Replace M Plant Cooling Water System, Thule Air Base, Greenland

Added: Jul 03, 2014 10:29 am Synopsis:
NOTE: THIS SOLICITATION AND AWARD IS RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 U.S.C. 2304 (C) (4) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT TO DANISH AND GREENLANDIC FIRMS ONLY. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District intends to issue a Request for Proposal Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable solicitation package seeking to award a firm-fixed price contract for the refurbishing and/or replacement of existing heat exchangers with installation of additional heat exchangers, pumps, and control valves for efficient heat recovery. The recovered heat will be used to expand the hot water distribution from Hangars 7 and 8 to buildings in the 1400 area IAW Consolidation End State.

The construction season is short at Thule Air Base. General Conditions at Thule Air Base are as follows: the location of Thule Air Base limits exterior work to the months of June through September, although work is sometimes possible in May or October. Additionally, Thule's location demands that all supplies & personnel must be shipped and/or transported, in or out, via air and/or sealift. Thule Air Base is not a commercial air/sea port and there is no other access. Shipping schedules are dictated by Defense contracts, and materials and labor are not available locally. The region is glaciated and the existing soil is generally permafrost, which exists from 1 to 6 feet below the surface and to a measured depth of 1,600 feet. Average winter temperature is 20 -30 degrees F below zero while average summer temperature is 40-50 degrees F above zero. One annual military cargo sealift departs from Norfolk, Virginia to Thule AB, approximately 1 July. There are two sealifts that go from Copenhagen, Denmark to Thule AB, one in July & one in August. Airlifting any materials or equipment via military aircraft is very expensive and only on an emergency-need basis. The performance period for the contract will be approximately 540 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP).

The project magnitude is between $1,000,000 -$5,000,000. The NAICS CODE is 238220 and NAICS CODE 332410. Make certain that these NAICS Codes is in the System for Award Management (SAM). The Size Standard is $14,000,000 for NAICS Code 238220.

Anticipate the plans and specifications to be posted electronically on or about 17 July 2014 via the Federal Business Opportunity Website at www.fbo.gov with a bid opening on or about 15 August 2014. Any and all amendments shall be likewise posted. The Solicitation Number is W912DS-14-B-0018. Hard copies will not be available. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor the FedBizOps web-site (www.fbo.gov for any amendments. Bidders are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder.

Bids will be opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen, Denmark. The exact location and room number will be included in the solicitation. All questions must be submitted in writing via email, fax, or mail to the POC. The media selected for issuance of Synopsis/Solicitation and amendments shall solely be at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the media utilized for this project shall be the internet. Telephone, email or fax requests for the solicitation will not be accepted or honored. Paper copies of this solicitation and amendments, if any, will not be available or issued. Plans and specifications will NOT be provided in hard paper copy or CD-ROM format. The solicitation and all amendments for this acquisition will be posted on a secure Government website known as www.fbo.gov Once the solicitation is issued, interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge from the Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov

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Direct all contracting questions to the Contract Specialist, Loretta Parris by e-mail at Loretta.e.parris@usace.army.mil.

Contracting Office Address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, Contracting Division, Room 1843, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10278-0090