Posted: April 22, 2016, 2:36 p.m. EDT
**The Session will start at 9:00am. Immediately after the session overview and presentation we will allow one on one brief discussions. Registration for the one on one sessions will be available the morning of April 27, 2016 during sign-in. One on One session will be limited to approximately 10 minutes, shorter or longer depending on the number of attendees.
Posted: April 20, 2016, 4:10 p.m. EDT
Industry Day - U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Modernization of the South East Poultry Research Laboratory (SEPRL) at
The U.S National Poultry Research Center
Athens, Georgia
This notice invites industry to participate in an Industry Day to communicate an overview of the Design-Build efforts needed for the SEPRL project. The Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, has a requirement for Design-Build Services.
Design-Build Services are required for Architectural, Structural, Civil, Mechanical, Plumbing and Fire Protection, and Electrical Systems. The scope of the project consists of constructing approximately 250,000 GSF of laboratory, office, and animal poultry research space in five buildings. This will require that approximately 67,000 GSF of existing buildings will be demolished at various stages of construction to make room for the new buildings while allowing SEPRL to continue full operation throughout construction. Bridging Documents will be designed to a 35% conceptual design except for the BSL-3 building (Building 47) which will be designed to a 65% design completion because of its Mechanical systems complexity for bio safety. The description of the new buildings are as follows:
(1) Building 45, will be a 60,000 GSF, two story masonry building that will consist of laboratory, laboratory support spaces, laboratory offices and administration functions.
(2) Building 46, will be a 78,000 GSF, masonry building that will consist of one floor of ABSL-2 (Animal Bio Safety Level) poultry holding rooms with procedure areas and hatchery. The facility also requires several showers and an incinerator to ensure that nothing is transferred from the facility that could contaminate local poultry. The building will also have a full penthouse and a partial basement to support the animal floor. The building will also include a section that will link the basements of Buildings 46 & 47, and provide a loading dock to support the buildings.
(3) Building 47, will be a 75,000 GSF, masonry building that will consist of one floor of ABSL-3 poultry holding with procedure rooms, ABSL-3AG poultry holding with procedure rooms and BSL-3 Laboratory. The facility also requires several showers, an incinerator, renderer, Effluent Decontamination System (EDS) to ensure that no biological hazards is transferred out of the facility. The building will also have a full penthouse and a partial basement to support the animal floor.
(4) Building 48, will be a 25,000 GSF, masonry building that will consist of one floor of thirteen poultry holding rooms. Each room will have its own standalone evaporative cooling and heating system.
(5) Building 49, will be a 12,000 GSF, masonry building that will consist of one floor for hatchery and brooding facility and a full size basement that will be used for storage.
(6) New utilities to the site will also be required as part of this project. Utilities to the site shall include, water, sewer, electrical, and natural gas. A centralized utility plant will be constructed in the basement of building 47 to support heating and cooling for building 45, 46, and 47. New emergency generators will be required to support a power outage for all buildings on site at the completion of construction.
(7) Project will entail some construction of roads, sidewalks and landscaping.
Industry Day will be held from 0900 to approximately 1500 on April 27, 2016 at the U.S. National Poultry Research Center, 934 College Station Road, Athens GA 30605
Due to space limitations, the number of participants is restricted to five (5) per company. All participants must be U.S. citizens. Participation by small and small disadvantaged businesses is strongly encouraged. Interested parties must submit the posted registration form, alphabetized by last name, via e-mail, NLT 1500 EDT 25 April 2016 to Mrs. Pat Dobson at pat.dobson@ars.usda.gov. Attendees must provide information in advance in order to ensure access to the Industry Day venue and assure adequate seating for attendees.
Potential offerors are encouraged to submit questions and comments to the Contracting Officer, Michael Wigfall, by 1500 EST, April 25, 2016 at michael.wigfall@ars.usda.gov and a copy to Mrs. Pat Dobson on pat.dobson@ars.usda.gov. The Government may address these questions on Industry Day or subsequently post responses on FedBizOpps. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit additional questions during Industry Day and those questions may be addressed during the question and answer session or afterwards on FedBizOpps. The Government will also post a list of all interested parties on FedBizOpps.
This notice is provided for information only and is not a Request for Proposal or announcement of a solicitation. This synopsis does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal, and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a contract or order. The Government will not pay for any effort expended or any material provided in response to this announcement nor will the Government return any data provided. Interested offerors should watch FedBizOpps for the release of any future RFP announcement at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The Government anticipates RFP release in fourth quarter Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, with an anticipated award date in Second quarter FY 2017.
Questions regarding this announcement may be directed to Michael Wigfall, Contracting Officer, michael.wigfall@ars.usda.gov Contracting Office Address: USDA-ARS-FD-MB 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville MD, 20705.
