The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), through its Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM), intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an unrestricted firm fixed-price contract to provide security upgrades at Shahbaz Air base in Pakistan. These upgrades include construction of select perimeter walls, installation of perimeter lighting and construction of new roads.
In accordance with the Arms Export Control Act (22 USC 2791), this acquisition will be awarded to a US firm or a Joint Venture with a US Firm in which the US Joint Venture Team Member has controlling interest. The US firm must be incorporated and have had its corporate headquarters in the US for a minimum of three years; and have filed state and federal income declarations for a minimum of three corporate years within the preceding four year period, having paid any applicable taxes determined to be due as a result of such filing.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers has the requirement to provide security upgrades in the form of new construction of select perimeter walls, new perimeter lighting and surfacing of existing patrol roads, as well as construction of new patrol roads. General elements of construction work will include, however not limited to, the following: (i) Civil- -construct perimeter wall patrol road and perimeter wall, patrol roadway includes horizontal and vertical layout, grading, drainage and placement of sub grade, base course and surface course, final wall siting, grading and placement; (ii) Electrical, construction of perimeter lighting system and associated controls besides construction of electrical service to perimeter lighting to include extension of existing base power distribution system. The extension will include 11 kV underground distribution cables, 11 kV transformers, 400 V underground cabling and 400 V distribution equipment.
The estimated magnitude of this Construction project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The period of performance is for 425 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed.
The solicitation is scheduled for release on or about July 06, 2016. The proposals will be due on or about August 11, 2016. Contract award is expected on or about September 30, 2016. This will be an electronically issued solicitation. The Government will post the solicitation and technical requirements to the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov.
According to the USACE offerors must have to maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM to be eligible for a government contract award. If the offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity must have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective offeror. Register to receive notifications and subscribe to the mailing list for specific solicitations, offerors should visit the Federal Business Opportunity (FedBizOpps) located at https://www.fbo.gov/.
The solicitation will be a Request for Proposal (RFP) utilising Design-Bid-Build selection procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 36.3. Contract award will be based upon a Subjective Trade-off Method (formerly known as Best Value) in accordance with FAR 15.101-1. The evaluation criteria will be conveyed within the RFP. Defense Base Act Insurance and construction surety will be required.
The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honoured. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading.
It is the offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Performance and payment bonds will be required for awarded task orders under this contract. The contractor must be licensed to conduct business in Pakistan to be eligible for contract award.