Hardened Aircraft Shelters in Israel
Pre-Solicitation Notice for Design-Bid-Build Construction for Site 13853-416 Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS) in Israel for USACE Europe District Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program Only firms that a... Pre-Solicitation Notice for Design-Bid-Build Construction for Site 13853-416 Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS) in Israel for USACE Europe District Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program Only firms that are UNITED STATES FIRMS (either Prime or Joint Venture) are eligible for award. 1. AGENCY: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU) 2. NAICS: 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 3. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Israel 4. ACQUISITION INFORMATION: NAU anticipates resoliciting and awarding one Construction contract to be procured in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation and FAR Part 36, Construction and Architect Engineer Contracts. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought or any follow up information requests. A Facility Clearance (FCL) will NOT be needed for this project. The requirement that necessitated the need for the FCL is no longer part of this procurement. There is NO Security Requirement (DD 254) for this project. Contractors will have to comply with specific handling instructions per host nation requirements. Magnitude of Construction: According to DFAR 236.204 - Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the estimated Magnitude of Construction for this acquisition is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) is 236220. 5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: USACE - Europe District is seeking interested US firms capable of executing an FMS construction project in Israel. The project involves a Design-Bid-Build, new construction of Hardened Aircraft Shelters and Support Facilities at a base in Israel. The potential acquisition includes: • Shelter Buildings - approx. area: 4,000 m2. • Auxiliary Facilities - approx. area: 2,150 m2 • Waste Buildings - approx. area: 50 m2. • Administration Buildings - Approx. area: 450 m2. • Utilities Tunnel - approx. area: 1900 m2. • General Storage Buildings - approx. area: 5600 m2. The majority of the construction is concrete walls, floors and ceilings. Most of the walls are to be fair face exposed concrete. There are also steel skeletons with steel panels cladding for covering the storage areas. In the administrative offices the inner walls will be covered in gypsum panels with insulation. The finishing work shall also include architectural work such as: flooring, doors, painting, etc. Each building will have a waterproofing system. Mechanical work including, but not limit to: • Shelter Gates: The shelter gates are a set composed of two sliding gates on each side of each shelter. • Custom-designed doors • Crane: Required only in one shelter HVAC work including, but not limit to supply and construction of entire heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system. Installation of underground pit, in each shelter building, including underground air condition insulation pipe from the pit to the outside of the building. The underground pit is a shared pit containing the electrical system and compressed air. Water, sewage and compress air systems works including, but not limit the supply and installation of: Water system, Hot water systems, Oil waste system, Sewage system, sanitary fixtures, Storm Drainage system and Compressed air system. Fuel and cathodic protection systems works. Electrical and BMS systems works including, but not limit to the supply and installation of: • Connections to the main feeding from the base MV network. • Uninterrupted Power Source (UPS) System • Transformer room with Two 6.3/0.4 KV - 1000KVA transformers. • Buildings electrical system according to each building requirement. • Lightning Protection • Taxiway lighting • Outdoor Lighting • Outdoor Infrastructure • Very low voltage systems (fire detection systems etc.) • Electrical gates • Building Management System (BMS) including a Human Machine Interface (HMI) system. The project also includes site-development (sidewalks and water culverts), parking spaces and roads and junctions. • Estimated Scope area is about 252,000 square meters. • Estimated length of taxiways is about 1,500 meters. • Estimated length of service roads is about 3,300meters. Construction measures in accordance with the Host Nation Technical Requirements (HNTRs), the Standards Institution of Israel, USACE Specifications, project specifications and drawings will be provided through the Solicitation process. 6. KEY REQUIREMENTS: 1. Interested Contractors shall be United States Prime Contractors and have experience with construction of shelters and support facilities and the other requirements addressed above. 2. Primary disciplines • Structural/Architectural: Large-scale operation and maintenance facility requiring substantial amount of steel and concrete works. • Civil: Project site requires a high volume of earth cut work and significant road and taxiway works to include gravel and providing suitable off-site fill materials. • Mechanical/Electrical: Large-scale operation and maintenance facility containing a fuel systems, administrative and technical support buildings, and taxiway lighting. 7. FOREIGN MILITARY SALES: The majority of work will be administered under Foreign Military Sales (FMS), and United States procurement laws and regulations will apply. The contract will be awarded and paid in U.S. dollars. This procurement will be restricted to United States construction firms, in accordance with 41 U.S.C 421, 48 C.F.R. Chapter 1, FAR 6.302-4, and DFARS Part 225. Contractors participating in the anticipated solicitation must be U.S. firms. Any joint-venture shall require each joint-venture participant to be a U.S. firm. Per the Host Nation, proposal documents shall not be published on the FBO website. Interested parties shall follow instruction in Section 8 below. 8. SUBMISSIONS: All interested U.S. contractors shall submit their company name, CAGE code and two points of contact information (email, address and phone number) by 07 November 2019 at 1200 hrs. Only firms that submit their name and CAGE and have been verified will be eligible to receive the solicitation documents via DoD Safe. Solicitation documents will be sent to verified, U.S, eligible contractors via the DoD SAFE website when they are available. No solicitation documents will be posted to FBO.gov or sent via email. 9. ANTICIPATED PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT & AWARD: Should the acquisition proceed, USACE NAU anticipates posting the solicitation 7 November 2019 and award of the contract in first quarter FY20. 10. INDUSTRY DAY: There will be an Industry Day in Washington DC at the Hilton Hotel in Alexandria VA, 1767 King Street, on 05 November 2019. This Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS) project will be discussed in detail in a separate breakout session. To be included in the breakout session provide your CAGE code contact information (name, firm and email). A separate Special Notice on the Industry Day was posted to FBO.gov. Contact below POCs for more information 11. SITE VISIT: A site visit for the Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS) project is scheduled for 20 Nov and a Technical Interchange meeting on 21 November 2019 in Israel. 12. QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this Pre-Solicitation Notice may be directed to Contract Specialist Susan Dunnagan at susan.k.dunnagan@usace.army.mil and Contracting Officer LTC Christian Solinsky at Christian.Solinsky@usace.army.mil. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror by the Government.
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