Construct 145th Security Forces Building

Schedule:

• Site visit on 2 June @ 9:00AM EST
• Passes for site visit due 28 May by 10:00AM EST
• Questions due 12 June by 10:00AM EST
• Passes for bid opening due 2 July by 10:00AM EST

In accordance with FAR 36.101-4 the following information is provided:

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 part.

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.

SOLICITATION NOTES:

1. All information relating to this IFB, including pertinent changes/amendments and information will be posted at SAM.gov.

2. Facsimile transmission of bid is not authorized. Electronic submission of bids will NOT be accepted.

3. For security reasons, all potential offerors, plan rooms and printing companies are required to be registered in the GSA System for Award Management (SAM) database. Firms can register via the SAM site at sam.gov/entity-registration. Interested bidders are required to submit their representations and certifications at the same site.

4. A complete bid package must contain the following:

a. Offer, Standard Form (SF) 1442 front and back signed

b. Section 00 10 00 Bid Schedule - all items must be priced

c. A Bid Bond is required along with the bid on the due date. In accordance with DoD Deviation 2020-O0016, electronic signatures and electronic, mechanically-applied, or printed dates may be used and shall be considered original signatures and dates. The bid bond must be on a SF24 form. Rejection of a bid bond shall be in accordance with FAR 28.101-4, Noncompliance with bid guarantee requirements.

d. Section 00 45 00, Representations and Certifications, completed and return only additional certifications found in this section. In addition, the offeror must have entered current and complete data within the past year in Online Representations and Certifications at SAM.gov.

e. When completing the “Offeror” portion of the SF 1442 (Blocks 14 – 20), an official having the authority to contractually bind the company must sign the SF 1442 in accordance with FAR 4.207. One copy of the SF1442 is required to have an original signature.

f. All amendments to the solicitation must be acknowledged.

g. Mark the front of the envelope with the following: “IFB No. W50S87-26-B-A002”, and the Name and Address of Bidder. See Block 13A of SF 1442 for required number of copies.

5. Joint Venture Requirements - Parties wishing to propose as a joint venture must submit, with the Pro Forma documents, an executed copy of the joint venture agreement. The joint venture agreement shall be executed in accordance with FAR 4.207(d). Each joint venture partner shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Contracting Officer that its Board of Directors has approved its participation in the joint venture or by an instrument of similarly binding character in the case of an unincorporated entity. Offerors are reminded that to obtain an award the awardee, to include a joint venture, must be registered at SAM.gov. Applicable to set-aside solicitations: Joint Venturers must meet applicable size standards (see FAR Subpart 19.1). Submit with the offer any size determination for the Joint Venture entity received from the Small Business Administration. A Joint Venture wherein one party is not a small business may be referred to the Small Business Administration (IAW FAR 19.201-2(b)) to determine eligibility. All questions regarding Joint Ventures must be directed to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and not the Contracting Officer.

6. A small business joint venture offeror must submit, with its offer, the representation required in paragraph (c) of FAR solicitation provision 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations, in accordance with 52.204-7(c) for the following categories:

a. Small business;

b. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business;

c. Women-owned small business (WOSB) under the WOSB Program;

d. Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business under the WOSB Program; or

e. Historically underutilized business zone small business.