Sollars ES HVAC Upgrades, Misawa Air Base, Japan

PRESOLICITATION
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan Engineer District is providing a PRE-SOLICITATION notice pursuant to RFO FAR 5.101 to notify industry of an upcoming acquisition that will include 

PROJECT INFORMATION 

Project Title: Sollars ES HVAC Upgrades, 

Project Location: Misawa Air Base, Japan

Project PSC: Z2JZ – Repair or Alteration of Miscellaneous Buildings

Project NAICS: 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Project Magnitude: Between ¥2,500,000,000 and ¥10,000,000,000 (Japanese YEN)

Project Description:   
Upgrade the existing heating system and add full building cooling capabilities to include 5 bldgs. 80, 90, 92, 94 & 98. Scope is to include transformer upgrades and structural roof changes.
Scope of work includes, but is not limited to, removal and replacement of HVAC systems, removal and replacement of building systems to support the HVAC renovations, including ceilings, partitions, lighting, power, and fire protection systems, roof upgrades at b94, reinforcement of structural beams and columns at b94, construction of a new central plant enclosure, construction of new mechanical rooms at b90 and b98, and associated site work to support the renovations, including Trenching and repaving/resodding, removal and replacement of Transformers, and removal of site structures.

SOLICITATION/PROCUREMENT METHOD: 

1.    This procurement will prequalify sources as authorized per Class Deviation 2026-O0019 DFARS 236.101-70.  See below for prequalification requirements and process.

2.    Following the prequalification process, the Government will then issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation utilizing FAR Part 14 Sealed Bidding procedures to those prequalified.  
 
3.    Prequalification and solicitation are intended for local sources only.  

LOCAL SOURCES
a.    This contract will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan and is intended only for local sources.  Only local sources will be considered under this solicitation.  Local sources are sources (e.g. corporations, partnerships, or Joint Ventures [For a Joint Venture, the Joint Venture as an independent entity must satisfy the local source requirements or, in the alternative, each member of the Joint Venture must individually satisfy the local source requirements]) that are physically located in Japan and authorized (i.e. licensed and registered) to perform construction in Japan. Specifically, a prospective bidder must be duly authorized to operate and conduct construction business in Japan and must fully comply with all applicable laws, decrees, labor standards, and regulations of Japan during the performance of the resulting contracts.

b.    In addition, interested bidders must possess a Japanese civil construction (doboku isshiki koji) license or Japanese architectural construction (kenchiku isshiki koji) license by the prequalification due date and time. The U.S. Government will verify that the offeror has the license through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) website at https://etsuran2.mlit.go.jp/TAKKEN. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure that it has the license (Japanese civil construction or Japanese architectural construction), and that it is accurately shown on the MLIT website, by the proposal due date and time.  Failure to comply with this requirement will be cause for you to be ineligible to be prequalified for this acquisition.