Simplified Acquisition For Base Engineering Requirements(SABER)

Added: Sep 25, 2017 8:02 am This solicitation is an 8(a) Small Business Administration (SBA) geographic local area set aside.  Competition is limited to eligible 8(a) firms located in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh District Offices of the SBA.  The government anticipates the award of two Firm-Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts.


Work consists of providing all labor, supplies, materials, supervision, transportation, equipment, testing, etc., to complete the Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) services at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), Vienna OH (Trumbull County).  The construction task orders will include a wide variety of elements as identified and based on the prices from the latest R.S. Means Master Cost Data and an applied coefficient. Firm Fixed price task orders (TO) to be issued under the contract will consist of a broad range of maintenance, repair, alteration and construction work on real property at YARS.  The work involved includes, but is not limited to carpentry, road repair, roofing, excavation, interior and exterior electrical, plumbing, sheet metal, painting, demolition, concrete, masonry, HVAC, and welding.  The contractor shall be required to provide and maintain a management office such as a mobile office trailer on site.  


The performance period of the IDIQ contract shall consist of one base year and four option years, for a total of five years.  The NAICS for this acquisition is 236220 which is a small business size standard of $36.5M and registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of proposal due date to receive an award as the prime contractor.   Individual task orders against the contract will typically vary in size ranging from $100,000 to $500,000.  The minimum overall contract amount for each contract awarded will be $100,000. 


Contract award will be based on best value using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures.  Factors being evaluated will be total price and technical.  There will be no paper copies of the solicitation distributed.  All solicitation information and documentation will be obtained through the www.fbo.gov website.  Interested parties should register to receive notifications and should register as an interested vendor via the www.fbo.gov website.  Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award and must be current in the 8(a) program at time of award.  Joint Ventures are allowable on competitive 8(a) set-asides; however, the joint venture agreement must be received by SBA prior to proposal due date and approved before award of any resulting contract.  If you are contemplating a joint venture on this project, you must advise your assigned SBA BOS (Business Opportunity Specialists) as soon as possible.  It is also recommended that the agreement be submitted as soon as practicable to ensure compliance with established regulations.  Any corrections and/or changes can be made only when the SDO (Servicing District Office) BOS has adequate time for a thorough review before the proposal due date.  NO CORRECTIONS AND/OR CHANGES ARE ALLOWED AFTER TIME OF SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS.


The issue date of the solicitation is on or about 8 November 2017 with an estimated 30 calendar day response period.  Site visit information will be provided in the proposal package; prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers may attend the site visit.  There will be no public bid opening.  This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract nor does it obligate the government to pay or reimburse respondents nor their associates for any costs incurred to submit the requested information of a proposal.  Responses to this notice and the Request for Proposals will not be returned.  In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contact.  Any questions relating to this solicitation must be submitted, in writing via email to phyllis.delgros@us.af.mil. or kimberly.hitchcock.1@us.af.mil.