Access Roads, Pads and Caisson Foundations for Beale Transmission Line Construction

Any questions to be answered during the site visit must be submitted via email to Daoud@wapa.gov no later than 8/1/2023. BEALE AIR FORCE BASE (BAFB) TRANSMISSION LINE ACCESS ROADS, PADS, AND CAISSON FOUNDATIONS CONSTRUCTION This is a competitive 100% Small Business Set-aside Invitation for Bid (IFB). The project magnitude is estimated between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237130 with a Small Business Size Standard of $45M. All work shall be in strict compliance with the specification and drawings. Site Visit: See Provision DOE-L-2019 for meeting location and date/time. See WES-H-2011 ADDENDUM (Attachment 8) for instructions on requesting access to BAFB. Bidders cannot access the base unless the clause instructions are followed. No exceptions. If you attend the site visit, all attendees are required to wear hard hats and steel toed boots. WAPA will not issue safety gear. Attendees will be escorted at all times during site visit. In accordance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-15-19, effective April 1, 2018, all payment requests must be submitted electronically. Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) has selected the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP) as its electronic processing platform. "Payment request" means any Contractor request for contract financing payment or invoice payment. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov. Under this contract, the Contractor shall upload relevant back-up documentation as an attachment to the electronic invoice when requesting payment through IPP. The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Accounts Receivable (AR) Point of Contact as listed in SAM will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131. Any questions to be answered during the site visit must be submitted via email to Daoud@wapa.gov no later than 8/1/2023. Written questions will also be taken at the site visit, but answers may not be provided at that time. All questions and answers, including those answered and not answered at the site visit will be provided via FedConnect. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.

Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.