Fort Riley, KS & McConnell AFB, KS Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) - 2020

This Draft Request for Proposal (RFP)/Synopsis is NOT a formal request for proposal.  Proposals are NOT being requested or evaluated at this time.  A Final RFP will be released at a later date for which interested parties may submit proposals.

The 22d Contracting Squadron (22 CONS) of the 22d Air Refueling Wing, McConnell AFB KS is seeking interested parties to thoroughly review the Draft RFP and provide comments, questions, suggested changes, and feedback by December 18, 2019, in the format provided in the Draft RFP Comment Matrix attached. 

22 CONS does not anticipate posting responses to any comments, questions, suggested changes, and/or feedback received; however, all input will be considered in developing the Final RFP.  Additionally, the Draft RFP is subject to change in the development of the Final RFP as a result of the 22 CONS’ consideration of the input received from interested parties in response to the Draft RFP. 

Please submit all comments, questions, suggested changes, and feedback to derek.owen.1@us.af.mil and christina.muth.1@us.af.mil in the Draft RFP Comment Matrix  provided for submission.

Synopis:

The 22d Contracting Squadron (22 CONS) of the 22d Air Refueling Wing, McConnell AFB KS, announces the acquisition of a Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) contract.  The Government anticipates the award of one, firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract which will consist of one (1) base year, and four (4) one-year option periods to be exercised at the Government's discretion.  The guaranteed minimum award amount will be the cost of the awardees' proposed seed project. The estimated (aggregate) maximum for the base year and four (4) option years is $75,000,000.  It is estimated that approximately $70,000,000 of the contract maximum will be for work at Fort Riley, and $5,000,000 will be for work at McConnell AFB.  A seed project for this contract will be identified at the time of solicitation.

Work under a SABER contract consists of real property maintenance, repair, remodel, alteration and minor construction projects to include industrial, commercial and institutional facilities located on McConnell AFB, KS and Fort Riley, KS.  Firm-fixed-price task orders issued under this SABER contract may range in value from $2,000 to $2,000,000.  Each task order may involve a variety of construction trades.  The SABER contractor shall provide all materials, labor, equipment, tools, transportation and ancillary items necessary to complete each project from conception to completion.

The Government will request responses only from interested 8(a) firms within the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Regions VI and VII.  Proposals from other than certified 8(a) firms will not be considered.  Firms must have a bona fide office within the geographical region.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a size standard of $39.5M.  All interested 8(a) firms are encouraged to download a copy of the solicitation from betaSAM as soon as the solicitation is posted. 

Joint Venture Agreements are allowable on competitive 8(a) set-asides.  The agreement must be received by SBA prior to cost proposal due date and approved before award of the resulting contract.  If you are contemplating a joint venture on this project you must advise your assigned Business Development Specialist (BDS) as soon as possible.  It is also recommended that the agreement be submitted as soon as practicable to ensure compliance with established regulations.  Any corrections and/or changes needed can be made only when your BDS has adequate time for a thorough review before the proposal due date.  NO CORRECTIONS AND/OR CHANGES ARE ALLOWED AFTER THE TIME OF SUBMISSION OF THE COST PROPOSAL.

The successful contractor will be selected using Subjective Trade-Off procedures, resulting in the best value to the Government.  Evaluation factors will be set forth in Sections L & M of the solicitation and will include evaluation of the following areas: Technical, Past Performance and Price (Coefficient).  Upon award, an initial pre-performance conference will be held at McConnell AFB, KS and Fort Riley, KS.

The closing date and time for submission of offers shall be contained in the solicitation package. The entire solicitation package, including the Standard Form 1449 and continuation pages, the Work Statement, the Department of Labor Wage Determination and the Past and Present Performance Questionnaire, shall be made available only on the Contract Opportunities (betaSAM) Web Site at https://beta.sam.gov/.  Requests for copies of the solicitation package, or any cumulative parts thereof, by any other means shall not be honored.  Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring the betaSAM website for the release of the solicitation package, which should be released on or about 27 Dec 2019, for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package and for downloading their own copy of any subsequent amendments, if any.

All firms wishing to submit a proposal subsequent to the solicitation described herein MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database or risk their otherwise-timely proposal being considered non-responsive regardless of its completeness, timeliness or other salient considerations.  Information on registration in SAM can be obtained at the following website:  https://beta.sam.gov.  Potential offerors must also have current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM.

No response to this announcement is required.  The government shall not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement.  The solicitation subsequent to this announcement may be cancelled.  After solicitation and prior to award the possibility exists to reject all offers when cancellation is clearly in the public interest.  This announcement does not obligate the Government to pay for any bid or proposal preparation costs. 

Per AFFARS 5352.201-9101 (Jun 2016) the following applies: 

(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Ms. Susan Madison, AFICA/KM (OL AMC), 507 Symington Drive, Scott AFB IL 62225-5022, (618) 229-0267, (DSN 779-0267), fax (618) 256-6668 (DSN 576-6668), email: Susan.Madison@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.

(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer.

Contracting Office Address:

53384 Kansas St
Suite 118
McConnell AFB, Kansas 67221-3702
United States

Place of Performance:

Two Locations: Ft Riley, Kansas and McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas
McConnell AFB, Kansas 67221
United States