Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Center at Krivolak, Macedonia

Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) for the construction of the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Center at Krivolak, Macedonia

This announcement constitutes a forma solicitation with full details, including a response deadline, statement of work, Instructions to Offerors, the Evaluation Factors/Basis for Award, Technical Specifications, and Drawings.
OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE.

1. PROJECT TITLE: Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Center

2. AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU)

3. NAICS: 236220 - Construction of Buildings

4. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Krivolak, Macedonia

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912GB19R0042

6. TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) contract

7. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be an unrestricted action under full and open competitive conditions. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location Outside of the Contiguous United States (OCONUS).

8. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This project is for the design-build construction, renovation and conversion of facilities on the Military Training Area near Krivolak, Macedonia. The project consists of several facilities that will serve as a training site and buildings for MOUT. The training will simulate urban combat inside and around buildings of different types and function as typically encountered in urban warfare.

9. SELECTION PROCESS: The Contracting Officer will award a firm fixed price contract to the responsible offeror that conforms to the solicitation, is determined to have proposed a fair and reasonable price and whose offer presents the best overall value to the Government, all factors considered.

10. CONTRACT MAGNITUDE: Estimated magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

11. SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: The Government intends to hold a pre-proposal conference at a hotel and site visit at the project location. The details are as follows.
Conference Date and Time: 22 August 2019 at 11:00 - 12:30 local time.
Location: Skopje Marriott Hotel Plostad Makedonija 7, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Site Visit Date and Time: 23 August 2019 at 09:00 - 14:00 local time
Location: Krivolak Training Range 41.559917°N, 21.976583°E
Registration Instructions: Due to limited space, attendees are limited to no more than three (3) people per Offeror. Offerors must pre-register their attendees no later than 19 Aug 2019 at 1500 Central European Summer Time. To Pre-Register, complete the site visit attendee information sheet (see B.08.02.00) and email it directly to the Contract Specialist Whittni Hiscox (whittni.c.hiscox@usace.army.mil) and the Project Manager Tarek Eljizi (tarek.i.eljizi2@usace.army.mil).
12. SPECIAL SAM NOTICE: Please take notice that SAM (www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms must submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective April 29, 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/sam-update-updated-july-11-2018. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM and FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office.

13. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation, either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror by the Government.

14. POINT-OF-CONTACT: The USACE NAU Contracting Office will be the sole point-of-contact for this solicitation. The Primary Contracting Point of Contact for this solicitation is Contract Specialist, Ms. Whittni Hiscox, whittni.c.hiscox@usace.army.mil and Contracting Officer Ms. Kristina Morrow at kristina.morrow@usace.army.mil.

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Pre-Solicitation for W912GB19R0042
Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) for the construction of the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Center at Krivolak, Macedonia

This announcement constitutes a pre-solicitation announcement of a proposed contract action pursuant to FAR 5.204. This is not a solicitation. No response is requested at this time. A formal solicitation will follow this announcement with full details, including a response deadline, statement of work, Instructions to Offerors, and the Evaluation Factors/Basis for Award.

OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND THE FORMAL SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT.

1. ANTICIPATED PROJECT TITLE: Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Center

2. AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU)

3. NAICS: 236220 - Construction of Buildings

4. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Krivolak, Macedonia

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912GB19R0042

6. TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) contract

7. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be an unrestricted action under full and open competitive conditions. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location Outside of the Contiguous United States (OCONUS).

8. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This project is for the design-build construction, renovation and conversion of facilities on the Military Training Area near Krivolak, Macedonia. The project consists of several facilities that will serve as a training site and buildings for MOUT. The training will simulate urban combat inside and around buildings of different types and function as typically encountered in urban warfare.

The project includes the following general items of work:

• Partially clear, grub, and grade the site (for e. and g. below);
• Convert an above ground, open concrete silo into a shooting range;
• Convert a Barn Building, to resemble a "Hotel, Restaurant and Movie Theater";
• Convert a "U-shaped" complex of Stable Buildings including a Yard to resemble a Market Place and School with School Yard;
• Provide a new 3 story "Apartment Type Building";
• Convert a Barn Building to serve as a "Tactical Object" (Shoot House);
• Provide a new exterior "Narrow Street Scenario";
• Provide photovoltaic Street Lighting;
• Provide furniture and furnishings to provide a realistic interior and exterior training scenario.

9. SELECTION PROCESS: The Contracting Officer will award a firm fixed price contract to the responsible offeror that conforms to the solicitation, is determined to have proposed a fair and reasonable price and whose offer presents the best overall value to the Government, all factors considered.

10. CONTRACT MAGNITUDE: Estimated magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

11. SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: The Government intends to hold a pre-proposal conference and site visit on or about the end of August 2019. Offerors who are interested in attending the pre-proposal site visit shall notify the Contract Specialist at whittni.c.hiscox@usace.army.mil and Project Manager at tarek.eljizi@usace.army.mil no later than 15:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST) 19 August 2019, with the attached Base Access form filled out for each individual who will be attending. Due to limited space, attendees are limited to no more than three (3) people per Offeror.

12. SPECIAL SAM NOTICE: Please take notice that SAM (www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms must submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective April 29, 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/sam-update-updated-july-11-2018. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM and FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office.

13. ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE AND AWARD DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about mid August 2019. The Government intends to have proposals due on or about mid September 2019 and award the contract by the end of September 2019. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation, once it is posted.

14. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation, either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror by the Government.

15. POINT-OF-CONTACT: The USACE NAU Contracting Office will be the sole point-of-contact for this solicitation. The Primary Contracting Point of Contact for this solicitation is Contract Specialist, Ms. Whittni Hiscox, whittni.c.hiscox@usace.army.mil and Contracting Officer Ms. Kristina Morrow at kristina.morrow@usace.army.mil.

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