****SOURCES SOUGHT FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY****

Sources Sought Announcement for Design-Bid-Build Construction for Site 20117 Ammo Storage Site in Israel for USACE Middle East District

W912ER25R2004 (Subject to change at time of synopsis issuance)

FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING (FMF) PROGRAM ONLY FIRMS THAT ARE UNITED STATES FIRMS (either PRIME or JOINT VENTURE) ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD.

1.AGENCY: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District

2.NAICS: 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction;
PSC: Y1GA, Construction of Ammunition Storage Buildings

3.PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Israel

4.ACQUISITION INFORMATION: USACE Middle East District anticipates soliciting and awarding one Construction contract to be procured in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation and FAR Part 36, Construction and Architect Engineer Contracts. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought or any follow up information requests.

5.PROJECT DESCRIPTION: USACE Middle East District anticipates a potential requirement to construct Site 20117 bunkers and arms kit assembly, combat support facilities on an Israeli Air Force (IAF) Base. Work for this contract includes all works to be executed as detailed within the Specifications, Drawings, and Host Nation Technical Requirements (HNTRs). The facilities included in the compound are as follows (refer to CS100 for site overall):
-Model A - Large Storage Facility [x 2]
-Model D - “Shed” / canopy covered asphalt pad [x 3]
-Model P - Equipment Integration Plant [x 1]
-Model S - Small Storage Facility [x 7+3]
-Transformer building
-Road system - 7m wide, 2 lanes
-Supporting Utilities
-No parking is directly associated with this compound - other than tractors and forklifts in the Model P area.

Construction measures in accordance with the Host Nation Technical Requirements (HNTRs), the Standards Institution of Israel, USACE Specifications, project specifications and drawings will be provided through the Solicitation process.

According to DFAR 236.204 - Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects the estimated Magnitude of Construction for this acquisition is $25,000,000.00 to $100,000,000.00 with an anticipated Period of Performance of 730 calendar days from project award.

6.KEY REQUIREMENTS:
A. Interested Contractors must be United States Prime Contractors and have experience with construction of the similar requirements addressed above.

B. Performance Surety. The contractor that is eventually awarded the contract for this project will be required to furnish a Performance Surety to the U.S. Government. Specifically, the awardee will be required to furnish a performance surety in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price. The interested contractor should address its ability to furnish a performance surety, and the method and financial institution by which it plans to do so. To satisfy this surety requirement, contractors may use one of the following two options:
(i)Submit a Performance Bond on Standard Form 25 in accordance with FAR 52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds-Construction and shall be in the form of firm commitment, supported by corporate sureties whose names appear on the list contained in Treasury Department Circular 570, individual sureties, or by other acceptable security such as postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, in accordance with Treasury Department regulations, or certain bonds or notes of the United States; or
(ii)Submit an Irrevocable Letter of Credit in accordance with FAR 52.228-14 Irrevocable Letter of Credit issued by a federally insured financial institution rated investment grade by a commercial rating service.

C. Payment Surety. The contractor that is eventually awarded the contract for this project will be required to furnish a Payment Surety to the U.S. Government. Specifically, the awardee will be required to furnish a payment surety in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price. The interested contractor should address its ability to furnish a payment surety, and the method and financial institution by which it plans to do so. To satisfy this surety requirement, contractors may use one of the following two options:
(i)Submit a Payment Bond on Standard Form 25A in accordance with FAR 52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds-Construction and shall be in the form of firm commitment, supported by corporate sureties whose names appear on the list contained in Treasury Department Circular 570, individual sureties, or by other acceptable security such as postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of c