JKSE 172216, Install Crane, B80

The Montana Air National Guard intends to issue an Invitation for Bid to award a single firm fixed-price contract for non-personal services, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, and supervision necessary to complete project: JKSE 172216, Install Crane, Bldg 80 in Great Falls, MT (Cascade County). Project will include construction of structural supports for installation of bridge crane/fall arrest system, addition of supplementary heat to work areas and hangar bay, repair hangar floor surface, install flexible pavement in dirt/native grass areas, and install domestic water line to enable a looped system near this facility.

The contract duration is 120 days following notice to proceed. The project is 100% set aside for small business concerns under NAICS 236220, with a size standard of $39.5 million. The estimated magnitude per FAR 36.204 is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Your attention is called to FAR clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (Deviation 2019-00003) which states “General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded”.

The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or-about 15 May 2020. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference and site visit is on-or-about 27 May 2020, time/location to be announced in solicitation. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. The bid opening is tentatively scheduled to be the week of June 19th with an exact date, time and location to be included in the solicitation. Note: all final dates/times/locations will be published in the solicitation.

Interested bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at sam.gov. You will need your DUNS number in order to register and instructions are located on the site. The solicitation and all associated information along with the plans and specifications will be available only from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) website at beta.SAM.gov. FedBizOps is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition related information for all Federal Agencies. Interested bidders must register with FedBizOps in order to access the full solicitation package (when posted). The FedBizOps site under “Getting Started” contains the most up to date information on registration instructions and obtaining a Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) which will be required to obtain the plans and specs in the controlled access location when posted with the solicitation. This registration process can take 15 business days or longer so plan accordingly.

DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are located on the official government webpage and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to www.fbo.gov for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the bidder’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible, due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies. All inquiries must be in writing, via email, to the persons specified in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing via posting to the web.