Project Labor Agreement - P200 NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING FACILITY SIMULATON EXPANSION, JOINT BASE (JB) CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

This is a request for information/market survey. This is not a request for proposal, request for quote, or an invitation for bid. There will be no solicitation, specification, or drawings available at this time.

Naval Facilities Engineering System Command (NAVFAC) Southeast is soliciting comments from the public addressing the potential use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for the following construction project. This project is a Design-Bid-Build construction of a high bay simulator facility to house large scale simulators and a multi-story simulator training support facility with production training facilities, simulation technology, training staff areas, simulator maintenance spaces, staff and student support areas, and storage. Proposed construction is steel framing with non-load bearing reinforced concrete masonry unit exterior walls, insulated metal panel walls, brick veneer, and metal panel exterior finish, modified bitumen roof and reinforced concrete pile foundation.

Work will include, but is not limited to, traditional construction elements such as concrete, structural steel, roofing, etc. and interior construction. Additionally work will include the construction of a Mechanical Building (MB), an overhead bridge crane on the high bay building, improvements to electrical, water, sanitary, storm water, and telecom utility distribution infrastructure to support the new facilities, a causeway widening, utility upgrades, and raising the road elevation, roadway and pedestrian capital improvements, reconstruction of existing parking spaces planned for demolition and constructing additional parking spaces, construction of an electrical power substation and associated electrical feeds to the site, Facility Related Control Systems (FRCS), installation of network infrastructure, Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FF&E), Electronic Security Systems (ESS) infrastructure. The estimated Period of Performance is 1343 calendar days.

Any resultant contract will be firm-fixed price. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with the annual size standard of $45.0 million. Project Magnitude is between $250,000,000 and $500,000,000. There are some portions of this project that will be Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI); therefore, recipients of the subject documents shall be U.S. citizen-owned companies and U.S. citizens. All subject documents shall be maintained/stored/positive control IAW CUI guidelines. Under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) guidelines, the prime contractor must have the capability to perform at least 20 percent of the contract work with its own employees. The anticipated award date is September 2026.

A PLA is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement as described in 29 U.S.C. 158 (f). Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) policy states: Executive Order (E.O.) 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects, requires agencies to use PLAs in large-scale construction projects (defined as a construction projects with a total estimated cost at or above $35M) to promote economy and efficiency in the administration and completion of Federal construction projects. When awarding a contract in connection with a large-scale construction project, agencies shall require use of a PLA for contractors and subcontractors engaged in construction on the project, unless an exception(s) at FAR 22.504(d) applies. Reference is made to: FAR Subpart 22.5 Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; provision, FAR 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement; and to clause, FAR 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement.

In consideration of the above factors, and any others which may be deemed appropriate, the public is invited to provide responses on the use of a PLA for this construction project utilizing the attached questionnaire.