THEATER AIRCRAFT CORROSION CONTROL PREP HANGAR, KADENA AIR BASE, JAPAN

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THEATER AIRCRAFT CORROSION CONTROL PREP HANGAR

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN

Introduction:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District (POJ), Okinawa Area Office (OAO) is providing a Pre-Solicitation notice pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.213-2 for an upcoming Request for Proposal. This notice is not a solicitation.

PROJECT INFORMATION:

Project Title: Theater Aircraft Corrosion Control Prep Hangar, Kadena Air Base

Project Location: Okinawa, Japan

Product Service Code (PSC): Y1BZ – Construction of Other Airfield Structures

NAICS Code: 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Project Magnitude: Between $250,000,000 and $500,000,000 (DFARS 236.204)

Construction Type: Design-Bid-Build (DBB) Construction

Projected Solicitation Issue: August of 2025

Projected Proposal Due Date: January of 2026

Anticipated Contract Award: September of 2026

Project Description: This project is to construct a corrosion control facility for painting large-bodied aircraft. The facility consists of a single bay paint booth, single bay prep/wash hangar, and support spaces for painting and sanding operations. The facility will be constructed using steel frame construction and pre-cast concrete wall panels with a structural steel truss framing system to support a cast-in-place concrete roof. The project will include supporting facilities such as utilities, pavements, and site improvements to provide a complete and usable facility. The facility should be compatible with applicable United States Department of Defense, Air Force, and base design standards. This project includes an option CLIN for an exclusion zone.

CLIN Schedule:

CLIN 0001 Construction of Primary Facility, Site, Site Development and Infrastructure

CLIN 0002 Paint Booth and Prep Hangar Liner

CLIN 0003 Construction Services for Exclusion Zone (OPTION 1)

Estimated Period of Performance: 1,535 calendar days

* An additional 90 days will be provided ONLY for CLIN 0003 (Option 0001, Construction Services for Exclusion Zone), if awarded. Duration of the base contract (CLINs 0001 and 0002) is to remain at 1,535 calendar days. The additional 90 days will be added to the end of the 1,535 days of CLIN 0003 for the contractor to perform the necessary demolition of the turning lane (constructed under the Helo Ops project) and restoration of the off-base area to its original condition.

SOLICITATION INFORMATION:

1. The Government anticipates an issuance of the Request for Proposals (RFP) utilizing the Best Value Trade Off (BVTO) Source Selection procedures outlined in the FAR 15.101-1. The Tradeoff Process permits tradeoffs among cost or price and non-cost or price evaluation factors and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal or other than the highest technically rated proposal. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price.

2. Evaluation Factors:

Factor 1 – Past Performance

Factor 2 – Paint Booth Approach

Subfactor 2.1 - Paint Booth Physical Characteristics

Subfactor 2.2 - Booth Performance Characteristics

Factor 3 – Price

3. All solicitation documents, drawings, and specifications will be posted on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) with notice on System for Award Management (SAM) when issued. Interested vendors are responsible for monitoring PIEE/SAM websites for issuance of the solicitation and/or amendments.

4. All interested companies shall be actively registered in the SAM database in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be found at http://www.sam.gov. For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must be registered in SAM as such.

5. The US Army Corps of Engineers Japan District (POJ) has transitioned to Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module for bid/proposal submission (unless otherwise specified in the solicitation), to replace DOD SAFE. It is recommended that contractors create their PIEE Solicitation Module account as soon as possible and not wait till bid/proposal due date, as access may take time. The following information is provided for reference.

Step 1: Complete vendor registration on https://piee.eb.mil/. Instructions for registration can be found through: https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/ce/cap/docs/piee/PIEE_Solicitation_Module_Vendor_Access_Instructions.pdf

Step 2: Upload offer in the Solicitation Module through https://piee.eb.mil/ . Instructions for uploading an offer can be found through: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml

6. Firms which have not done business with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan Engineering District, are requested to visit the following website: https://www.poj.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/ for general information.

7. Only local sources will be considered under this solicitation. Local sources are sources (e.g. corporations, partnerships, or Joint Ventures [For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must satisfy the local source requirements or, in the alternative, each member of the Joint Venture must individually satisfy the local source requirements]) that are physically located in Japan and authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform construction in Japan. Specifically, a prospective offeror must be duly authorized to operate and conduct construction business in Japan and must fully comply with all applicable laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the resulting contracts.

8. In addition, offerors must possess a Japanese civil construction (doboku isshiki koji) license or Japanese architectural construction (kenchiku isshiki koji) license by the proposal due date and time. The U.S. Government will verify that the offeror has the license through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) website at https://etsuran2.mlit.go.jp/TAKKEN. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure that it has the license (Japanese civil construction or Japanese architectural construction), and that it is accurately shown on the MLIT website, by the proposal due date and time. Failure to comply with this requirement will be cause for rejection of your offer.

9. The U.S. Government will not offer “United States Official Contractor” status under Article XIV of the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to U.S. contractors normally resident in the United States; nor will the U.S. Government certify employees of such contractors as “Members of the Civilian Component” under Article I(b) of the SOFA.

Contracting Office Address:

Contracting Division, Japan District, US Army Corps of Engineers

Rm 116, Bldg 364

Camp Foster

Chatan-Cho, Okinawa, Japan

Zip Code: 904-0100

Point of Contacts:

Primary: Valeria Fisher

Contract Specialist

valeria.fisher@usace.army.mil

Alternate: Jack T. Letscher

Contracting Officer

jack.t.letscher@usace.army.mil

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