Idiq Multiple Award Construction Contract (Macc) for New Construction, Renovation, and Repair of General Building Construction at Various Government Installations Located in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis announcement, a market survey for information to be used for preliminary planning purposes. The information received will be used within the Navy to facilitate the decision making process and will not be disclosed outside of the agency. The intent of this Sources Sought Synopsis is to identify potential qualified Small Businesses, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a) Businesses, SBA certified HUBZone Small Businesses, Women-Owned Small Businesses, and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses.

This Sources Sought Synopsis is one facet in the overall market research conducted by the Government in regards to whether the proposed solicitation will be issued as a competitive set-aside or as full and open (unrestricted). No procurement strategy will be determined based solely on the information received in response to this Sources Sought Synopsis.

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this market research.

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) is seeking Small Business, SBA certified 8(a), SBA certified HUBZone Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business, and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business sources with current and relevant experience, personnel, and capability to perform a multiple award construction contract for new construction, repair, and renovation of commercial and institutional buildings.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) with a Small Business Size Standard of $45 million. Task orders issued under the proposed multiple award contract(s) will be performed at various government installations located in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. However, it is anticipated that most projects will be performed in the state of California. The proposed contract(s) will be for one (1) base period of two (2) years and one (1) option period of three (3) years, resulting in the contract performance period maximum of 5 years. The estimated total contract price for the base period and option period for all contracts combined is $1,000,000,000. Task order range is estimated between $4,000,000 and $35,000,000.

Projects will be primarily design-build or secondarily design-bid build for new construction, repair, and/or renovation of commercial and institutional buildings. Types of construction projects may include, but are not limited to: airport building, office/administrative building, communications facility, vehicle maintenance facility, armories, parking garage (paved parking lots will not be considered relevant), barracks facility, prison facility, fire station, religious building, hotel, dining facility, hospital/ medical facilities, warehouse facility, school facility, and/or retail facility. For this solicitation, new construction and/or repair of single family homes will not be considered relevant.

Interested sources are invited to respond to this sources sought announcement by using the forms provided under separate file titled Sources Sought Information Form . The following information shall be provided:

1) Contractor Information: Provide the contact information for your firm, including UEI number and CAGE Code.

2) Type of Business: Identify whether your firm is a Small Business, SBA certified 8(a), SBA certified HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, and/or Women-Owned Small Business concern. For more information on the definitions or requirements for these small business programs, refer to http://www.sba.gov/.

3) Bonding Capacity: Provide the name of your surety name, your maximum bonding capacity per project, and your aggregate maximum bonding capacity.

4) Locations: Identify the locations in which you are willing and capable to work.

5) Experience: Submit a maximum of five (5) recent specific government or commercial contracts/projects your firm has performed as the prime contractor to demonstrate your experience in construction of commercial and institutional buildings as indicated in this announcement. A specific project is a single project or a single task order under an indefinite quantity contract or on-call type contract. Recent is defined as having been 100% completed within the five (5) years prior to the sources sought issuance date. All projects shall have a minimum construction cost of $4,000,000. Projects which do not meet these requirements may not be considered relevant.

Additional minimum submission requirements:

--- Submit at least one (1) relevant project with a construction cost of $15,000,000 or above.

--- Submit at least one (1) relevant project that demonstrates the experience of the Offeror in performing primarily new construction of buildings. If the project includes both new construction and repair/renovation, Offerors shall clearly demonstrate that the project is primarily new construction by providing the square footage of both the new construction portion and the repair/renovation portion.

--- Submit at least one (1) relevant project that demonstrates the experience of the Offeror in performing primarily renovation/repair of existing buildings. If the project includes both repair/renovation and new construction, Offerors shall clearly demonstrate that the project is primarily repair/renovation by providing the square footage of both the new construction portion and the repair/renovation portion.

--- Submit at least two (2) relevant projects that demonstrate experience in design-build construction.

For each of the projects submitted for experience evaluation, provide the following:

---title and location

---award and completion dates

---contract or subcontract value

---type of work for overall project

---current customer information including point of contact, phone number, and email address

---whether the work was performed as a prime or subcontractor

---type of contract (Design-Build or Design-Bid-Build see Sources Sought Information Form)

---narrative project description

---description of the work that was self-performed by your firm, including the percentage of contract value your firm self-performed

For design-build projects, identify the name and address of the A-E firm used to provide design or specify if design was performed in-house. Identify your working relationship with the design firm (i.e., number of years working together).

6) Safety: Submit OSHA Days Away from Work, Restricted Duty, or Transfer (DART) rates and Total Case Rate (TCR) for each of calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. For any DART rate of 3.0 or greater or any TCR of 4.5 or greater, provide an explanation to address the extenuating circumstances that affected the rate and any corrective actions taken. Instructions for calculating the DART rate and TCR can be found at http://www.bls.gov/iif/osheval.htm. For joint ventures or mentor-prot g agreements (MPA), provide the required information for each entity in the joint venture or MPA. NAVFAC may make an acquisition strategy determination that excludes contractors that do not submit the required information or contractors with unexplained high DART or TCR rates from the pool of sufficiently qualified contractors.

In sections where recent experience is requested, all experience will be evaluated for market research purposes only.

Firms are advised that while experience older than five (5) years or not yet 100% complete may demonstrate capability to perform the scope of work, it may not indicate that the firm could be competitive during a future solicitation where only the most recent five (5) years of experience will be accepted. NAVFAC may make an acquisition strategy determination based on the likelihood that a sufficient pool of qualified contractors will be competitive on a future solicitation.

Responses to this Sources Sought announcement are due no later than 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on October 8, 2024. Please email your response, in a PDF format, to shane.k.mahelona.civ@us.navy.mil. Facsimile submittals will not be accepted. All NAVFAC Southwest solicitations are posted on the website at https://sam.gov and begin with N62473.