Improve drainfield at Fort Sumter, SC

SYNOPSIS: Fort Sumter Sewer and Drainfield Hardening Project

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. The National Park Service, Interior Region 2, South Atlantic Gulf, intends to issue a Request for Proposal to enlarge existing drainfield and armor with riprap on Fort Sumter National Monument at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. A detailed Statement of Work will be provided with the solicitation documents.

PUBLICIZING: The official solicitation and its attachments will be issued on or about March 29, 2021 (date is subject to change) and will be posted to the beta.SAM.gov website at https://beta.sam.gov/

This procurement will be 100% set-aside for Small Businesses. The NAICS code is 237990. The small business standard is $39.5 million.

ESTIMATED MAGNITUDE: Between $500,000 and $1,000,000

TYPE OF PROCUREMENT: It is anticipated that a firm-fixed price construction contract will be awarded requiring submission of both a technical and price proposal. The Government intends to award (1) one contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Payment and Performance Bonds and Bid Guarantee will be required.

Contract is expected to be awarded by July 2021. Federal Construction Wage Rates for Charleston County will apply.

SAM REGISTRATION: All interested offers MUST have an active vendor record in beta.SAM.gov, be a small business under the identified NAICS code 237990 and NOT have any exclusion such as a delinquent federal debt or debarment.

SITE VISIT: Only one (1) site visit is scheduled for this action. A date, time, and meeting location will be announced in the solicitation. Offerors are highly encouraged to attend the scheduled site visit to inspect the site and to ensure they fully understand the requirement and conditions that may affect the cost of the project, specifications, and performance.

Offers will be due approximately 30 days after issuance of solicitation unless extended by amendment. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for submission of offers. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation because of this notice.

NOTE: No additional information is available until the solicitation is released. No bidder list is maintained by the Contracting Officer. Interested parties are encouraged to monitor this announcement for updates and the release of the solicitation documents. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be accessible from beta.SAM.gov website at https://beta.sam.gov/. Once logged into the beta.SAM website, change the search criteria to Contract Opportunities and type in the Solicitation Number 140P5521R0009 in the field. It is, and will continue to be, all potential offeror's responsibility to monitor beta.SAM.gov website for any amendments, updates, responses to questions and answers. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.

The contracting office will not provide hardcopies or email copies of the solicitation OR accept any Oral questions.