Construction - NUWCDIVNPT - Consolidated Secure Facility

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport is soliciting proposals for the design and construction of the B162 Consolidated Secure Facility, a high-security project requiring full compliance with stringent federal and defense standards. The requirement is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 236220, with a size standard of $45 million, and small businesses must perform at least 50% of the work. Proposals must be submitted electronically by the revised deadline of July 31, 2026, with formal response due by August 12, 2026. The contract is structured as a Firm Fixed Price arrangement, covering a single job and one lot for construction submittals, with performance to begin within 10 days of award and complete within 365 days. The facility will be constructed at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, and must meet rigorous security, acoustic, and physical standards to achieve Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and Special Access Program Facility (SAPF) accreditation. Offerors must provide detailed technical narratives on SCIF/SAPF design, site security during construction, a Construction Security Plan, preliminary conceptual drawings, and a project schedule, all organized into specified volumes with strict formatting, page limits, and PDF searchability requirements. Contractors must be registered in SAM.gov and possess the necessary roles to request controlled attachments, including the Conceptual Layout Plan, Area Site Plan, and Site Utility Plan, which are critical to proposal development. The solicitation mandates that offerors hold a facility clearance and safeguarding clearance as specified in the DD Form 254 at time of submission and secure Top Secret/SCI clearances for designated personnel within ten days of performance commencement. Key personnel—including a Project Manager with 7 years of federal construction experience and 5 years on ICD/ICS 705 facilities, and a Superintendent with 10 years of experience—must be identified with resumes and cannot be substituted without government approval. Compliance with CMMC for handling Controlled Unclassified Information, adherence to NAVSEA packaging prohibitions, use of Wide Area Workflow for all invoicing and payment submissions, and full disclosure of organizational conflicts of interest with mitigation plans are mandatory. The evaluation process uses a tradeoff analysis with a pass/fail gate for technical approach: proposals must achieve at least an “Acceptable” rating under Factor I to be eligible, and award will be based on best value, giving primary