Solicitation for Bid - Construction: Site Preparation of Remote Video Surveillance System Near Rio Grande City (RGC), TX

UPDATE 01

RELEASED 3/28/2024

The purpose of this update is to release Questions and Answers. 

See document titled 'QA (Updated 2024_03)27).pdf in list of attachments below in this announcement. 

The proposal due date remains unchanged as a result of this update.

(end of update)

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is soliciting bids for the site preparation of a Remote Video Surveillance System Upgrade (RVSS-U) near Rio Grande City (RGC), TX as detailed in the attached SIR and attachments to this announcement.  

The FAA intends to award one (1) Firm Fixed Price contract to the lowest price offeror otherwise eligible for award. The performance time is 60 calendar days after contract award and Notice To Proceed (NTP) after required pre-work activities defined in the attachments to this message. The estimated value of this construction project is $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00.

This competitive award process is a 100% Set-Aside to vendors who represent as Small Businesses (SB). The NAICS code identified for this procurement is 238990 with a small business size standard of $19M. Offerors must possess an active registration in System for Award Management (SAM) and certify as an eligible SB in their representation and certification at 52.219-1 for the same or related NAICS of equal or lesser size standard 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.

Offerors are cautioned that this solicitation will require multiple deliverables to be determined fully responsive to the SIR. Offerors who do not submit their bid information in strict accordance with the instructions to offerors or are missing required submittals may be determined “not fully responsive” and determined ineligible for award. Please review Section L of the SIR carefully. The FAA desires robust competition received among fully eligible and fully responsive offerors.

A pre-award site visit opportunity is being offered to interested vendors. Requests for future site visits may or may not be facilitated due to availability of FAA resources. Any future site visit opportunities will be posted to this announcement but should not expect this to occur. If interested, Offerors must complete and submit Attachment 11 (Site Visit Request Form) not later than 3/14/2024 to the site visit POC below. Attendance is highly recommended if interested in this requirement. See 3.2.2.3-63 in section L of SIR. Any questions regarding the pre-bid site visits should be sent to the POC of this announcement. Site visit particulars are as follows:

Location: (VIC) Rio Grande City, TX (LAT/LONG: 26.446835367, -99.004736415)

Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024

Time: 10:00AM

POC: Steven Malone

Phone: 405-706-0600

Email: steven.ctr.malone@faa.gov

All updates to this announcement, or amendments to the SIR or other attachments will be posted to System for Award Management (SAM.gov) during this solicitation period. It is highly encouraged that interested vendors continuously monitor this announcement throughout the solicitation period for changes, potential Q&A posts, etc., and also check the announcement again immediately prior to bid submission.   

SEE SECTION L OF THE SIR DOCUMENT FOR INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

SEE SECTION M OF THE SIR DOCUMENT FOR HOW PROPOSALS RECEIVED WILL BE EVALUATED.

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

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