Integrated Capabilities Office (ICO) HQ, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

Project Labor Agreement Market Survey

Subject: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL – Labor Market Survey

Classification Code:

Y -- Construction of structures and facilities

NAICS Code:

236220 -- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Is this a Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action?:

No

Response Date: October 28, 2021 14:00 pm Central Time

Primary Point of Contact:

Humphrey W. Mararo

Contract Specialist

humphrey.w.mararo@usace.army.mil

Phone: 251-441-5456

This is a project labor agreement survey only. This is not a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. There will not be a solicitation, specifications, or drawings available at this time.

This is a SPECIAL NOTICE. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. The Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for a large-scale construction project (exceeding $25 million) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL. This market survey is being posted for the Integrated Capabilities Office (ICO) HQ, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

Description of Work: This work involves the design and construction of a Headquarters approximately 68,000 GSF two-story facility for an Integrated Capabilities Office (ICO) HQ and an approximately 16,500 GSF supporting Utilities Area building which consists of a Central Utility Plant and Industrial Shop area utilizing conventional design and construction methods. The first floor of the HQ building includes mixed classification spaces and the entire second floor will be a SCIF with classification "Open Storage" with Security in Depth (SID) as defined in UFC 4-010-05, Change 1, and ICS 705. Using the six-sided approach, the SCIF perimeter floors, ceilings, and walls require minimum STC 45 per AGS Sound Group 3 with the separation between the first and second floor being STC 50. The program requirements for the facility include administrative spaces, data center, weapons vault, building support, and circulation spaces. The building is a steel framed structure, and the primary exterior materials are precast concrete panels that span the full height of the building and glass storefront and curtainwall window systems. The interior walls of the Administrative office space shall be metal stud and gypsum board partitions.

A PLA is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement described in 29 U.S.C. 158(f).

Accordingly, Offerors are requested to respond to this Special Notice regarding PLA with the following information:

1) Do you have knowledge that a PLA has been used in the local area on projects of this kind? If so, please provide supporting documentation.

2) Are you aware of skilled labor shortages in the area for those crafts that will be needed to complete the referenced project? If so, please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible.

3) Are you aware of time sensitive issues/scheduling requirements that would affect the rate at which the referenced project should be completed? If so, please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible.

4) Identify specific reasons why or how you believe a PLA would advance the Federal Governments interest in achieving economy and efficiency in federal procurement.

5) Identify specific reasons why you do not believe a PLA would advance the Federal Governments interest in achieving economy and efficiency in federal procurement.

6) Identify any additional information you believe should be considered on the use of a PLA on the referenced project.

7) Identify any additional information you believe should be considered on the non-use of a PLA on the referenced project.

Interested Offerors shall respond to this Special Notice no later than 28 October 2021 by 14:00 CST.  E-mail your response to humphrey.w.mararo@usace.army.mil and kyle.m.rodgers@usace.army.mil.  This Special Notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited.