Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 Construction Impacts. In preparation for future construction projects at San Antonio area military installations, the City of San Antonio, the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the US Army Corps of E ngineers (USACE) Fort Worth District will be holding an Industry Day Forum to provide information and networking opportunities for the multi-billion dollar BRAC05 program in the San Antonio area. THIS IS A FREE EVENT. THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE. In ord er to have a better understanding of this multimillion dollar project, please review the MS PowerPoint presentation on the Fort Worth District Contracting Divisions home page http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. This construction program will consist of primar ily medical and educational related facilities. This includes hospitals, clinics, surgical centers, research laboratories. Also included are facilities such as barracks/dormitories, medical training facilities, garages, youth centers, fire stations, vehic le maintenance facilities, physical fitness centers. Projects include new vertical construction, renovations and demolition. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT RESTRICTED AND IS OPEN TO BOTH LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION UNDER NAICS CODES 236 Construction of B uildings (236116, 117, 118, 210, 220); 237 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237110, 120, 130, 210); 238 Specialty Trade Contractors (238110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 190, 210, 220, 290, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 390, 910, 990); 541 Professi onal and Technical Services (541310, 320, 330, 410, 490). This announcement is being broadcasted to several of the above NAICS codes to ensure that it has the widest dissemination as possible. It is our intent to reach as many interested parties as possi ble. It is also our intent to introduce the Prime Contracting population to Sub Contractors interested in this venture. The forum will consist of overview presentations to outline BRAC projects, schedule, acquisition tools, acquisition strategy and appro ximate project amounts. Following the presentations, the project managers, and military and community staff will be available for questions in breakout sessions based on project groupings. The Industry Day Forum will be held: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas. The Forum will start promptly at 8:00 AM and end at 12:00 Noon, LOCAL TIME. Assembly will take place starting at 7:30 AM. Due to the attendance count of approximately 400 at the Industry Day i n August 2006, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you pre-register yourself and any other participants from your firm. This may be done by emailing the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Representative, Stephanie James at
[email protected]. The teleph one number for Ms. James is (210) 308-2012. The email must contain the following information: Firm Name, Firm Address, POC Information, Are you a Joint Venture?, Will your firm be attending the Industry Forum?, Number of attendees, the Names of those indi viduals attending, Email Addresses, and Phone Numbers. Additionally, it is requested that you characterize your firm as a (1) large business, (2) small or disadvantaged business, (3) prime contractor, (4) subcontractor, (5) San Antonio headquartered firm or (6) headquartered outside San Antonio. All firms should indicate their principal specialties. USACE encourages small business joint ventures or teaming arrangements. SBA regulations provide flexibility for two or more small businesses to form a cont ract team for the purpose of competing for a contract while still maintaining small business status even though the team as a whole would exceed the designated small business size standard for the procurement. Obtain additional information and guidance fro m your Small Business Administration Office. All questions are to be emailed to Stephanie James,
[email protected] (210) 308-2012. Registration in Central C ontractor Registration (CCR) is mandatory for Prime Contractors. This can be done at http://www.ccr.gov .