KAF F-18 Super Hornet Program, Procurement E.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Middle East District is releasing the following sources sought notice for the purpose of conducting market research and planning purposes. This notice is to construct support facilities for the Kuwait Air Force F-18 Super Hornet Program, Procurement E, at Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait.

Project Scope: The work includes construction of a new Engine Shop, Airframes Shop, Squadron Operations Building, related site improvements, and incidental related work. The work is part of group of projects to support fielding of new F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft.

The project will be constructed in accordance with current Kuwaiti and U.S. building codes, safety, and security standards.

The contractor shall provide all management, administration, quality control, labor, transportation, equipment, materials, vehicles, heavy equipment, supplies and other items as necessary to perform the services contained in the scope of work.

The overall Period of Performance (PoP) shall be six hundred (600) calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the entire scope of work including Optional CLINs.

Set asides and codes: The project is classified through the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) under code 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a small business size of $45 million. The FSC is Y1JZ Miscellaneous Buildings – Construction of Facilities.

The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price contract.

The estimated magnitude of construction of this project is between $25 million and $100 million.

The Government is considering the use of an unrestricted (full and open) solicitation and award a firm fixed Price (FFP) Design Bid Build (DBB) construction contract using the Best Value Trade-off Source Selection procedures in FAR 15.101-1. Evaluation criteria will be stated in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government may include options in the RFP. This acquisition will result in a single firm fixed price contract.

Additional Information:

Performance and payment bonds will be required after award of the contract.

The contractor must be licensed or be able to obtain a business license in Kuwait at issuance of Notice to Proceed.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice.

A contractor will neither be pre-qualified nor excluded from the competition based upon any information provided in reply to this announcement.

A bidder list will not be generated from replies to this announcement. Contractors will not automatically receive the RFP package as a result of replying to this announcement.

A pre-solicitation and solicitation announcement may eventually be publicized at the Beta.SAM.gov website. An announcement is tentatively scheduled for release on or about Tuesday, 02 April 2024. The contract award is scheduled on or about Tuesday, 15 October 2024. Contractors are responsible for monitoring the website for the announcements and for any posted changes or amendments. Be advised that this is a sources sought notice and is not an RFP, nor does it restrict the Government from utilizing a different acquisition approach to award any or all resultant contracts.

Interested firms should complete the Capabilities Statement and the Project Experience Sheet (s) included with this announcement. Provide your capabilities and experience with not more than five similar projects. The Capabilities Statement will not be used by the Government to either qualify or disqualify prospective contractors.

Please return the completed capabilities statement and experience sheet(s) by email it to both Hannah L Smith at Hannah.L.Smith@usace.army.mil and Maria L. Martin at Maria.L.Martin@usace.army.mil. Place the words “MARKET RESEARCH - SUPER HORNET Procurement E” on the subject line of your message. Your response is due by Friday, 12 January 2024, at 04:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.