AXQD242790 ALLIED SUPPORT SUNSHADES UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE

Invitation for Bids (IFB) Set-Aside for Small Businesses NAICS Code: 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Massachusetts National Guard intends to issue an invitation for bids to award a single firm fixed-price contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances and supervision necessary for the construction establish a secure, redundant underground utility corridor (480V power and OSP fiber) to two tie-in points. Work includes approx. 800 LF of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) under airfield pavements at min 8FT depth; primary circuit tie-in splicing into 22.9KV base loop in manhole 110 (EMH 110) with IEEE 386 200A elbows; installation of one pad-mounted transformer (22.9KV prim to 480Y/277V sec, 250KVA) on frost-protected concrete pad; backup system with 400A NEMA 3R manual transfer switch and cannon plug receptacle; and NEMA 3R/4X COMM cabinet with fiber patch panels. Also contains airfield pavement restoration, remarking per UFC 3-260-04, PE-stamped load study, and quality level B sue utility scan at 104 FW, Barnes ANGB, Westfield, MA 01085.The contract duration will be 90 calendar days after notice to proceed to include inspection and punch list. This project is set aside 100% for small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220, with a small business size standard of $45,000,000. The magnitude of construction is between $250,000 AND $500,000.The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is within the next 30 days (on-or-about December 2026). The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is approximately two weeks following solicitation issuance, time and location to be provided in the solicitation. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference. All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted by the deadline specified in the solicitation. The bid opening date is tentatively planned for approximately 30 days following the issuance of the solicitation. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. The solicitation and associated information will be available only from the Contract Opportunities page at SAM.gov. Your attention is directed to FAR clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008), LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, which states: -By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees in performance of the contract for General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractors 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded-. In accordance with RFO FAR 36.101-4, the following information is provided:(a) There are no agency-specific policies or procedures that apply to the definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts.(b) No data is available regarding the timely definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts.