Resilient Surveillance Mission Cooling Water Supply

Pre-Solicitation for W9128F24R0050

On or about 15 May 2024, this office will issue Request for Proposal (RFP) for Resilient Surveillance Mission Cooling Water Supply. The solicitation will close on or about 18 June 2024. 

This solicitation is Unrestricted. All contractors must be registered and have an active and verified account in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive a contract award from any DoD activity.  Contractors may access the Internet site at: https://www.sam.gov/ to register and/or obtain information about the SAM program. 

Provisions in the solicitation documents will provide a site visit date and detailed information (meeting place, time, points of contact, and access requirements).

DO NOT submit requests for plans and specifications to the site visit personnel.  See ‘Obtaining Solicitation Documents’ below.

Project Description (approx. quantities):

This project will construct a resilient non potable water well to replace the existing non-operational well as a source of backup water inside the PL-1 mission area at Buckley SFB. The main goals is to abandon the existing non potable water well in place, remove the existing underground storage tank if possible, demolish existing pump house which will include HEMP shielding, piping, and other water distribution system components, construct a new well into the lower Arapahoe aquifer, construct a new 1,000 SF pre-engineered pump house with HEMP equipment protection, construct a tie between the well and the cooling tower sump for automated switch over between the primary (City) and backup (well), demolish the existing well production water meter and replace with new one, and provide security escort during construction.

Project Period of Performance: 730 calendar days from construction NTP

Provisions will be included for Liquidated Damages. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required.

The above project description is for information only.  Project scope of work is subject to change.

RFP Evaluation Criteria:

Firms participating in the solicitation will submit technical requirements in accordance with Section 00 22 00 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS, INSTRUCTIONS AND EVALUATION.  Submissions will be evaluated based on a best value approach considering technical elements for evaluation (i.e., Past Performance, Technical Approach, Key Personnel, and Small Business Participation).  An adjectival method of evaluation will be used to evaluate all technical factors.  Price will be evaluated separately for reasonableness and realism.  A Best Value selection will be considered after reviewing price and technical factors.

The estimated construction cost of this project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

THE PROCUREMENT INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT (PIEE) WILL BE USED TO DISTRIBUTE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS TO PIEE ARE SHOWN BELOW. ACCESS TO RFP DOCUMENTATION IS MADE FREE OF CHARGE.

Point of Contact: All RFP questions shall be submitted on ProjNet (ProjNet access, and additional guidance, will be given at time of solicitation issuance)

Bidders (Offerors)

Registration instructions are as follows:

Every Vendor must register in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment for the specific applications they wish to use. During registration, offerors will need to register for the solicitation module with the relevant role (Proposal Manager).

To use an application in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment system, you must establish a personal account in the system.

This account is activated by your Government Administrator or the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment Customer Support Center.

You will need to take several steps to establish your personal account:

On the PIEE Home Page, click the Help/Training button in the upper right-hand corner for steps needed to complete before registering.

Complete your Vendor activation requirements (See Vendors Getting Started Section on the Help/Training page).

1. Set up your PC to use the applications (See Machine Setup Link on the Help/Training page).

2. Self-register as "Vendor" or your Contractor role for your CAGE codes (See the demo below for help with Self Registration).

3. Have your GAM activate your account.

4. Additional registration instruction and step-by-step walkthrough can be found at:

https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/portal/overview/vendorRegister.xhtml 

UPLOADING PROPOSAL TO PIEE:

Detailed instruction on the uploading of proposals can be found at:

https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml

PIEE Web based training: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/

Please direct pre-solicitation procurement questions to the Contracting Specialist, Nancy Garside via email at

gloria.garside@usace.army.mil, add the Solicitation Number and Name in the Subject Line of the email.

PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. DATES ARE ESTIMATES AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.