Site work and new construction of a pre-engineered storage facility in Crane Naval Depot, Indiana. Working plans call for the construction of a 8,000-square-foot pre-engineered storage facility.

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for The Missile Evaluation Technology Facility and the Strategic Systems Evaluation Technology Facility at Navel Strategic Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, Indiana. The proposed design/bid/build project will be for the construction of two (2) separate facilities located directly next door to each other (approximately 30 feet). The MTEF is new construction of an ~8,000 SF Pre-Engineered Metal Building. The facility has limited interior walls with wide-open space intended for either cubicles or collaborative workspace. This space has 120V power, unsecure comm and secure comm lines in the floor for NIPR/RDT&E networks. The SSEF is new construction of an ~8,000 SF Pre-Engineered Metal Building. The facility has a yellow (secure room/controlled area), limited interior walls with wide-open space intended for either cubicles or collaborative workspace. This space has 120V power, unsecure comm and secure comm lines in the floor for NIPR/RDT&E networks. Contract duration is estimated at 541 calendar days from Contract Award. A pre-bid site visit may be held. Meeting and site visit details will be provided in the solicitation. TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This IFB will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be advertised as 100% Small Business. SELECTION PROCESS: This is a sealed bid procurement operating under FAR Part 14. The bids will be evaluated based on the lowest price submitted. CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00 in accordance with DFARS 236.204. ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 17 August 2023. Details regarding the Optional Site Visit will be included in the solicitation. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted to http://Sam.gov. PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND RESPONSES TO THE INDIVIDUAL LISTED IN THE SOLICITATION AND BE AWARE OF THE DATE FOR SUBMISSION IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE SITE VISIT. SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Contracting Opportunities website, http://Sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Contracting Opportunities website at http://Sam.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. REGISTRATIONS: Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database: System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://Sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror. Due to the sensitivity of this project, all Solicitation materials will be provided via a secure site by the Government only to offerors that have been vetted and approved via the procedures described below. Potential offerors must submit the following prior to being able to receive solicitation materials: (1) Potential offerors must submit a letter certifying that their company is owned by US citizens, and that all personnel are US Citizens; and (2) Potential offerors must verify that their company is currently certified in the Joint Certification Program (JCP) run by DLIS. Information on this certification program is available at: https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/FAQ/. Potential offerors are encouraged to begin the registration process as early as possible. Please submit your US-Owned Certification Letter as well verification of your JCP certification to Lee Merideth at Ranzel.L.Merideth@usace.army.mil. After submission of your US-Owned Certification Letter and JCP certification, a follow-on vetting by the Government will take place to ensure there is no adverse information on the company that demonstrates a risk to national security or could demonstrate a vulnerability to the project. NOTE: No documentation need be submitted by potential offerors for completion of this step. This final step is to be completed by Government personnel. Please NOTE: Only after completion of this vetting process will potential offerors be granted access to the secure solicitation documents, which are estimated to be released on or around 15 August 2023. Potential offerors will receive an email with confirmation after the firm has been successfully vetted. Also, this process is project specific. Potential offerors that have been previously vetted for other secure projects must still be independently vetted for this project. Therefore, please respond and submit the required documentation if interested." POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for this procurement is Ranzel Merideth, Contract Specialist, at Ranzel.L.Merideth@usace.army.mil This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.