United States - Design-Build Construction of a Network Enterprise Center in Fort Hunter Liggett, CA

Description

View Changes ******AMENDMENT 0005 IS ISSUED******

Request for Proposal (RFP) W912QR24R0052 for the design and construction of a 21,500 SF Network Enterprise Center (NEC) on Fort Hunter Liggett, CA.  Construct a standard design Information Systems Facility (ISF), organizational vehicle parking, open storage area, and building information systems.  The facility includes space for a command center for operations support with video teleconferencing capability, administration, reception, network administrators, operations floor, tech lab, operations center, administrative offices, customer service center, technical assistance for information technology, controlled humidity warehouse, loading dock with receiving zone, shower/locker rooms, and break rooms.  Supporting facilities include utilities, fire protection and alarm systems, Utility Monitoring Control Systems (UMCS) connection, uninterrupted power supply, redundant mechanical and electrical systems, heating and cooling, and pavements, walks, and curbs.  Site improvements will include site clearing, grading, and landscaping. Low Impact Development Integrated Management Practice measures will be provided. Measures in accordance with the Department of Defense Minimum Antiterrorism for Buildings standards will be provided.  Comprehensive building and furnishings related interior design services in addition to access for individuals with disabilities will be provided.  Heating and air conditioning will be provided by self-contained systems. Facilities will be designed to a minimum life of 50 years in accordance with DoD's Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-02 including energy efficiencies, building envelope and integrated building systems performance.  Cooling is estimated at 60 tons for the facility with an N+1 redundancy of another 60 tons.  Dispose/Demolish 2 buildings at Fort Hunter Liggett, CA (12,457 Total SF).  This project contains options.

The contract duration is estimated at 900 calendar days from contract Notice to Proceed (NTP).

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE:  The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000, in accordance with DFARS 236.204.
 
Funds are not presently available for this acquisition.  No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS:  This RFP will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract.  The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE:  This acquisition will be an Unrestricted (Full and Open) Procurement.

SELECTION PROCESS:  This is a two-phase Design/Build procurement.  The proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Tradeoff source selection process.  The technical information contained in each Offeror's proposal will be reviewed, evaluated, and rated by the government.  Potential offerors are invited to submit their past performance, technical, and capability information as will be described in Section 00 22 16 and Section 00 22 18 of the Solicitation, for review and consideration by the Government.

As will be described in Section 00 22 16 of the Solicitation, the selection process for Phase I will evaluate such factors as Past Performance (for both the Prime Contractor and A/E Designer of Record) and Technical Approach for Design/Build.  Pro Forma Information such as bonding and financial capability will also be required to meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. 

Following completion of the evaluation of Phase I, a target of five (5) most highly qualified offerors will be invited to participate in Phase II.  The selected offerors for Phase II will be requested to submit additional information as will be described in Section 00 22 18 of the Solicitation, for review and evaluation by the Government.  The selection process for Phase II will evaluate such factors as:  Design Narrative, Management Plan, Schedule Narrative, Small Business Participation Plan, and Price. The Standard Form 1442, a Project Labor Agreement, and (for Large Businesses) a Subcontracting Plan will also be required. 

All evaluation factors, other than cost or price, are considered approximately equal to cost or price.

Oral Presentations:  For selected offerors who are invited to participate in Phase II of the solicitation, the source selection process will also include the requirement for an Oral Presentation as part of the Phase II technical proposal.  The Oral Presentation will require selected offerors to provide a real-time oral proposal presentation to the Government and respond to questions; these questions will be limited to clarifications.  Discussions shall not be conducted in relation to the oral presentation. Therefore, the offeror shall accept that opportunities to address deficiencies through their oral presentation will not exist.

DISCUSSIONS:  The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

*****Amendment 0001 was issued on 15 July 2024.*****

******Amendment 0002 for Phase II was issued on 08 October 2024.  Only selected offerors invited by the Government to participate in Phase II are eligible to participate and submit an offer for Phase II.******

******Amendment 0003 was issued on 24 October 2024.****** 

******Amendment 0004 was issued on 06 November 2024.****** 

******Amendment 0005 is issued on 13 November 2024.****** 

*****OFFER DUE DATE AND TIME IS BASED ON EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST).******

SOLICITATION WEBSITES:  The official solicitation is available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at System for Award Management (SAM) website at https://www.sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued.  Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors/offerors are required to register at the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov. From SAM.gov, all relevant files can be downloaded by go to the "Attachment/Links" section. Amendments to the Solicitation and associated document, when issued, will also be posted here to SAM.gov under the "Attachments" section for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offeror's responsibility to check both websites periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

REGISTRATIONS: 

Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award.  If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity.  If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

POINT-OF-CONTACT:  The point-of-contact for this procurement is Bonny Dylewski, at bonny.c.dylewski@usace.army.mil

PARTNERING WITH US:   https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering/
Information regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers process for settling requests for equitable adjustments and duration goals to achieve definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts can be found by going to https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering/
and then clicking on: "View FFP Contract Changes Playbook Here."

Opportunity closing date

26 November 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed