Z -- Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC) for Airfield Paving

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis announcement; market survey for information to be used for preliminary planning purposes. The information received will be used within the Navy to facilitate the decision making process and will not be disclosed outside of the agency. A decision will be made whether to issue the proposed solicitation as a competitive set-aside for 8(a), HUBZone, and/or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, or whether to issue as full and open competition (unrestricted).No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest is seeking U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a); HUBZone and/or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business sources with current relevant experience, personnel, and capability to perform a multiple award design-build construction contract to build new, repair, or restore airfield runway paving, paving for landing craft operational areas, paving for track or heavy load military vehicle operational areas, and related work. Task orders for the multiple award contracts will be at various federal sites within the area of responsibilities (AOR) of Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest. While most projects will be located in California, the contract may have Task Orders for projects in other locations within the AOR in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237310 with a Small Business Size Standard of $31 million. The proposed contract will be for one base year with 4 one-year renewable options, resulting in the contract performance time of maximum 5 years. The estimated total contract price for the base year and all option years will be determined at a future date. Task Order range is estimated between $500K and $20M. Interested sources are invited to respond to this sources sought announcement by using the form provided under separate file titled ?Sources Sought Information Form?. Submit a maximum of 5 projects describing the following: 1) Experience: Describe the government or commercial contracts/projects your firm has completed in the last 5 years showing your experience in airfield runway paving or related paving as indicated in this announcement. Airfield runway paving includes taxiway paving, aircraft parking apron paving, high power test pad parking area paving for jet aircrafts. For each of the contracts/projects submitted for experience, provide the title; location; whether prime or subcontractor work; contract or subcontract value; type of contract; if design-build; contract completion date; customer point of contact including phone number; and a narrative description of the product/services provided by your firm. Provide information of your firm?s experience on previous design-build contracts for an airfield runway or related work with project cost in the range between $500K and $20M. 2) Identify whether your firm has in-house engineering capacity or uses an A-E firm to provide design of airfield runway paving specialty and other related paving work listed in this announcement. Indicate whether you have an established working relationship with the design firm. 3) Bonding capacity: Provide surety?s name, your maximum bonding capacity per project, and your aggregate maximum bonding capacity. 4) Identify which locations you are willing to work. 5) Identify whether your firm is a SBA certified 8 (a); HUBZone or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concern. For more information on the definition or requirements for these, refer to http://www.sba.gov/. Please respond to this sources sought announcement by 2:00 p.m. 21 December 2007 to Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, Code AQ2.VB, 1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92132-5190. You may also email your response to vickie.ball@navy.mil. Responses received after the deadline or without the required information shall be considered unacceptable and will not be considered.