Hypersonics Lab Renovation at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) W912QR21R0058 for the renovation of the Hypersonics Laboratory space at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), OH. The proposed design/bid/build project renovates approximately 4,200 square feet of laboratory space on the first floor of building 655. The scope of the renovation will include demolition and retrofit of conventional laboratory space, upgrading it to a cleanroom environment complying with International Standards Organization (ISO) Class 7-8, to perform test and evaluation for hypersonic flight materials. Laminar flow booths will be included in the clean room and are required to achieve ISO 7. Work includes partial and/or complete removal of concrete masonry unit (CMU) interior walls. Utilities enclosed in central chases will be relocated. Install clear panels for clean room area with filtered air. Provide Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) with High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters, exterior chase, a change room and air locks. The current HVAC system is unstable and does not meet the current requirements for a clean room environment. Lab room will house laminar flow booths and all new equipment will be provided. Plumbing supply for nitrogen gas, compressed air, water, and vacuum will also be required. Installation of twenty NIPRNET connections are necessary for communications. Wherever possible, existing equipment and distribution will be utilized however, some upgrades of these systems are required. Contract duration is estimated at 365 calendar days. A pre-proposal site visit may be held. Meeting and site visit details will be provided in the solicitation.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This RFP will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE:  Full and Open Competition (Unrestricted)

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, in accordance with FAR 36.204.

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a single-phase procurement. The proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Tradeoff source selection process. The technical information contained in each offeror’s proposal will be reviewed, evaluated, and rated by the Government.

Proposals for this procurement, at a minimum, will consist of the following: Prime Contractor Past Performance; Technical, and Price. Pro Forma Information such as bonding and financial capability will also be required to meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. All evaluation factors, other than cost or price, are considered approximately equal to cost or price.

DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 16 June 2021.  Details regarding the Optional Site Visit will be included in the solicitation.  Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted to http://sam.gov.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at Federal Business Opportunities website, http://sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued.  Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored.  Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.  To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://sam.gov.  Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

REGISTRATIONS: Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for this procurement is the Contract Specialist, M. Renee Booth, at meranda.r.booth@usace.army.mil. 

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.