FY19 Israel Design-Bid-Buidl/Design-Build MATOC - US Facility Clearance Required

Pre-Solicitation Notice for FY19 Israel Design-Bid-Build & Design-Build MATOC US Facility Clearance Required W912GB-18-R-0015 This solicitation is restricted to U.S. firms only in accordance with 41 U.S.C. - 421, 48 C.F.R. Chapter 1, FAR 6.302-4, and DFARS Part 225. Contractors participating in this solicitation must be U.S. firms or U.S. joint ventures. This Pre-Solicitation Notice provides the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District (USACE EUD) notice of intent to award a Firm-Fixed Priced (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) for the purpose of providing Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build capability for classified projects for repair, maintenance, environmental and construction services for facilities in Israel for Israeli Ministry of Defense - Construction. Facility Clearance (FCL) Requirement: In order for offerors to receive the solicitation documents, offerors must possess an active/current US Facility Clearance (FCL). Interested parties already possessing the necessary FCL, issued in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), DoD 5220.22-M, must submit their appropriate Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, facility clearance and safeguarding level to LTC Christian H. Solinsky at christian.h.solinsky@usace.army.mil and Glenn Adams at glenn.adams@usace.army.mil within 15 calendar days of this notice being posted on FBO.gov. Once solicitation documents are ready to advertise the documents will be sent to the prequalified firms that provided their FCL information and has been verified by the USACE -Europe District Security Officer it meets the FCL requirement. All solicitation documents will be posted on the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) website (https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe). After the solicitation is issued, Offerors will be afforded a minimum of 30 days to complete and submit their proposals. Offeror's proposals will also be submitted using the AMRDEC SAFE website. Note: In accordance with the Defense Security Service (DSS) requirements, the Government Contracting Activity (GCA) will not be able to sponsor interested parties for an FCL who don't already have an FCL or who previously held an FCL which is no longer active/current. The majority of the work to be performed is new construction and renovations throughout Israel. In accordance with FAR Subpart 36.301 - Use of Two-Phase Design-Build Selection Procedures, the solicitation will result in a Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build MATOC, and in accordance with FAR Subpart 36.303-1(a)(4), shall not exceed five (5) contract awards to qualifying offerors. The Government will evaluate and select, for contract award up to five (5) qualified offeror(s) for the MATOC, whose proposal(s) are determined to be the most beneficial to the Government, with consideration given to the technical evaluation factors. A qualifying offeror is an offeror that is determined to be a responsible source under FAR Subpart 9 and submits a technically acceptable proposal that conforms to the requirements of the solicitation. The majority of the work will be Foreign Military Sales (FMF) funded and all Off Shore Procurement (OSP) and Balance of Payment (BOP) Act Restrictions apply. Reference shall be made in the solicitation and each subsequent task order awarded under the contract implementing the U.S. Government International Balance of Payments Program (IBOP) and U.S. Government policies concerning OSP, including Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 25 and Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), Part 225. The Contracts will be awarded only to U.S. Firms and paid only in U.S. ($) dollars pursuant to 22 U.S.C. - 2791(c). A waiver of OSP requirements will not be available and accordingly, at least 51% of the dollar value of each task order (exclusive of the cost of bulk materials, and other items that the FAR and DFARS exclude from Buy American considerations) must be of U.S. origin. In addition, notwithstanding the status of Israel as a designated or qualifying country under IBOP and WTO, Israeli content will be limited to bulk materials (such as sand, gravel, or other soil material, plant materials, stone, cement or cement products, concrete masonry units or fired brick and other materials exempted under the DFARS or listed in the OSP worksheet, materials described in the "Direction on Israeli Content - Other Bulk Items" and other items specifically authorized for purchase in Israel either in the contract specifications or by express written authorization of the Contracting Officer). Estimated cost range of the MATOC is approximately US $49,500,000.00 for the life of the contract, which will consist of one (1) base year period and four (4) one year option periods. The Contract will end upon completion of the final option year or upon attainment of the US $49,500,000.00 capacity. Individual projects issued under the MATOC will contain their own estimated values. There will be no limits on the number of task orders awarded/issued in any year; however, the minimum amount per task order issued against this contract is anticipated to be $50,000.00 and the maximum is anticipated not to exceed $15,000,000.00. The minimum guarantee shall be $5,000.00. This amount shall cover the duration of the entire MATOC contract (Base Year and Option Periods). The Government will post the solicitation, and all subsequent amendments through the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) website at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe. It is the Offeror's sole responsibility to obtain this solicitation and any subsequent amendments through this website. Offerors are encouraged to visit this web site and become familiar with its content and functionality prior to the solicitation issue date. Prospective Offerors must provide all information necessary to receive posting notifications. The solicitation will be issued on or about 31 July 2018. The solicitation will be issued free of charge and available electronically. Paper copies of this solicitation, plans, and specifications will not be provided. It is the offeror's sole responsibility to ensure they have obtained all solicitation documents and any subsequent amendments, if any. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. See Special Notice - System for Award Management (SAM) attached to this Pre-Solicitation for new entity registration requirements. The USACE EUD Contracting Office will be the sole point of contact for this solicitation. The Primary Points of Contact for this solicitation will be as follows: Contract Specialist, Mr. Glenn Adams Email address: glenn.adams@usace.army.mil Telephone No: +49(0)611 9744-2723. Contracting Officer, LTC Christian Solinsky Email address: Christian.h.solinsky@usace.army.mil Telephone No: +49(0)611 9744-2281 NOTICE TO OFFERORS: THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS SOLICITATION, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER PROPOSAL OPENING WITH NO OBLIGATION TO THE OFFEROR BY THE GOVERNMENT. SPECIAL NOTICE: System for Award Management (SAM) Please take notice that the System for Award Management (SAM, www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective 29 April 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/samupdate. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. NOTE: the instructions are different for domestic (U.S. based) and international (not U.S. based) firms. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation includes the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM or FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause FAR 52.204-13 SAM Maintenance or 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office. Instructions for domestic entities (located in the U.S. or its outlying areas): https://fsd.gov/fsd-gov/answer.do?sysparm_kbid=d2e67885db0d5f00b3257d321f96194b&sysparm_search=kb0013183 Instructions for international entities (not located in the U.S. or its outlying areas): https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/answer.do?sysparm_kbid=dbf8053adb119344d71272131f961946&sysparm_search=KB0013221 --END OF SPECIAL NOTICE: SAM--