Inactive Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) Set-Aside (FAR 19.13)

WATER SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (JACKSON COUNTY, MS) THIS PROJECT IS ADVERTISED AS A HUBZONE SET ASIDE THIS PROJECT IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), TWO-PHASE DESIGN-BUILD SOURCE ... WATER SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (JACKSON COUNTY, MS) THIS PROJECT IS ADVERTISED AS A HUBZONE SET ASIDE THIS PROJECT IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), TWO-PHASE DESIGN-BUILD SOURCE SELECTION SOLICITATION Project Description: This project is a Best Value, two-phase design-build solicitation. A detailed project description and overall project performance requirements for this project will be included in the Request For Proposals (RFP) package. The solicitation criteria relies upon industry standards, where allowable, to afford the offeror a degree of design flexibility while meeting certain specific project requirements. The successful Contractor must design and construct complete and usable facilities, as described in the RFP documents. One solicitation will be issued covering both phases. Proposals will be evaluated in Phase One to determine which offerors will submit proposals for Phase Two, and an amendment will be issued to those selected offerors. Selection of offerors for involvement in Phase Two will be based on technical approach and performance capability. Detailed project design requirements will then be added by amendment to the solicitation at the start of the Phase Two stage of the Request For Proposals. A maximum of five (5) firms will be invited to participate in the second phase. Description of Work: The scope of this market research considers market conditions in the construction of subject potable water distribution system, NAICS 237110, size standard $39.5, Ocean Springs, MS. Estimated construction cost range is $1-$5M, period of performance 16 months. The Mobile District Corps of Engineers has a need for a construction contract to “design and construct” a 12-inch potable water distribution line (approximately 60,000 linear feet) in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The distribution line will be constructed in four sections: (1) Highway 90 to Hanshaw Road, (2) Hanshaw Road South (from Highway 90 to Old Spanish Trail), (3) Old Spanish Trail East to Fountainbleau Road South to Point Aux Chenes, and (4) Point Aux Chenes to Peabody Road South to Jean Lane. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE FOR THIS PROJECT IS 237110. Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in SAM.gov before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ prior to award of this contract. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website https://wawf.eb.mil OR https://piee.eb.mil OR https://piee.eb.mil/xhtml/unauth/home/login.xhtml. See attachments PIEE Solicitation Module Vendor Access Instructions and SOP PIEE Proposal Manager Offeror for instructions on getting access to the PIEE Solicitation Module and submitting your proposal. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website https://wawf.eb.mil. If you are not registered, the United States Government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one (1) week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the contractor’s responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader. Note No. 2: All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be electronic format with the proposal. Note No. 3: Critical path method (network analysis system) is required. Note No. 4: For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $39,500,000 for the past three years. Note No. 5: This solicitation includes bid options which may not be awarded. Note No. 6: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website https://wawf.eb.mil. Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Synopsis of Work, etc.) are available on the Internet at the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website https://wawf.eb.mil. Note No. 7: A Contractor Site Visit will be conducted with those offerors advancing to Phase Two. Phase Two offerors will be notified via amendment, as to when and where the site visit will be conducted. Note No. 8: The request for information (RFI) process for bidder inquiries during the advertisement period will be through the ProjNet internet-based system, and specifics will be contained in the RFP solicitation package available exclusively from beta.sam.gov. Other forms of communicating RFIs to the Government will not be honored. The Government will try to respond to all questions. However, responses may not be furnished to all questions and particularly those received late in the advertisement period (0-10 days prior to bid opening.) -- END --