SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- NORTHWESTERN REGIONAL ARMY TRANSFORMATION INDUSTRY EXCHANGE FORUM
- Notice Date
- 4/12/2006
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corps of Engineer - Omaha District, 106 S. 15th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-1618
- ZIP Code
- 68102-1618
- Solicitation Number
- USA-SNOTE-060412-007
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2006
- Description
- NORTHWESTERN REGIONAL ARMY TRANSFORMATION INDUSTRY EXCHANGE FORUM**** A. The Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers **** The Northwestern Division (NWD) will facilitate Industry Exchange Forums to support its Army Transformation Military Construction (MILCON) Programs. NWD Districts participating in its Army Transformation Initiative are the Omaha District, the Kansas City District and the Seattle District. Projects will consist of work at Fort Riley, Fort Carson and Fort Lewis. Facilities (temporary or permanent) at each location may include but are not limited to Brigade Headquarters Buildings, Battalion Headquarters Buil dings, Company Operations Buildings, Dining Facilities, Tactical Vehicle Maintenance Facilities, Storage Aviation Maintenance Facilities and Rotary Wing Aircraft Parking. Supporting facilities include site utilities, electric service, site improvements, i nformation systems and anti-terrorism measures. Times, dates, locations and agenda for the forums are indicated below and/or will be posted to the respective Districts Contracting Division and Small Business Office web pages. **** B. Objectives of the Industry Exchange Forum Forum: A public meeting place for open discussion 1. Discussion of acquisition strategies for NWD Army FY06-FY11 MILCON Programs. 2. Provide notification to incumbent contractors of Northwestern Division intent to consolidation its Army Transformation MILCON projects. 3. Identify and encourage Commercial Contractors (non-traditional) to participate in NWD campaign to build facilities at Fort Carson, Colorado; Ft. Riley, Kansas; and Fort Lewis, Washington utilizing commercial construction methods and standards. 4. Optimize Small Business Community members to participate as prime and subcontractors on NWD MILCON projects.**** C. Planning Agenda ***************************AGENDA******************************* 0800 0830 Registration 0845 0900 Greetings & Introductions 9000 1100 Program Overview 1100 1230 Panel Q&A D. Industry Exchange for Fort Carson, Colorado facilitated by the Omaha District (http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/ ) Date: 28 April 2006: The Omaha District, on behalf of the Northwestern Division will host an Industry Exchange Forum. Location: Antlers Hilton, 4 South Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903. Purpose: This Industry Exchange Forum will focus s pecifically at NWD Armys Transformation 2006 Initiative at Fort Carson, Colorado with general overviews of fiscal years 2007 thorough 2011 Initiatives for Fort Riley, Kansas, Fort Lewis, Washington and Fort Carson, Colorado. Go to http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ to view the Pre-solicitation Notices for the FY 06 Fort Carson projects indicated below: Solicitation Number Classification Posted Date W9128F-06-R0020 Y- MILCON Roads and Infrastructure 29 March 2006 W9128F-06-R0021 Y- MILCON Earthwork 29 March 2006 W9128F-06-R0022 Y- MILCON Brigade Dining Facility 29 March 2006 W9128F-06-R0023 Y- MILCON Brigade & Battalion Headquarters 29 March 2006 W9128F-06-R0024 Y- MILCON Operations Headquarters 29 March 2006 To register to attend the Fort Carson Industry Exchange Forum on 28 April 2006 submit ***(a) Name(s) of participants (b) Name of Company (c) telephone number (d) e-mail address (e) business size (i.e. large, medium or small) to hubert.j.carter.jr@nwo02.us ace.army.mil/ The Fort Carson Industry Exchange Forum will be in collaboration with the 2006 Small Business Outreach Conference scheduled for 25-27 April 2006 at the Antlers Hilton, 4 South Cascade Avenue, Colorado. For specific conference details (i.e. registration, a genda and lodging/directions) go to http://www.online-storefront.com/sboutreach2006/ or contact janet.cubas@peterson.af.mil Industry Exchange Forum for Fort Riley, Kansas facilitated by the Kansas City District (http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/ ) The date, time a nd location for the Fort Riley, Kansas Industry Exchange Forum will be posted on the Districts Contracting Division and Small Business Office web pages. Industry Exchange Forum for Fort Lewis, Washington facilitated by the Seattle District (http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/ ) The date, time and location for the Fort Lewis, Washington Industry Exchange Forum will be posted to the Districts Contracting Division and Small Business Office web pages. Background: NDW Districts conducted Pre-solicitation meetings for its Army Transformation Program on the dates, times and location indicated below. 17 October 2005: Fort Riley, Kansas at the Ft Riley Conference Center Ballroom, 446 Seitz Drive, Ft. Riley, KS. 19 October 2005: Fort Carson, Colorado at the Doubletree Hotel Colorado Springs-World Arena, 1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd., Colorado Springs, Colorado 21 October 2005: Fort Lewis, Washington at the Ft Lewis Battle Simulation Center Auditorium, Bldg 1240 Operations (Multipurpose Room) Fort Lewis, WA. The objectives of the pre-solicitation meetings were to (1) share the programming documents (DD1391s) with industry for FY 06 requirements, (2) discuss military construction requirements for FY 07- FY11 programs, (3) discuss various contract arrangements and how they may be implemented for this work, (4) share information on the solicitation, criteria, evaluation and award process. Specifically, to discuss evaluation criteria that may be used to identify those firms that offer the best value and will resu lt in a contract award, and how to prepare proposals to be competitive for these requirements, (5) Leverage Small Business participation as prime contractors and as subcontractors. (6) To identify and discuss barriers to small business participation (7) To discuss the requirement for Small Business Subcontracting Plans, educate industry on how to prepare and implement the plans, including available resources and (8) to foster networking opportunities to facilitate teaming for this work. The NWD Army Construction Program within NWD is expected to more than double over the next five years. Large scope, multi-facility projects on fast-track timelines will become the norm for the foreseeable future. Primary drivers include DOD initiatives o f Global Posture Initiative (GPI), Re-stationing, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005, and the Armys initiative for Transformation into Units of Action (UA). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has conducted national market research by holding nationwide Industry Forums to seek industry capability and input into how to execute a multi-billion dollar military construction (MILCON) program across the United States. In order to achieve the quality, flexibility, adaptability, sustainability, as well as time and cost savings that the Army is wanting to achieve, industry told USACE that it will have to consider the MILCON Program to open up its Program to many d ifferent types of construction methods that are available and utilized throughout the United States by private industry. Industry shared four major recommendations: 1. Utilize industry best practices, standards and codes.2. Utilize performance based (outcome oriented) type contracts versus its current prescriptive specifications that specify exactly what materials will be used, how the facility is to be constructed, a nd when each phase of the construction will be completed . 3. Construction methods such as pre-fabricated, pre-engineered, panelized or tilt-up walls and permanent modular construction methods are solutions that the Government should seriously consider in order to meet the needs of the Army. 4. The government could achieve cost savings through bulk buys of materials if awarded more than one of the same type of facility. Additionally the gathered information will facilitate the development of teaming arrangements, for more information on teaming arrangements please check the SBA website at http://sba.gov or contact any Small Business Representative listed below: Telephone calls regarding Small Business matters (Kansas City District) should be made to: Arthur Saulsberry 816-983-3927. Telephone calls regarding Small Business matters (Omaha District) should be made to: Hubert J. Carter, Jr. 402-221-4110. Telephone calls regarding Small Business matters (Seattle District) should be made to: Mark Roush 206-764-6807.
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