National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Next NGA West Campus (N2W) Program

DOWN SELECT NOTIFICATION

The Kansas City District U.S Army Corps of Engineers is pleased to announce the 3 firms selected to compete during Phase 2 for the Design and Construction of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's new facility in North St. Louis, known as Next NGA West. This completes the Phase I period, reviewing teams' qualifications of the selection process for contract award.

These teams are:

Clark-JE Dunn N2W, a Joint Venture
1001 Locust Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64106

McCarthy HITT - Next NGA West JV
1341 North Rock Hill Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63124

Mortenson-Alberici, a Joint Venture
700 Meadow Lane North
Minneapolis, MN 55422

The selected teams will receive a detailed Request for Proposal (RFP) in the coming months. Upon review of the proposals including design concepts and cost, the selection of the final construction firm is expected in the fall of 2018.

POC for additional questions:

Dave Walsh
David.J.Walsh@usace.army.mil
816-389-3352
Or
Jay Denker
Jay.B.Denker@usace.army.mil
816-389-3934

Amendment 1 has been issued and is attached.

The NGA Phase 1 Solicitation is posted effective today March 31, 2017. If you are unable to download the documents please send me an e-mail at Jay.B.Denker@usace.army.mil and I will e-mail you the Solicitation documents. Proposals are due May 2, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. CDT.

NGA Pre-Solicitation Notice

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kansas City District intends to issue a Two-Phase Design-Build solicitation for a single Firm Fixed-Price contract for the construction of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Next NGA West (N2W) facility in St. Louis, Missouri.

Phase One of the solicitation is expected to be available late March/mid-April, 2017 on the FedBizOpps (FBO) website at www.fbo.gov.

A Phase One Pre-Proposal conference (Via Webinar) for Prime Contractors will be conducted within 7-9 days after the solicitation is posted on FBO. Please contact Jay Denker at Jay.B.Denker@usace.army.mil or 816-389-3934 as soon as possible to reserve a place and for additional logistic information.

Contract award is anticipated to be July 2018: however funds are not presently available for this acquisition and no contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available. Also, no award will be made without the Federal Government completing all real estate requirements for this project. Real estate requirements are in the process of being completed.

Phase One of the Two-phase solicitation will be posted on an unrestricted basis and both small and large businesses are eligible to respond.

Key aspects of the N2W Program include: The design and construction of a facility comprised of multiple buildings constructed in accordance with Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705; a robust work environment; on-site support and amenity facilities; resilient communications; reliable power and cooling; and 24/7 Mission Critical Operational capabilities.

The N2W facilities are anticipated to include the following elements on an approximately 97 acre campus site in St. Louis, Missouri:

a. Main Operations Building (MOB) (approx. 800,000 sf)
b. Central Utilities Plant (CUP) (approx. 40,000 sf)
c. Structured Parking (PG) (approx. 992,000 sf)
d. Visitor Control Center (VCC) (approx. 7,300 sf)
e. Associated Site improvements (roads, utilities, perimeter security, etc.)
f. Installation of Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment (FF&E),
g. Post Construction Transition to Full Operational Capability (FOC) Phase Services.

The MOB includes open offices, operations areas, collaboration space, information technology rooms, amenities and other support areas. Construction consists of foundations and structure; seismic requirements; weatherproofing and exterior skin; electrical/mechanical service and distribution systems; fire protection, alarm and suppression; passive information technology infrastructure; electronic security systems infrastructure; and interior finishes, power, lighting, and environmental control. The MOB will include unclassified spaces as well as classified spaces with redundant primary power and Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) systems to ensure continuity of operations. Comprehensive interior design will be included in the technical requirements. The office building mechanical and electrical systems will be directly supported by the Central Utility Plant. At a minimum the facility will meet LEED Silver certification requirements and comply with both the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

The facility requires site preparation, utility infrastructure, perimeter security measures and parking structure. Site infrastructure will include primary electrical service and substation, storm water, natural gas, water, sewer, and telecommunications. This will include coordination for connections with the local / regional utility service providers. Utility site construction will provide emergency backup power generation and cooling equipment. Site preparation includes standard clearing, grubbing, cut, fill, grading exterior lighting, and permitted environmental protection measures. Additional site work consists of roads, curb and gutter, walkways, and turf. Perimeter security construction will include perimeter fence, traffic controls and surveillance capabilities.

The Government will evaluate the performance capability of offerors in accordance with the criteria described in the solicitation and the contract will be awarded based upon a Best Value Trade-Off process. The solicitation will include a detailed list of Evaluation Factors and will provide instructions for Proposal Requirements and the Basis for Award.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220, (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), with a small business size standard of $36.5 million in average annual receipts. The estimated construction magnitude is over $500,000,000. One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.

The estimated performance period for completion of construction is 1460 calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP).

To view or download the solicitation requires registration at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov and www.ProjNet.Org. Downloads are available only through the Projnet.org website. Offerors are responsible for checking the FBO and ProjNet websites frequently for any update(s) to this Pre-Solicitation Announcement or amendments to the Solicitation. The website is occasionally inaccessible due to maintenance. The government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document at the referenced website.

Interested offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Firms can register via the SAM internet web-site at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. If the offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity must have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity.

Offerors will be invited to submit a proposal subject to Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements (a PLA proposal), a proposal not subject to PLA requirements, or both. If a PLA proposal is accepted by USACE, the awardee shall be required to execute a PLA with one or more appropriate labor organizations for the term of the resulting contract.

A Proposal Guarantee will be required with your phase 2 proposal in the amount of 20% of the Offeror's proposed price or $3,000,000, whichever is less.

Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for the full amount (100%) of the awarded contract before the Notice to Proceed can be issued.

Point of Contact: The point of contact for all questions/inquiries is Jay Denker at phone number (816)389-3934 or by email at jay.b.denker@usace.army.mil.