SOLICITATION NOTICE
Y -- DESIGN-BUILD FOR REPAIR TURBINE ENGINE DRY AIR CAPABILITY (TEDAC) WORK PHASE I, ARNOLD AFB, TN COFFEE COUNTY)
- Notice Date
- 7/22/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Engineer District, Mobile, 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
- W91278-08-R-0044
- Response Due
- 10/9/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/8/2008
- Point of Contact
- Cy C. Simons, 251-441-6510
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Contracting Officer for this project is Mr. Gene L. Curtis. The estimated cost range of the project is from $25,000,000.00 to $100,000,000.00. The plans and specifications will be available for download on 12 August 2008. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 236220. THIS PROJECT IS ADVERTISED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS PURSUANT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM This project is a (Best Value), one-phase design-build solicitation. A detailed project description and overall project performance requirements for this project will be included in the Request For Proposals (RFP) package. The solicitation criteria relies upon industry standards, where allowable, to afford the offeror a degree of design flexibility while meeting certain specific project requirements. The successful Contractor must design and construct complete and usable facilities, as described in the RFP documents. Design and construction of desiccant drying system including desiccant dryers, foundations, duct supports, bypass ducts, spools and isolation spools, valves and expansion joints. Duct will be constructed of stainless steel and will tie into existing stainless steel duct. The new duct must meet structural and life cycle requirements and design and construction shall conform to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B31.3 and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1. Pressure certification testing on new and affected existing ducting is required per ASME Section VIII, Division 1, of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes. Abatement of lead paint is required. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 236220. Note No. 1: The following registration procedure is for this solicitation only. This solicitation and all proposer, sub-contractor, and vendors work products and notes shall be handled in accordance with AR 380-5, Department of the Army Information Security Program as (For Official Use Only) (FOUO) material. This applies to all reproduction services. An excerpt of AR 380-5 is attached at Note No. 8 below. The complete AR 380-5, Department of the Army Information Security Program is available at http://www.usapa.army.mil/pdffiles/r380_5.pdf. Note No. 2: Document Security - FOUO and DLIS registration require that the DLIS- registered holder of FOUO information is responsible for control of the FOUO information. When the documents are no longer needed, the DLIS-registered holder is responsible to document to the Government by letter that the documents have either been destroyed or have been returned to the Government. Electronic Transmission: FOUO documents maintained on a computer network shall be maintained behind a hardware firewall system. The system shall be design to prevent unauthorized access to restricted project data. No document shall be transmitted from the network in plain text. Plain text document transmission shall be by either FedEx, UPS, USPS or other ground transport. The only approved means of electronic transmission for this contract shall utilize a minimum computer 128-bit encryption. The encryption shall be either 128bit Secure Socket Link (SSL) or DOD approved encryption software. The 128bit SSL access shall meet the security requirements of ISO/IEC/ITU X.509. Note No. 3: Prior to registering for the solicitation (plans and specifications), the firm of employment of the requestor (or the individual if the requestor is not employed by a firm) shall register with the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/JCP/default.asp (Documents) by completing a DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. This form is available at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/JCP/forms/DD2345Form.pdf. Parties interested in receiving plans and specifications are urged to complete the process in advance of advertisement of the project. This process may take up to two (2) weeks. The prospective bidders must then telefax the DD Form 2345, approved by DLIS, with a notice of intent to register for a solicitation, to Mobile District Corps of Engineers, P. O. Box 2288, Mobile AL, 36628-0001, ATTN: CESAM-CT-C, Mrs. Liz Cotton, (FAX 251 441-6510, Phone 251-441-5591). The notice of intent to register for a solicitation must include the following information about the Company or individual requesting to be registered: 1) Company or Individual name; 2) Complete name of the Point of Contact; 3) E-mail address to receive notices; 4) Phone and fax number including area code to receive notices; and 5) Mailing address to receive notices. Once the approved DD Form 2345 and the notice of intent to register for a solicitation has been received by the Mobile District, the Prospective Bidder will be issued directions to register on the Mobile District web site. Registration on the Mobile District web site will only serve to notify the public of those that have properly registered to receive the solicitation and for the public to view the Planholders list. The solicitation will not be available for downloading via the normal procedure at the Corps Web site. The solicitation will be mailed via CD medium to only those properly registered firms. Only one (1) CD will be issued per DD Form 2345 received. Unless other wise requested by the properly registered prospective bidders, the CD will be mailed via the U. S. Postal Service for normal delivery. Expedited mailing is available via UPS. Those requesting expedited CD mailing must provide adequate information to allow proper mailing, including name, street address, UPS account number, and phone number. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information on the mailing list. Registration must include the firms physical address, telephone, a valid fax number and a point of contact to facilitate faxed amendments. Registration must be received by close of business two working days prior to the advertisement date. Requests received after this date will not be eligible to receive copies of the solicitation. All registration for the solicitation should be completed one week prior to the issue date. Only those registered with CESAM-CT-C to receive the solicitation will be issued solicitation amendments. All notifications of changes to this solicitation will be made through the Internet only. It is therefore the Contractors responsibility to check this home page daily for notification of changes to this solicitation. Actual solicitation amendments will be issued by mail on CD-ROM. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-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 No. 4: 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. 5: Critical path method (network analysis system) is required. Note No. 6: 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. 