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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 08, 2006 FBO #1655
SOLICITATION NOTICE

Y -- Design Build for 1st AF Headquarters Facility, AFFOR Phase II, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (Bay County, FL)

Notice Date

6/6/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

236220 — Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
 

Contracting Office

US Army Engineer District, Mobile, P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602), Mobile, AL 36628-0001
 

ZIP Code

36628-0001
 

Solicitation Number

W91278-06-R-0059
 

Response Due

8/2/2006
 

Archive Date

10/1/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS PROJECT IS ADVERTISED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS PURSUANT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), BEST VALUE SOURCE SELECTION SOLICITATION. POC FOR THIS PROJECT IS MRS. MARIE KLU SMAN AT FAX: (251)694-3626. The project for which Design-Build RFP documents will be developed is the new 1st Air Force Headquarters Building (AFFOR) Phase II Facility for the United States 1st Air Force. This project will provide additional administrati ve space for the centralized Command Facility for the 1st AF Headquarters. This is a Headquarters Building and as such requires certain space amenities and finish treatment benefiting its mission and occupants. This facility will house multiple General O fficers and will host dignitaries and other General Officers from countries outside the U.S., Federal Agencies, State Agencies, and all U.S. Military Branches. This facility and its occupants will process SECRET communications and data in open storage env ironments. The primary function of the majority of the AFFOR Staff is the utilization of communications and data that is received and transmitted over personal computers. Thus much of the building will be developed as open office space, with landscape fu rnishings to support a dense development of individual workstations and multiple personal computers. This facility shall be designed in compliance with the LEED Green Building System. The facility shall be sited to include energy conservation measures. It shall include architecture and building systems that will meet Bronze Certification or better per the LEED Rating System. An extensive communications/data system will comply with SCIF requirements and include fiber, and copper conductors. Telephone and LAN systems shall be designed by a certified RCDD. The electronics equipment, equipment racks and patch cords for the structured cabling, telephone and A/V systems is by the Government. Included in the contract for construction is conductors, conduit, P DS, punch down blocks, devices and device boxes. Other electronic systems include: cable television; mass notification system; intrusion detection system; access control system; sound masking system; closed circuit security television system. The facilit y shall meet all applicable anti-terrorism force protection requirements of the UFC 4-010-01 DoD Minimum Anti-terrorism Standards for Buildings. Estimated cost range of the project is from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Bid/solicitation documents should be a vailable on or about 27 June 2006. Mr. Edward M. Slana is the Contracting Officer for this project. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 236220. Note No. 1: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is implementing a new procedure for posting all NEW solicitations. The Mobile District Electronic Bid Solicitations (EBS) system will no longer be used to post solicitat ions. The new system, called Federal Technical Data System (FedTeDS), is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in FedTeDS before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Federal Technical Data Solution FedTeDS Homepage https://www.fedteds.gov/. Registrati on for plans and specifications should be made via FedTeDS.gov Internet Homepage. The information listed below is required to register: a. Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). b. DUNS Number or CAGE Code. c. Telephone Number. d. E-Mail address. If you are not registered, the United States government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. Bidders, subcontractors and Dod ge/Plan Rooms are required to self-register their firm or office on the FedTeDS system in order to be able to download the electronic files. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Ne ither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the Contractors responsibility to check this web page daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any po sted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a print ed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be d ownloaded free of charge at http://tsn.wes.army.mil/ComSoftware.asp . Note No. 2: All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed. Note No. 3: Critical path method (network analysis system) is required. Note No. 4: For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $31,000,000 for the past three years. Note No. 5: This solicitation includes bid options which may not be awarded. Note No. 6: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through the FedBizOpps and/or the Federal Technical Data System (FedTeDS). DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS AND OTHER MOBILE DISTRICT PROJECTS (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Syno psis of Work, etc.) ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT: https://www.fedteds.gov/ Note No. 7: A pre-proposal conference will be held on Tyndall AFB, FL at 10:00 a.m. on July 12, 2006. Offerors should refer to Section 00100 Contract Clause 952.000-4133, PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE, in the solicitation for details. The purpose of the conf erence is to familiarize the bidders with the scope of work, address bidders questions concerning the project, participate in a site visit to become familiar with the existing site conditions, and familiarize the bidders with the Best Value process. Atten dance at the conference is strongly recommended. Minutes of the pre-proposal conference will be prepared by the Government and placed on the internet at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/ . All parties planning to attend should provide the following informa tion to: Corps of Engineers, Tyndall AFB, Resident Office ATTN: Mr. Stacy Turner, Resident Engineer 850-283-2584 850-283-4456 fax by noon, 10 July 2006: a. Name of firm with complete mailing address. b. Name, title, and phone number of each representative. Request for attendance received after 10 July 2006 will not be accepted. Offerors should visit the site and take such other steps as may be reasonably necessary to ascertain the nature and location of the work, and the general and local conditions which c an affect the work or the cost thereof. Failure to do so shall not relieve offerors from responsibility for estimating properly the difficulty or cost of successfully performing the work. The Government shall assume no responsibility for any understanding or representations concerning conditions made by any of its officers or agents prior to the execution of the contract, unless included in the Request For Proposals, the specifications, or related documents. In this regard, Offerors should note Contract C lause FAR 52.236-3 Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work. Note No. 8: SEND SPECIFIC TECHNICAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS PROJECT TO MRS. MARIE KLUSMAN, FAX (251) 694-3626. OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATING QUESTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE HONORED. THE GOVERNMENT WILL TRY TO RESPOND TO ALL QUESTIONS. HOWEVER, RESPONSES MAY NOT BE FURNISHED TO ALL QUESTIONS AND PARTICULARLY THOSE RECEIVED LATE IN THE ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD (0-10 D AYS PRIOR TO BID OPENING.) SEND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLANS / SPECIFICATIONS TO THE PLANS ROOM, MRS. SONYA KING, AT PHONE (251) 690-2537, FAX (251) 694-4343.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Engineer District, Mobile P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602) Mobile AL

Zip Code: 36628-0001

Country: US
 

Record

SN01063452-W 20060608/060606221013 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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