Painting of dormitory rooms

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE PURSUANT TO FAR 36.213-2. THE US MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY PLANS TO ISSUE AN INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR PAINTING AT THE US MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY, 300 STEAMBOAT ROAD, KINGS POINT, N.Y. (NASSAU COUNTY).

WORK ENCOMPASSES THE FURNISHING ALL LABOR, MATERIALS, SUPERVISION AND EQUIPMENT FOR PAINTING APPROXIMATELY 360 DORMITORY ROOMS IN PALMER, MURPHY, JONES AND BARRY HALLS.

MAGNITUDE OF THE PROJECT IS BETWEEN $100,000 AND $250,000. THIS IS A 100% WOMEN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. APPLICABLE NAICS CODE IS 238320 (PAINTING AND WALL COVERING CONTRACTORS). SIZE STANDARD IS $15.0 MILLION. A SINGLE FIRM FIXED PRICE AWARD WILL BE MADE.

THE MILLER ACT IS APPLICABLE AND PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE BONDS IN A PENAL AMOUNT EQUAL TO 100% OF THE CONTRACT PRICE AND ANY INCREASES ARE REQUIRED. BID BOND IS REQUIRED IN AN AMOUNT OF 20% OF THE BID PRICE.  PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 90 DAYS FROM RECEIPT OF NOTICE TO PROCEED                                                 .

INVITATION FOR BIDS WILL BE ISSUED ON OR ABOUT 4/11/2016 WITH BIDS DUE BY 10 A.M. ON 5/12/2016.  A PRE-BID MEETING/SITE TOUR IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR 9 A.M. ON 4/25/2016.   FINAL DATES AND TIMES WILL BE IN THE INVITATION FOR BID.

 PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING HTTPS://WWW.FBO.GOV FOR RELEASE OF THE SOLICITATION PACKAGE AND ANY AMENDMENTS.

ALL RESPONDENTS, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD, MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) DATA BASE AT HTTPS://WWW.SAM.GOV. ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS MUST BE CURRENT IN SAM.

QUESTIONS OR INQUIRIES SHOULD BE SENT BY E-MAIL TO DOUGLAS PADER, CONTRACT SPECIALIST AT PADERD@USMMA.EDU TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.