Upgrade Grading and Drainage at Murfreesboro Road

This is a combined synopsis solicitation for construction prepared using Simplified Acquisition Procedures found at FAR 13 and FAR 36, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice.

The Tennessee Air National Guard at Berry Field Air National Guard (ANG) Base, Nashville, TN intends to award a single firm fixed-price contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment to  repair outfall of storm sewer culvert beneath Murfreesboro Road at the Tennessee Air National Guard installation at Nashville International Airport in accordance with Unified Facilities Criteria by enclosing an existing outfall and open ditch into an enclosed storm sewer and constructing a retaining wall to stabilize affected slope.  The work includes demolition of existing paved walking path and unused 8" pipes, installation of storm structures including inlets and junction boxes, round and elliptical reinforced concrete pipe, segmented modular retaining wall, concrete ditch, repairing paved path, erosion control measures, seeding and strawing, and asphalt paving and repair to walking path.

The contract duration is 120 days after NTP. This project is set aside 100% for Small Business. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 237110, with a size standard of $39,500,000.00. The magnitude is between $25,000 and $100,000.

Your attention is directed to FAR CLAUSE 52.219-14 (b) (4) LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror /Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract the concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees” applies to this project. The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or about TBD. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or about (time and location will be in solicitation). Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation.  A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference. All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted 5 days prior to date posted in the solicitation via email to:

 Gregory.m.allen10.mil@mail.mil.

The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about (actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation). Interested offerors must be registered in SAM. To register go to:  https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. You will need your DUNS number register. Instructions for registering are on the web page. The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the BetaSAM.GOV website on- line at https://beta.sam.gov/. BetaSAM.GOV is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested bidders/offerors must register with BetaSAM.GOV before accessing the system. (Please note the registration for access to the secure site takes approximately 15 business days. PLAN ACCORDINGLY) Reference paragraph 4.7 of the Vendor Guide for instructions to obtain a MPIN to retrieve the specification and drawing documents. Contractors who do not already have a MPIN are advised that the normal processing is 7 to 12 business days to obtain a MPIN password that will give them access to the plans and specifications, which are located in the controlled access location on BetaSAM.GOV. See video in vendor guide at 3.3 on advanced functions for other information. Bidders/offerors who have registered with BetaSAM.GOV must access the data for this solicitation with their MPIN. Bidders/offerors cannot log into the BetaSAM.GOV home page and search for data.

DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are located on the official government webpage and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to https://beta.sam.gov/ for electronic downloading. This will normally 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. Websites are occasionally inaccessible, due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies. All inquiries must be in writing, preferable via email to the persons specified in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing via posting to the web. Place of performance is Nashville, TN.