Notice of pre-solicitation site visit for gate replacement and fence installation services located at the air traffic control tower (ATCT) at nashville international airport (BNA) in nashville, TN (a bipartisan infrastructure law project)

Type of Project:  Construction (Gate Replacement and Fence Installation)

Date, Time, and Location of Project and Site Visit:

Date: August 1st, 2023

Time: 10:00AM (Local)

Address: 515 Olen Taylor DR

Nashville, TN 37217

This is an open event to all interested vendors. RSVP is not required.

The FAA POC that will be present at this site visit is as follows:

Name: Ron Nelson

Contact Info: 901-482-7667

The FAA does not intend to facilitate another site visit during the solicitation period or before  bids are due. As such, interested offerors are highly encouraged to attend this event. Statements of interest or non-interest from attendees are requested via email to the POC of this announcement.  

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

A Screening information Request (SIR), a request for proposals, is anticipated to be released soon after the closing of this announcement and  after this site visit occurs. This announcement is not a solicitation or request for proposals of any kind. Unsolicited proposals will not be accepted in response to this announcement. Attendance to this event and responses received are at the interested vendor’s risk.

Any resulting SIR released is intended to be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). As such this project will be subject to associated FAA reporting requirements. If a contract is awarded, the contractor will be responsible for reporting requirements associated contract clause AMS 3.18-1 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – Reporting Requirements (October 2022) that will be included in any resulting solicitation and contract. A copy of this clause and report form titled “Uniform Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Data Report” are available in the attachments of this announcement.

FAA’S INTENDED PROCUREMENT STRATEGY

The FAA currently intends to award a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract to the lowest price bidder that can be determined fully responsive to the solicitation and affirmatively determined responsible via active registration in System for Award Management (SAM.gov) which possesses no exclusions, and no recent or relevant adverse past performance.  

ALL DOCUMENTS IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE DRAFT FORMAT

Please note that all documents attached to this announcement are in DRAFT format and are subject to change. Interested vendors are encouraged to provide any questions, comments, or concerns related to the requirements contained in the draft documents attached in their response.

REQUESTED RESPONSES FROM INTERESTED AND CAPABLE VENDORS

Attendance to this event is not required to provide a statement of interest. Interested vendors are requested to include the following information along with their submission:

1. Statement of Interest - This document should identify:

a. Company name

b. Company SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Code

c. Statement that your company can fully perform the requirement stated in the draft SOW attached

d. Previous projects performed of recent and relevant scope and magnitude

d. Any questions or suggestions regarding the FAA’s draft documents (please identify document, section, paragraph, etc.)

1. Expected programmatic approach (in-house, teaming, subcontracting, etc.)

a. Percentage of work your company would self-perform and high-level list of tasks

b. Percentage of work your company would subcontract and high-level list of tasks

c. List of companies your company would team with and/or subcontract

1. Rough Order of Magnitude (a ballpark estimate for the FAA’s budgetary planning purposes) for the services described in the requirement.

Responses to this announcement are requested by 4:00 p.m. Central Time (Central Time) on August 4th, 2023.

To ensure responses are not inadvertently missed, please include in the title of your response email: “RESPONSE TO SAM ANNOUNCEMENT – BNA GATE REPLACEMENT”

The FAA requires that all submittals, including attachments, be submitted Electronically via email to POC identified on this announcement. Stephen.N.Branch@faa.gov

The Acquisition Management System (AMS) is the governing regulation of FAA acquisitions over the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). You can learn more about the FAA’s acquisition process at the following link:

https://fast.faa.gov/PPG_Procurement.cfm