
Sandra Oquita, 213.452.3249

Email your questions to US Army Engineer District, Los Angeles District, at sandra.oquita@usace.army.mil

Dining Facility, AIT Complex, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, The Small Business Size Standard is $31.5 M average annual gross revenue for the last three (3) fiscal years. The FSC Code is Y164. The estimated cost range of this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The Small Business subcontracting goals for these contracts are a minimum of 70.0% of the contractors intended subcontracting opportunities. The referenced subcontracting goals will be placed with Small Businesses (SB), including Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) 6.2%, Woman-Owned Businesses (WOB) 7.0%, Hubzone Businesses 9.8%, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) 3.0% and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) 0.9%. The plan is not required with this submittal. All questions should be directed to the Contract Specialist Ms. Sandy Oquita at 213.452.3249, Fax No 213.452.4184 or email: sandra.oquita@usace.army.mil. This is a Competitive Request For Proposal (RFP), Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Procurement. All proposals are due 2 June 2008, 2:00 P.M. PST. ALL OFFERORS/BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT THIS PROCUREMENT MAY BE DELAYED, CANCELLED OR REVISED AT ANY TIME DURING THE SOLICITATION, EVALUATION AND/OR FINAL AWARD PROCESS. This Solicitation will be available on or about 2 May 2008. WORK CONSISTS OF the design and construct of a 30,500 square foot dinning facility for an Advanced Individual Training Complex (AIT). Dinning facility shall be similar in function to a college/corporate cafeteria. Dinning facility shall be designed for 1300 trainee soldiers per meal within 90 minutes, seven days a week, 365 days per year. Dinning area seating capacity shall be 544 seats. Provide receiving, storage, preparation, serving, queuing, dinning, dishwashing and all support equipment and facilities. Provide site design and improvements to include parking, receiving, circulation, utilities,landscaping and waste processing. Exterior shall be of a construction and appearance similar to other facilities in the AIT complex and surrounding area. Provide equipment and associated accessories typical for functional use of this type facility. Please note that there are special instructions pertaining to hand delivered bids. These instructions can be viewed in Section 00100 of the advertised solicitation. An important notice to all potential offerors: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles,has implemented a new procedure for posting solicitations.

DOWNLOADING SOLICITATION: This Solicitation No W912PL-08-R-0013, Dining Facility, AIT Complex at Fort Huachuca, Arizona and all amendments for this acquisition will be posted on a secureGovernment wide point of entry (GPE) website. Further information regarding the Government wide point of entry (GPE) for this solicitation and viewing/downloading instructions will be provided (via a modification to this Pre-Solicitation Notice) prior tothe issuance of the RFP.

CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR): All firms who want to access the solicitation both prospective primes and subcontractors will be required to be in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) registered; have a Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) and either a DUNS number or CAGE code. The Central Contractor Registration can be accessed at http://www.ccr.gov/. For further information, please click on the help links CCR Handbook or FAQs. For additional assistance with CCR please call CCR Assistance Center at 888-227-2423.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR TO CHECK THE DESIGNATED GOVERNMENT POINTOF ENTRY FREQUENTLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE SOLICITATION.

POINT OF CONTACT
Contract Specialist: Ms. Sandy Oquita - 213.452.3249
Email your questions to US Army Engineer District, Los Angeles District, at sandra.oquita@usace.army.mil.