DESC2103C - Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks Phase II Yokota Air Base, Japan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District (POJ) is providing a PRE-SOLICITATION notice for an upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP).  This is not a solicitation.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Project Title: DESC2103C - Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks Phase II

Project Location: Yokota Air Base, Japan

Project FSC: Y1NA - Construction of Fuel Supply Facilities

Project NAICS: 237120 - Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction

Project Magnitude: Between ¥2,500,000,000 and ¥10,000,000,000 (Japanese YEN)

Project Description:
Construct one 100,000-barrel cut-and-cover JP-8 storage tank.  A pump house is to be provided on the top of the tank and contain four 600-gpm issue vertical turbine pumps and one 50-gpm water draw off vertical turbine pump.  The new tank will include a high-level valve, independent level alarms, and the hardware necessary for the automatic tank gauging (ATG) system.  The new tank includes piping, valves, vaults and appurtenances connecting to an existing filter separator building.

The new control system of the new tank will be connected to the existing filter building that houses pump control Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Human Machine Interface (HMI), automatic tank gauge (ATG) reporting module capable of reporting inputs from all Eastside Fuel Facility tanks. A product saver tank is to be provided for the new bulk storage tank.

The Pump House will be of reinforced concrete construction and site adapted to meet local conditions.

The roof will be a low slope concrete roof with built-up roofing with overhangs over doorways.

The tank is to be steel with concrete outer wall with a rolling cover for access to tank mounted equipment. The product recovery pump will return reclaimed fuel back through receipt filtration to the bulk storage tanks.

SOLICITATION INFORMATION:

1. Procurement Method: The Government will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) Solicitation utilizing the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection procedures.
2. The Government anticipates issuing the solicitation in August 2026.  The solicitation when issued, will identify the site visit date, RFI and proposal submission due date.  All solicitation and amendment notices and updates will be posted to SAM.gov with a link to PIEE – solicitation module to download all RFP and amendment documents.  It shall be the Offeror’s responsibility to check the website for any amendments. 
3. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price construction contract as a result of the RFP.   
4. All interested companies shall be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts.  Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be found at http://www.sam.gov.  For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must be registered in SAM as such.
5. Only local sources will be considered under this solicitation.  
   Firms which have not done business with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan Engineering District, are requested to visit the following website: https://www.poj.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/ for general information

a.  This contract will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan and is intended only for local sources.  Only local sources will be considered under this solicitation.  Local sources are sources (e.g. corporations, partnerships, or Joint Ventures [For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must satisfy the local source requirements or, in the alternative, each member of the Joint Venture must individually satisfy the local source requirements]) that are physically located in Japan and authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform construction in Japan. Specifically, a prospective offeror must be duly authorized to operate and conduct construction business in Japan and must fully comply with all applicable laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the resulting contracts.

b.  In addition, offerors must possess a Japanese civil construction (doboku isshiki koji) license or Japanese architectural construction (kenchiku isshiki koji) license by the proposal due date and time. The U.S. Government will verify that the offeror has the license through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) website at https://etsuran2.mlit.go.jp/TAKKEN. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure that it has the license (Japanese civil construction or Japanese architectural construction), and that it is accurately shown on the MLIT website, by the proposal due date and time.  Failure to comply with this requirement will be cause for rejection of your offer.

c.  The U.S. Government will not offer “United States Official Contractor” status under Article XIV of the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to U.S. contractors normally resident in the United States; nor will the U.S. Government certify employees of such contractors as “Members of the Civilian Component” under Article I(b) of the SOFA.
 

ELECTRONIC BID/PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
The US Army Corps of Engineers Japan District (POJ) has transitioned to Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module for bid/proposal submission (unless otherwise specified in the solicitation), to replace DOD SAFE.  It is recommended that contractors create their PIEE Solicitation Module account as soon as possible and not wait till bid/proposal due date, as access may take time.  The following information is provided for reference.

Step 1: Complete vendor registration on https://piee.eb.mil/.  Instructions for registration can be found through: https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/ce/cap/docs/piee/PIEE_Solicitation_Module_Vendor_Access_Instructions.pdf

Step 2: Upload offer in the Solicitation Module through https://piee.eb.mil/ .  Instructions for uploading an offer can be found through: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District, Camp Zama, Japan

Contracting Office Address:
USACE District, Japan
Attn: CEPOJ-CT
Unit 45010
APO, AP 96343-5010

Primary:
Jiro Miyairi
Contract Specialist
046-407-8837
jiro.miyairi@usace.army.mil

Alternate:
Ryan Marzetta
Contracting Officer
046-407-8725
ryan.j.marzetta@usace.army.mil