THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ADVERTISED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS INVITING FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The scope of the project includes the construction of a new JP-8 fuel facility including three 3,180 KL (20,000 barrel) vertical aboveground storage tanks (with fixed roofs, floating pans, automatic tank gauging system, high and low level alarms, cathodic protection, secondary containment, etc), tank containment dike with concrete walls and flexible membrane liner, fuel distribution system, refueler loading and truck offloading stations, control systems, refueler parking, operations/laboratory building, storm drain system including oil/water separators, fencing, lighting, paving, utilities and other miscellaneous items. The project includes the demolition of the existing fuel facility after construction of the new fuel facility. The existing facility includes four cut-and cover fuel tanks, one vertical aboveground fuel storage tank and concrete containment dike, truck offload facilities, refueler loading facilities, fuel distribution system, concrete block lab building and other miscellaneous structures. The soil and groundwater in the existing fuel facility area is contaminated with petroleum. The work includes the removal of items that contain lead paint and items that contain asbestos. The project schedule includes sequencing to insure that the existing facility remains in operation during construction of the new facility. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible proposer whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be BEST VALUE to the Government, price and technical factors considered. Proposers will be evaluated on: FACTOR A – Past Performance; FACTOR B - Small Business Subcontracting Effort (applies to small and large business); FACTOR C – Technical Qualifications. Price will also be evaluated. The proposals will be evaluated on the basis of technical factors and price, which will be considered of equal importance. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals at any time prior to award; to negotiate with any or all proposers; to award the contract to other than the proposer submitting the lowest total price; and to award to the proposer submitting the proposal determined by the Government to be the most advantageous to the Government. PROPOSERS ARE ADVISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO EVUALUATE PROPOSALS AND AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS OR ANY CONTACT CONCERNING THE PROPOSALS RECEIVED. Therefore, proposals should be submitted initially on the most FAVORABLE terms. Proposers should not assume that they will be contacted or afforded an opportunity to qualify, discuss, or revise their proposals. FIRMS SUBMITTING TECHNICAL AND PRICE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR SPECIFICATIONS OR DOCUMENTATION. FOR SPECIFICATIONS: The Government intends to issue the solicitation on the WEB only. The solicitation will be issued on or about 04 October 2004. A pre-proposal conference will be scheduled for 20 October 2004. The time and location of the conference will be stated in the solicitation. The entire solicitation, including plans and specifications will be available for viewing and downloading at http://esol.navfac.navy.mil. Prospective Offerors MUST register themselves on the web site. The official plan holders list will be maintained and can be printed from the web site. Amendments will be posted on the web site for downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments; therefore, IT IS THE OFFEROR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEB SITE PERIODICALLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS SOLICITATION. Offerors MUST also be registered in the Contractors Central Registration (CCR) in order to participate in this procurement. The website for CCR is http://www.ccr.gov. For inquiries about Proposals Due or Number of Amendments issued, contact Adam Solivan at 843/820-5677. Technical Inquiries must be submitted in writing 15 days before Proposals are Due to the address listed above, or emailed to
[email protected]. The estimated range is between $10,000,000 and $12,000,000,000. The estimated days for completion are 730 calendar days. The NAICS Code for this project is 237120: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction – Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction. The Small Business Size Standard is $28.5M.