BQN ARSR Grating and Guardrail Replacement

8/23/2024 An Amendment (0001) has been issued to this Solicitation. The purpose of the Amendment is to extend the bid/proposal due date for the Solicitation. Due to the technical nature of this project, additional time is required by potential contractors to submit a suitable bid/proposal. Therefore, the bid/proposal due date is hereby changed from Aug 27, 2024, 03:00 pm EDT to Sep 3, 2024, 03:00 pm EDT. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

When submitting a bid/proposal, please ensure to acknowledge this amendment in Section 19 on page 2 of the Solicitation.

XXXXXXXX The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Eastern Acquisitions-AAQ-570, College Park, GA, is issuing Screening Information Request (SIR) Number 697DCK-24-R-00374, BQN ARSR Grating and Guardrail Replacement, Aguadilla, PR as detailed in the Statement of Work (SOW) attached to the Solicitation in accordance with the Acquisition Management System (AMS) 3.2.2.2 Policy as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

Design and install a new elevated walkway grating and a new handrail system; to include but not limited to verifying the structural soundness of existing elevated walkway structural members, demolition and site preparation, lead abatement, replacing the existing walkway grating with new, replacing or modifying the existing handrail system with a new system, and corrosion/rust preventative coating of the newly installed systems.

The FAA contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price Contract as a result of this solicitation. This requirement is set-aside and offered to all small business concerns. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 332323: Ornamental and Architectural Metal Work Manufacturing, Standard Size – 500. The estimated cost magnitude for this project is between $250,000 and $500,000. Projected Period of Performance for this project is approximately 120 calendar days.

When responding to this Screening Information Request/Request for Proposal (SIR/RFP), each offeror is required to submit a technical proposal AND a cost proposal in accordance with the Screening Information Request (SIR) provision in Section L entitled, "Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors." All interested sources should first attempt to download the attached SIR document(s).

If downloading is not possible, all requests for copies of the SIR document(s) must be made in writing to the attention of Marc Lemay, Contracting Officer (AAQ-570), via e-mail at Marc.Lemay@faa.gov AND Suzanne.T-CTR.Huggins@faa.gov NOTE: Electronic submission is preferred. The electronic submission should be in either Microsoft WORD format or portable document format (PDF), not in a zipped format.

Please note that the FAA e-mail server restricts file size to 10MB per email message, therefore, responses may have to be submitted in more than one e-mail to be received. All Questions/Requests for Information (RFI) must be emailed to marc.lemay@faa.gov by no later than August 19, 2024; 2:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) to allow sufficient time to respond. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Potential offerors should note that the FAA reserves the right to communicate with one or more offerors at any time during the solicitation process. Proposals must be received by email no later than August 27, 2024; 3:00 PM EDT to Marc.Lemay@faa.gov AND Suzanne.T.CTR.Huggins@faa.gov. In accordance with SIR Section L provision 3.2.2.3-14 entitled, "Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Submittals," any proposals received after the due time and date of 3:00p.m.

EDT, August 27, 2024, will not be considered. In addition, if all requested information is not furnished in the offeror's proposal, the offeror's proposal may be determined to be non-responsive and ineligible for consideration for contract award. There is an optional site visit on August 13, 2024, at 10:00am. Meeting point:

Latitude/Longitude: 18° 29' 06.8" N, 67° 08' 54.6" W Approximate address: 199 Avenida Borinquen, Aguadilla, PR 00603 To attend the site visit, advanced notice via Marc.Lemay@faa.gov is required.

Note: The site visit will be canceled without notice, if no notices of attendance are received by August 9, 2024 at 3:00pm ET. To be considered for award of this project, the contractor must be currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (website: www.sam.gov). This SIR/RFQ is not to be construed as a contract or a commitment of any kind. The Government shall not be liable for payment of any costs attributed to the preparation and submission of requested proposal documentation.

No individual notification of any amendments will be provided. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to visit this website frequently for updates on this procurement. Acquisition Management System (AMS) applies to FAA in place of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and various other provisions of Federal acquisition law.