This announcement is intended to notify the public that on or about 25 April 2006, this office will issue a DRAFT Request for Proposal for Industry Review and Comment on the design and construction of the REPLACE MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING, PHASE 4 and 5, Ellsworth AFB, SOUTH DAKOTA. Industry Forum Day An Industry Forum will be held on 9 May 2006 from 0900 to 1200 in the Education Center of Ellsworth AFB, SD. The conference will provide an overview of the Ellsworth Housing program, the scope of work for Phase 4 and 5, the RFP proposal requirements, and will address any Contractors RFP comments and project questions. A brief site visit is scheduled directly after the industry forum meeting is adjourned. For information on Base access and scheduling your participation in this forum, contact the followin g: Ellsworth AFB Resident Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2149 Scott Drive, Ellsworth AFB, SD 57706, Telephone: (605) 923-2983. FAX (605) 923-2558 Project Description: This is a Design/Build Project. The work consists of design/construction of the Replace Family Housing, Phase 4 and 5 project at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. The work consists of demolition of 328 existing housing units (212 in Ph 4 and 116 in Ph 5 and r eplacing/construction of 135 new units, 75 in Ph 4 and 60 in Ph 5). New units will be a combination of duplex configuration and detached single family dwellings. Infrastructure work includes utility upgrades, road improvements, landscaping, etc. All uni ts will require double-car garages, central air conditioning, refrigerators, garbage disposals, dishwashers, water heaters, range-ovens, automatic garage door openers, carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors as a minimum. The estimated design and construction cost of this project is between $30,000,000 and $40,000,000. The Construction Cost Limitation for Phase 4 and 5 will be specified in the advertised Solicitation. Obtaining Draft RFP Documents: See the paragraphs below. Offerors (Bidders): Please be advised that an on-line registration requirement in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database http://www.ccr.gov/ and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual On-line Representations and Certification s (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov exists. Representations and certifications are required to be up-dated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete. The electronic annual representations and certifications are effective for on e year from date of submission or update to ORCA. The plans and specifications will be available for download on the FedTeDS website http://www.fedteds.gov ONLY, using a link provided in a future FedBizOps announcement. There is no search capability in FedTeDS. Compact Disks will not be sent out and a Pl an Holders list is not currently available. Instructions to access technical data and the associated software required viewers to view the project plans and specifications can be accessed on the Omaha Districts Contracting Division web page https://www.nw o.usace.army.mil/html/ct-m/webpage.htm This office will no longer send copies (paper or CDs) of amendments and solicitations to interested parties. Solicitation documents will be posted on Federal Technical Data Solutions, FedTeDS, when issued. FedTeDS is a web-based dissemination tool design ed to safeguard acquisition-related information. When solicitation documents have been issued and posted to FedTeDS, a synopsis or pre-solicitation notice will be amended and a link provided to access FedTeDS. The process to download from FedTeDS is as f ollows: Find the solicitation announcement in FedBizOps at www.fbo.gov. Once you open the solicitation announcement on FedBizOps, there will be a link provided to the solicitation in FedTeDS. Click on the link. If you are a first time user, you will have to reg ister; see information included below. If not a first time user, log in and open the solicitation. Once you have the solicitation open, you can begin downloading the various files to your location. Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS website https://www.fedteds.gov by clicking on the Register with FedTeDS hyperlink. Interested offerors should select the Begin Vendor-Contractor Registration Process option. The following information is required to register: Central Contractor Registration, CCR, Marketing Partner Identification Number, MPIN, DUNS Number or CAGE code, Telephone number, and E-Mail address Questions and Comments Direct all questions and comments by email to the following: Contractual Questions should be directed to Mel Vogt at
[email protected], Technical Questions should be directed to John Stobbe at
[email protected] with copy furnished to Me l Vogt at the email address above.