7: This solicitation includes bid options which may not be awarded. Note No. 8: A Pre-Proposal Conference and Contractor Site Visit has been scheduled for 0900 hrs on Tuesday August 26, 2008 in the Main Auditorium, Arnold Air Force Base, TN. Due to Base Security requirements and limited field staff available for construction contractor site visits, this scheduled site visit will be the only one offered. Individual requests for site visits will not be granted. All parties planning to attend shall provide the following information to Mr. Wade Wooley, US Army Corps of Engineers, North Area Regional Office, Building 3213, P.O. Box 8162, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35808-0162, FAX (256) 876-3011, Telephone (256) 876-1069, by noon, 18 August 2008: a. Name of firm with complete mailing address. b. Name, title, and phone number of each representative. c. DLIS number. A copy of the firms approved DD Form 2345 registration for each company attending shall be faxed to Mr. Wooley at FAX (256) 876-3011 in order to attend. Request for attendance received after 18 August 2008 may not be accepted. Attendees from firms without a DLIS registration number will not be admitted to the Pre-Proposal Conference. No more than two (2) attendees will be permitted to attended the Pre-Proposal Conference per DLIS registration number. Attendees must register for visitors passes at the Arnold Air Force Base Main Gate, Pass and ID Office just outside and to the right of the Main Gate before the 9:00 a.m. (Central Time) meeting. It is recommended that attendees go to the Pass and ID office a minimum of 45 minutes in advance of the 9:00 a.m. (Central Time) meeting. Contractors will be required to provide a valid drivers license, proof of insurance, and vehicle registration to gain access to the installation. A walking tour will be conducted from the Main Auditorium to the four project sites. Attendees requiring handicapped assistance should notify Mr. Wooley in advance of the meeting if handicapped assistance will be required. Not all portions of the project sites will be accessible by handicapped personnel. The purpose of the conference 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. Attendance 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/. Offerors should visit the site and take such other steps as may be reasonable necessary to ascertain the nature and location of the work, and the general and local conditions which can 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 a gents 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 Clause FAR 52.236-3 Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work. Note No. 9: Excerpt from AR 380-5, Chapter 5, Controlled Unclassified Information, Section I For Official Use Only Information (FOUO) 53. Marking a. Information which has been determined to qualify for FOUO status should be indicated, by markings, when included in documents and similar material. Markings should be applied at the time documents are drafted, whenever possible, to promote proper protection of the information. b. Wholly unclassified documents and material containing FOUO information will be marked as follows: (1) Documents will be marked (FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY) in letters larger than the rest of the text, where practical, at the bottom of the front cover (if there is one), the title page (if there is one), the first page, and the outside of the back cover (if there is one). (2) Pages of the document which contain FOUO information will be marked (FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY) at the bottom. (3) Material other than paper documents, for example, slides, computer media, films, etc., will bear markings which alert the holder or viewer that the material contains FOUO information. (4) FOUO documents and material, transmitted outside the Department of Defense, must bear an expanded marking on the face of the document so that nonDOD holders understand the status of the information. A statement similar to this one should be used: This document contains information Exempt from mandatory disclosure under the FOIA. Exemption(s) (indicate the exemption(s)) apply. c. Classified documents and material containing FOUO information will be marked as required by chapter 4 of this regulation, with FOUO information identified as follows: (1) Overall markings on the document will follow the procedures in chapter 4. No special markings are required on the face of the document because it contains FOUO information. (2) Portions of the document will be marked with their classification as required by chapter 4. If there are unclassified portions which contain FOUO information, they can be marked with (FOUO) in parentheses at the beginning of the portion. Since FOUO information is, by definition, unclassified, the (FOUO) is an acceptable substitute for the normal (U.) (3) Pages of the document which contain classified information will be marked as required by chapter 4 of this regulation. Pages which contain FOUO information but no classified information will be marked (FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY) at the top and bottom. d. Transmittal documents which have no classified material attached, but do have FOUO attachments, will be marked with a statement similar to this one: FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ATTACHMENT. e. Each part of electronically transmitted messages containing FOUO information will be marked appropriately. Unclassified messages containing FOUO information will contain the abbreviation FOUO before the beginning of the text. 54. Access to FOUO information FOUO information can be disseminated within DOD components and between officials of Army components and Army contractors, consultants, and grantees, as necessary, in the conduct of official business. FOUO information can also be released to officials in other departments and agencies of the Executive and Judicial Branches in performance of a valid government function. Special restrictions can apply to information covered by the Privacy Act. Release of FOUO information to members of Congress is covered by DODD 5400.4, and to the General Accounting Office by DODD 7650.1. 55. Protection of FOUO information a. During working hours, reasonable steps should be taken to minimize risk of access by unauthorized personnel. After working hours, FOUO information can be stored in unlocked containers, desks or cabinets if U.S. Government or U.S. Governmentcontract building security is provided, or in locked desks, file cabinets, bookcases, or similar items. b. FOUO documents and material can be transmitted via first class mail, parcel post, or, for bulk shipments, fourth class mail. Electronic transmission of FOUO information by voice, data, facsimile or similar means, should be approved by secure communications systems whenever possible. c. Record copies of FOUO documents will be disposed of in accordance with AR 254002. Nonrecord FOUO documents can be destroyed by shredding or tearing into pieces and discarding the pieces in regular trash containers. Note No. 10: Send specific technical questions related to this project to Ms. Karen Williams, 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 days 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.
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- Address: US Army Engineer District, Mobile P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602) Mobile AL
- Zip Code: 36628-0001
- Zip Code: 36628-0001
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