Vela MACC

Due to Government furlough, please contact Lt Alex Cordell at 805-605-2465 or alex.cordell.1@us.af.mil for any proposal submission questions or issues.

NOTICE: FBO Packages titled Amendment 3, Amendment 5 and Amendment 6 are incorrectly identified labeled as amendments. As of 11 January 2018, only three amendments have been issued: Amendment 1 (released 29 November 2017), Amendment 2 (released 8 December 2017), and Amendment 3 (package labeled Amendment 4 released 14 December 2017).

Questions and Answers are posted to include all questions submitted for this solicitation. This is the final posting of answers.

Amendment 3 has been issued to extend the proposal due dates.

Amendment 2 has been issued to make administrative corrections to Attachment 9b.

Questions and Answers are posted to include questions received through 8 December 2017.  Questions and Answers will continue to be posted/updated as updates are available.

Amendment 1 has been issued to amend Attachment 09 and 01.

Questions and Answers are posted to include questions received through 29Nov2017. Questions and Answers will continue to be posted/updated as updates are available.

This acquisition is set aside for 8(a) Business Development (BD) program participants headquartered, or having a bona fide place of business in the State of California and the assigned NAICS. This Request For Proposal FA4610-17-R-0002 may result in the award of up to seven Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts. This acquisition is being synopsized under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 236220. All other firms are deemed ineligible to submit offers. The small business size standard is $36.5M. The Vandenberg AFB, Edwards AFB, and Los Angeles AFB Multiple Award Construction Contract (VELA MACC) will provide a competitive vehicle for executing a broad range of maintenance, repair and new construction of buildings, facilities, or base infrastructure, performed under a design/build or bid/build process at Vandenberg AFB, Edwards AFB, Los Angeles AFB and their associated sites. The Government intends to award using Performance-Price (PPT) tradeoff procedures. The solicitation and subsequent amendments will be available via FedBizOpps at http://www.fbo.gov. No paper copies of the solicitation, specifications, plans or bidders mailing list will be issued from this office. All potential offerors must be registered on the FedBizOpps.gov website in order to receive notification of changes to the solicitation. Prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award. The SAM site is https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/#1. It is important to read the solicitation completely, as there are terms and conditions that must be met by the prospective offeror in order for the proposal to be considered responsive. Any questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted via email to the points of contact listed in the solicitation.

A pre-proposal conference/site visit is scheduled for 9:00 AM Pacific Time on Tuesday, 12 December 2017 at Bldg 8500 Rm 215A, 1515 Iceland Avenue, Vandenberg AFB, CA. The purpose of the pre-proposal conference is to review details of the solicitation with potential offerors and to conduct a site visit to view existing conditions regarding the demonstration project and is not intended for contractors to present their capabilities. Contractors wishing to attend the pre-proposal conference must RSVP in writing by contacting ALL the following individuals no later than 7 December 2017 at 3:00 PM Pacific Time.

Jeffrey Grelck, jeffrey.grelck@us.af.mil, 805-606-9760
Daniel Brock, daniel.brock.5@us.af.mil, 805-606-8437

The RSVP must contain:
The company name
The names of attendees (Attendees will be limited to 2 individuals per prime contractor due to limited room capacity)
**For individuals that do not have base access, pleast state a pass is required in the email. RAPIDGate does not work at Vandenberg AFB.**

Upon receipt of the RSVP, a confirmation of receipt will be sent from one of the Government parties with further information regarding the site visit.

Attendance to the pre-proposal conference/site visit is not mandatory for contractors interested in proposing on the RFP; however, it is highly recommended.

All questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted in writing to the individuals listed above no later than 3:00 PM Pacific Time on 15 December 2017.

Proposals are due by 3:00 PM Pacific Time on 12 January 2018.

Due to delays, the revised anticipated release date for the solicitation is on or about 20 November 2017.

NOTE: It is the responsibility of all potential offerors to monitor these sites for release of any future notices and/or release of the solicitation and amendments thereto. General inquiries regarding this notice may be mailed to Donna Neri or Jeffrey C. Grelck, 1515 Iceland Ave, Building 8500, Room 150, Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437-5212 or sent via email (preferred) to donna.neri.1@us.af.mil and jeffrey.grelck@us.af.mil. If emailing your inquiry, please note that due to increased firewall protections some emails may be blocked; therefore, follow-up via telephone (if an acknowledgement is not received back via email) is strongly recommended to ensure receipt of your submission by the Government.

Pre-Solicitation Notice - Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC)

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, 30 CONS, 1515 Iceland Ave, Room 150, Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437-5212

The Air Force intends to issue a solicitation, Request for Proposal Number FA4610-17-R-0002 for the Vandenberg AFB, Edwards AFB, and Los Angeles AFB Multiple Award Construction Contract (VELA MACC) on or about 21 August 2017. The contractor shall provide all necessary labor, supervision, equipment, supplies, and materials. The VELA MACC will provide a competitive vehicle for executing a broad range of maintenance, repair and new construction of buildings, facilities, or base infrastructure, performed under a design/build or bid/build process at Vandenberg AFB, Edwards AFB, Los Angeles AFB and their associated sites. The award is contemplated as a competitive 8(a) set-aside limited to 8(a) Business Development (BD) program participants headquartered, or having a bona fide place of business in the state of California and the assigned NAICS. All other 8(a) BD Participants will be deemed ineligible to submit offers. The award is anticipated to be comprised of up to seven (7) indefinite-delivery, indefinite -quantity contracts with a base period and four one-year options. The NAICS code is 236220 and the size standard is $36.5M. This acquisition will be procured pursuant to the requirements in FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation and FAR part 36 Construction and Architect - Engineer Contracts. All potential offerors are reminded that in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM), lack of registration in the SAM will make an offeror ineligible for contract award. Additional information or postings will be posted for viewing on FedBizOpps at https://www.fbo.gov/. Market Research for this requirement was previously conducted under the FBO reference number VAFB-MACC.

NOTE: It is the responsibility of all potential offerors to monitor these sites for release of any future notices and/or release of the solicitation and amendments thereto. General inquiries regarding this notice may be mailed to Donna Neri or Jeffrey C. Grelck, 1515 Iceland Ave, Building 8500, Room 150, Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437-5212 or sent via email (preferred) to donna.neri.1@us.af.mil and jeffrey.grelck@us.af.mil. If emailing your inquiry, please note that due to increased firewall protections some emails may be blocked; therefore, follow-up via telephone (if an acknowledgement is not received back via email) is strongly recommended to ensure receipt of your submission by the Government.