Design Bid Build Construction for Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) Building 794 HVAC Modifications, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, Duval County

Design Bid Build Construction for Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) Building 794 HVAC Modifications, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, Duval County This announcement constitutes a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS. This announcement seeks information from industry and will ONLY be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. The Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been tasked to solicit the interest of prospective offeror(s) for a potential fiscal year (FY) 2016 award of the aforementioned project. The purpose of this synopsis is to gauge interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Small Business Community: Small Business, Small Business Administration (SBA) Certified 8(a) Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Economically Disadvantage Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. SCOPE OF WORK: The project is located within an access-controlled industrial area inside the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. Building 794 is 80,000-square-foot supporting the repair and testing of aircraft parts at the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE), Jacksonville, Florida. The building is used for avionic parts, inspection, testing, and repair. The building contains several laboratories, including physical and electronic (eddy current, oil analysis, non-destructive testing, shot peening, cleaning, plating, and painting), as well as automated test equipment. Building 794 consists of a concrete slab on grade with CMU block and structural steel column building style walls, with metal beam and built up deck ceiling and roof. The work entails the construction of FRCSE Building 794 HVAC Modifications. The modifications to the HVAC system will include the replacement of scrubber exhaust fans, makeup air units, and ventilation/heating air handling units. Modifications to the chilled water HVAC systems will include replacement of existing water cooled chillers and their associated cooling towers. In addition, push air blowers within the facility will be replaced along with a chromic acid mist eliminator. New chilled water HVAC systems and replacement makeup AHUs will provide the required environmental conditions as specified in the project plans and specifications. The electrical scope of work includes the demolition of circuits feeding existing HVAC loads that are being removed and power new HVAC loads. The magnitude of construction is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The estimated period of performance is 365 calendar days. Responses to this Synopsis shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information: 1. Offeror name, address, point of contact, phone number and e-mail address 2. Provide brief descriptions of past projects that demonstrate: a. Capability to execute design-bid-build projects that include HVAC renovations with comparable complexity and magnitude to the work described herein to include previous experience in secure and occupied facilities. b. Customer names c. Timeliness of performance d. Dollar value of projects completed within the past 5 years (provide at least 3 examples). 3. Offeror shall identify their Small Business classification(s). Sam.gov and or Dynamic Small Business Search will be used to verify small business classification. _ Small Business _ 8(a) Small Business _ HUB Zone _ SDVOSB _ EDWOSB 4. Specify any current Joint Ventures, if applicable. 5. A letter of current bonding capacity from an acceptable surety/bonding company both expressed in dollar value per contract and aggregate bonding capacity. NOTE: DO NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO BID ON THIS PROJECT. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis must be received no later than 3:00 pm, EST on 28 December 2015 and shall be sent to Ms. Deborah Brost via email at Deborah.j.brost@usace.army.mil or sent via mail to the attention of Deborah Brost: 701 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32207. DO NOT SUBMIT PROPRIETARY AND/OR BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL DATA. The NAICS Code for this project is 238220 and the Small Business Size Standard is $15 million. The Government will also consider respondent's capability to meet applicable subcontracting limitations. Applicable to Small Business and 8(a) Firms: In Accordance with FAR 52.219-4 (c)(4) Construction by special trade contractors The concern will perform at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees. Applicable to HubZone Firms: In accordance with FAR 52.219-14 (d)(4) Construction by special trade contractors (i) At least 25 percent of the cost of contract performance to be incurred for personnel will be spent on the HUBZone prime contractor's employees;(ii) At least 50 percent of the cost of the contract performance to be incurred for personnel will be spent on the HUBZone prime contractor's employees or on a combination of the HUBZone prime contractor's employees and employees of HUBZone small business concern subcontractors; (iii) No more than 50 percent of the cost of contract performance to be incurred for personnel will be subcontracted to concerns that are not HUBZone small business concerns. Applicable to SDVOSB Firms: In accordance with FAR 52.219-27 (d) (4) Construction by special trade contractors (4) Construction by special trade contractors, at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Applicable to EDWOSB Firms: In accordance with FAR 52.219-29 (d) (4) Construction by special trade contractors (4) Construction by special trade contractors, at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD WHEN RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THIS SYNOPSIS. Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or around the 2nd Quarter of 2016. The official Synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov on or around the 2nd Quarter of 2016. Please Note: Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. All interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. For additional information visit the website for the Federal Service Desk (FSD.gov) which supports SAM or contact them at 866-606-8220 for assistance