Z -- MODIFICATION -WATERFRONT MULTIPLE AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (MACC) IN THE STATES OF ME, NH, RI, CT, VT, MA, NY, NJ, PA AND DE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NORTHERN DIVISIONS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

Notice Date

September 6, 2000

Contracting Office

Northern Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113-2090

ZIP Code

19113-2090

Solicitation Number

N62472-00-R-0816

Response Due

October 5, 2000

Point of Contact

Ted Wallace, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0832

Description

Contractors who are interested in obtaining the CD-Rom for this project, must mail in their request on company letterhead stating if you are bidding as a prime contractor or sub-contractor/supplier along with a Company Check, Cashier's check or Money Order in the amount of $12.00 to: DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING SERVICE, 700 ROBBINS AVE, BUILDING 4-D, ATTN: ROY BOWSER, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111-5094. Each check must be made payable to the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS and and annotated with the applicable solicitation number. The CD-Rom will be sent via First Class U.S. Mail upon availability to those contractors whom have tendered payment. If a contract number is not annotated as required or your check is not made payable to the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, your check will be returned unprocessed. NO PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO PAPER COPIES WILL BE ISSUED. CD-ROM WILL BE NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL PROPER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. If you would like information on the mailing of the CD-ROM package via expedited courier service, please contact: Mr. Roy Bowser at (215) 697-1126. All prospective offerors should register on the NAVFAC Electronic Solicitation Internet Website http://www.esol.navfac.navy.mil) for this project by clicking on the Entrance Button to access. You must first create an account. You may view our site without an account, but you will not be able to register for a solicitation unless you have an account. Input your Company's information, then click on "Submit" and follow the rest of the instructions. The work contemplated under this procurement shall include all construction and repair work for waterfront structures such as piers, wharf's, seawalls, and other similar structures in tidal waters. Projects may include provisions for additional related requirements such as electrical equipment including transformers, switchgear, and wiring; and repairs to various utilities. The work will be concentrated at, but not limited to Northern Division's 10 state area, which includes: Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. This solicitation will result in an award of a Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC) of up to four (4) Indefinite Quantity contracts with firm fixed-price task orders. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible proposer whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be "BEST VALUE" to the Government, price and technical factors considered. Award of the seed project will be made to the best value. The remaining two (3) MACC contracts will be made to those firms offering second, third and fourth. The task orders under the contract will be issued for construction and/or design build waterfront projects. The request for Proposal procedures will be utilized for this procurement. Interested firms will be required to respond to evaluating factors as set forth below. The evaluation factors for acceptability are 1) Relevant Past Performance; 2) Management Approach; 3) Specialized Technical Experience, Expertise and Qualifications; and 4) Commitment to Small Business Concerns. (THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS INVITING FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.) The Request for Proposal package will be available 05 September 2000 and the estimated receipt of proposals date is 2:00 p.m. on 05 October 2000. The maximum value of this contract will be $30 million over five (5) years of contract performance. A bid guarantee in the amount of $2.5 million will remain in effect throughout the full term of the contract, which will be required to be submitted with the proposal. The anticipated range for each task order will generally be between $300 thousand and $10 million. The seed project includes the demolition and removal of a timber pile supported platform and portions of two timber pile supported piers including electric and telephone systems, mechanical systems, and three buildings (three require removal and disposal of asbestos containing material and lead based paint); the relocation of electrical equipment; the provision of a new steel sheet pile bulkhead with tie rods and anchor system, two pile supported breasting platforms, rehabilitation of an existing timber pile supported pier, mechanical, telephone and electrical systems including cathodic protection, a steel pile supported precast concrete launch ramp with cathodic protection, timber fender piles, bituminous concrete paving and site utilities. The work shall be located at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI. The estimated cost range for this seed project is between $2,500,000 and $4,000,000. Three options will be included for the seed project in this solicitation. Option 1 shall include the total price for demolition of the southerly 36.6 meters +/- of Pier 171 including utilities and their termination at the northerly limit of this work and the provision of a timber fender system complete in accordance with the drawings and specifications.. The estimated cost for Option 1 is between $100,000 and $250,000. Option 2 shall include the total price for demolition of the westerly portion of Pier 170 and the provision of a timber fender system, which is not reconstructed under the Base Bid, complete in accordance with the drawings and specifications. The estimated cost for Option 2 is between $100,000 and $250,000. Option 3 shall include the total price for demolition of approximately 15.3 meters +/- of Pier 171 extending from the northerly limit of the demolition work described in Option 1, including utilities and their termination at the northerly limit of this work, complete in accordance with the drawings and specifications. The estimated cost for Option 3 is between $25,000 and $100,000. All Three options are anticipated to be exercised at the time of award or within 30 calendar days after award of the contract. Davis Bacon Wages will be applicable to this project. The seed project will not require design services. A Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan pursuant to the FAR Clause 52.219-9 (OCT 1999) will be required to be submitted by all large businesses being considered for contract award. Each of the contracts awarded for other then the seed project will contain a minimum guarantee of $5 thousand over the five years of contract performance. The minimum guarantee will be met when the seed project is awarded under the RFP N62472-00-R-0816 for the first contract. All contractors awarded a contract, including the contractor who receives award for the seed project, will competitively quote on the subsequent task orders based on either Best Value to the Government or Lowest Price. Award of a task order may be made to only one firm if it is necessary to place an order to satisfy a minimum guarantee. The solicitation will incorporate an initial or seed project for award. Potential proposers may be required to participate with the Government in an on-site scope meeting for the project to be placed under the contracts. Failure to submit technical and price proposals on future task orders may result in the Government not placing future orders on the contract. Participation in the pre-proposal conference on site visits for future task orders will be responsibility of the offerors and are not directly reimbursable by the Government. Task orders may require multi-disciplined design services in all aspects of waterfront construction for new and renovation projects. All key professional disciplines shall be registered. The SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) is 1629 and the Small Business Size Standard is $17 million. All prospective offerors should register on the NAVFAC Electronic Solicitation Internet Website http://www.esol.navfac.navy.mil) for this project by clicking on the Entrance Button to access. You must first create an account. You may view our site without an account, but you will not be able to register for a solicitation unless you have an account. Input your Company's information, then click on "Submit" and follow the rest of the instructions. The Request for Proposal will be issued on CD-Rom. An official planholders list will be maintained on-line and can be printed from the web site. Planholders lists will not be faxed and will only be available from the website. Recording and blueprint companies are also required to register. Notification of any changes to this solicitation (Amendments) will be made only on the internet. Per the Debt Collection 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 www.ccr.disc.dla.mil or by referring to DFARS Subpart 204.73. Offerors should submit verification of their firm's registration in the CCR Database with their proposal. Please fax technical questions to Ted Wallace at (610) 595-0644.

Record

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