Bldg. 80 HVAC Replacement 156th WG, P.R. Air National Guard

The purpose of this ammendment is to upload an ammended solicitation. The ammendment corrects a typographical error concerning the date of the solicitation. The solicitation already took place on August 9,2023, during the pre-solicitation phase of this acquisition. No other changes were made to the solicitation document.

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NAICS Code: 238220 - Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors

156th Wing, at the Muniz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico 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 replace existing 80 tons HVAC chiller with a high efficiency systemusing R32, R454B or other non-ozone depleting HVAC equipment. Replace three air handling units, VAV boxesand replace the insulation material at the mechanical room pipes and ducts.  All work shall be conducted per specifications in the Scope of Work contained in this solicitation.  The project consists of an area of 22,496 square feet (SF).

Building 80 serves as the main building for the Contingency Response Group and part of the Operations Group for the 156th Wing. Currently, the temperature of building 80 rises the 80 F degrees and is unbearable to work. As a mitigation, tactical HVAC units were temporally placed in different spots of the building to counter measure the heat. This building needs a new HVAC system to replace the non-serviceable chiller and three air handler units. The main purpose of this project is having an adequate temperature control in the working areas.

The contract duration will be 120 calendar days after notice to proceed to include inspection and punch list. This project is set aside 100% for Small Business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238220, with a small business size standard for Small Business is $19.0M average annual revenue for the past three years. The magnitude of construction is between $250,000 and $500,000.

All questions or request for information (RFI) about the solicitation must be submitted before close of business, 4:00PM EST (local time) September 7, 2023 via email to angel.solis.2@us.af.mil.

The bid opening date is tentatively planned for on-or-about September 18, 2023. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. 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 will be available only from the Contract Opportunities page at SAM.gov.

Your attention is directed to FAR clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008), LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees in performance of the 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 towards the prime contractor’s 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded”.

In accordance with FAR 36.211(b), the following information is provided:

1. The National Guard has no agency-specific policies or procedures applicable to definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts other than those described at FAR 43.204, DFARS 243.204 and AFARS 5143.204.
2. Data for the prior 3 fiscal years regarding the time required to definitize equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts for the National Guard is currently not available, but will be compiled and provided in future announcements.

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 for 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.

This Invitation for Bids (IFB) is issued in accordance with FAR 14 and in conjunction with FAR 36 Construction procedures. Evaluation factor will be price. A single award will be made to the lowest fair and reasonable priced quote that meets the acceptable criteria.

Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. In accordance with (IAW) FAR Part 6 and DFARS Part 206, competitive selection procedures will apply. Evaluation factor is Price Only, subject to the offeror’s responsive and responsible determination. The Government intends to award without discussions. Interested offerors must be registered in SAM. To register go to: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Instructions for registering are on the web page. The solicitation and associated information and the plans and specifications will be available only

from the System of Award Management (SAM.gov) website online at https://SAM.gov/. SAM.gov is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested bidders/offerors must register with SAM.gov before accessing the system (there is no fee for registration). Please note that due to recent fraudulent activity, the process for fully activating (and updating) a registration at SAM has changed, and now requires the submission of a notarized letter to GSA. See the following link for additional information and the latest updates to this process: https://www.gsa.gov/samupdate. SAM.gov registration requires the following information: 1) Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN), 2) UNIQUE ENTITY ID (UEI) Number and CAGE Code, 3) Telephone Number, 4) Email address. Registration instructions can be found on the SAM.gov website at https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration

Please note the registration for access to the secure site takes approximately 15 business days. PLAN ACCORDINGLY.  Bidders/Offerors cannot log into the SAM.gov home page and search for data. This solicitation is a competitive bid and there will be a formal public bid opening.    Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to the SAM.gov page for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offerors 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. All inquiries must be in writing, via email to the persons specified in the solicitation and this notice.

Place of performance: Building 80, 200 Antonio (Tony) Santana Ave. 156th AW Muniz P.R Air National Guard Base, Carolina, P.R