Bell 2 Housing Compound Renovation Project

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE Solicitation No. SGE500-17-R-0005 The American Consulate General Frankfurt hereby provides the following Pre-solicitation Notice in respect of the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for: CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, BELL 2 HOUSING COMPOUND RENOVATIONS AMERICAN CONSULATE LAGOS, NIGERIA The solicitation may result in the award of one Firm-Fixed Price contract around December 2016/January 2017. The scope of work requires the successful Contractor to provide professional construction services necessary to meet the requirements of the contract within the established schedules. The project requires renovation of six (6) residential townhouses and ancillary structures. A pre-proposal conference followed by a site visit will be held at a location and time to be announced later. Pursuant to FAR 36.204, the magnitude of the entire project is estimated to be between 1 million and 5 million United States dollars. Companies interested in the solicitation shall express their interest by written correspondence to the attention of Kenneth Mamba at the above e-mail address, not later than Monday, October 24, 2016 using the solicitation number SGE500-17-R-0005 in the subject line. DO NOT TELEPHONE. All requests for a copy of the solicitation MUST include the following information: Name of Firm, Name, Telephone Number, and Email Address of Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of Firm. The solicitation package/documents will not be placed on FedBizOpps. Only companies expressing interest in writing shall receive a copy of the solicitation package when it becomes available. PROSPECTIVE OFFEROR'S CERTIFICATION: By expressing interest in this project, the offeror is acknowledging that it is able to reach compliance with the following highlighted requirements included in the solicitation document: o DOSAR 652.242-73 AUTHORIZATION AND PERFORMANCE (AUG 1999). o Irrevocable Letters of Credit (ILCs): Offeror agrees that it will submit with its proposal a letter from a financial institution confirming offeror's ability to obtain the ILCs. The requirement at proposal submission stage is an assurance letter regarding offeror's ability to obtain ILCs and not the ILCs themselves. Offeror certifies that, upon contract award, it will present to the Contracting Officer acceptable ILCs from the financial institution providing a total of 40% of the total contract value. When submitting a proposal, the failure to provide acceptable assurance regarding offeror's ability to obtain the required ILCs may result in the proposal being found technically unacceptable and removed from the competition without further discussions. Solicitation and award will be subject to laws and regulations of the United States of America. Competition is full and open. The Contract Specialist for the administration of this contract is Kenneth Mamba, tel. : +49 69 7535 3350, email: MambaKG@state.gov.