EAR063, Design-Build Fuel Pier Repair-Long Term, Eareckson Air Station, Shemya, Alaska   6

CONTRACT INFORMATION: This is a pre-solicitation notice for a two-phase, full and open Request for Proposal (RFP) for Design and Repair to provide a long term repair to the fuel pier at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Alaska which was damaged during a large storm in February 2020. Eareckson Air Station is located on Shemya Island, which is a logistically challenging, remote location at the western end of the Aleutian Island chain, approximately 1,500 air miles south west of Anchorage, Alaska and is routinely subject to high winds (excess of 80 mph) and generally inclement weather typical of the Aleutian Islands. Marine Mammal Observation protocols will be needed along with possible unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearing if a beach landing or anchoring is required during construction. Repairs should have a useful lifespan of 50 years and will include replacement/refurbishment of the existing fuel pier and armoring of the adjacent, western shoreline. The contract cost limitation for contract award is approximately $131 million. The resulting contract will be firm-fixed priced. The procurement will be conducted using two-phase source selection procedures and the award will be based on best value tradeoff source selection procedures, considering the price and non-price factors cited in this announcement and the solicitation. There is no stipend authorized for this procurement. Offerors are advised that a contract resulting from this solicitation is subject to availability of funds. Should Congress not appropriate the funds, the solicitation will be cancelled. If the project is cancelled, all proposal preparation costs will be borne by the offeror. All Offerors are advised that this project may be canceled or revised at any time during solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation and up to final award. All Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov/SAM/). Joint ventures must be registered in SAM as the joint venture. Offerors are advised to begin this process when they prepare their proposal in order to ensure this registration is in place should they be selected for the award. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an Offeror ineligible for award.

NAICS Code of Acquisition: 237990. The Small Business size standard is $39,500,000.

Anticipated NTP: 5 July 2022 with a 1000 calendar-day period of performance; the Davis Bacon Act will apply.

PROJECT TITLE: EAR063 Repair Fuel Pier-Long Term, Eareckson Air Station, Shemya, Alaska

(1) PROJECT INFORMATION: Design and repair Fuel pier at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Alaska. Repairs should have a useful lifespan of 50 years and will include replacement/refurbishment of the existing fuel pier and armoring of the adjacent, western shoreline.

(2) SELECTION CRITERIA: Evaluation criteria to be listed in the solicitation are anticipated to be:

For Phase 1:

Factor 1 Past Performance (Confidence Assessment)

Factor 2 - Organization; and Management

Factor 3 - Technical Approach

For Phase 2:

Factor 1 - Pier and Western Shore Repair Functional

Factor 2 - Quality of Pier Systems and Materials

Factor 3 - Proposed Contract Duration and Summary Schedule

Factor 4 - Extent of Participation of Small Businesses

Factor 5 - Price and Pro Forma Information

The Government will evaluate qualifications in accordance with the criteria described in the RFP and will award a single firm fixed-price contract to that responsible Phase 2 Offeror whose proposal the Source Selection Authority determines conforms to the solicitation and offers the best overall value to the Government, considering the non-price factors described in the RFP, and price, however the contract award may not exceed the contract cost limitation identified in Section 00 21 00 for this project.

(3) OBTAINING THE SOLICITATION: The solicitation for this project will be provided in electronic format only and is currently scheduled to be available for download on or about 10 November 2021, at the Sam website at https://sam.gov/content/opportunities. Enter the solicitation number (W911KB22R0005) in the Keywords/SOL#: dialogue box. Any future amendments to the solicitation will also be available for download from this website. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the agency. All notifications of changes to this solicitation shall be made through the internet only. It is the Offeror's responsibility to check for any posted changes to this solicitation.

NOTE: Electronic proposal submissions will only be accepted via the PIEE Solicitation Module website at: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/index.xhtml. Search via Solicitation Number Search W911KB22R0005. Additional information concerning PIEE can be found at: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/index.xhtml