FY27 Secure Facilities Design-Build (DB) and Design-Bid-Build (DBB) Construction Multiple Award Task Order (MATOC)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District (NAU) has a mission to provide design and Secure Facility construction to support the US Army, Joint Forces, and any work associated in direct support of the US Government. The Secure Facilities MATOC is for design-bid-build and design-build construction projects throughout Europe. These requirements are often time-critical and of a highly sensitive nature. The purpose of this NAU Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) MATOC is to provide SCIF construction, real property repair and maintenance, associated environmental work, force protection work, Electronic Security System (ESS), Intrusion Detection System (IDS) throughout Europe. Use of the MATOC will provide the Government with a construction product delivery method that can accommodate quick and straight-forward projects, as well as some small but complex projects, and can help minimize design effort and related overhead expenditures, as well as handle compressed schedules.

Task Orders will primarily address new design-build or design-bid-build construction, building renovation, associated environmental work including, but not limited to, excavation, plumbing, demolition, electrical, structural, mechanical, and concrete work for SCIFs. Contract awards are anticipated for US Forces and/or Facilities throughout Europe.

USACE Europe District intends to solicit competitive proposals in accordance with RFO Subpart 6.1. Full and Open Competition. Additionally, this acquisition will be based on competition among all United States firms or US Joint Ventures responding to the solicitation, which will be issued to qualified firms that meet or have the ability to obtain Facility Clearance (FCL) IAW the requirement as set forth by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). The offeror will be required to have a valid FCL or have the ability to obtain FCL, pursuant to DCSA & DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification

Implementation Guide, in conjunction with DoD Manual (DoDM) 5220.32, Volume 1, National Industrial Security Program: Industrial Security Procedures for Government Activities and 32 CFR Part 117.

The Contracts will be awarded only to U.S. Firms and paid in U.S. ($) dollars. If the Offeror wishes to perform some of the work using subcontractors (subject to the 25% prime contractor work requirement stated in RFO 52.236-1, Performance of Work by the Contractor), the prime contractor may use subcontractors subject to the vetting and approval of subcontractors by the Accrediting Official. Restrictions on non-U.S. subcontractors and labor may apply on a task order by task order basis.

For work performed in Italy, the Offeror must demonstrate current and valid Societa Organismi di Attestazione (S.O.A.) certification. Offerors shall provide proof of SOA qualification levels via the submission of applicable, unexpired SOA certificates. Offerors shall be qualified in accordance with D.P.R. 34 of 25 January 2000, Regulations for the Qualification of Construction Firms in Italy, and Legislative Decree 12 April 2006 n. 163 (the De Lise Code). Additionally, the United States is committed to ensuring that all Government contracts with performance in Italy remain free from infiltration or other influence by the Mafia. To that end, and in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree 159/2011 as amended, upon Request for Proposals/posting of solicitation, all offerors shall submit with their proposals a completed self-certification known as the "Comunicazione Antimafia" or "Informazione Antimafia" depending on the value of the contract.

In addition, offerors are advised that workers and subcontractors from countries identified as critical for Technical or Human Intelligence threat or listed on the DOS Prohibited Countries matrix may not be approved. Accordingly, subcontractors will be submitted and approved on a task order by task order basis.

Once approved, the contractor may not change subcontractors without the Contracting Officer's approval.

Approval will not be given unless the Contracting Officer, in the exercise of his/her sole discretion, considers the proposed substitute to be equal or better in all respects to the originally proposed subcontractor and the contracting officer considers the substitution to be in the best interests of the Government.

Solicitation:

The intended solicitation will consist of a two-phase design-build selection procedures in accordance with RFO 36.3 Two Phase Design Build Selection Procedures.