This is a request for information/market survey. This is not a request for proposal, request for quote, or an invitation for bid. There will be no solicitation, specification, or drawings available at this time.
NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic is soliciting comments from the public addressing the potential use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for the following construction project. The construction project is for P-1069, Maritime Surveillance System Facility, Naval Air Station Oceana/Dam Neck, VA.
Construction work may include, but is not limited to, construction of a Maritime Surveillance System Facility using a structural steel frame, rib CMU exterior wall system, concrete piles, grade beam foundation, concrete slab, and modified bitumen roofing system over tapered roof insulation on a steel-framed supported slab designed for future second floor loading for the Maritime Surveillance Facility at Dam Neck Annex. The facility shall include training, operations, administrative, IT logistics support and watch stander spaces. Supporting spaces include male and female lockers rooms with showers, lactation room, and a coffee mess/break room. The facility shall include a Mission Control System, and IPT/PM spaces to support major acquisition and Test and Evaluation programs. Project also includes renovation of Building 470. The existing spaces shall be reconfigured to compliment the expanded spaces to meet CUS mission requirements. The expansion and reconfiguration of Building 470 shall consist of sufficient sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF), special access program facility (SAPF), open secret storage (OSS), NMCI server room, telecommunications rooms, uninterrupted power source (UPS)/redundant continuous power utility room, multi-function room, warehouse, restrooms, break room, administrative and operational spaces.
Project will be Design-Bid-Build. NAICS Code: 236220. The magnitude of construction is anticipated to be between $100,000,000 and $250,000,000. General period of performance is anticipated to be approximately 569 calendar days.
A PLA is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement as described in 29 U.S.C. 158 (f). Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) policy states: Executive Order (E.O.) 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects, requires agencies to use PLAs in large-scale construction projects (defined as a construction projects with a total estimated cost at or above $35M) to promote economy and efficiency in the administration and completion of Federal construction projects. When awarding a contract in connection with a large-scale construction project, agencies shall require use of a PLA for contractors and subcontractors engaged in construction on the project, unless an exception(s) at FAR 22.504(d) applies. Reference is made to: FAR Subpart 22.5 Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; provision, FAR 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement; and to clause, FAR 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement.
In consideration of the above factors, and any others which may be deemed appropriate, the public is invited to provide responses on the use of a PLA for this construction project utilizing the attached questionnaire.
This is not an announcement of the availability of a solicitation nor is it a means of generating a plan holder’s list. This survey is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey or otherwise pay for the requested information. The Government will not provide a debriefing on the results of this survey. All information will be held in a confidential manner and will only be used for the purposes intended.
Responses shall be submitted on the attached questionnaire via email to Leslie McGehee at leslie.m.mcgehee.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 2:00 P.M local time on 22 November 2024.
