P447 Explosive Railcar Holding Yard Crane, Indiana   3

This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this pre-solicitation synopsis is to notify potential offerors of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for P447 Explosive Railcar Holding Yard Crane, Indiana.

This project includes work at two sites; the Railcar Site and a new Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)Disposition site for Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) in NSA Crane, Crane, Indiana. The DLA facilities will be relocated from the proposed new Railcar Holding Yard to the new DLA Disposition site.

The Railcar Site will consist of the demolition of the existing buildings and site work, including but not limited to associated docks, ramps retaining walls, and approximately 11,000 LF of rail track. It will include a new rail holding yard and associated site work including signage and pavement work. Site work will also include methods used to survey, identify, and manage MEC/MPPEH and potential radiological items.

The new Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Disposition site will consist of a new operations building, a new storage building with loading ramp and associated site work, including aggregate and concrete storage areas. Site work also includes off-site fiber/support structures extending to Building 18. The existing radiation detector will be relocated by the Contractor from the Railcar Site to the DLA Site.

The solicitation will be issued Unrestricted Full and open. This is a source selection procurement requiring both non-price (technical and past-performance) and price proposals, and will utilize the best value continuum process at FAR 15.101-2, lowest price technical acceptable. The basis for evaluation and evaluation factors for award will be included in the solicitation.

The appropriate Northern American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, and the Small Business Size Standard is $39,500,000.

In accordance with DFARS 236.204, the magnitude of construction for this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000.

The anticipated award of this contract is September 2020.

The completion time for this contract is 756 calendar days after award.

Large business concerns are required to submit a subcontracting plan prior to award of the contract.

Offerors will be required to submit with their offer a bid bond of at least 20% of the proposed price but shall not exceed $3,000,000 of the amount for Construction Wage Rate Requirement (CWRR) (formerly known as Davis Bacon Act (DBA)) work.

A Sources Sought notice was issued on 15 January 2020 to determine the capability of small businesses to perform the requirement. Based upon analysis of the data considered, and in accordance with FAR 19.501(c), the Contracting Officer has determined that there is not a reasonable expectation that an adequate number of Small Business firms would respond to or be qualified to perform the requirements of this solicitation. A DD2579 Small Business Coordination Record recommending full and open competition was approved by the NAVFAC MIDLANT Deputy for Small Business on 2 March 2020. On 4 March 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) Procurement Center Representative (PCR) concurred with this recommendation.

The drawings and specifications for this project will be posted with the solicitation and are not available at this time. The Solicitation will be issued on or after 14 May 2020 to beta.sam.gov website. Contractors are encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the website. A free Acrobat Reader, required to view the PDF files, can be downloaded from the Adobe website.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). You must have an active registration in SAM to do business with the federal government. For additional information, go to https://www.sam.gov.

Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Michelle Corsino at michelle.a.corsino@navy.mil