Site 13664 - Israel

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE
for
W912GB19R0015: Site 13664-Israel

1. ANTICIPATED PROJECT TITLE: Site 13664-Israel

2. AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU)

3. NAICS: 236220 Commercial and Industrial Building Construction; 238910 Site Preparation, Excavating, Grading, Demolition of Buildings

4. CONTRACT SPECIALIST: Susan Dunnagan, Susan.K.Dunnagan@usace.army.mil

5. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Israel

6. SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912GB19R0015

Synopsis: This Pre-Solicitation Notice provides the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District's intent to award a One Phase Design-Build contract for the construction of new Ammunition Storage Facilities at an Air Force Base in Southern Israel. The potential acquisition includes:

• Full design of the project;
• Demolition of existing storage facilities;
• Civil works including, but not limited to, site development, roads, steel structures, compaction of subgrades, and concrete works;
• Mechanical works including, gates, grills and HVAC;
• Electrical works, electrical infrastructure in all facilities and road lighting;
• Water Supply and drainage;
• Roads and site development;
• Access and exit roads (approximately 5 km) for storage facilities in order to produce traffic in a circular motion, connection to existing roads and treatment of slopes / water drainage;
• Site development around the facilities and
• The excess earth from the worksite shall be utilized optimally.

The new facilities:
• Up to four (4) large storage facilities (design and construction) - approximately 1,400 m2 each
• One (1) medium storage facility (design only) - approximately 800 m2
• Up to two (2) small storage facilities(design and construction) - approximately 200 m2 each
• One (1) Equipment Integration Plant (design and construction) - approximately 1200 m2
• One (1) Maintenance Facility (design and construction) - approximately 550 m2
• All roads and supporting infrastructure (design and construction)

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this pre-solicitation notice or any follow up information requests.

7. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be an unrestricted action under full and open competitive conditions to UNITED STATES CONTRACTORS only. In accordance with FAR 19, all socioeconomic program considerations do not apply due to the project location being OCONUS.

FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS): The work will be under the Israel FMS Construction Program utilizing Foreign Military Funding (FMF); as such, all Off Shore Procurement (OSP) and Balance of Payment (BOP) Act Restrictions are applicable. Reference shall be made in the solicitation to the U.S. Government International Balance of Payments Program (IBOP) and to U.S. Government policies concerning OSP, including Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 25 and Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), Part 225. The contract will be awarded only to a U.S. Firm and paid only in U.S. ($) dollars pursuant to 22 U.S.C. §2791(c). Any joint venture agreement must be between U.S. firms.

8. SELECTION PROCESS: This project will use a One-Step Turn-Key Design-Build, Best-Value Acquisition Selection process in accordance with the United States Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15 and Part 36.3. The project will be solicited under Full and Open competition to U.S. firms and will be awarded as a firm-fixed price construction project contract. The contract will be awarded and paid in U.S. Dollars ($). Responses (when the solicitation is officially issued) are desired from firms who can demonstrate recent and relevant experience and past performance in design-build projects in Israel and the U.S. The technical (non-price) qualifications of the construction firm along with their submitted price will be evaluated by the Government.

9. CONTRACT MAGNITUDE: In accordance with DFARS 236.204, the estimated magnitude for this design build construction project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000.

10. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 548 calendar days from notice to proceed for the design and construction.

11. SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: The solicitation will provide further information on a Pre-Proposal Conference.

12. INTERESTED VENDORS: Potential U.S. offerors are encouraged to submit their company name, CAGE and DUNs code, mailing address and telephone, and e-mail address of an English speaking contact no later than Tuesday 2 January 2019 to the contract specialist, Ms. Susan Dunnagan, at e-mail: susan.k.dunnagan@usace.army.mil, and the contracting officer, LTC Christian Solinsky at email: christian.h.solinsky@usace.army.mil.

13. SOLICITATION DISTRUBUTION: All interested United States Prime qualified contractors will receive the solicitation documents via ARL SAFE website https://safe.arl.army.mil/.

14. ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE AND AWARD DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 2 January 2019. The Government intends to have proposals due (30 calendar days after solicitation due date) and award the contracts in the Spring 2019 timeframe. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted.

NOTICE TO OFFERORS: The Government reserves the right to cancel any or all of the solicitation(s), either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror by the Government.

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