The USPFO for Alabama intends to issue and 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 Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal (Global ANST) project Birmingham, AL (Jefferson County).  This project will consist of the construction of a 250 square foot addition to building 149. The addition will include a HVAC system, electrical service, and firewater piping. Additionally, encompassed in the project will be the repair and replacement of 228 square feet of existing parachute tower roof, and the construction of a small antenna platform on the tower roof.

The project will be on Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, AL. All security requirements for working on a military installation will be followed.

The contract duration is 60 days after NTP.  This project is set aside 100% for Small Business.  The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 236220, with a size standard of $39,500,000.00.  The magnitude is between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00. 

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 contact the concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees”. 

A pre-bid conference will be held July 28, 2020 at 10:00 am local time, location is building 700 classroom.  Interested contractors are highly 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. Due to the Covid-19 virus all attendees will have their temperature taken, must wear a mask, and will follow all social distancing guidelines

The bid opening date is scheduled on August 18, 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 https://www.sam.gov/SAM/.  You will need your DUNS number to register.  Instructions for registering are on the web page (there is no fee for registration).  Please not 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 Government Point of Entry (GPE).  The new GPE is Contracting Opportunities located at the website https://beta.sam.gov/help/contract-opportunities.  Contracting Opportunities is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition related information for all Federal agencies.  Interested bidders/offerors must register with Login.gov for some features of the site to be activated. (Please note Government website experience downtimes for maintenance and other unexpected outages, PLAN ACCORDINGLY.)  The Vendor quick start guide can be found at https://iae-fbo-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/fbo-training/QSG_Opportunities_Part_4_of_4_Contractors.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20200223T174134Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=14400&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAY3LPYEEX5FRGIQ4E%2F20200223%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=073c87ce1f10073cb8e336a75b7d23d6cf20fa8862ca68e1d878b6a5c99b947c. 

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/search?index=opp 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 Birmingham, AL.