9 JULY 2020 - SEE AMENDMENT 0002 AND SOW

SITE VISIT ATTENDANCE SHEET ADDED

AMENDMENT 0001 ATTACHED

The 188th Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid to award a single firm fixed-price

contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances

and supervision necessary for the construction of sidewalks, ramps and a footbridge in Fort Smith, AR

(Sebastian County).  The contract duration is 180 days after NTP. This project is set aside 100% for Small Business. The North American

Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 238110, with a size standard of $16,500,000.00. The magnitude is between

$100,000 and $250,000. Your attention is directed to FAR Clause 52.219-14 (b) (4) LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING

which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror /Contractor agrees that in

performance of the contract the concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the

cost of materials, with its own employees”. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or-about 10 June 2020, 9:00AM local time, location will be in

solicitation. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access

requirements shown in the solicitation. A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference.

The bid opening date is scheduled for on-or about 14 July 2020.   Actual dates and times

will be identified in the solicitation. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).

To register go to www.sam.gov. You will need your DUNS number register. Instructions for registering are on the web

page (there is no fee for registration). Please note that due to recent fraudulent activity, the process for fully activating

(and updating) a registration at SAM has changed, and now requires the submission of a notarized letter to GSA. See

the following link for additional information and the latest updates to this process: https://www.gsa.gov/samupdate.

The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Contract

Opportunities website on-line at https://beta.sam.gov . Contract Opportunities is a web-based dissemination tool

designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested bidders/offerors must

register with Contract Opportunities before accessing the system. (Please note the registration for access to the

secure site takes approximately 15 business days. PLAN ACCORDINGLY) Reference paragraph 4.7 of the Vendor Guide

for instructions to obtain a MPIN to retrieve the specification and drawing documents. Contractors who do not already

have a MPIN are advised that the normal processing is 7 to 12 business days to obtain a MPIN password that will give

them access to the plans and specifications, which are located in the controlled access location on FBO. See video in

vendor guide at 3.3 on advanced functions for other information. Bidders/offerors who have registered with Contract

Opportunities must access the data for this solicitation with their MPIN. Bidders/offerors cannot log into the Contract

Opportunities home page and search for data. DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications are located on the

official government webpage and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source.

Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to https://beta.sam.gov for electronic downloading. This will normally be

the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the

website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible, due to various

reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access

the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies. All inquiries must

be in writing, preferable via email to the persons specified in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing via

posting to the web. Place of performance is Fort Smith, AR.