Water Treatment Plant and Pump Station   11

Construction for the Water Treatment Plant and Pump Station located at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY: This Synopsis is ONLY A NOTIFICATION that a solicitation is anticipated and forthcoming. All questions regarding this SYNOPSIS should be submitted in writing via email to the Contract Specialist as noted below.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Seattle District anticipates solicitation and award of a Firm-Fixed Price contract resulting from Request for Proposal (RFP) W912DW-23-R-0010. This requirement is to design and construct a treatment plant for processing surface water to drinking water standards located at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is available to all business firms with active SAM registration under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

In accordance with DFARS 236.204, construction magnitude is estimated to be in the range of $25,000,000 to $100,000,000. 100 percent payment and performance bonds will be required.

The design and construction of a treatment plant for processing surface water to drinking water standards, including connections to existing distribution systems. Construction will consist of:

• reinforced concrete foundations, structural steel framing, metal cladding curtain walls, and standing seam metal roofs.
• Facilities will be designed as permanent construction in accordance with the DoD Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01,
• General Building Requirements and UFC 1-200-02, High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements.
• The new pumping station is required to distribute the treated water through the existing base water distribution system to provide potable water for a population of 5,200 people consisting of military, civilians, and family members located at Mountain Home Air Force Base (MHAFB), Idaho.

Proposal Evaluation: The solicitation will be a Two-Phase Design Build competitive acquisition in accordance with procedures outlined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)Subpart 36.2 entitled, Two-Phase Design Build Selection Procedures. The government will first solicit proposals for Phase One. Firms that wish to be considered may provide technical qualifications in accordance with the instructions in the solicitation. Submittals will be evaluated utilizing the processes defined in FAR36.303-1. After evaluating Phase One proposals, the Contracting Officer will select the most highly qualified offerors. Those firms will move to Phase Two of the process for additional evaluation based on information and criteria in the official solicitation document. All evaluation factors that may affect the contract award and their relative importance will be clearly stated in the solicitation.

Offerors: Please be advised of on-line registration requirement in the System for Award Management (SAM) database http://www.sam.gov/ and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual On-line Representations and Certifications. Representations and certifications are required to be updated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete.

ON OR ABOUT 2 January 2023 the solicitation documents for this project will be available via the website https://beta.sam.gov/ under Contract Opportunities W912DW-23-R-0010. Your firm must be registered with https://beta.sam.gov/ to download the solicitation documents. NO CD'S OR HARD COPIES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. Downloads are available only through https://beta.sam.gov/. Offerors are responsible for checking https://beta.sam.gov/ frequently for any update(s) to this Notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an Offeror's inability to access the document(s) at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this solicitation, you MUST log in to https://beta.sam.gov/ and add the solicitation to your Watchlist. If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the Add Me to Interested Vendors button in the listing for this solicitation. Your firm's proposal shall be submitted electronically through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module at https://piee.eb.mil/.

To view the Solicitation when posted, Vendors must have an active registration in SAM.gov.

For PIEE registration, training, and instructions for posting an offer, refer to the following links:

• PIEE Registration_ https://piee.eb.mil/

Note: There are two vendor roles (Proposal Manager, Proposal View Only) for PIEE Solicitation Module. The Proposal Manager role is required to submit an offer to a solicitation. Please be advised that when using the PIEE Solicitation Module, the user's email address in PIEE must match the email address on file in SAM.gov.

• PIEE Solicitation Module_

Training and instructions are accessible through PIEE Web Based Training (WBT) at https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/ (For instructions specific to posting an offer, select Solicitation Module' -- Proposals (Offers)' Posting Offer')

For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and additional training, go to the DoD Procurement Toolbox eBusiness -- Solicitation Module at https://dodprocurementtoolbox.com/site-pages/solicitation-module

POINT-OF-CONTACT:

The point-of-contact for administrative or contractual questions is Mary Hesser at email: mary.a.hesser@usace.army.mil. All questions must be submitted in writing to the above point-of-contact. No phone calls. Please do not ask any technical questions, as answers to technical questions are only available through an online system during the solicitation process.

Contracting Office Address:

USACE District, Seattle, ATTN: CENWS-CT, 4735 EAST MARGINAL WAY SOUTH, BLDG 1202, Seattle, WA 98134