USDC Renovation, Carpet, and Painting in Fargo, ND

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE for Construction <$150,000 SOLICITATION NUMBER: 47PJ0019R0025 TITLE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT: USDC Space Remodel, Carpet Replacement, and Painting DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORK: The USDC is initiating a project to remodel space within their break room, conference room, storage room, and copy. In addition, they are initiating a project to replace carpet in large portion of their office space and painting of walls. **Estimated Price Range: $25,000 - $100,000 **NAICS Code and Title: 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction **Small Business Size Standard: $36.5 million TYPE OF SETASIDE: THIS PROCUREMENT IS SET ASIDE FOR AWARD TO SMALL BUSINESS. OFFERS FROM OTHER BUSINESSES INCLUDING LARGE BUSINESS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. LOCATION OF THE WORK: Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota TENTATIVE DATES: **Issuance of Solicitation: December 20, 2018 **Site Visit: December 27, 2018 ** Proposals Due: January 4, 2019 **Award Date: January 25, 2019 **Contract Performance: 90 calendar days after notice to proceed PROCEDURES FOR AWARD: The Government will first evaluate price to determine the lowest through highest priced offers. The Government intends to evaluate the technical proposals of only the three lowest priced offers, subject to the number of proposals received. The remaining technical proposals, if any, shall not be evaluated as to technical acceptability unless one of the three lowest price offers proves to be technically unacceptable. If one of the three lowest priced proposals proves to be technically unacceptable, then the fourth-lowest priced proposal (and so on) will be evaluated for technical acceptability. Any costs incurred by offerors in preparing or submitting offers are the offerors' sole responsibility; the United States will not reimburse any offeror for any proposal preparation costs. PLAN AVAILABILITY: The solicitation will be available for electronic download at no charge from the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov. AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION: It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the EPS site at www.fbo.gov for the release of any amendments. AWARD RESTRICTIONS: This procurement is offered for competition limited to small business concerns. SITE VISIT: The pre-proposal site visit is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, December 27, 2018 at time to be determined at the Fargo Federal Building & US Courthouse, GSA Office, 657 2nd Ave N., Fargo, ND. The site visit will consist of a meeting to review the scope of work and a walk-thru of the project site. SITE VISIT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. BONDING: Bonding is required. SECURITY: Before employees are allowed to work on this project site, all personnel are required to pass a security check. Forms will be provided to the successful offeror after award. IMMIGRATION CONSIDERATIONS: In addition to the previously mentioned security check, any foreign national employed to work on this site will be required to provide a document authorizing him/her to work in the United States such as a copy of his/her resident alien card or a copy of his/her employment authorization card from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau. Also, any person born outside of the United States who is now a naturalized U.S. citizen must provide proof of U.S. citizenship such as a copy of his/her U.S. passport or a copy of his/her certificate of naturalization. BUY AMERICAN ACT / TRADE AGREEMENTS: This procurement is subject to the requirements of the Buy American Act. Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 25.401(a)(1), trade agreements (such as NAFTA) do not apply to acquisitions set aside for small businesses. Accordingly, any offeror proposing the use of foreign construction material, other than those articles listed in FAR 25.104, must request an exception to the Buy American Act as described in FAR Part 25.2. Such an exception must then be approved by the Government before the requested material may be used in this construction project. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: All responsible small business firms may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. All prospective offerors are also required to use the System for Award Management (SAM) in federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission. You may access SAM via the following URL, www.sam.gov. Potential offerors should refer to the solicitation package regarding instructions involving the use of SAM.