U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the construction of a General Purpose Warehouses, BRAC/D4. The proposed procurement is unrestricted with NAICS code 236220 with a size standard of $33.5M. The construction of the new General Purpose Warehouses will be located at Defense Depot Susquehanna Pennsylvania, New Cumberland, PA. The solicitation will be available on or about 18 December 2008 with proposal due on or about 18 January 2009. Estimated cost of the construction will be between $25M and $100M. Construction duration is 720 days from receipt of notice to proceed.
The requirement will be for the construct of a General Purpose Warehouses (GWP). Project provides for the construction of two (2) General Purpose Warehouses totaling 53,000 m2 (570,000 ft2), Administrative Annexes at 845 m2 (9,100 ft2), and Utilities Annexes at 409 m2 (4,400 ft2). Both warehouses will have to be designed to be constructed concurrently.
Large business firms will be required to submit subcontracting plans with their proposals for the purpose of this procurement, the following goals are considered reasonable and achievable during the term of the contract: 70%(minimum) of the planned subcontracting dollars to be placed with small business concerns. (The following are subsets of the small business goals); And of that portion placed with small business concerns, 6.2% shall be placed with small disadvantaged business concern, to include HBCU/MIs; 7% to be placed with women owned small businesses; 9.8% to be placed with HUBZones small businesses; 3% to be placed with veteran owned small businesses and .9% to be placed with service disabled veteran owned small businesses.
All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format on or around the 18th of December 2008. After issuance of the solicitation, contractors may view and/or download the solicitation and all amendments. Plans and specifications will not be available in paper format. Oral Communications are not acceptable. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). You must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration Database (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications (ORCA) to receive a Government contract award. You can register with the CCR at www.ccr.gov and ORCA at https://orca.bpn.gov/.
All offerors are encouraged to visit the Baltimore Districts public website, CURRENT ACQUISITION OPPORTUNTIES (www.nab.usace.army.mil/ebs.htm) or the Federal Business Opportunities web pages (www.fedbizopps.gov); USE THE BALTIMORE DISTRICT ACRONYM-W912DR-IN THE SEARCH FEATURE; to view other Baltimore District business opportunities. Point of Contact Sarika N. McCoy, Contract Specialist, Phone (410) 962-0175, Fax (410) 962-0933, Email sarika.n.mccoy@usace.army.mil