KAF F-18 E / F Super Hornet Procurement D

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Middle East District is
releasing the following sources sought notice for the purpose of conducting market
research and planning purposes. This notice is to construct support facilities for the
Kuwait Air Force F-18E/F Super Hornet Program, Procurement D, at Al Jaber Air Base,
Kuwait. This project is subject to the availability of funding.

Project Scope: This is for the Design-Bid-Build (D-B-B) construction of Quick Reaction
Area (QRA), Combat Aircraft Loading Area (CALA), related site improvements,
demolition of existing pavement, construction of new concrete and asphalt pavement,
and incidental related work. Each QRA Parking Shelter will house two (2) aircraft, is
separated by reinforced barricades, and will include equipment pads. Each CALA
sunshade will house one (1) aircraft, is separated by reinforced barricades, and
contains aircraft static grounding points and tie down locations. The QRA will house
eight (8) aircraft and the CALA will house five (5) aircraft. Facilities will be designed as
permanent construction in accordance with the Department of Defense (DoD) Unified
Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01, General Building Requirements and UFC 1-200-02,
High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements.

The project will be constructed in accordance with current Kuwaiti and U.S. building
codes, safety, and security standards.

The contractor shall provide all management, administration, quality control, labor,
transportation, equipment, materials, vehicles, heavy equipment, supplies and other
items as necessary to perform the services contained in the scope of work.

The overall Period of Performance (PoP) shall be six hundred and thirteen (613)
calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the entire scope of work including
Optional CLINs.

Set asides and codes: The project is classified through the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) under code 236220 Commercial and Institutional
Building Construction with a small business size of $39.5million. The FSC is Y1JZ –
Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings.

The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price contract.

The estimated magnitude of construction of this project is between $25 million and $100
million.

The Government is considering the use of an unrestricted (full and open) solicitation
and award a firm fixed Price (FFP) Design Bid Build (DBB) construction contract using
the Best Value Trade-off Source Selection procedures in FAR 15.101-1. Evaluation
criteria will be stated in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government may include
options in the RFP. This acquisition will result in a single firm fixed price contract.

Additional Information:

The contractor must be licensed or be able to obtain a business license in Kuwait at
issuance of Notice to Proceed.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of
a response to this notice.

A contractor will neither be pre-qualified nor excluded from the competition based upon
any information provided in reply to this announcement.

A bidder list will not be generated from replies to this announcement. Contractors will
not automatically receive the RFP package as a result of replying to this announcement.

A pre-solicitation and solicitation announcement may eventually be publicized at the
SAM.gov website. An announcement is tentatively scheduled for release on or about
15 Jan 2024. The estimated contract award is scheduled on or about 01 August 2024.
Contractors are responsible for monitoring the website for the announcements and for
any posted changes or amendments. Be advised that this is a source sought notice
and is not an RFP, nor does it restrict the Government from utilizing a different
acquisition approach to award any or all resultant contracts.

Interested firms should complete the Capabilities Statement and the Project Experience
Sheet (s) included with this announcement. Provide your capabilities and experience
with not more than five similar projects. The Capabilities Statement will not be used by
the Government to either qualify or disqualify prospective contractors.

Please return the completed capabilities statement and experience sheet(s) by email it
to both Sabrina S. Booker at Sabrina.S.Booker@usace.army.mil and Maria L. Martin at
Maria.L.Martin@usace.army.mil. Place the words “MARKET RESEARCH - SUPER
HORNET Procurement D” on the subject line of your message. Your response is due
by Monday 20 November 2023, at 04:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.