PA00032 Replace Kadena Elementary School, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan

An amendment to extend the bid opening date will be issued prior to the current bid opening date of September 19, 2017.

See solicitation for actual response date and time. 

DESCRIPTION

All work for the construction of a two story, reinforced concrete, 140,542 Square-foot (SF) elementary school, site preparation, site work, parking, utilities and all necessary items for a complete working facility. Work includes the demolition and removal of all above and below ground construction associated with the existing school facilities on the project site.

The solicitation will be issued on or around June 16, 2017. 

Only local sources will be considered under this solicitation. Local sources are sources (e.g. corporations, partnerships, or Joint Ventures [For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must satisfy the local source requirements or, in the alternative, each member of the Joint Venture must individually satisfy the local source requirements]) that are physically located in Japan and authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform in Japan, the type of construction work specific in this solicitation. Specifically, a prospective offeror must be duly authorized to operate and conduct business in Japan and must fully comply with all laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the resulting contract.

In addition, prior to award of the contracts, offerors must be registered with the Government of Japan to do construction work in Japan and possess necessary construction licenses and permits to perform work required under this solicitation. The U.S. Government will not offer "United States Official Contractor" status under Article XIV of the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to U.S. contractors normally resident in the United States; nor will the U.S. Government certify employees of such contractors as "Members of the Civilian Component" under Article I(b) of the SOFA. 

The estimated magnitude of this project is between ¥2,500,000,000 to ¥10,000,000,000.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. Traditional hard copies of plans and specifications will not be available for this project. Solicitation documents, including amendments, will be posted in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) webpage for interested parties to download. It is the responsibility of interested parties to check FedBizOpps as to whether the solicitation and/or amendment(s) have been issued.

2. Companies that have not submitted Bidders Mailing List Application to this office on or after April 2005 are requested to go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District, Contracting Division website (http://www.poj.usace.army.mil/BusinessWithUs/GettingStarted.aspx) to download the Bidders Mailing List Application. Such companies shall be required to complete Bidders Mailing List Application and submit documents that show they are registered with the Government of Japan to do construction work in Japan and possess necessary construction licenses and permits required to perform the work required under this solicitation prior to or at the time of bid/proposal submittal.