Construction with Incidental Design of Repair Piers, Punta Coco, La Palma and Puerto Pina, Panama

The solicitation will be available for download on or about 26 May 2015. The estimated cost of this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. The contracting officer is SFC Michael McTague. DESCRIPTION: This project consists of the incidental design and construction of repairs and improvements at three piers located in Punta Coco, La Palma and Puerto Pi'a, Panama. Repairs include deck replacement, gangway track improvements, electrical and fuel system improvements, floating dock replacement and repairs, buoy replacements and miscellaneous repairs. This project is advertised as "Construction with incidental design". For certain contractors, Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance may be required for this project. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE FOR THIS PROJECT IS 237990. Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractor must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) prior to award of this contract. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via FedBizOpps. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FedBizOpps Internet Homepage. If you are not registered, the United States government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the Contractor's responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader. Note No. 2: All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed. Note No. 3: Critical path method (network analysis system) is not required. Note No. 4: This solicitation includes bid options which may not be awarded. Note No. 5: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Synopsis of Work, etc.) are available on the Internet at: https://www.fbo.gov. Address questions concerning downloading of plans/specifications to Plans Room at phone number +1 (555) 000-0000. Note No. 6: A Pre-proposal Conference/Contractor Site Visit has been scheduled for 22-23 JUNE 2015. The only purpose of the pre-proposal conference/site visit is to familiarize the bidders with the scope of work and the existing site conditions. Requests for Information (RFIs) generated from the pre-proposal conference/site visit must be entered into the ProjNet Contractor RFI system for responses. Attendance at the pre-proposal conference/site visit is strongly recommended. Minutes of the pre-proposal conference will be prepared by the Government and placed on the internet at https://www.fbo.gov. Due to Base Security requirements and limited field staff available for construction contractor site visits, this scheduled pre-proposal conference/site visit will be the only one offered. Individual requests for site visits will not be granted. Contractors will be required to register with Mr. Fabian Pinos by close of business on 9 JUN 2015 and provide their given name (as it appears on their identification card), the project name, name of the company that they represent, and an identification number. Due to the remoteness of one or more location, transportation will be by charter flight, cost to be shared by all contractors attending. Contractors are limited to one (1) representative per company. Contractors must provide a list with the name of the person to be attending the pre-proposal conference/site visit on Company Letterhead and email it to the Ecuador Project Office at the address shown below. Include passport number, email address and phone number of the person attending the site visit in the letter. Request for attendance received after the date shown above will not be accepted. All parties wishing to attend will be notified of the meeting location prior to the site visit. Address: Embajada Americana Guayacanes N52-205 y Avigiras Quito, Ecuador ATTN: Corps of Engineers/Fabian Pinos Phone: 011-593 2 398 5185/ Cell Phone +1 (555) 000-0000 82955; email: contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov Contractors will be notified by COB 18 JUN of the time and meeting location. It is important that all contractors arrive on time to the meeting location as the flight will depart on time. NOTE: Information obtained during the site survey visit but not included in the scope of work is not contractually binding. The event may be cancelled at a moment's notice due to unforeseen circumstances or an increase in Force Protection Conditions. Note No. 7: The request for information (RFI) process for bidder inquiries during the advertisement period will be through the PROJNET internet based system, and specifics will be contained in the RFP solicitation package available exclusively from FedBizOpps. Other forms of communicating RFIs to the government will not be honored. The government will try to respond to all questions. However, responses may not be furnished to all questions and particularly those received late in the advertisement period (0-10 days prior to bid opening.).