Replacement of High Temperature Hot Water (HTHW) Line at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) W912QR20R0009 for the replacement of the existing Area A Line C High-Temperature Hot Water (HTHW)/Steam heating system with gas-fired heating systems serving Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command (HQ AFMC), Tenant, Visiting Officer Quarters (VOQ), and 88th Air Base Wing (88 ABW) F/10840 facilities at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. The project's scope will require the contractor to remove/abandon all existing degraded central steam heat distribution systems and all associated equipment to HQ AFMC, Tenant, VOQ, and F/10840.

The project contains options such as: 1. Demolition of existing hot water heat exchanger and insulating piping; installation of outdoor boilers and equipment support pads; all associated support equipment; new piping mains from boilers to building; upgrading mechanical room doors and door hardware; cap abandoned exterior steam lines; staging and laydown. 2. Installation of security cameras and all supporting infrastructure; staging and laydown.

The Contract Duration is six hundred (600) calendar days from Contract Award.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This RFP will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be a Full and Open Procurement.

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a single phase procurement. The proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Trade Off source selection process. The technical information contained in the Offeror's proposal will be reviewed, evaluated, and rated by the Government. The proposal for this procurement, at a minimum, will consist of the following: Past Performance, Technical, Small Business Participation, and price. Pro Forma Information such as bonding and financial capability will also be required to meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. All evaluation factors, other than price, when combined, are considered equal to price.

DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00 in accordance with DFARS 252.236.204. The target ceiling for this contract is approximately $13,650,000.00. Offerors are under no obligation to approach this ceiling.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about November 12, 2019. Details regarding the Optional Site Visit will be included in the solicitation. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted to http://www.fbo.gov.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

REGISTRATIONS:

Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for this procurement is Contract Specialist, Josh Westgate, at Joshua.K.Westgate@usace.army.mil.

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.