Fountain City Service Base (FCSB) 1st Floor Mississippi River Project Office (MRPO) Renovation Design-Build Construction Project W912ES26RA001

The following is a pre-solicitation notice and is not a request for quotes, proposals, or bids. This is a notice that a solicitation for a competitive acquisition for the award of one firm-fixed price contract is intended to be issued in the near future. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has a requirement for a design-build contract for the 1st Floor Office Renovation in the Fountain City Service Base Office Building (Building Number 3). The Fountain City Service Base Office Building is a part of the Mississippi River Project Office (MRPO) in the St. Paul District. The Contractor shall be responsible for the design and renovation of the 1st floor of the Fountain City Service Base Office Building (Building Number 3). The Contract will cover all services required to fully execute a Design-Build project. Work will include all engineering and development of plans and specifications; all personnel, equipment, materials, and any associated or ancillary activities for construction of a complete and usable project in accordance with the plans and specifications; and final As-Built/Record Drawings. The anticipated magnitude of this project is $1,000,000 - $5,000,000. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.3, this project will be solicited and evaluated using two-phase design-build selection procedures. It is anticipated that Phase One of the solicitation will be issued in late December 2025 or early January 2026 and contract will be awarded by September 30, 2026. These dates are for planning purposes only and may change as the situation dictates. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The size standard is $45,000,000.00 as provided in the U.S. Small Business Administration Table of Small Business Size Standards effective 17 March 2023. The resulting contract shall be a Firm, Fixed-Price contract. The solicitation shall be Unrestricted (not set-aside for small businesses). This pre-solicitation notice is not a request for quotes, proposals, or bids. This is a notice that a solicitation for a competitive acquisition for the above requirements is intended to be issued via Contract Opportunities (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) in the near future. The specifications will be detailed in the solicitation. This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. This is a pre-solicitation notice, and as such, any additional information as to the size and/or scope of the project will not be available until the issuance of the Phase One solicitation. No CDs or hard copies of this notice or the solicitation will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the above listed Contract Opportunities website for any update(s) to the Notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document posted at the referenced website. As required by 15 U.S.C. 644(w), the Corps of Engineers policy and procedures, as well as past performance information, in regard to definitization of requests for equitable adjustments is found at https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering.In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must provide registration information to the System for Award Management (SAM). All Offerors must be registered in SAM prior to receiving an award, have an active SAM account, and have the Representations and Certifications (FAR and DFARS) sections completed prior to award. Registration instructions may be obtained, and online registration may be accomplished, at https://sam.gov/content/entity-landing.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District (Government) is soliciting a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Fountain City Service Base 1st Floor Office Renovation Project (Project) as Phase I of a two?phase design?build selection procedure. This procurement is solicited as Unrestricted Full and Open and will result in a firm fixed price contract. A two?phase procurement structure will be used for the Project, consisting of a Phase I Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and a subsequent Phase II Request for Proposals (RFP). The RFQ is being issued to identify, using the criteria and methodology described herein, a shortlist of highly qualified and capable design?build teams that will be invited to submit technical/price proposals for Phase II (RFP portion). The Government anticipates that three firms will be shortlisted (from the RFQ responses) and invited to submit responses to the RFP; however, the Government reserves the right to shortlist more or fewer firms depending on the responses to the RFQ received. There will be a maximum of five offerors selected to submit Phase II proposals. All Offerors will receive written notice regarding whether or not they were selected to compete in Phase II. In Phase II, the RFP package will be issued to the shortlisted design?build teams and will specify technical and pricing criteria. Those selected to compete for Phase II will have approximately 30 calendar days to prepare and submit their Phase II proposals. The Phase II proposals will be evaluated by the Government to select the design?build contractor for the project. No site visit will be provided for Phase I. A site visit will be offered to those offerors who are invited to compete in Phase II. The date and time for that site visit will be included in the Phase II RFP. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction and the Small Business size standard is $45.0 million in average annual receipts.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District (Government) is soliciting a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Fountain City Service Base 1st Floor Office Renovation Project (Project) as Phase I of a two?phase design?build selection procedure. This procurement is solicited as Unrestricted Full and Open and will result in a firm fixed price contract. A two?phase procurement structure will be used for the Project, consisting of a Phase I Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and a subsequent Phase II Request for Proposals (RFP). The RFQ is being issued to identify, using the criteria and methodology described herein, a shortlist of highly qualified and capable design?build teams that will be invited to submit technical/price proposals for Phase II (RFP portion). The Government anticipates that three firms will be shortlisted (from the RFQ responses) and invited to submit responses to the RFP; however, the Government reserves the right to shortlist more or fewer firms depending on the responses to the RFQ received. There will be a maximum of five offerors selected to submit Phase II proposals. All Offerors will receive written notice regarding whether or not they were selected to compete in Phase II. In Phase II, the RFP package will be issued to the shortlisted design?build teams and will specify technical and pricing criteria. Those selected to compete for Phase II will have approximately 30 calendar days to prepare and submit their Phase II proposals. The Phase II proposals will be evaluated by the Government to select the design?build contractor for the project. No site visit will be provided for Phase I. A site visit will be offered to those offerors who are invited to compete in Phase II. The date and time for that site visit will be included in the Phase II RFP. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction and the Small Business size standard is $45.0 million in average annual receipts. The anticipated magnitude of this project is $1,000,000 - $5,000,000.