Army Corps of Engineers hosts small business event in Atlanta
June 15, 2010 by cs
Businesses interested in contract opportunities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Jacksonville, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston and Wilmington will be interested in attending an event scheduled in Atlanta on June 29 and 30.
This outreach event will provide a venue for USACE’s South Atlantic Division to discuss its mission, goals and contracting opportunities. Those companies interested in participating in this outreach event must have the capability to provide such servces as design, construction, construction management, environmental services, and civil engineering, including dredging.
To help you identify specific types of contracting opportunities for the South Atlantic Division, use these links:
- Charleston District - http://www.sac.usace.army.mil/?action=organization.business
- Jacksonville District - http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Executive/Branches/SBO/index.htm
- Mobile District- http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/SBP/default.htm
- Savannah District - http://www.sas.usace.army.mil/smallbiz.htm
- Wilmington District - http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Doing Business With Us.htm#Small+Business
Interested firms desiring to participate in the outreach event must have a valid e-mail address. Registration will close on June 24, 2010, however registration will be discontinued after the maximum number of participants has been reached and no on-site registration will be permitted. To register for this conference, visit http://www.sad.usace.army.mil, click on Small Business, then click on the link for the 2010 Small Business Conference, complete the online registration form and submit it to sadregional.conference@usace.army.mil. Each company is requested to register a maximum of two representatives. Once registration forms are received and processed, confirmations will be sent to the e-mail address provided on the registration form.
Large businesses desiring to meet with small business to discuss the opportunity of subcontracting, joint venturing, partnering, etc., are requested to complete the registration form and submit it the company name in the space marked Large Business Participants. Questions concerning this event can be emailed to the following address: sadregional.conference@usace.army.mil.
This event will be held from 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. each day at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth St., SW, Atlanta, Ga. 30303.
Here are a few tips from GTPAC. If you decide to attend this event, you’ll want to prepare. To assist you in this process, be sure to read our articles on attending a government trade show, how to prepare an “elevator speech,” and the need for a Capabilities Statement.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revokes $333M contract for Fort Benning hospital
March 22, 2010 by cs
Actions postpone next month’s ground breaking on new Martin Army Community Hospital
By LILY GORDON – Saturday, Mar. 20, 2010 – The Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has revoked a design-build contract for replacing the Martin Army Community Hospital on Fort Benning, leaving construction on the 745,000-square-foot facility at a stand-still.
On Sept. 28, 2009, the Corps awarded a $333 million contract to Turner Construction Company Inc., of Huntsville, Ala., and its design partner, Ellerbe/Becket of New York, N.Y.
On Feb. 16, the Government Accountability Office upheld two protests against the awarding of the contract to Turner and Ellerbe/Becket, finding two organizational conflicts of interest, a Corps release said. As a result of its findings, the GAO recommended that the two companies be eliminated from the competition and that the Corps award a new contract.
Turner was ordered to suspend work on the Benning construction site on Feb. 26 after the GAO made its decision. Since then, the Corps has been considering whether to implement the GAO’s recommendations. It announced Friday that it would.
The Corps’ Savannah District will now determine a timeline for the awarding of a new contract for the hospital’s construction. Until then, the ground breaking, which was scheduled for early next month, has been postponed, said Billy Birdwell, a spokesman with the Savannah District.
U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop said last week the delay has nothing to do with funding.
“The money is there,” Bishop said. “There will be a hospital. It may just take them a little longer to break ground.”
The new medical facility will be nearly twice as large as the existing 393,000-square-foot hospital, which was built more than 50 years ago. It will have 70 in-patient beds and two wings — one for clinics and one for the hospital. There will be two parking garages.
The existing facility on Marne Road, which dates to 1918, will remain open and will continue to support and provide daily care for active-duty soldiers, reservists, retirees, civilian employees and their family members, said Fort Benning spokeswoman Jennifer S. Gunn.
“While we realize that we’re all excited about this new hospital, the bottom line is that we support the United States Army Corps of Engineers, their process and these recommendations,” said Col. Thomas Macdonald, Fort Benning Garrison Commander.
When reached for comment Friday, Chris McFadden, vice president of communications for Turner Corporate in New York, said he had no knowledge of the contract revocation. Other officials with the company could not be reached Friday evening. Additionally, officials with the GAO also could not be reached for comment.