Painting B48 Tower Exterior

The 184th Intelligence Wing, Kansas Air National Guard located at McConnell AFB, KS intends to issue an solicitation to award a single firm fixed-price contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances and supervision necessary for the Repaint Building 48 - Tower Exterior project. Base Bid: Removal of existing backer rod and sealant between porcelain metal wall panels on tower and replace with new backer rod and sealant (See contract drawings for sealant type and color). Wash and prepare porcelain metal wall panels for paint. Repair any rust spots or defects in porcelain metal wall panels prior to painting. Paint porcelain metal wall panels with bonding primer and finish with exterior latex paint. Remove aluminum letters and clean before reinstalling. Remove existing Outstanding Unit Award, remove paint, clean and prepare surface for premium cast PVC film. PVC film shall be Avery Dennison SC 900 Supercast or approved equal with the salient characteristic of 7 year durability or greater. Image file will be provided by COR and film will be applied by manufacturer. Reinstall Outstanding Unit Award. This pre-solicitation announcement is not a solicitation document, but pre-notice of an upcoming solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or after the date listed below. Proposed Solicitation Issue Date: Estimated on/about June 8, 2018. The contract duration is at 60 days. This project is set aside for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 238320 (Painting and Wall Covering Contractors), with a size standard of $15,000,000.00. The cost range is between $25,000 and $100,000. Your attention is directed to FAR CLAUSE 52.219-14 (b)(4) LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING which states "By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror /Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract the concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees" applies to this project. The tentative date for the site visit is on-or about 14 June 2018, 10:00AM CST at the 184CES Building 3, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow instructions as shown in the solicitation. The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about 12 July 2018. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Interested offerors must be registered in SAM. To register go to: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. You will need your DUNS number to register. Instructions for registering are on the web page. The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website online at https://www.fbo.gov/. FedBizOpps is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested bidders/offerors must register with FedBizOpps before accessing the system. (Please note the registration for access to the secure site takes approximately 15 business days. PLAN ACCORDINGLY) Reference paragraph 4.7 of the Vendor Guide for instructions to obtain a MPIN to retrieve the specification and drawing documents. Contractors who do not already have a MPIN are advised that the normal processing is 7 to 12 business days to obtain a MPIN password. MPIN password may be required to access plans and specifications if deemed controlled unclassified. DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are located on the official government webpage and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to https://www.fbo.gov/ for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies. All inquiries must be in writing, preferable via email to the persons specified in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing via posting to the web. Place of performance is McConnell Air Force Base, KS.