The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Middle East District is releasing the following sources sought notice for the purpose of conducting market research.  The results of this notice may be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. This is not a solicitation announcement. However, a subsequent solicitation announcement may follow.  

This notice is for constructing the Super Hornet Procurement C, Package 004 (Parking Apron and Shelters) project at Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait.  This project is a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) procurement.

Project Scope:  Parking Apron and Shelters - Design-Bid-Build construction contract for a new aircraft parking apron and taxiways of approximately 50,000 SM, two enclosed aircraft parking shelters of approximately 4,000 SM each, related site improvements, and incidental related work.  The aircraft parking shelters are designed as two hangar buildings with three bays in each building.  Each bay houses two aircraft for a total of twelve aircraft parking spaces.

This project may include site demolition, pavements, fire detection/protection, communications, site improvements, electrical installation and all necessary work to produce a complete and useable facility.  This project will comply with DoD antiterrorism/force protection requirements per Unified Facilities Criteria.

The overall Period of Performance (PoP) shall be five hundred and sixty-five (565) calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the entire scope of work.

A capabilities statement is included with this announcement.  Provide your capabilities and experience with not more than five similar projects.  The capabilities statement will not be used by the Government to either qualify or disqualify prospective offerors.

A Solicitation may be released on or about September 30, 2021.  Contract award may be made on or about March 18, 2022.

Set asides and codes:  The project is classified through the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) under code 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a small business size of $39.5 million U.S. Dollars.

The Government anticipates awarding one firm-fixed-price contract.

The magnitude of construction of this project is between $25 million and $100 million U.S. Dollars.

A pre-solicitation and solicitation announcement may eventually be publicized on the SAM.gov website.  Offerors are responsible for monitoring the SAM.Gov website for any future announcements.   Be advised that this is a sources sought notice and is not an RFP.  Pending the result of market research, the Government reserves the right to utilize any acquisition approach to award any or all resultant contracts.  The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice.

Interested offerors are requested to respond to this notice by completing the attached capabilities statement and emailing it to BOTH Karin H. Carroll at [email protected] and Sam I. Cornwell at [email protected].  Place the words “MARKET RESEARCH - SUPER HORNET Procurement C” on the subject line of your message.  Your response is due by Monday September 6th by 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time.