Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Mini Multiple Award Construction Contract (MiniMACC) for design-bid-build (DBB) construction projects at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, REQUEST FOR QUOTE, OR INVITATION FOR BID. The intent of this notice is to identify the qualified, experienced, and interested offerors capable of performing the type of work as described herein for information and planning purposes. The information received will be utilized within the Navy to facilitate the planning and decision making process and will not be disclosed outside of the agency. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement for any follow-up information requests. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 15.201(e), response to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. General information: The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Far East (FE) intends to issue a solicitation for a Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quality (IDIQ) Multiple Award Construction Contract for a Small Magnitude Size Design-Bid-Build (DBB) requirements (Mini-MACC) at at the U.S. Fleet Activities, Yokosuka and Yokohama Detachment including Tsurumi, Yokohama North Dock, Negishi Dependent Housing Area (Yokohama), Azuma Storage Area (Hakozaki, Yokosuka), Urago Storage Area (Yokosuka), and Ikego Housing Area & Navy Annex (Zushi); Nagai ULM4, the New Sanno Hotel, U.S. Forces Center, and U.S. Embassy, Tokyo. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Buiding Construction. The Contractor shall provide all labor management, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, incidental engineering, and transportation, except otherwise specified herein, necessary to perform various repairs, alteration, construction and demolition work to shore facilities. The scope of work may include, but is not limited to, office renovation, building demolition, built-in equipment repair/replacement, piping repair/replacement, pipe lagging, electrical work, mechanical work, road pavement, fencing, roofing, painting, site work, removal and disposal of lead based paint and asbestos containing material, welding and masonry. CONTRACTOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS: Any contract for this requirement will be awarded and performed in its entirety in the country of Japan. Contractors must be duly authorized to operate and conduct business in Japan and must fully comply with all laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the contract. Prior to award of any contract, offerors must be registered to do business and possess an appropriate license issued by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or prefectural government in order to perform work under this contract. Offerors will be required to provide verification on such license prior to award to the Contracting Officer if such information is not already on file with or available to the Contracting Officer. STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT: The U.S. Government will not offer - United States Official Contractor status under Article XIV of the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to any offeror awarded a contract for this requirement. Furthermore, unless specifically provided, the U.S. Government shall not certify any employees of a contractor as - Members of the Civilian Component under Article I(b) of the SOFA. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested sources are invited to respond to this Sources Sought Notice by completing and submitting Enclosure (1) Contractor Information Form, to demonstrate capabilities, capacity, and experience. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the Navy's market research. NAVFAC FE will utilize the information for acquisition planning purposes. All data received in response to this Sources Sought Notice marked or designated, as corporate or proprietary information will be fully protected from release outside the Government. Please respond to this Source Sought announcement electronically to Ms. Nhung Bui at nhung.h.bui.civ@us.navy.mil and Ms. Selethia Middleton at selethia.c.middleton.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 1430 PM Japan Standard Time (JST) on 19 October 2023. NO TELEPHONE CALLS OR FACSIMILES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Responses received after the deadline or without the required information will not be considered. Since this is a Sources Sought announcement only, evaluation letters will not be issued to any respondent.