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Army’s Huntsville Engineering and Support Center holding virtual industry day Oct. 23rd

October 20, 2018 By Andrew Smith

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville has scheduled a Virtual Industry Day for its Range and Training Land program. The event coincides with the Small Business Forum 2018, set for Oct. 23, 2018 at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration located on the U.S. Space & Rocket Center campus at 1 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama.

The Huntsville Center’s objective is to select architectural and engineering firms for design services to support various Army, Army Reserve, National Guard and Marine Corps installations and design projects for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District offices; and other Federal and State agencies.

The hour-long event begins at 10 a.m. in the auditorium. During the event, Huntsville Center staff will provide information and answer questions concerning the acquisition requirement.

The agenda consists of an overview of the scope of work; planned acquisition strategy approach; small business tips and best practices. The event will also provide networking opportunities and increase small business participation.

While registration for the Small Business Forum 2018 is closed, you can attend virtually.  The event will be available live via the Huntsville Center’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HuntsvilleCenter.

To learn more about how your firm’s capabilities may fit, please see the fact sheets about programs and doing business with the Huntsville Center at https://www.hnc.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets.

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: A&E, architectural and engineering design services, architecture, Army Corps of Engineers, engineering, Huntsville, industry day, Small Business Forum 2018, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, USACE, virtual industry day

Billions of dollars in construction funding in FY 2019 funding bills

October 2, 2018 By Andrew Smith

On Sept. 13, Congress passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 appropriations bill — which the president is expected to sign into law —t hat will provide significant amounts of funding for military construction projects through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC); hospital, medical clinic and cemetery projects through the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA); and harbor maintenance, lock, dam, levee and environmental restoration projects through the USACE Civil Works Program.

The bill provides a total of $10.3 billion for military construction projects. This is an increase of $241 million, or 2.4 percent, above the enacted FY 2018 level. The bill appropriates $1.6 billion to fund construction, operation, and maintenance of military family housing for fiscal year 2019. This is $173 million above the fiscal year 2018 level and the same as the president’s FY 2019 budget request.

Major and minor construction within the VA is funded at $1.8 billion. In addition, $2 billion is provided for infrastructure repair, with the funding allocated to major and minor construction and non-recurring maintenance. Within the infrastructure total funding, $750 million is targeted to seismic corrections at VA facilities nationwide.

Keep reading this article at: http://advocacy.agc.org/billions-of-dollars-in-construction-funding-in-fy-2019-funding-bills/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: budget, construction, contracting opportunities, DoD, NAVFAC, spending, spending bill, USACE, VA

SAME holding annual industry day event in Savannah on June 27th

April 6, 2018 By Andrew Smith

The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Savannah Post is holding their annual Industry Day on June 27, 2018 at the Marriott Riverfront in Savannah, GA.

In addition, on June 26, SAME is sponsoring an engineering training conference at the same venue, with the following classes:

  • International Facility Management Association (IFMA) class –  8 hour training class by IFMA which will prepare attendees for the national accreditation exam.
  • Construction Quality Management (QCM) class – 8 hour training by Corps of Engineers.  This accreditation is required by a large percentage of the USACE proposals.
  • Architectural-engineering design classes –  There will be six to eight one-hour seminars.  Professional Development Certificates will be given to attendees.

Details on this information is posted on the SAME Savannah Post web site at: http://samesavannahpost.org

 

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: contracting opportunities, SAME, USACE

Corps of Engineers hosting virtual industry day on Apr. 4 to discuss utility monitoring and control systems

March 30, 2017 By Andrew Smith

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (CEHNC) is holding a virtual industry day for the Utility Monitoring and Control Systems (UMCS) on 04 April 2017 from 1300 hours to 1700 hours Central Daylight Savings Time (CDT).

CEHNC is seeking qualified firms to procure and install Utility Monitoring and Control Systems (UMCS) in anticipation of awarding the fifth generation (UMCS V) of multiple Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts for the UMCS program. CEHNC anticipates awarding contracts with a four-year base ordering period and three one-year option ordering periods. The anticipated program capacity shared by all awarded contracts is approximately $2.75 billion. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541512, Computer Systems Design Services. The small business size standard is $27.5 million.

Pre-registration is a requirement for this event. Please contact LaShonda Smith, Business Advisor / Contract Specialist at lashonda.smith@usace.army.mil if you plan to attend.  Please include your company name, name of each attendee, including an email address and phone number for each attendee. All registrations must be received no later than 31 March, 2017.  Upon completion of registration, registrants will be provided access codes for the Virtual Industry Day.

TThe agenda will consist of an overview of the Scope of Work, planned acquisition strategy, tips and best practices for Small Business, and a Question and Answer (Q&A) session.  This event will allow the Government to provide valuable information to industry regarding the acquisition, answer any questions concerning the requirement and the planned acquisition approach, and receive buy-in from industry.

Location: The Virtual Industry Day will be held at www.webmeeting.att.com

Website for the CEHNC Small Business Office: SBO-HNC@usace.army.mil

This special notice is posted on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) site under W912DY-17-R-0014.

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: Army Corps of Engineers, industry day, USACE, Utility Monitoring and Control Systems

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