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

Y -- DESIGN/BUILD BACHELOR ENLISTED QUARTERS, NAVAL AIR STATION, BRUNSWICK, ME SOL N62472-98-B-0022 DUE 090899 POC Lou DiGeambeardino, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0828. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice. The contract will provide for the Design/Build Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) at the Naval Air Station, Brunswick, ME. The Department of Navy (DON) intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) 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 project at NAS, Brunswick, ME to participate in Phase-Two. Phase-Two will consist of Price and Technical proposals, which are approximately equal in importance. Phase-Two proposals will be evaluated based on the following factors: 1)Building and unit layout and appearance; 2)Building and supporting facilities systems solutions; and 3)Projects scheduled. In Phase-Two technical factors and subfactors are equal in importance. The work includes 190 modules of wood framed garden-style bachelor enlisted quarters in accordance with the latest Quality of Life Standards as specified in MIL-HANDBOOK 1036. The units will contain separate sleeping rooms, closets, bathrooms and food preparation area. In addition to living quarters, the project will provide space for housekeeping, laundry, storage, BEQ administration, etc for support space. Supporting facility cost include site work, utilities, paving, demolish of five existing BEQ buildings and relocation of existing athletic fields displace by this project. Air conditioning of the units is not required. Cross ventilation of the units will be emphasized. A maximum gross building area of 66 SM per two-room module is required period. Estimated cost range for this project is between $10,000,000 -- $15,000,000 million dollars. Estimated contract award date is December 1999. The SIC Code is 1522 and the size standard is $17.0 million are applicable to this contract. The solicitation will be issued as Unrestricted. The Government intends to issue this Request for Proposals on or about 5 August 1999 and the date for receipt of Phase-One proposals is on or about 8 September 1999 at 2:00 p.m., at Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113-2090. A pre-proposal conference will be held approximately two weeks after issuance of the RFP. 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 a prime 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 alsorequired 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). FAX technical questions concerning this project to Lou DiGeambeardino at (610) 595-0828. Posted 07/16/99 (I-SN355401). (0197)

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