NOAA OMAO Ship & Support Facility Relocation, Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island

This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this synopsis is to make notice of a proposed contract action for performing construction services for NOAA OMAO Ship & Support Facility Relocation, Naval Station Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.PROJECT DESCRIPTION:The project will include the design/construction of a 4 Ship Pier, associated utilities and a supporting land based Warehouse/Administration building, with associated parking, exterior storage and adjacent loading & laydown area. The entire facility will be developed as a 2 phased project in the original Area 1 (adjacent the current “T” pier and building number 6 along the shoreline) as the primary site location, with the potential use of Site D for parking associated with the final phase of the pier construction. The NOAA OMAO Ship and Support Facility Relocation project will consist of a new freestanding, 22,129 square foot facility located in area 1 to support

the adjacent planned four-ship pier.The completed time for this contract is 730 calendar days after award.This solicitation is being advertised as "Unrestricted" for full and open competition. This source selection procurement requires both non-price (technical and past performance) and price proposals and will utilize the best value continuum process at FAR 15.101-1, Tradeoff. The basis for evaluation and evaluation factors for award will be included in the solicitation. Large business concerns are required to submit a subcontracting plan prior to award of the contract.The appropriate Northern American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, and the Small Business Size Standard is $39,500,000. In accordance with DFARS 236.204(iii), the magnitude of construction for this project is between $100,000,000 and $250,000,000.This office anticipates award of a contract for these services by July 2023.The original Sources Sought Notice was published to SAM.gov on 24 October 2022 with a response due date of 07 November 2022. The intent of the Sources Sought Notice was to seek eligible Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, and/or Women-Owned Small Businesses to determine the opportunity for a set-aside. The Government invited contractors with the relevant experience necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements to submit a capabilities package, to include the Sources Sought Contractor Information Form, and the Sources Sought Project Data Form, demonstrating the ability to perform the requested services. Zero (0) responses were received. Based on the market research conducted for this procurement, there is not a reasonable expectation that two or more capable small businesses will propose on this requirement. Successful award and completion of the requirements can be achieved by soliciting this contract as full and open competition, as stated in the DD2579, Small Business Coordination Record. The NAVFACSYSCOM Atlantic Deputy Associate Director for Small Business concurred with the recommendation on 11 November 2022. On 01 December 2022, the Small Business Administration (SBA) Procurement Center Representative (PCR) approved the DD2579. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about 20 January 2023. All documents will be in Adobe PDF file format and downloadable from the PIEE and Sam.gov websites. The official address to the solicitation is https://piee.eb.mil and https://www.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the website. Only registered contractors will be notified by email when amendments to the solicitation are issued. A free Acrobat Reader, required to view the PDF files, can be downloaded from the Adobe website.IMPORTANT NOTICE: All prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). You must have an active registration in SAM to do business with the federal government. For additional information, go to https://www.sam.gov.Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Amanda Bricker at amanda.l.bricker.civ@us.navy.mil or Leslie Moore at leslie.c.moore11.civ@us.navy.mil.