Camp Roberts Utilities Modernization, Phase 1

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS BEING ISSUED FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS OFFERS AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT. THE CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COSTS INCURRED BY INTERESTED PARTIES RESPONDING TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. THE INTENT OF THIS NOTICE IS TO IDENTIFY QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS (SB) CONCERNS, CERTIFIED 8(A), HUBZONE, WOMAN OWNED, AND SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES (SDVOSB) CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED BELOW. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 236220 and the Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard is $33.5 million. The project will consist of constructing a new Tactical Unmanned Air System (TUAS) Facility at Camp Roberts, CA. The Contractor will provide all labor, equipment, and supervision necessary to perform all work required in strict accordance with the contract documents. The following is a description of proposed construction: Site improvement of approximately 3.0 acre site at the McMillan Air Strip within the boundary of Camp Roberts, California. Site work includes demolition and site preparation for the construction of the facilities, site amenities including hard- and soft-scape, parking lots, site lighting, dry and wet utilities, new roadways, fences and gates. Construction of a single story 11,000 gsf facility consisting of an administrative/training building and separate hangar building. The administrative building will contain open and closed office space, classrooms, mission/flight planning rooms, and lobby/entry ways. The hangar building will include open and closed office space, unmanned aircraft storage/maintenance areas and secure vehicle storage/maintenance areas. The building complex is a steel frame structure with non-load bearing veneer consisting of masonry, pre-finished metal panel, and glazed curtain wall components. The majority of the roof at the single-story facility is a low-sloped standing seam metal panel system. The facility is mechanically heated, cooled and supported by a domestic well and septic sewer system. The primary building electrical service is from the existing PG&E transformer at a service voltage 120/240 volt, single phase system. Voice and data connectivity is provided via single mode fiber optic cabling and copper cabling. Sustainable Design: The project is designed and shall be constructed to achieve a minimum of LEED NC - Silver Rating (Version 3.0). A solicitation, with a magnitude of $5 million to $10 million, will be issued electronically on the Federal Business Opportunities web site http://www.fbo.gov. Specifications and plans will be available WHEN THE SOLICITATION IS POSTED at http://www.fbo.gov . Paper copies will not be available. A firm-fixed price award/contract is anticipated. Once a solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to visit these sites frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. The anticipated date for the posting of the solicitation is January 9, 2012. All prospective contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) database in order to be eligible for award. Interested parties responding to this sources sought request shall, at a minimum, submit the information requested in the attached document titled "Sources Sought Information Form." THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. It is a market research tool being used to determine the availability and adequacy of potential small business sources prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of an award. Interested small businesses should indicate interest to the Contracting Officer, in the attached document as early as possible, but no later than 1:00PM Pacific time on Monday, 3 October 2011. Electronic or hard copy submissions are acceptable. Submit hard copy documents to: USPFO for California, Purchasing and Contracting, ATTN: CW2 Raj Cooper, 2303 Napa Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-7609. Submit electronic copies to contact@example.gov. This market research is for informational and planning purposes only. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted. Failure to submit all information requested may result in a contractor not being considered as an interested Small Business. All service-disabled veteran owned small businesses, certified HUBZone small businesses, Woman Owned small businesses, and certified 8(a) small businesses are encouraged to respond. Upon review of industry response to this sources sought synopsis, the Government will determine whether set-aside acquisition in lieu of full and open competition is in the Government's best interest.