Repair Steam Condensate Piping for Building 21

This is a pre-solicitation announcement for the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Ames, Iowa, 50010. An Invitation for Bid [IFB] solicitation will be issued on or about August 11, 2017 for a construction project "Repair Steam Condensate Piping for Building 21" at USDA Ames, Iowa. The project will be performed at the USDA Campus located in Ames, Iowa.
The effort is 100% set aside for Small Business. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) code is 236220, with a Small Business Size Standard of $36.5 million. In accordance with FAR 36.204, construction range is $250,000 to $500,000. The government contemplates the award of a firm fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, supplies, transportation, personnel, supervision and management necessary to perform the required work and complete the project. The work shall include but is not limited to: Provide all Labor, materials and supervision to complete building 21 steam condensate system which was previously modified to reject the condensate from the system to sanitary due to piping problems upstream of building 21. The work includes pipe the condensate back through building 21 and building 20 to tie into the condensate system located in the basement mechanical room 0104 to capture the wasted condensate for the boiler system. The work shall be completed in 182 calendar days from issuance of Notice to Proceed.
The solicitation, INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB), Solicitation # AG-6197-S-17-0012, This IFB will be posted on the Government Wide Point of Entry (GPE) accessed via the Internet at http://www.fedbizopps.gov on or about 11 August 2017. No paper copies of the solicitation and/or amendments will be distributed. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this avenue (FEDBIZOPPS) for release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments