SPECIAL NOTICE
Z -- Facilities Operations and Maintenance Services for the US Southern Command Headquarters and Supporting Facilities in Miami-Doral, FL
- Notice Date
- 10/5/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 561210
— Facilities Support Services
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, Mobile, P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602), Mobile, AL 36628-0001
- ZIP Code
- 36628-0001
- Solicitation Number
- W91278-12-U-3000
- Archive Date
- 1/3/2012
- Point of Contact
- Terricka D. Leonard, 251-441-6500
- E-Mail Address
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USACE District, Mobile
(terricka.d.leonard@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of sole source intent by the US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District, to modify contract no. W91278-08-C-0021 with Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to provide facilities operations and maintenance services for the US Southern Command Headquarters and supporting facilities in Miami-Doral, FL for a period of 3-months, from 01 Nov 2011 through 31 Jan 2011. This proposed contract modification is an out of scope modification to Hensel Phelps contract that was awarded in Apr 2008 and substantially completed 29 Oct 2010. This is the third such modification for the same services; the original modification was for the period November through 31 May 2011, followed by a subsequent modification for the period 01 Jun through 31 Oct 2011. It remains the Government's intent to provide for essential facilities operations and maintenance services while the existing Army public works activity expands its capacities and completes a solicitation for a more comprehensive facilities operations and maintenance contract currently advertised under W911SF-11-R-0028 by the US Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Benning, Georgia. Federal budgetary and hiring limitations through Fiscal Year 2011 delayed the expansion of the Army's Public Work capacities and delayed the development of this solicitation, however final award of this new Contract is expected in late November 2011 with a transition and phase-in period occurring through not later than 31 Jan 2012. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals, however, all information received within fifteen days after publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. The modification would include firm fixed price for facilities operations, maintenance, and emergency repair/response services for all US Southern Command and US Army Garrison Miami real property facilities, components and systems, and selected improved grounds maintenance ( roads, parking, storm water retention, utilities, security fencing and related equipment ). It may include a limited capacity to estimate scope/cost, design, and perform minor maintenance and repair projects no longer covered by new construction warranties and/or minor alteration projects to meet new operational requirements. It will not include landscape maintenance, custodial services, or utilities services. The facilities complex supported by this modification is a new $400-million campus style complex, substantially completed on 29 Oct 2010, that includes three complex, state-of-the-art multi-purpose and command and control facilities, to included small retail sales and food court facility, totaling over 645,000 square feet, all supporting roads, parking, drainage, storm water retention, utilities, back-up power and other supporting infrastructure. The complex is located on a government secured 55-acre site in Miami-Doral, FL and supports over 2,400 government employees and contractors that make up Headquarters, US Southern Command (one of six regional US Combatant Commands critical to national security) responsible for command and control of US military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as US Army Garrison Miami, and a diverse array of other supporting tenants and activities. The site will be secured and require appropriate government background checks and identification for access; with some areas requiring a Secret security clearance and/or escorted access. The national significance of this site and of the functions it supports requires a unique and significantly high degree of response, urgency, and expertise. US Army Garrison - Miami is the current public works activity is only staffed to coordinate basic building management services for 250,000 square feet of leased facilities through full service leases; and expanding those capacities was delayed through much of 2011 due to ongoing budget and hiring constraints. The organization is only now beginning to develop the capacity to provide the extensive technical information, training and other assistance required to solicit, award and supervise start-up of a comprehensive facilities operations and maintenance contract. As such, developing, executing and starting a comprehensive competitive solicitation for these services, with a contractor that may not be inherently familiar with these complex facilities, took longer than previously anticipated. The detailed facilities technical specifications and data for these complex new facilities were not made available and turned over to the Government until almost six months after beneficial occupancy and substantial completion. As such, combined with the Army's limited public works capacities and required contract solicitation timeline, the Government was unable to solicit and award a competitive contract for these services any earlier than late Nov 2011. Hensel Phelps, as the prime contractor who designed and constructed these complex facilities, and has been performing facility operations and maintenance services, to include warranty management, for the past 11-months, is intimately familiar with the facilities and has the unique knowledge and expertise to provide effective and efficient facilities operations and maintenance services and effectively transition these functions to a new contractor once an award in made in late Nov 2011, providing technical assistance and training during transition that is currently beyond the Governments capacity to provide. Future Acquisition Strategy & Contracting Opportunities. The Government is currently soliciting for comprehensive facilities operations and maintenance service for this requirement through an 8A competitive solicitation (W911SF-11-R-0028) being handled by the Fort Benning, Georgia Mission and Installation Contracting Command office. The Army anticipates awarding this contract in late Nov 2011, with transition between the current provider to occur Dec 2011 through Jan 2012, with full performance by the end of Jan 2012. This solicitation is for a performance period Dec 2011 to Nov 2012 with four (4) additional option years. This announcement is in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, for Other Than Full & Open Competition. This notice is not a request for offers. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Firms interested in being considered shall provide information regarding their capabilities and experience to perform the requirements as well as past performance of similar work, to include project location and names and telephone numbers of customer points of contact. Experience shall include facilities operations and maintenance on comparable facilities of comparable size and complexity, as well as experience with other US Army or DoD organizations/installations facilities operations and maintenance systems. Written notification and supporting documentation regarding this action may be submitted in writing to: US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, ATTN: CESAM-CT-C (Shirley West), P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001 or Shirley.a.west@usace.army.mil. Responses must be received within 15 calendar days of publication of this synopsis. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this synopsis nor return the data provided. A solicitation is not available.
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