Design-Build Maintenance and Repair Army Reserves (MRAR) for Equipment Concentration Site (ECS) at North Cavazos, TX

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Contract Opportunity

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) W912QR25RA013 for the Design-Build Maintenance and Repair Army Reserve (MRAR) on the existing Equipment Concentration Site (ECS), B-56767, with 14,275 Square Feet (SF) on the federally-owned site of North Fort Cavazos, TX. This project will repair and construct an addition to an existing ~26,000 square feet of the maintenance part of the Equipment Concentration Site 64 (ECS-64), Maintenance Building 56767, that is in a failing condition, constructed in 23 July 2001, and has not undergone any major infrastructure or system repairs, only limited maintenance and repair work has occurred. The project includes repair of HVAC and Electrical systems, remove non-structural interior walls to right-size rooms and create open flexible workspace, restore inadequate and non-code compliant bathrooms, repair light fixtures with code compliant units, failed flooring, code compliant fire alarm and suppression system, repair electrical conduit distribution throughout the facility. Access for individuals with disabilities will be provided to include a code compliant entrance ramp. The restored facility will meet minimum DOD Antiterrorism standards.

The project duration is currently estimated at 913 calendar days (subject to change) from contract Notice to Proceed (NTP).

This award is Subject to the Availability of Funds (SAF).

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: Total Small Business Set-Aside Procurement

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a two-phase Design-Build procurement. The proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Trade-Off (BVTO) 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 the completion of the evaluation of Phase I proposals, a target of five (5) of the most highly qualified offerors will be invited to participate in Phase II. The selected offerors 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, and Price. The Standard Form (SF) 1442 will also be required.

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

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

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $25 million and $100 million in accordance with DFARS 236.204.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 03 March 2025 (subject to change). Details such as the actual date, time, and location regarding the Optional Site Visit to be held during Phase II will be included in the Phase II solicitation amendment. Additional details can be found in the solicitation and amendments when they are posted to https://www.sam.gov.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Contract Opportunities website, https://www.sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone, email, 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 be able to download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offeror’s responsibility to check the website 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 https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have a 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 the Contract Specialist, Bonny Dylewski, at Bonny.C.Dylewski@usace.army.mil.

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.

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."

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