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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM), is releasing the following presolicitation notice for the purpose of making notification to the public and ... The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM), is releasing the following presolicitation notice for the purpose of making notification to the public and to solicit responses for the prequalification of sources. While all attempts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented below, the Government does not guarantee its accuracy, and prior to award, reserves the right to make any changes to the project as deemed necessary. This notice is for construction of the Fleet Maintenance Facility & Tactical Operations Center (P992) project at Shaikh Isa Air Base in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The P992 project is a programmed Military Construction (MILCON) project. Project Scope: The P992 project will construct a two-story, steel-frame Fleet Maintenance Facility (FMF) using pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) on a concrete slab foundation and structural floor, insulated metal roof panels on steel purlins, interior prefabricated metal module units, and exterior RF shielding membrane. The facility will include maintenance and repair areas, personnel support areas and storage. Its function is to support associated asset of P-8A aircraft housed in the adjacent P-8A Hangar. Project also constructs a single-story Tactical Operations Center (TOC); the facility will be composed of PEMB on a concrete slab foundation. The facility will include administrative and operational areas. The facility will consolidate requirements currently housed in multiple relocatable facilities as well as provide operational support to the P-8A aircraft. This project alters Building #5070 (133.78 M2). Alterations will involve minor repair to no more than 30% of the existing gypsum board walls/ceilings and painting of all the existing gypsum board wall/ceiling surfaces. Information systems include basic telephone and secure telephone, secure computer network, fiber optics, cable television, security (IDS/ESS) and fire alarm systems and infrastructure. This project will provide Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) features and comply with AT/FP regulations and physical security mitigation in accordance with DoD Minimum Anti- Terrorism Standards for Buildings. User Generated Unit Costs were used were used for this project and include the cost of features to meet the minimum DoD AT/FP standards. Built-in equipment includes 60 Hz and 400 Hz power converters and systems, power filters, emergency back-up power generator at the TOC, three oversize access doors, ACU-902 pod cooler, storage rack shelving and raised access flooring. Pavement facilities include pads for generators, HVAC equipment and a concrete airfield access ramp extension. Paving and site improvements include grading, asphalt road repair, security fencing, entry control points, and concrete paver installation. Site preparation includes site clearing of existing structures, underground utility relocations and preparation for construction. Electric Utilities include site lighting, prime-rated generators, underground electric distribution systems, antenna infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure, antenna cable, and relocation of existing underground electrical and telecommunications systems. Mechanical utilities include storm water lines and fire water supply lines. The project includes force protection barriers. This project contains a secure hotel component and will require a U.S. Contractor with a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency issued active Facilities Clearance Listing (FCL) at the SECRET level or higher. Magnitude of Construction: The magnitude of construction for this project is estimated to be between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. Period of Performance: The estimated overall Period of Performance (PoP) is five hundred ninety-nine (599) calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the entire scope of work. Location of the Work: The location of the project is Shaikh Isa Air Base in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Tentative Milestone Dates: The Design-Bid-Build (D-B-B) Solicitation is scheduled for release in May of 2022. Offeror’s proposals may be due 30 days following release of the solicitation and contract award is estimated to be in August of 2022. Project Classification: The project is classified through the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) under code 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a small business size of $39.5 million. However, as this requirement will be performed OCONUS, small business set asides will not be used. This solicitation will be advertised as a full and open requirement using prequalification of sources. Solicitation Documents: Solicitation documents will only be provided to offerors who have responded to this notice and have been determined to be qualified in accordance with this notice. To be qualified, interested firms MUST have an active registration in Sam.Gov and possess a Facility Clearance Level (FCL) of SECRET or higher, issued in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), DoD 5220.22-M by the closing of this posting. If the interested firm is a Joint Venture (JV), all members of the JV and the JV itself must possess a SECRET FCL or higher at the date and time of the close of this posting. Any interested firm MUST provide a response to this pre-solicitation notice identifying its name, physical address, email address, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. A copy of the offerors FCL must be provided. Interested offerors are required to sign and return the attached Controlled Unclassified Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Upon Government receipt of a signed NDA and verification of a firm's SAM registration, CAGE code and FCL, specifications/drawings and other related project documents will be released to eligible offerors by secure document transfer method, such as DoD Safe site. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued, and solicitation documents will not be posted publicly. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WILL ONLY BE RELEASED TO OFFERORS WHO HAVE MET THE PREQUALIFICATION OF SOURCES REQUIRMENT. Interested offerors are required to respond to this notice by submitting a copy of their active FCL and NDA documents and emailing them to Sam Cornwell at Samuel.I.Cornwell@usace.army.mil AND Jesse Hobbs at Jesse.A.Hobbs@usace.army.mil no later than 13 May, 2022 by 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Be advised that this is a presolicitation notice only and is not a solicitation. This notice does not restrict the Government from utilizing a different acquisition approach or making any changes to the project scope or terms, or to award some, all, or no resultant contracts. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. If you have any questions, please email both Sam Cornwell at Samuel.i.Cornwell@usace.army.mil and Jesse Hobbs at Jesse.A.Hobbs@usace.army.mil.