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Z -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) MULTIPLE AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT SOL N68711-99-R-6672 DUE 100199 POC Laura Smith, Contract Specialist, (619) 532-3083 WEB: Home Page Southwest Division Naval Facilities Engineering, http://www.efdsw.navfac.navy.mil/home.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, smithlj@efdsw.navfac.navy.mil. Final Notice: THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ADVERTISED ON AN "UNRESTRICTED" BASIS INVITING FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The procurement consists of one solicitation with the intent to award three or more Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Muliple Award Construction Contracts for New Construction and Design-Build for New Construction, Renovation, Alterations & Repair and Associated Architecture/Engineering Services including Special Programs such as Non-Appropriated funded (NAF) facilities project work at various locations in Arizona, Nevada, California and New Mexico. Award will be made to the responsible offerors whose proposals, conforming to the RFP, will be most advantageous to the Government resulting in the Best Value, cost or price and other factors considered. AWARD MAY BE MADE TO A FIRM OTHER THAN THAT SUBMITTING THE LOWEST PRICE. The contracts will be for a base period of one year with four one-year option periods. The Government reserves the right to award fewer than or more than three contracts under this solicitation or to award only one contract covering the minimum guarantee if funds are not available for additional awards within the base period. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS, THEREFORE, OFFERORS INITIAL PROPOSALS SHOULD CONTIAN THE OFFEROR'S BEST TERMS FROM A COST OR PRICE AND TECHNICAL STANDPOINT. The total maximum value for the base period and all options (the aggregate total of all IDIQ Contracts) as a result of this RFP, shall not exceed $500,000,000. The minimum task order amount for this contract is $3,000,000. However, task orders less than $3,000,000 may be issued to satisfy the minimum guarantee of $50,000. The IDIQ work will consist of new construction and design-build for renovation, alteration, repair, new construction, including special programs such as Non-appropriated funded (NAF) Projects and associated architecture/engineering work at various locations in Arizona, Nevada, California, and New Mexico. Types of facilities may include but are not limited to: Tactical Vehicle Maintenance Facilities, Laboratories, Air Traffic Control Towers, Training Centers, Armament Facilities, Bachelor Quarters, Child Care Centers, Lodges, Hangars, Recreation/Fitness Centers, Retail Complexes, Warehouses, Community Centers and other similar facilities. In support of the design-build strategies, the contract shall employ the services of an architect/engineering professional, experienced in the coordination of multi-discipline architectural/engineering design efforts and conduction business from an established professional business office. (NOTE: Proposers may propose multiple AE firms for different Design-Build Projects.) All discipline coordination shall be accomplished by the Contractor's architect/engineering team. The Government shall not coordinate the work for the contractor. Projects assigned to the IDIQ contracts shall use the Multiple Award Construction Concept (MACC) approach to scope and price the work. After award of the initial contracts, each awardee shall be provided a fair opportunity to be considered for each task order, except under those circumstances described in FAR 16.505 (b)(2). Award factors will vary depending on the unique requirements for each Task Order and may be competed on the basis of price, best value or technically acceptable, low-price selection procedures. The subsequent task orders may be performance oriented task requiring minimal design, may occasionally be complex construction requiring design development for design-build construction, or a combination thereof. They will be scoped by the Government/Contractor team and may not have traditional plans and specifications but may include sketches, and requests for catalog cuts, and other submittals. The salient requirements of the Task Order will be scoped by the government/Contractor team in order to develop a mutually agreed upon Statement of Work. The awarded Task Order will be performance scoped, firm fixed price task with a specific completion date. Should any of the IDIQ Contractors be unable to competitively secure a Task Order to meet the minimum guarantee, award factors may be modified in order to ensure each participating contractor is awarded a Task Order. All Contractors will be required to participate in all walk-through exploratory scoping investigations and to subsequently submit their proposals. Failure to participate responsibly in walk throughs and to submit proposals on all Task Orders may result in the Government not exercising the option periods called out in the contract. Evaluation of award will be based on the following criteria: Factor 1: Past Performance with Subfactor 1.1 Contractor's Past Performance within the past three years, and Subfactor 1.2 Contractors Past Performance -- Safety and Health within the past five years. Factor 2: Small Business Subcontracting Effort with Subfactor 2.1: Subcontracting Past Performance; Subfactor 2.2: Subcontracting Commitment to Small Business Programs Under this contract, and Subfactor 2.3: Corporate Support; Factor 3: Management Approach with Subfactor 3.1: Experience/Qualifications and Subfactor 3.1.1: Experience and Qualifications of Key Personnel; Subfactor 3.2: Capacity to Accomplish the Work, with Subfactors 3.2.1: Bonding/Financial Questionnaire, 3.2.2: Organizational Chart/Management Plan (On Site/Off Site); Factor 4: Technical Approach with Subfactor 4.1: Waste Management/Construction Waste Management with Subfactor 4.1.1: Experience with Implementing Recycle, Reuse, and Waste Reduction Method for Prime and Subcontractors, Subfactor 4.1.2: Use of New Materials made from recycled materials and Subfactor 4.1.3: Use of Recycled Materials from demolition process. Factor 5: Cost/Pricing with Subfactor 5.1: G&A and Subfactor 5.2: Profit. NOTE: Key personnel identified shall be committed to work on this contract and may not be substituted as long as they are employed with the prospective firm unless a substitution is approved by the contracting officer. The Standard Industrial Code is 1542 and the annual size standard is$17 million. It is recommended the subcontracting goals reflect a minimum goal of 45% Small Business, 25% Small Disadvantaged Business, 8% Women-owned Business and 1% Hub Zone Subcontracting Effort and 1% Utilization of Locally Owned Small Business when performing work in the Desert Areas. The time and location of the Pre-proposal Conference is scheduled for October 6, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. sharp, 1220 Pacific Highway. NOTE: This solicitation is issued totally electronically. Electronic Bid Sets (EBS) maybe found over the Internet at http://www.efdsw.navfac.navy.mil on the date of issuance on or about October 1, 1999. NOTE: EFFECTIVE ON ALL SOLICITATIONS ISSUED AFTER 31 MARCH 1998, YOU MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTER (CCR) PRIOR TO AWARD OF A DoD CONTRACT. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE CCR WEBSITE http://www.ccr.edi.disa.mil. Additionally, Prospective Offerors MUST register themselves on the web site. The official plan holders will NOT be faxed. It is available only by downloading from the web site. Amendments will be posted on the web site. IT IS THE OFFEROR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEB SITE DAILY FOR ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS TO THIS SOLICITATION. The response time required by FAR 5.203, will begin on the date of issuance of the EBS solicitation. For inquires contact Laura Smith, Contract Specialist at EMAIL ADDRESS http://www.smithlj@ efdsw.navfac.navy.mil. TELEPHONE REQUEST WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR SOLICITATION PACKAGES. Posted 09/16/99 (W-SN381222). (0259)

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