The 189AW Little Rock AFB, AR intends to issue an Invitation for Bids 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 to ReplaceRadiant Heaters of B140. The purpose of this project is to remove and replace the existing radiant heaters that are suspended on both sides of the maintenance bay in building 140. All components of the existing heaters shall be removed including the electrical, suspension hanging equipment, mounting hardware, all heater components, and exhaust pipes. Each of the 4 heating arms are 50 feet long. The replacement heaters shall meet the same specifications as the existing heaters while also correcting the chronic radiant heat tube expansion and separation failures. Investigating into the root cause of the radiant heat tube separation will be very important for the success of this project. Additionally, new surface mounted conduit, electrical wiring, and ventilation system shall be installed. The end result of this project will result in the replacement and correction of the existing radiant heaters in building 140. The contract duration is 90 days after notice to proceed. This project is set aside 100% for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 236220, with a size standard of $39,500,000.00. The magnitude of construction is between $25,000 and 100,000. Your attention is directed to FAR Clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (DEVIATION 2019-O0003), LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, which states "By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees in performance of the contract in the case of a contract for General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded". The date for the pre-bid conference is on 9 June 2021, 10:00AM local time, location will be in solicitation. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference 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 by 23 June 2021 via email to
[email protected]. The bid opening date is scheduled for 7 July 2021, 10:00AM local time in B103, LRAFB, AR. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). To register go to www.sam.gov. Instructions for registering are on the web page (there is no fee for registration). The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only from the Contract Opportunities page at beta.SAM.gov 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 Contract Opportunities 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.