1. THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. 2. CONTRACTOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS: Any contract resulting from this solicitation will be awarded and performed in its entirety in the country of Japan. Contractors must be duly authorized to operate and conduct business in Japan and must fully comply with all laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the contract. Prior to award of any contract, offerors must be registered to do business in Japan and possess a construction license (Kensetsu Gyo Kyoka) issued by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, or prefectural government. Offerors will be required to provide verification of such construction license prior to award of any contract to the contracting officer if such information is not already on file with or available to the contracting officer. In the case of offers from a joint venture, at least one of the joint venturers must possess and provide verification of such construction license prior to award. STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT: The U.S. Government will not offer “United States Official Contractor� status under Article XIV of the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to any offeror awarded a contract under this solicitation; nor will the U.S. Government certify any employees of a contractor as “Members of the Civilian Component� under Article I(b) of the SOFA. 3. This procurement shall utilize a Source Selection Procedures issuing solicitation with the intent to award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) construction contract for the project entitled “IDIQ EXTERIOR PAINTING CONTRACT FOR VARIOUS AREAS.� Projects include exterior painting work at the U.S. Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokohama, North Dock, Yokohama Cold Storage, Tsurumi POL, Deport, New Sanno, U.S. Forces Center, U.S. Embassy Tokyo, Ikego Housing Area and Navy Annex, Negishi Dependent Housing Area, Azuma Storage Area (Hakozaki), Urago Storage Area, and Nagai ULM4, Japan. 4. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, engineering, and transportation, except otherwise specified herein, necessary to perform Task Order requirements under the contract. 5. The Government intends to award a single IDIQ contract. The contract term will be a base period of one (1) year plus four (4) one-year option periods. Only the base period of the contract will offer a minimum guarantee of JPY3,000,000. 6. Task Order Limitation: The minimum order is JPY350,000, and maximum order is JPY300,000,000. 7. Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, is the most advantageous and offers the best value to the Government considering price and technical evaluation factors. 8. Interested offerors can view and/or download the solicitation from Asia Navy Electronic Commerce Online at https://asia.neco.navy.mil when it becomes available on July 2015. Hard copies will not be provided. It is the contractor’s responsibility to check the websites daily for any amendments to this solicitation. All interested offerors shall register at the website https://asia.neco.navy.mil. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Offerors must have an active registration in SAM and must have active Representations and Certifications in SAM. Interested offerors are encouraged to register as soon as possible. 9. The information being requested does not constitute a Request for Proposal or a commitment on the part of the government to award a contract, nor to pay for any costs incurred as a result in replying to this notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. The point of contact for this solicitation is Ms. Riho Ogawa, Contract Specialist at +81-46-816-4203,
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