Repair Base Fire Alarm System

The 171st Air Refueling Wing, located in Coraopolis, PA, intends to issue a solicitation to award a single firm fixed-price contract for a project to “Repair Base Wide Fire System”. Construction services will consist of furnishing labor, plant, materials, and equipment, and performing work necessary to provide a complete and functional installation of a base wide fire alarm control system. This construction repair project will install addressable fire alarm (FA) control panels with Mass Notification System (MNS) capabilities within the identified buildings as well as replacing all devices and wiring configured for an addressable system. The project will also install a base wide central monitoring system that will consist of a Primary receiver installed within the Security Forces Base Defense Operation Center (BDOC) and the Secondary receiver installed within the Command Post. The central monitoring system will communicate with the building’s new FA/MNS systems via Radio Frequency transmissions.

Magnitude of the project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Construction/contract completion time is 18 months after notice to proceed. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 238990. The small business size standard is $16.5 million average annual revenue for the previous three years.

Your attention is directed to FAR Clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (DEVIATION 2019-O0003), LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees in performance of the contract in the case of a 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 toward the 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded”.

The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on or about 1 July 2022. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or-about 13 July 2022, location will be in solicitation.

Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference.

The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about 25 September 2022. 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).

The solicitation, associated information, brand name justifications, and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Contract Opportunities page at SAM.gov

DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are 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, due to 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.

The 171st Air Refueling Wing, located in Coraopolis, PA, intends to issue a solicitation to award a single firm fixed-price contract for a project to “Repair Base Wide Fire System”. Construction services will consist of furnishing labor, plant, materials, and equipment, and performing work necessary to provide a complete and functional installation of a base wide fire alarm control system. This construction repair project will install addressable fire alarm (FA) control panels with Mass Notification System (MNS) capabilities within the identified buildings as well as replacing all devices and wiring configured for an addressable system. The project will also install a base wide central monitoring system that will consist of a Primary receiver installed within the Security Forces Base Defense Operation Center (BDOC) and the Secondary receiver installed within the Command Post. The central monitoring system will communicate with the building’s new FA/MNS systems via Radio Frequency transmissions.

Magnitude of the project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Construction/contract completion time is 18 months after notice to proceed. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 238210. The small business size standard is $16.5 million average annual revenue for the previous three years.

Your attention is directed to FAR Clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (DEVIATION 2019-O0003), LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror /Contractor agrees in performance of the contract in the case of a 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 toward the 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded”.

The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on or about 5 January 2021. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or-about 13 January 2021, location will be in solicitation.

Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference.

The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about 5 February 2021. 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).

The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Contract Opportunities page at SAM.gov

DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are 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, due to 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.