Northern Division, NAVFACENGCOM, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113-2090

Y -- DESIGN/BUILD FOR UPGRADE OF CHILLED WATER SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM, DEFENSE MEGA CENTER, OGDEN, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH SOL N62472-99-R-0030 DUE 100199 POC Irene Katacinski, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0628. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice. The contract will provide for the Design/Build for Upgrade of Chilled Water System and Environmental Monitoring System, Defense Mega Center (DMC), Ogden, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The Department of Navy (DON) intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Design/Build for Upgrade of Chilled Water System and Environmental Monitoring System at the DMC, Ogden, UT utilizing a two-phase design-build selection process based on best value to the Government. Phase-One evaluation will be based on the following factors of equal importance: 1)Past Performance, 2)Management Approach, 3)Technical Experience, Expertise, and Qualifications, and 4) Commitment to Small Business Concerns. Offerors will be required to provide information for both their construction team, as well as their design team under these factors. Based on its evaluation of the Phase-One, the DON will invite up to five (5) Offerors judged best qualified for the HVAC project at DMC, Ogen, UT to participatein Phase-Two. Phase-Two will consist of Price and Technical proposals which are approximately equal in importance. The HVAC work includes the removal of two 400 ton chillers, removal of one 105 ton chiller, provide two 500 ton chillers with an option for a third chiller, remove the three companion cooling towers and provide two 500 ton cooling towers with an option for a third tower. Provide an additional (redundant) chilled water piping loop, remove existing chilled water pumps and provide chilled water pumps and primary/secondary pumping system including variable speed drives, Provide humidification units and modifications to computer room air-conditioning unit flow chilled water flow control valves. The contractor shall design, engineer and construct a replacement and installation, including all parts and equipment of the facility's total Mechanical Chilled water system and HVAC control work including converting the existing controls and Sentinel monitoring system and provide HVAC controls utilizing Genesis by Iconis software for monitoring and control. All work will be accomplished in an active computer center and attendant office area. During construction the cooling for the building must be maintained on a 24 hour a day, seven day per week basis during construction. Estimated cost range for this project is between $1.5 -- $3.0 million dollars. Estimated contract award date is February 2000. The SIC Code is 1711 and the size standard is $7.0 million are applicable to this contract. The solicitation will be issued as Unrestricted. The Government intends to issue this Request for Proposals for Phase-One on or about 1 September 1999 and the date for receipt of Phase-One proposals is on or about 30 days later at 2:00 p.m., at Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113-2090. In accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(7), availability of the solicitation will be limited to the electronic medium. Plans and Specifications will NOT be directly provided in a paper hard copy format or CD ROM. The address for downloading this solicitation from the Internet is: http://www.efdnorth.navfac.navy.mil/code02.html. Downloading from the Internet is free of charge, however, some plans and specifications will take a considerable amount of time to download. All prospective offerors are encouraged to register on the Northern Division Internet ebs web site for this project when plans and specifications become available. Official Planholders will be maintained on and can be printed from the website. Planholders lists will not be faxed and will only be available from the website. Contractors interested in obtaining notification when the Request for Proposal package is electronically posted on the Internet may fax to Ms Sheila Brown at (610) 595-0644 on your company letterhead the following information: Solicitation Number and Title of Project, Complete Address, Point of Contact, Area code and phone number, Area code and fax number, E-mail address, identify whether the firm is aprime contractor, sub-contractor or supplier, indicate whether the firm is a small business, small disadvantaged business, large business and if the firm is a women owned business. Recording companies and Blueprint companies are also required to forward their information via fax. Notification of any changes to this solicitation (amendments) shall be made only on the Internet. It is therefore the contractor's responsibility to check the internet site listed below daily for any posted changes to the solicitations plans and specifications. Per the Debt Collections Improvement Act of 1996, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFAR) has been amended to require all contractors to register in the Department of Defense (DOD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database. Be advised for solicitations issued after May 31, 1998, failure to register in the CCR makes an offeror ineligible for award of DOD contracts. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing our website at http:/www.efdnorth.navfac.navy.mil. or by referring to DFARS Subpart 204.703. Offerors should submit vertification of their firm's registration in the CCR Database with their proposal. (Many firms and commercial printing services have the capability to print the RFP and planholders list off the internet) This is a pre-solicitation notice only. Exact RFP issuance and closing dates, as well as the date and location of the pre-proposal conference, will be set forth prior to release of the RFP. FAX technical questions concerning this project to Irene Katacinski at (610) 595-0644. Posted 06/30/99 (I-SN349046). (0181)

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