LADDER SAFETY SYSTEM INSTALLATION FOR TACCOM TOWERS NEAR YUMA, AZ.

ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE 01

The purpose of this announcment update is to announce that a pre-bid site visit for this requirement has been scheduled for June 23rd and June 24th for various sites, respectfully.  Interested vendors must RSVP attendance to the POC of the site visit no later than Wednesday, 22 June, 2022 at 1000 (Central).

Interested offerors are responsible for thier own transportation to the sites.

The itinerary and further information is as follows: 

• Thursday June 23, visit Oatman and Camp Grip.  The drive from Yuma to Camp grip is appx. 5 hours on mostly unimproved roads and a 4X4 vehicle will be required.  They will stop on the way to Camp Grip at Oatman.
  • POC- FTO Ledesma, (phone number 928 581-0005)
  • Meeting Location- Chevron Station at the Wellton I-8 Exit 30, (Ave 29E)
  • Meeting Time- 0800
• Friday June 24, visit Gadsden, McCoy Ridge and San Luis.  (It is assumed that the 4X4 vehicle may be required as well.)
  • POC- FTS Knigge, (phone number is 928 341-6622)
  • Meeting Location- Yuma Sector Headquarters located at 4035 S Ave A, Yuma AZ 85365
  • Meeting Time- 0800

(End of Announcement Update)

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(ORIGNAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking proposals for repair and new installation, respectfully, of ladder safety systems on five (5) US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Tactical Communications (TACCOM) towers located in the vicinity of Yuma, AZ in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

The FAA intends to award one (1) Firm Fixed Price contract to the lowest price offeror otherwise eligible for award. The estimated performance time is 45 calendar days after award of contract. The estimated construction price range is $125,000.00 to $175,000.00.

This competitive award process is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) and represent as a small business in SAM to be eligible for award. Further award eligibility requirements are contained in the terms and conditions of the SIR.

All documents attached to this announcement are considered by the FAA to be in final format at this time. 

A pre-bid site visit is not currently scheduled. See 3.2.2.3-63 SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION) (JUL 2004) located on page 52 of the SIR document for site visit and POC information.    

Questions about this requirement are due not later than 24 Jun 22 at 5PM. The FAA intends to release a Questions and Answers (Q&A) amendment to this announcement if determined to be in the FAA"s best interest to ensure a fair and equal competition with same information provided for all offerors.   

All amendments to this SIR will be likewise posted on this website. Contractors are cautioned to check the website periodically for amendments. A solicitation mailing list will not be compiled, and amendments will not be sent out in paper copy or via direct email.

Offerors are encouraged to carefully review the instructions to offerors on how to respond to this announcement located in Section M of the SIR document, and how proposals will be evaluated in Section L of the SIR document.

Offerors are cautioned that there are items in Section K of the SIR document that require attention. This is often inadvertently omitted from responses, but this is needed to aid the FAA in determining an offeror to be responsible and eligible for award. Please be careful not to omit this information in responses.

The FAA reserves the right to cancel this solicitation at any time, for any reason, and without notice. Any costs incurred as a result of developing a proposal or otherwise responding to this announcement is at the risk of the offeror, respectfully.  

Award Management System (AMS) is the governing acquisition regulation for the FAA over FAR. You can learn more about the FAA’s procurement policies, procedures, and guidance at the following website:

https://fast.faa.gov/PPG_Procurement.cfm