FY27 AFHC Repair Quarters 82 and 86

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District (POJ) is providing a PRE-SOLICITATION notice pursuant to FAR 36.213-2 for an upcoming Invitation for Bid (IFB). This is not a solicitation.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Project Title: FY27 AFHC Repair Quarters 82 & 86

Project Location: Camp Zama, Japan

Product Service Code: Y1FA - Construction of Family Housing Facilities

Project NAICS: 236118 - Residential Remodelers

Project Magnitude: Between ¥2,500,000,000 and ¥10,000,000,000 (Japanese YEN)

Project Description: The project repairs nine 3-bedroom or 4-bedroom units for junior noncommissioned officers (JR NCO) and enlisted (ENL) grades E1 through E6 in buildings 82 and 86 at Camp Zama.

Anticipated Construction Performance Period: 730 days

SOLICITATION INFORMATION

1. Procurement Method: The Government will issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation.
    
2. The Government anticipates issuing the solicitation in late 3rd Quarter/4th Quarter 2026. The solicitation when issued, will identify the site visit date, RFI and bid submission due date.  All final ready to advertise solicitation documents, specifications and drawings will be posted on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) at piee.eb.mil when issued. It is the responsibility of interested vendors to monitor PIEE for issuance of the solicitation and/or amendments.
    
3. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price construction contract as a result of this IFB no later than Q1 FY2027.

All interested companies shall be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be found at http://www.sam.gov. For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must be registered in SAM as such.

BIDDER ELIGIBILITY

1. This contract will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan and is intended only for local sources.  Only local sources will be considered under this solicitation.  Local sources are sources (e.g. corporations, partnerships, or Joint Ventures [For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must satisfy the local source requirements or, in the alternative, each member of the Joint Venture must individually satisfy the local source requirements]) that are physically located in Japan and authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform construction in Japan. Specifically, a prospective bidder must be duly authorized to operate and conduct construction business in Japan and must fully comply with all applicable laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the resulting contracts.
    
2. In addition, bidders must possess a Japanese civil construction (doboku isshiki koji) license or Japanese architectural construction (kenchiku isshiki koji) license by the bid due date and time. The U.S. Government will verify that the bidder has the license through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) website at https://etsuran2.mlit.go.jp/TAKKEN. It is the responsibility of the bidder to ensure that it has the license (Japanese civil construction or Japanese architectural construction), and that it is accurately shown on the MLIT website, by the bid due date and time.  Failure to comply with this requirement will be cause for rejection of your bid.
    
3. The U.S. Government will not offer “United States Official Contractor” status under Article XIV of the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to U.S. contractors normally resident in the United States; nor will the U.S. Government certify employees of such contractors as “Members of the Civilian Component” under Article I(b) of the SOFA.