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10 JULY 2023

THIS SOLICITATION HAS BEEN AMENDED TO EXTEND BID DUE DATE - SEE ATTACHED "IFB AMEND" DOCUMENT.

PHOTOS HAVE ALSO BEEN UPLOADED TO PROVIDE VISUAL CONFIGURATION OF 1-TON & 3-TON CRANES TO BE RELOCATED FROM AN EXISTING BUILDING ON-SITE TO THE SITE OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

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Invitation for Bid (IFB) - 100% SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) SET-ASIDE

LOCATION: 122d Fighter Wing, Building 764, 3005 W Ferguson Road, Fort Wayne IAP, IN 46809-3158

NAICS Code: 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

The 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana Air National Guard, has issued an IFB to award a single firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances, and supervision necessary for Construction (i.e., addition to/alteration of) at the Weapons Release aircraft maintenance hangar at the 122d Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, IN. Contractor will use Government-provided designs/specifications/drawings to renovate the existing 11,545 SF facility and add 8,948 SF of new construction to the existing facility. Work includes reconfiguration of functional spaces, MEP systems, a newly configured fire suppression system, removal of existing HEF system, and roof repair of the existing structure.

In addition to the base work described above, the solicitation includes the following option line items:

1. Stained Concrete in lieu of Sealed Concrete

2. Secondary Ductbank

3. Add Motorized Butterfly Valve in Existing Settling Tank

See attached IFB solicitation bid schedule (pages 3-4) for cross-references to the design specifications and drawings which correspond with each optional line item.

The contract duration will be 365 days after notice to proceed (NTP) to include inspection and punch list.

Important notes and detailed instructions on preparation and submission of bids can be found on pages 6-10 of the attached IFB solicitation.

A pre-bid conference will be conducted on Thursday, 22 Jun 2023 at 9:00AM EDT (GMT-4) for the purposes of briefing on the bid requirements and answering questions regarding this solicitation. This conference will be held at the 122d Fighter Wing, 3005 W. Ferguson Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46809 (building & room # TBD; location will be confirmed in advance of conference for all registered attendees). Interested Contractors are highly encouraged to attend the pre-bid conference. The site visit will be held following the conference.

The bid opening date is scheduled for 9 August 2023 at 1:00PM EDT (GMT-4). Location is identified in the solicitation. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). To register go to www.sam.gov. Instructions for registering are on the web page (there is no fee for registration).

The solicitation and associated information are available only from the Contract Opportunities page at SAM.gov.

Your attention is directed to FAR Clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (DEVIATION 2019-O0003), LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees in performance of the contract in the case of a contract for General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded."

In accordance with FAR 36.211(b), the following information is provided:

(1) 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 43.204, DFARS 243.204, and AFARS 5143.204.

(2) 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.

DISCLAIMER: The official plans and specifications will be provided by the Government to interest parties for this solicitation and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to Contract Opportunities for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible, due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror’s inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies.