GAOA Statewide Radio Infrastructure

GAOA Statewide Radio Infrastructure

The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Montana State Office is soliciting proposals for the remediation of seven existing communications facilities. The seven facilities are geographically separated and spread across the state of Montana. The names and locations are: Billings Fire Station in Billings, Billings Interagency Fire Dispatch in Billings, Cohagen Communication Facility near Jordan, Grizzly Peak Communication Facility near Red Lodge, Ekalaka Fire Station near Miles City, Pine Grove Communication Facility near Jordan, and Sheep Mountain Communication Facility near Miles City.

PROCUREMENT OVERVIEW

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Construction, Firm Fixed Priced (FFP), Single Award Contract

TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION: Building

NAICS CODE: 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

MAGNITUDE: Between $250,000 and $500,000

RESTRICTIONS ON CONTACTS: Beginning upon release of the request for proposal (RFP) through contract award, contacting Government employees who may be associated with this project by participating offerors is inappropriate. Offerors participating in this RFP, including subcontractors and teammates, shall not contact Government employees during this period. All correspondence shall be through the Contracting Officer listed below:
Bureau of Land Management
Attn: Jorge Alvarez
Phone: (854) 500-1840
Email: jalvarez@blm.gov

SITE VISIT: The Government strongly urges offerors to inspect the site to gain a better understanding of the work requirements and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of performance. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after award.

See Section L, Clause 52.236-27 ¿ Alternate I, Site Visit (Construction) ¿ Alternate I for more information.

QUESTIONS DUE: 23 April 2024 at 1:00 pm, Mountain Time. Questions submitted after this date and time may not be answered. All questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to Jorge Alvarez. See Section
L, Paragraph L.9, Submittal of Questions for more information.

PROPOSAL RESPONSE DATE: For dates when contractors are to submit their proposals, see block 13 of
Standard Form 1442, ¿Solicitation, Offer, and Award (Construction, Alteration, or Repair).¿ See Section L,
Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors, for a list of required documents.

METHOD OF PROCUREMENT: This procurement is set-aside for Small Business Concerns and is a
construction acquisition, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15, Part 19, and Part 36.

SAM: Effective July 29, 2012, any contractor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must
register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract or agreement. SAM is
an official website of the U.S. government. There is no cost to use SAM. You can use this site for FREE to:
¿ ¿Register to do business with the U.S. government
¿ Update or renew your entity registration
¿ Check status of an entity registration
¿ Search for entity registration and exclusion records

To register in SAM, at a minimum, you will need the following information:
¿ Your DUNS Number, Legal Business Name, and Physical Address from your Dun & Bradstreet (D&B)
record.
¿ Your Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and Taxpayer Name associated with your TIN.
¿ Your bank's routing number, your bank account number, and your bank account type, i.e. checking or
savings, to set up Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).

Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM website
accessed through https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ or by the Federal Service Desk at 1-866-606-8220.

IPP: Payment requests for the anticipated contract must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of
the Treasury¿s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). IPP is a secure, web-based service that more efficiently
managements government invoicing from purchase order through payment notification at no charge to federal
agencies and their vendors. The IPP website address is https://www.ipp.gov/. The contractor must use the IPP
website to register access and use IPP for submitted request for payment. Contractor assistance with enrollment can
be obtained by contacting the IPP Customer Support Team via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or
via phone at 1-866-973-3131. .

If the contractor is unable to comply with the requirements to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment,
the contract must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal.