Description
Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) has a requirement for the Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements. The Government is reserving this Simplified Acquisition Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) Acquisition under the Section 8(a) Program. This acquisition is competitive 8(a) and is open to any firm, regardless of location, certified in the Section 8(a) Program at the time of proposal receipt. Responses are only requested from interested Section 8(a) firms. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 236220 with a size standard of $28.5M. This is a “Trade-Off” contract; award will be made based upon the “Best Value” to the Government in accordance with FAR 15.3. The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low proposed price. Performance period is one year for the Basic contract plus four One-Year options. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The dollar range is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000 for the Basic plus four One-Year option years combined. This project will include, but is not limited to, furnishing all plant, labor, equipment and materials and performing all work and all operations required to do a broad range of maintenance, repair, and minor construction work on real property at Eglin AFB and its associated sites in Florida. The work is required in support of the 96th Civil Engineer Group activity headquarters at Eglin AFB, Florida. The contract will be a Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity type contract and will include a wide variety of individual construction tasks as listed in Volume III, Unit Price Book (see Unit Price Book and Technical Specifications in separate electronic file that will be posted along with the solicitation on or about 12 March 2004) (THIS IS ONLY AN ESTIMATED DATE). Proposals will be due 30 days after solicitation release. During the contract period the 796th Civil Engineering Squadron SABER Office, (796 CES/CECD) will identify construction tasks required to complete each specific job and AAC/PKO, Eglin AFB, FL will issue individual delivery orders to the contractor to complete those jobs. The contractor shall be required to furnish all materials, equipment, and personnel necessary to design, manage, and accomplish the job. The contractor shall be required to maintain management offices on Eglin AFB, Florida in order to receive work requests and to provide other management services related to accomplishing individual jobs. Individual jobs will vary in size ranging from $2,000 to $750,000. The estimated number of task orders issued per year will range from approximately 30 to 70. The jobs will include tasks in a variety of trades, such as carpentry, road repair, roofing, excavation, interior electrical, steam fitting, plumbing, sheet metal, painting, demolition, concrete masonry, and welding. The above general description of work does not in any way limit responsibility of the contractor to perform all work and furnish all plant, labor, equipment and materials and perform all work and all operations in accordance with the specifications. Commencement shall be within 10 days of notice to proceed for each delivery order and the performance period shall be negotiated on individual delivery orders. The guaranteed minimum amount for the basic contract period is $300,000, and the unguaranteed estimated contract amount is $25,000,000, including all options, if exercised. The current contract is expected to reach it’s $15M ceiling in 3 years and is being recompeted early. Prospective contractors must be registered in the central contractor’s registration database prior to award of a Government. Offerors are further advised that failure to register in the DOD Central Registration Database will render your firm ineligible for award. Registration requires applicants to have a DUNS Number. Recommend registering immediately in order to be eligible for timely award. This will be a paperless acquisition. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued, but the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on the Federal Government’s Electronic Posting System (www.eps.gov). See Note 26.