Munitions Storage: Replace Lighting Systems

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE / SYNOPSIS

NOTE: This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice, for planning purposes only, to alert interested contractors and vendors of an upcoming contract opportunity at the NJ Air Nation Guard Base located in Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234. This is not a Solicitation. Interested vendors shall not respond to this notice; but should monitor www.SAM.gov for the upcoming solicitation and response dates. Specifications, drawings, and Scope of Work are not available at this time.

NAICS Code: 238210 - Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors

The New Jersey Air National Guard intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) to award a single firm fixed-price contract for construction services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances, management, financial resources, and supervision necessary to replace and repair the Munitions Storage Area Interior, Exterior, and Site Lighting Systems. The works consists of demolishing and removing all existing exterior sight lighting; poles; bases; conductors; and exterior building mounted wall packs as indicated on the demolition drawings. The contractor shall provide & install new exterior light fixtures, poles, concretes bases, wall mounted fixtures, electrical panels, ancillary equipment and all required main & branch circuit wiring to provide for the new installation in accordance with the project drawings. Additionally, the contractor shall remove, replace, and provide interior munitions bunker facility lighting as detailed on the interior lighting drawings.

The contract duration will be 365 calendar days after the date of contract award (ADC) to include inspection and punch list. This project is set aside 100% for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238210, with a small business size standard of $19,000,000 ($19M). The magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000 in accordance with FAR 36.204(e).

The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or-about February 23. 2024. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or-about March 6, 2024, 9:00am local time, location to be provided in the solicitation. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall strictly follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation to ensure base access. A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference. All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted on or about March 12, 2024, via email to 177fw.contracting.org@us.af.mil.

The bid opening date is tentatively planned for on-or-about March 26, 2024. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). To register go to www.SAM.gov. Instructions for registering are on the web page (there is no fee for registration).

NOTE: ALL dates & times above are approximate and are for planning purposes only. Actual dates, times, & deadlines will be posted in the Solicitation notice on www.SAM.gov.

ALL solicitation and associated information will be available only from the Contract Opportunities page at www.SAM.gov under this Solicitation number: W50A8F-24-B-A010.

Your attention is directed to FAR clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008), LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees in performance of the contract for 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 towards the prime contractor’s 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded”.

In accordance with FAR 36.211(b), the following information is provided:

1. The National Guard has no agency-specific policies or procedures applicable to definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts other than those described at FAR 43.204, DFARS 243.204 and AFARS 5143.204.
2. Data for the prior 3 fiscal years regarding the time required to definitize equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts for the National Guard is currently not available; but will be compiled and provided in future announcements.

DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications will be 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 Contract Opportunities for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible for various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror’s inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies.