The 183d Wing, Illinois 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 Repair Access Building P-15 in Springfield, IL (Sangamon County). Work of this contract comprises providing all materials, tools, equipment, and labor necessary to construct a new loading dock and drive lanes for the 183d Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS). This project will improve the vehicular traffic for delivery vehicles to the 183 LRS by locating the loading dock away from pedestrian areas as well as eliminate inefficiencies for the 183 LRS by allowing unloading of shipments directly into Building 15. All work will be accomplished as required to meet current codes and Air Force Instruction (AFI) requirements. The contract duration is 180 days after the notice to proceed (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. The magnitude is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. 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” applies to this project. The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is late April 2023. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is early-mid May 2023, location will be in solicitation. Interested contractors are highly encouraged to attend and shall follow site visit registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference. All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted not later than (NLT) the date listed in the solicitation via email to 2d Lt Alicia Braun at
[email protected] AND CMSgt Brent Keller at
[email protected]. The bid opening date is scheduled tentatively around late May 2023. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Interested offerors must be registered in SAM. To register go to: https://sam.gov. Instructions for registering are on the web page. The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Contract Opportunities (formerly FBO) website online at https://sam.gov. Contract Opportunities is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested 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.) 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://sam.gov for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror’s 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 offeror’s inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies. All inquiries must be in writing, preferably 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 183d Wing, Illinois Air National Guard Base, Springfield, IL.