Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) for the construction of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) Building Renovations at Skopje, Macedonia. This announcement constitutes a formal solicitation with full details, including a response deadline, statement of work, Instructions to Offerors, and the Evaluation Factors/Basis for Award.

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1. ANTICIPATED PROJECT TITLE: Ministry of Interior (MOI) Building Renovations

2. AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU)

3. NAICS: 236220 - Construction of Buildings

4. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Skopje, Macedonia

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912GB19R0054

6. TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand Alone (C-Type) contract

7. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be an unrestricted action under full and open competitive conditions. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location Outside of the Contiguous United States (OCONUS).

8. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The project is for the design-build renovation work of the existing MOI building in Skopje, North Macedonia. The existing three-story masonry/concrete dormitory building with sloped roof must be renovated including exterior building improvements and interior renovations and space reconfigurations.

The first floor interior renovation is limited to the stairwell and mechanical/electrical rooms (rooms #110, 111, and 112). Renovation and/or reconfiguration of the first floor classroom/training area (rooms #101-109, and 113) is not in the contract. The two upper dormitory floors must be renovated completely to accommodate 56 PAX.

9. SELECTION PROCESS: The Contracting Officer will award a firm fixed price contract to the responsible offeror that conforms to the solicitation, is determined to have proposed a fair and reasonable price and whose offer presents the best overall value to the Government, all factors considered.

10. CONTRACT MAGNITUDE: Estimated magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

11. SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: The Government intends to hold a pre-proposal conference and site visit at the project location. The details are as follows.

Conference Date and Time: 22 August 2019 at 09:00 - 10:30 local time.
Location: Skopje Marriott Hotel, Plostad Makedonija 7, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia

Site Visit Date and Time: 22 August 2019 at 14:00 - 15:00 local time.
Location: Ministry of Interior Police Compound 41.559917ºN, 21.976583ºE

Registration Instructions: Due to limited space, attendees are limited to no more than three (3) people per Offeror. Offerors must pre-register their attendees no later than 19 Aug 2019 at 1500 Central European Summer Time. To Register, complete the site visit attendee information sheet (RFP attachment) and email it directly to the Contract Specialist, Lequita Byrd-Craig ([email protected]) and the Project Manager Tarek Eljizi ([email protected]).  

12. SPECIAL SAM NOTICE: Please take notice that SAM (www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms must submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective April 29, 2018. Further information behind this new requirement is posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA) announcement page at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/sam-update-updated-july-11-2018. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM and FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office.

13. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation, either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the offeror by the Government.

14. POINT-OF-CONTACT: The USACE NAU Contracting Office will be the sole point-of-contact for this solicitation. The Primary Contracting Point of Contact for this solicitation is Contract Specialist, Lequita Byrd-Craig, [email protected] and Contracting Officer, Kristina Morrow, at [email protected].