DESIGN/BUILD WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

This is a pre-solicitation notice pursuant to FAR 36.213-2. The Procurement office at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration will be issuing a Request for Proposal for design and construction (design-build) for the upgrade of the main water distribution system located on its Kings Point, N.Y. campus. The estimated magnitude is $500,000 to $1,000,000. Period of performance is 330 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. Solicitation will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set Aside in accordance with FAR 52.219-6. Applicable NAICS CODE is 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors. Size standard is $14.0 million. Offerors will be required to submit both a technical and a cost proposal. The qualifications of the offeror along with its price submission will be evaluated by the USMMA and a single fixed price award will be in accordance with the Two-Phase design-Build Selection Procedures prescribed in FAR chapter 36.3 will be made to the offeror submitting the lowest price technically acceptable. Offers will not be publicly opened. Offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov in order to be eligible for award. Bid bond in the amount of 20% of the contract price is required. Solicitation will contain proposal instructions and the time, date and location of the site visit and pre-proposal conference. The solicitation will be available electronically. Paper copies of the solicitation or specifications will not be provided. It is the contractor's sole responsibility to check www.fbo.gov daily for any posted changes to the solicitation. Questions should be submitted by e-mail to Doug Pader at paderd@usmma.edu