Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER)

Because of an unforeseen $5,000,000 increase in FY14 Operations & Maintenance funding, this serves as a Notice of Intent to increase the Whiteman AFB SABER contract ceiling (contract number FA4625-10-D-0003) from $40M to $45M. SABER was competitively awarded in June of 2010 to the Infinite Energy Construction (IEC) Company, under the Small Business Administration 8(a) Business Development Program. The contract included one base year and four option years. It is in the best interest of the Government to minimize project funding risks by increasing the existing SABER ceiling 12.5% (or $5M), so that the agency can execute several FY13-designed/FY14 planned tasks. The SABER contract has a contract ceiling of $40,000,000 over a five-year period. The contract currently has less than $8,000,000 of ceiling with 15 months remaining under the original ordering period. This original ordering period of the contract with options expires 31 May 2015 and will not be extended. Due to high demand of the construction services under this contract, capacity will soon be reached. The intent of this action is to increase the contract ceiling in order to allow adequate time to follow-on contract to be competed without interrupting the agency's mission to support these activities. Based on the projections of upcoming projects, an increase of $5,000,000 is required. This increase is to cover within scope changes and to perform existing and planned tasks until the new procurement is awarded, anticipated for 01 Oct 2014. The 509th Contracting Squadron is currently in the acquisition process to award a follow on contract via the competitive 8(a) process. All required specifications are being prepared and reviewed. If the capacity increase is not approved, a lapse in performance of task orders will occur, resulting in delays in providing operational facilities and failure to adequately support the mission at Whiteman AFB. It is also important to note that several of the projects referenced below were FY13 designed and negotiated under the current contract. Should the increased capacity not be approved, these specific projects will need to be redesigned which would result in additional cost to taxpayers and delays in providing operational facilities. The main projects to be awarded under the SABER contract, based on approved capacity, are: Repair Exterior/Interior of Building 1117, Renovate Hangar B52, Repair Degraded Sewer Lines - Phase I, Repair Electrical Bus Components at B-2 Docks 1-14, and Repair HVAC for Mold Mitigation Challenger Dorm. Due to task orders awarded in FY13 and prior years, the IDIQ is at or near exhaustion of capacity prior to expiration of the performance period, 31 May 2015. Additional capacity is requested to award task orders as well as to support any unforeseen mandatory contract modifications on existing FY13 and FY14 task orders. Approval through proper Air Force channels to increase the capacity on the SABER contract will be obtained. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. Interested sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement within 15 days after the publication date of this notice of contract action. All information received within the 15 days will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.