Space Control Facility, 140th Wing

The United States Property and Fiscal Office for Colorado located in Aurora, Colorado intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) W912LC-19-B-5001, to award a single firm fixed-price (FFP) construction contract for non-personal services, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances, and supervision necessary to complete the construction of a new Space Control Facility for the 140th Wing on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: In general, the scope of the project consists of constructing a 12.100 SF Space Control Facility utilizing conventional construction methods. It will consist of space for Command and Administration, Operations, Maintenance, Security Forces, and Support. Facilities will be permanent construction in accordance with the DoD Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01, General Building Requirements and UFC 1-200-02, High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements. This facility will be compatible with applicable DoD, Air Force, and Peterson Air Force base standards. In addition, local materials and construction techniques shall be used where cost effective. The facility and site will comply with DoD antiterrorism/force protection requirements. Improvements will include new utility connections and selective re-routings as required; flexible pavement; and general site improvements to include equipment pad, utility services, roadways, sidewalks, access pavements, drainage, fencing, and gates. Special Construction Requirements: Provide for open floor plan with Senstitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) space. HAZMAT Storage to include space for fuel storage, used oil depositary and flammable storage locker. Facility and equipment require Protection Level 3. OPTION(S): 1. Additional pavement at equipment pad, and replace existing gate. BRAND NAME: This project requires the use of some brand name specific products. A justification will be posted upon issuance of and attached to the solicitation. Brand name products for this acquisition will include: 1. Best Lock Cores - Door lock hardware 2. Knox box - Rapid entry lock box 3. Johnson Controls Metasys - EMCS, DDC System 4. Edwards Systems Technology (EST), Model EST3 panel - Fire Alarm System 5. Vindicator alarm system and Diamond II monitoring system - Intrusion Detection System 6. Lifepak CR-Plus - AED cabinet CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: Construction magnitude of the project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.00 in accordance with FAR 36.204. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Construction/contract completion time is anticipated to take up to 365 calendar days after notice to proceed, to include inspection and punch list. TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This IFB will be for one (1) FFP construction contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This action is being procured on a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE basis. The small business size standard is $36.5 million. LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING: Your attention is directed to FAR clause 52.219-14 (b)(3) 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 in the case of a contract for Construction by a general contractors, 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. KEY DATES: The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on or about mid-July 2019. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on or about 26 July 2019, 10:00AM MST at Peterson AFB, Colorado. 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-bid conference. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). To register go to www.sam.gov. You will need your DUNS number register. Instructions for registering are on the web page (there is no fee for registration). Please note that due to recent fraudulent activity, the process for fully activating a registration at SAM has changed, and now requires the submission of a notarized letter to GSA. See the following link for additional information and the latest updates to this process: https://www.gsa.gov/samupdate. PLAN ACCORDINGLY! Plans and Specifications will be available as a "secure package". Interested vendors MUST have Export Controlled Authorization AND an MPIN in order to review the plans and specifications. 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 that will give them access to the plans and specifications, which are located in the controlled access location on FBO. Reference paragraph 4.7 of the Vendor Guide for instructions to obtain a MPIN to retrieve the specification and drawing documents. 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. DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specification will be located on the official government web page at the time the solicitation is posted and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities web site. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the bidders 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 sent via email to Whitney Arkle, whitney.L.arkle.civ@mail.mil and Sabrina DeRamus at Sabrina.m.deramus.civ@mail.mil.