Fighter Alert Shelter, Truax Field, Madison, WI

On or about 25 August 2020, this office will issue a solicitation for construction of the Fighter Alert Shelter to be located at Truax Field, Madison, WI.  The solicitation will close on or about 5 October 2020.

This solicitation is UNRESTRICTED AND OPEN TO BOTH LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION.

This project will provide a new 28,000 SF Fighter Alert Shelter for four universal fighter aircraft to accommodate the mission of the facility.  Special construction requirements include:  the shelter houses four aircraft with automatic opening front and rear aircraft doors; heating, fire detection and ultra-high pressure fire suppression system/closed head wet-pipe sprinkler fire suppression systems.  Provide support for Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and installation of a backup emergency generator.  The facility is designed as permanent construction in accordance with the DoD Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01, General Building Requirements and UFC 1-200-02, High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements.  The facility shall be compatible with applicable DoD, Air Force, and base design standards.  This project will comply with DoD antiterrorism/force protection requirements per unified facilities criteria.

The Contractor will be required to commence work within 10 days after Notice to Proceed (NTP) and complete the work in the proposed number of calendar days (Not to Exceed 720 calendar days) after receipt of NTP.  Clauses will be included for Liquidated Damages in case of failure to complete the work in the time allowed.  Performance and Payment Bonds will be required.

The magnitude of construction costs for this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000.

The above project description is for information only.  Project scope of work is subject to change.

This will be a Bifurcated solicitation process following FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation.  This solicitation will be issued at 95% design specifications at which time only Volume I Technical proposals will be requested.  The 100% design specifications will be issued on or about 10 November 2020 at which time Volume II Price Proposals will be requested.

The acquisition process for this solicitation will be a Bifurcated Request for Proposal (RFP) Best Value Trade-off procurement process, utilizing a Tradeoff Source Selection Process (see FAR 15.101-1). This process allows for a tradeoff between non-cost factors and cost/price and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal or other than the highest technically rated proposal to achieve a best-value contract award.  Submission of Volume I proposals will include technical evaluation factors: Factor 1 Specialized Experience; Factor 2 Project Management Plan; Factor 3 Past Performance; and Factor 4 Small Business Participation Document. Submission of Volume II proposals will only include Factor 5 Price.

A tentative site visit date has been scheduled on or about 17 November 2020 during the Volume II Price Proposal solicitation phase.  Provisions in the solicitation documents during Volume II proposal phase will provide detailed information to include meeting place, time, points of contact, and access requirements.

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OBTAINING SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS:

Solicitation documents will be posted to the web via the Contract Opportunities (Federal Business Opportunities (FBO)) at: https://beta.sam.gov/.

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INQUIRIES:

A bidder inquiry key will be included in the solicitation.  Questions regarding the solicitation will be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at: https://www.projnet.org/projnet/.