The USPFO for South Carolina intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to award a single firm fixed- price contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances, permits, insurance, bonding, and supervision necessary to perform and complete all work identified in the specifications and drawings to renovate the Aircraft Maintenance Hangar, Building 253 located at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover SC. The 16 ft. x 21.5 ft. addition consists of a two story structure to accommodate an elevator shaft and the construction upgrades to the existing 65,077 sf aircraft maintenance hangar include, but are not limited to the reconfiguration of the existing shop areas with facility upgrades of the roofing system, hangar doors, exterior windows, interior finishes, plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems with an emphasis on greater energy efficiency. The magnitude of this project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. Construction/contract completion time is 545 days after notice to proceed to include inspection and punch list accomplishment. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 236220. The small business size standard is $36.5 Million. This procurement is 100% set aside for small business concerns. See FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) for the entire clause. Small business concern, as used in this clause, means a concern,(including its affiliates) that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the size standards in this solicitation. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall not be considered. The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or about 11 December 2015. The tentative date for the pre-proposal conference is scheduled on-or about 18 December 2015, 9:00AM local time at Building 1071, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover SC. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. A site visit will follow the pre-proposal conference and this will be the only opportunity to view the jobsite. All questions for the pre-proposal conference must be submitted by 10 December 2015 via email to james.o.robinson10.mil@mail.mil. The solicitation closing date is scheduled for on-or about 12 January 2016 at 4:00PM local time. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. The source selection process will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15.3 and DFARS Part 215.3, source selection procedures. Evaluation factors shall include Past Performance and Price. The Government intends to award without discussions. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (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 site. The solicitation and associated information, to include the plans and specifications will only be available from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at https://www.fbo.gov/. FedBizOpps is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested offerors must register with FedBizOpps before accessing the system. FedBizOpps registration requires the following information: 1) System for Award Management (SAM) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN), 2) DUNS Number and CAGE Code, 3) Telephone Number, 4) Email address. Registration instructions can be found on the FedBizOpps website at https://www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf. (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 15 business days to obtain a MPIN password that will give them access to the plans and specifications, which are located in the controlled access location on FBO. See video in vendor guide at 3.3 on advanced functions for other information. Bidders/offerors who have registered with FedBizOpps must access the data for this solicitation with their MPIN. Bidders/Offerors cannot log into the FedBizOpps home page and search for data. 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 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. No paper copies or CD's of the solicitation, specifications, plans or bidders mailing list will be issued from this office. 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. Any questions regarding this announcement must be submitted in writing or via email to the point of contact(s) listed in this synopsis. Primary Point of Contact: LTC James Robinson, Contracting Officer, Phone: (803) 299-1450, Email: james.o.robinson10.mil@mail.mil. Alternate Point of Contact: MSgt Jonathan Bailey, Phone: (803) 647-8255, Email: jonathan.h.bailey.mil@mail.mil. All answers will be provided in writing via posting to the web. The government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this synopsis or subsequent solicitation. The government reserves the right to cancel this opportunity at any time.
