SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- Sources Sought - Nutrient Management Research Lab and Animal Housing Facility
- Notice Date
- 2/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Facilities Division, Facilities Contract Branch, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail Stop 5124, Beltsville, MD, 20705-5124
- ZIP Code
- 20705-5124
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-05-3K15-06
- Response Due
- 3/2/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/17/2006
- Description
- The Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service is seeking qualified Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, 8(a) and/or North American Enterprise contractors to construct the New Nutrient Management Research Lab (NMRL) and Animal Holding Facility (AHF) in Marshfield, Wisconsin. PROJECT SUMMARY: The new NMRL Lab includes construction of a 22,200 sq ft one-story Class C low hazard laboratory building with associated administrative/office occupancies. Site work includes demolition of an existing milking facility and silos, grading, utilities, parking, landscaping, signage and incidental related work. The 76,400 sq ft AHF includes the construction of a 2,556 sq ft one-story Class C, low hazard administration building, the construction of a 2,373 sq ft one-story addition to an existing calf transition barn (Building C), the construction of a 3,173 sq ft one-story animal health facility (Building F), the construction of a 41,800 sq ft one-story heifer free stall barn as part of a dairy complex (Building I), the construction of a 18,624 sq ft one-story lactating cow free stall barn as part of a dairy complex (Building J), the construction of a 4,750 sq ft milking center (Building K) area and enclosed connecting corridors, (Building L), 3,128 sq ft all as Phase 2 of a dairy complex (Building L), and the construction of a waste handling and collection system which includes large leaching lagoons and four (4) acres of concrete pads. Site work includes grading, drilled wells utilities, access roadways, landscaping, and signage, and incidental related work. The work pertaining to the Animal Holding Facility is located in Stanford, WI, north of the campus of the current Marshfield Agricultural Research Station in Marshfield, WI. Site work includes grading and all utilities. The magnitude of construction is more than $10,000,000. Range is between $15 to $17 million dollars. Prospective bidders must have full bonding capacity. The NAICS Code is 236220, with a size standard of $28.5 million. Qualified contractors that are interested in participating in the upcoming solicitation must provide their qualifications statement to the Contracting Officer. This statement shall include the following: 1) geographical locations (s) of major and satellite offices, 2) business size (large or small) and type (8(a) concerns, Native American Enterprise, HUBZone, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned, or service-disabled veteran-owned, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other eligible veterans), 3) identify Small Business Administration Certifications(s) 4) demonstrate experience with contracts of similar size and scope to this project, 5) demonstrate financial capabilities, and 6) demonstrate sufficient bonding capacity. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. This request is extended only to identify sources. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought announcement or to otherwise pay for the information requested. The deadline to respond to this notice is March 2, 2006. Interested firms are instructed to send one copy of their qualifications statement to Christina Beaulieu, Contracting Officer, USDA, ARS, FD, Facilities Contracts Branch, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail Stop 5124, Beltsville, MD 20705-5124. Telephone calls and/or facsimiles will NOT be accepted. This is not a request for proposals or an invitation for bids.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Nutrient Management Research Laboratory, Marshfield, Wisconsin
- Country: U.S.
- Country: U.S.
- Record
- SN00987702-W 20060216/060214211806 (fbodaily.com)
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