Z--Facility Energy Conservation Measures, 117 ARW, Birmingham ANG, Birmingham, Alabama

The Alabama Air National Guard located at Birmingham IAP ANG, Birmingham, Alabama and the USPFO for Alabama intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) to award a single, firm fixed-price contract for construction services, non-personal to provide for all labor, transportation, new and current materials, tools, parts, equipment, appliances, supplies, services, permits, insurance and supervision necessary to perform and complete the Facility Energy Conservation Measures in accordance with plans and specifications. PROJECT NUMBER BRKR082554: This project consists of adjustments to various buildings throughout the Air National Guard base in an effort to conserve energy. This work, as well as all associated work, will comprise the Energy Conservation Measures project. Magnitude of the project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. Failure to submit a bid on all items shall result in rejection of the bid. Construction/contract completion time is anticipated to take approximately 180 days from notice to proceed to include inspection and punch list. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 236210. The size standard is $33.5 million. This action is being procured on a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE basis in accordance with the FAR 19.502-2. All responsible small business firms may submit a bid. The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or-about August 19, 2009. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or-about August 25, 2009, 1:00 p.m. local time at the Birmingham ANG Base Civil Engineering Office with site inspection to follow. All interested contractors are encouraged to attend and should be aware of the requirements for admission to the base. The solicitation is scheduled to close on-or-about September 21, 2009. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. The solicitation and associated information (minus the plans and specifications) will be available from the EBS website http://www.nationalguardcontracting.org/Ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp . All contractors and subcontractors interested in this project must register at this site. The plans and specifications will be available only from the FedBizOpps website on-line at http://fedbizopps.cos.com. No telephone requests will be accepted. Interested bidders as well as plans rooms must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Firms can register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the CCR Information Center at +1 (555) 000-0000. Interested bidders are also required to submit their representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov . You will need your DUNS number and CCR MPIN in order to log in to the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website. DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are located on the official government web page and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the EBS page http://www.nationalguardcontracting.org/Ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp for electronic downloading. 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 a bidders inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will issue no paper copies. All inquiries must be in writing, preferable via email to the persons specified in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing via posting to the web. Place of construction is the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Air National Guard, Birmingham, Alabama.