SRM WPAFB AFRL Rapid Reaction Lab

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP), under solicitation number W912QR23R0033, for the renovation of the Rapid Reaction Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Work includes the complete renovation of 14,420 sq. ft. of laboratory space in Building 652 located in Area B. Renovations will be accomplished across six research laboratories on all three floors of the facility and includes the addition of a 750 sq. ft. free-standing mezzanine to increase lab floor space. First floor renovation areas will include the Failure Structure Analysis, Electronics Failure Analysis and Nondestructive Investigation labs (7,562 sq. ft.). Renovations to the Adhesives and Composites lab includes two rooms on the second floor (1,027 sq. ft.), as well as Room G-18 on the Ground Floor. Room G-18 (1,663 sq. ft.) will be converted to a high bay area by removing a false ceiling and adding 750 sq. ft. of floor space via a freestanding mezzanine and installation of glass walls for viewing from the hallway. Repairs to the labs include replacing HVAC system and controls and opening individual lab areas by removing existing CMU walls. Work provides new fire alarms, sprinkler protection and mass notification to the entire area. New ceiling tile and lighting will be installed. Nitrogen gas, compressed air and vacuum will be provided along with utility drops via overhead service carriers for each work bench, including installation of casework. Water and drain lines are to be provided for sinks. Work also includes repairs to finishes and removal and replacement of vinyl and terracotta flooring with epoxy. Communications work includes maintaining phone lines and providing 72 NIPRNET lines to individual labs.

Contract duration is estimated at 705 calendar days. A pre-proposal site visit may be held. Meeting and site visit details will be provided in the solicitation.

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 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE:  Full and Open Competition (Unrestricted)

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, in accordance with FAR 36.204.

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a single-phase procurement. The proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Tradeoff source selection process. The technical information contained in each offeror’s proposal will be reviewed, evaluated, and rated by the Government.

Proposals for this procurement, at a minimum, will consist of the following: Prime Contractor Past Performance; Technical, 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 cost or price, are considered approximately equal to cost or 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.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 20 April 2023.  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://sam.gov.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Federal Business Opportunities website, http://sam.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://sam.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 the Contract Specialist, Amy Phillips at Amy.M.Phillips@usace.army.mil. 

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