Repair Hangar for C-17 Maintenance Backshops, Building 416 at Pittsburgh ARS, PA   2

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DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District intends to issue Invitation for Bid (IFB) W912QR18B0004 to renovate Hangar 416 to serve as C-17 aircraft maintenance backshops at the Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station located in Pittsburgh, PA. The proposed project is a Design-Bid-Build requirement. The project will consist of relocating Wheel and Tire, Electric/Environmental and Non-destructive Inspection (NDI) shops to building 416. Provide new workshops with required offices and storage rooms per regulations. Construct walls to subdivide portion of hangar bay for NDI and Wheel and Tire. Provide utilities, lighting, communications support, and fire detection/suppression systems to all renovated areas. Replace finishes in existing office, restroom, breakroom and shop areas to include flooring, ceiling tile, lighting and wall finish. Remove foam fire suppression system. Remove hangar doors and replace with insulated metal wall panels. Replace rubber roof with sloped standing seam metal roof. The project will comply with DoD antiterrorism/force protection requirements per Unified Facilities Criteria. Provide temporary facilities incident to construction for storage for equipment and relocation of functions from Hangar 416 for the duration of construction.

CONTRACT DURATION: The contract duration is estimated at 450 calendar days.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This IFB will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. Size Limitation is $36.5M.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside.

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a SINGLE phase procurement. The proposals will be evaluated using a Sealed Bid source selection process. An award will be made based on low price. Pro Forma Information such as bonding and financial capability will also be required to meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, in accordance with FAR 36.204.

SITE VISIT: A pre-proposal site visit will be held. Details will be issued with the solicitation.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offeror's responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

REGISTRATIONS: Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database: System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have a valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

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