HELICOPTER RESCUE OPS MAINTENANCE HANGAR KADENA AB   3

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: FY2022 Helicopter Rescue Ops Maintenance Hangar

Project Location: Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan

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

NAICS Code : 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

Project Magnitude: Between 10,000,000,000 and 25,000,000,000 ($100,000,000 and $250,000,000) (DFARS 236.204)

Project Description: Construct a Helicopter Rescue Squadron Operations (Squad Ops) and Helicopter Maintenance Unit Hangar. The facility is comprised of single-story bays for aircraft maintenance and storage, a two-story facility for administrative spaces and shops, a simulator bay, and cranes for simulator and hangar. . The Hangar bays will be constructed of structural steel with precast concrete cladding. The roof structure for the hangar bays will consist of a low sloping metal roof panels on purlins supported by structural steel trusses. The squadron operations and Helicopter Maintenance Unit areas will also be constructed using cast-in place reinforced concrete walls with precast concrete columns and beams. The roof and floor plates will be constructed using precast concrete double tees with a cast in place topping slab roof and floor. The project will include supporting facilities such as utilities, pavements, aircraft parking apron, edge lighting on the taxiway connection, aircraft wash rack, backup generator, and site improvements to provide a complete and useable facility. The project demolishes existing facilities to include Building 3534 (10,015 Square Meters), Building 3532 (58 Square Meters), Building 3536 (58 Square Meters), Building 3538 (92 Square Meters), Building 7109 (49 Square Meters), Building 83534 (50 Square Meters), Building 3516 (57 Square Meters), Building 3603 (52 Square Meters) and Building 3604 (52 Square Meters) (Total = 10,483 Square Meters). Also includes Utilities include Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning system, electrical system, domestic hot and cold water system, sanitary waste and vent system, automatic wet-pipe sprinkler and high-expansion foam fire protection systems, intrusion detection system, and cybersecurity of facility-related control system. Fencing is required to tie in at the facility to secure the flight line. Paved asphalt parking will be provided for personal and government vehicles.

Facilities will be designed as permanent construction in accordance with the Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria 1-200-01, General Building Requirements. This project will comply with Department of Defense antiterrorism/force protection requirements per Unified Facilities Criteria 4-010-01, Department of Defense Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings. As a mission critical facility, a backup generator is authorized per AFI 32-1062.

This contract will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan, and any solicitation posted will be intended for local sources only. Local sources are those sources physically located and licensed to conduct business in Japan. See local source information within this notice.

SOLICITATION INFORMATION:

1. Procurement Method: The Government anticipates the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation.
2. The Government anticipates issuing the RFP solicitation in late July 2021. The solicitation when issued will identify the bid submission due date. All solicitation documents, drawings, and specifications will be posted on beta.SAM.Gov when issued. Interested vendors are responsible to monitor beta.SAM.gov website for issuance of the solicitation and/or amendments.
3. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price construction contract as a result of this RFP.
4. All interested companies shall be actively registered in the System for Award Management (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. Only local sources will be considered under this solicitation. No small business set-aside. 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 are authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform in Japan, the type of construction work specified in this solicitation. Specifically, a company must be duly authorized to operate and conduct business in Japan and must fully comply with all laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during performance of the resultant contract.
6. Additionally, prior to award of the contract, interested vendors must be registered for construction work with the Government of Japan and possess necessary construction licenses and permits to perform the requisite work identified in the solicitation.
7. Contractor Application. If this is your first time seeking business opportunities with the Japan Engineer District or you need to update your company information and brochure file, please complete the Contractor Application form and submit with the required attachments to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan Engineer District, Bldg. 250, Room 147, Camp Zama, Zama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan 252-8511, along with your first bid/proposal to Japan Engineer District, prior to submitting your proposal. Such firms shall be required to complete the aforementioned application and submit the requisite documents indicating they are registered with the Government of Japan and in possession of the necessary Certificate of Construction License in order to perform construction work in Japan. Please refer to the Contractor Application form at https://www.poj.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/ for additional details and requirements.
8. The DRAFT Specifications and Drawings included in this Notice are provided for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Interested firms are cautioned that ALL attachments to this notice are provided in DRAFT FORMAT and are subject to change.