Roads/Pavements & Misc. Civil Work Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Contract, Misawa Air Base (MAB), Japan

Amendment No.0002 is hereby issued.  This Amendment is issued to the offerors limited to those that have been determined to be in the competitive range, on the fact that 1) Evaluation Notice was issued to the offerors in the competitive range on 8 May 2018 and 2) the notice of exclusion from competitive range (pre-award stage) was issued to the excluded offerors on the same day.

Amendment No. 0001 is hereby issued.  Under this amendment, the Government clarification for the prospective offerors' questions made under the 35 CONS response letter of 7 Feb 18 is confirmed.

The Government's response to prospective offerors' questions is hereby posted.

Pre-proposaed Conference Minutes and Record of Site Visit is hereby posted.

Formal solicitation is hereby issued (Request for Proposal (RFP) No. FA520518R0003). The closing date and time for submission of offers as well as the date and time for pre-proposal conference is provided in the solicitation package.

This is a pre-solicitation notice for the construction acquisition of Roads/Pavements & Misc. Civil Work Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Contract at Misawa Air Base (MAB), Japan, with the basic period of 15 months plus four (4) 1-year options.  Fixed-Price (FP), IDIQ type of contract is contemplated, on a basis of Japanese Yen.  The scope of this contract will encompass repair, maintenance, and/or construction of roads, parking lots and their associated incidental work such as but not limited to curb/gutter, U-ditch, drainage pipes, manhole, earthwork, fences/gates, ground repair, sidewalks, markings, traffic signs, electrical work, tree removal and other miscellaneous work at MAB and locations within 40km (24.9 miles) radius from MAB including its associated sites of Draughon Range and Hachinohe Fuel Terminal, with the exception of MAB Airfield.  A guaranteed minimum amount is ¥300,000 and maximum limit of the contract is ¥1,100,000,000, for the entire life of the contract.  However, the contractor is reminded that the Government will not be committed to place task order(s) up to the maximum limit of the contract during the life of the contract.

The resultant contract will be awarded to a single offeror who provides the Government with the best value, using Competitive Subjective Tradeoff (STO) process in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 and Air Force FAR Supplement (AFFARS) 5315.300, Mandatory Procedure (MP) 5315.3, with evaluation factors to be included in the RFP consisting of: Technical Acceptability/ Risk, Price, and Past Performance.  The solicitation is expected to be issued on or after 5 January 2018 (Japanese Standard Time).  The closing date and time for submission of offers as well as the date and time for pre-proposal conference will be contained in the solicitation package, which will be made available on Electronic Posting System (EPS) government point of entry (GPE) web site at http://www.fedbizopps.gov at that time.  Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package.  Potential offerors MUST register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. 

In order to be eligible for award, registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database is required at http://www.sam.gov/; however, the following must be satisfied due to award and performance to be made in Japan.

[NOTE TO FIRMS LOCATED IN OTHER THAN JAPAN]: The offeror is required to represent that it is duly authorized to operate and to do business in the country of Japan in which the contract is to be performed, IAW DFARS 252.225-7042, "Authorization to Perform".  Also, the resulting contractor shall, without additional expense to the Government, be responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses and permits, and for complying with any host government (the Japanese government) and political subdivision laws, codes, and regulations applicable to the performance of the work IAW FAR 52.236-7, "Permits and Responsibilities", as supplemented by AFFARS 5336.507.

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation costs.

POINT OF CONTACT: Kazunari Sato/Contracting Officer (Ph. 0176-77-3496; e-mail: kazunari.sato.jp@us.af.mil), Satoshi Nogawa/Contracting Officer (Ph. 0176-77-3496; e-mail: satoshi.nogawa.jp@us.af.mil), or Bunji Yamamoto/Contracting Officer (Ph. 0176-77-2502; e-mail: bunji.yamamoto.jp@us.af.mil).