Y--FY15 MILCON COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY GERALDTON AT THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS STATION, KOJARENA, WA

The work for this project includes, but is not limited to, the construction of an Electronic Equipment Building (EEB), Antenna Foundations for the AN/GSC-52B Medium Satellite Earth Terminals, and supporting infrastructure (site preparation, utility work and supporting facilities) that will support the DoD Teleport Satellite Communications System located at the Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station (ADSCS) located near the town of Geraldton in Western Australia. The EEB will be concrete-framed with reinforced concrete or precast wall and roof components, supported on conventional shallow concrete foundations. The EEB will support the operations and maintenance of the Teleport system and include rooms to house communications equipment and HVAC and power distribution/back-up equipment. A pre-proposal conference, followed by a site visit, is scheduled for December 11, 2017, 9:00 a.m. Australian Western Standard Time. The pre-proposal conference and site visit are to provide Offerors with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Request for Proposal (RFP) documents and the job site and conditions to be encountered. Arrangements have been made for a bus to transport attendees to the pre-proposal conference location and to the project site. Therefore, each company is limited to a maximum of two (2) attendees. Those interested in attending the pre-proposal conference and site visit should submit their company name and address, attendee’s name(s), and attendee’s phone number(s) to Ms. Adele Murakami at contact@example.gov on or before December 1, 2017, 2:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (NO EXCEPTIONS). Additional information regarding the pre-proposal conference and site visit will be provided in the RFP. Estimated range is between $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 U.S. Dollars. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE IS 237130 AND AVERAGE ANNUAL RECEIPTS IS $36.5 MILLION OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. The contract completion period is anticipated to be 550 calendar days. This is a source selection procurement requiring the submission of both non-price and price proposals. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be in the English language and in U.S. dollars. Contract award will be made to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the RFP, is determined to be the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-price factors. The non-price factors are as follows: (1) Experience, (2) Past Performance, and (3) Safety. The RFP will be available on or about November 28, 2017. Printed copies of the RFP will not be issued. The RFP, excluding the specifications and drawings, will be available through the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) website https://www.neco.navy.mil/. The RFP, including the specifications and drawings, can be accessed at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web site: https://www.fbo.gov/. Contractors must register at the FBO website to obtain access to the RFP. Registration instructions can be found on the FBO website. Once registered in FBO, the contractor must request explicit access to view the documents. An email will be forwarded once the contracting office has approved or declined the request. Approved contractors may view and/or download the RFP documents. Amendments will normally be posted to the NECO web site http://www.neco.navy.mil. If the amendment contains drawings, the amendment, excluding the drawings, will be posted to NECO at http://www.neco.navy.mil. If the amendment contains drawings, the drawings can be accessed at the FBO website: https://www.fbo.gov/. It is highly recommended that firms register on the NECO and on the FBO websites as this will be the only plan holder’s list available. It is the offerors responsibility to check the NECO and FBO websites periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.