Design/Build Construction Services – Air-Cooled Chiller Replacement U.S. Embassy Astana, Kazakhstan

The U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt provides the following Pre-Solicitation Notice regarding the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for:

Design/Build Construction Services – Air-Cooled Chiller Replacement, U.S. Embassy Astana, Kazakhstan

The Regional Procurement Support Office in Frankfurt, Germany, intends to issue a Firm Fixed-Price Design/Build Construction Type Contract during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023.

The successful offeror shall provide complete design/build construction services, contract coordination, and supervision, including but not limited to the management and construction necessary to meet the requirements of this contract within the established timeframe.

The successful offeror shall perform all required design works and construction services including furnishing all labor, material, equipment and services required to complete the replacement of the two (2) existing air-cooled chillers, water pumps and associated systems accessories at the U.S. Embassy Astana, Kazakhstan.

Pursuant to Subpart 36.204 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the estimated magnitude for the entire project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00 U.S. Dollars (Note: the prescribed FAR range determinations provide relatively wide ranges only, in order to give potential offerors a very general orientation as to the magnitude of the work.  However, the specified range is not meant to give any indication as to the Independent Government Cost Estimate for this project, which could be at the lower or the upper end of the range indicated). 

Qualified companies interested in the solicitation shall express their interest by written correspondence to the attention of Ms. Joanna Catsamaki, e-mail: CatsamakiJ@state.gov no later than June 22, 2020 using the solicitation number 19GE5023R0078 in the subject line.

All requests for a copy of the solicitation MUST include the following information: Name of Firm, Name, Telephone and Email Address of Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of Firm and Unique Entity Identifier (formerly DUNS number).  DO NOT TELEPHONE.

The solicitation package/documents shall not be placed on SAM.gov as the document contains SBU information.  Only companies submitting a letter of interest and complete “Application for Solicitation Document” check list attached hereto may receive a copy of the solicitation package/documents when available.

The solicitation package will only be available in the English language. All requirements for translations will be at the expense of the Contractor. Additionally, you are required to complete and include in your expression of interest the attached check list. All requests for the solicitation document that are submitted without the check list, or with an incomplete check list, may be rejected.

Firms shall be knowledgeable in written and spoken English and possess all appropriate permits and licenses to perform construction work in Astana, Kazakhstan.

A pre-proposal conference and site visit will be determined (TBD) later on and the details will be provided to interested offerors with the solicitation package/documents when available.