MODIFICATION
Y -- Modernization of Federal Office Building 8 - Solicitation 1 - Site Visit Information Sheet
- Notice Date
- 6/5/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Property Development Division (WPC), 7th and D Streets, S.W., Room 2002, Washington, District of Columbia, 20407
- ZIP Code
- 20407
- Solicitation Number
- GS11P09MKC0016
- Response Due
- 7/15/2009 1:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Mary Pineda, Phone: 202-205-8468, Naomi Mabins, Phone: 202-260-5695
- E-Mail Address
-
mary.pineda@gsa.gov, naomi.mabins@gsa.gov
(mary.pineda@gsa.gov, naomi.mabins@gsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Site Visit Information Sheet RFP The General Services Administration (GSA) hereby issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Modernization of Federal Office Building 8, 200 C Street SW, Washington DC. The awarded contract shall be one firm fixed price contract (Subject to Availability of Funds) consisting of a base bid construction plus one option and one "deductive alternate" (Subject to Availability of Funds). GSA anticipates that funding will be used from the pending FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act. This renovation is being designed in metric units and the building is approximately 51,125 gross square meters (550,307 gross square feet). The selected General Contractor will become a member of the project team during construction, working with GSA, GSA's already under contract AE firm, and other GSA consultants. The scope of the project includes partial demolition, base building construction and tenant fit-out. During construction, the contractor shall ensure that the existing chilled water plant, which feeds an adjacent occupied building, operates without interruption. GSA will continue to maintain this system throughout the construction performance period. The contractor must provide all management, supervision, labor, material, supplies, and equipment (except as otherwise provided) and must plan, schedule, coordinate and assure effective performance of all construction to meet GSA and client agency requirements. The contractor will perform the construction in accordance with the design specifications, drawings and terms and conditions of the contract. The estimated construction cost range including tenant fit-out is between $120 - $130 million. The Construction Performance Period shall not exceed 1,095 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed. This timeframe includes tenant buildout. Competitive formal source selection procedures will be used in accordance with FAR 15.3. along final occupancy being expected to commence April 2012. The selection process will use tradeoffs and technical/management factors are more important than price and price related factors. The Factors are Experience (25%), Past Performance (25%), Project Management Plan (10%), Corporate Approach (5%), Key Personnel (25%), and Apprenticeship Plan (10%). The Offerors must demonstrate past experience providing construction services in the capacity of a tradition General Contractor (GC) on at least two (2) similar projects with at least one (1) project of a value higher than $50M. The Offerors must provide documentation and confirmation of past performance on the projects identified by the offeror under the past experience factor. The offeror must provide a Project Management Plan that conveys the Offeror's intended planning tools for achieving project success in terms of scope, timeliness and quality (to include a Subcontracting Plan and Quality Control Plan as well). The Government will also evaluate the Offeror's Corporate Approach though the Offeror's summary of its management style regarding personnel and staffing plan, along with evaluate the qualifications of key personnel on the Offeror's project team. The Offeror shall promote the growth of skilled craft labor, specifically the contractor's use of a registered apprenticeship program. (As used herein, the term "registered apprenticeship program" is a program that is registered with the United States Department of Labor or State Apprenticeship Council under 29 CFR Part 29.). Technical, when combined, is significantly more important than cost and price. The selected General Contractor will become a member of the project team during construction, working with GSA, GSA's already under contract AE firm, and other GSA consultants as well as shall maintain a team with the expertise and capability to manage and coordinate the timely and orderly development and construction of the proposed project. The General Contractor will be required to assign a project management team as required by the RFP. Construction Services shall include, but are not limited to, renovation and conversion of the building in accordance with the specifications, administration of the construction contract and all subcontracts, coordination of regular construction meetings, CPM scheduling, maintaining of construction records including daily logs and monthly reports, monitoring of construction costs, total building "commissioning" and turnover to designated facility management staff, and other required supplemental services as requested by GSA. During contract performance, the General Contractor shall provide GSA with sound management advice regarding the approach to the project, means to achieve the best value in performance, necessary actions, schedule control, alternative ideas including value engineer, problem/claim prevention, and budgeting. The General Contractor shall have a full understanding of the project, its contract documents, and the principles of Federal construction contracting and contract administration. Most importantly, the General Contractor shall have complete responsibility for renovation and conversion of the facility. This negotiated procurement will be open to both large and small business firms. The firm (if not a small business concern) shall be required to present an acceptable small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and woman-owned small business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507, as part of its proposal. The General Services Administration (GSA) is committed to assuring that maximum practicable opportunity is provided to small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business concerns to participate in the performance of this contract consistent with its efficient performance. GSA expects any subcontracting plan submitted pursuant to FAR 52.219-9, Small, Small Disadvantaged, and Women Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan, to reflect this commitment. Consequently, an offeror, other than a small business concern, before being awarded a contract exceeding $500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction) will be required to demonstrate that its subcontracting plan represents a creative and innovative program for involving small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business concerns as subcontractors in the performance of this contract. If selected for award, the offerors subcontracting plan should be ready for approval without the need to obtain additional information. The GSA goals for subcontracting are as follows: small businesses at least 37% of total subcontracting planned; small disadvantaged businesses at least 6% of small business subcontracting planned; small women-owned businesses at least 5% of small business subcontracting planned, HUBZone small businesses at least 3% of total subcontracting planned; Veteran-owned small businesses at least 5%% of small business subcontracting planned and Service-disabled veteran-owned at least 3% of small business subcontracting plan. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS will be ISSUED via a PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN EACH PROSPECTIVE PRIME OFFEROR AND GOVERNMENT POCON 10 JUNE 2009 from 9:00 AM through 11:00 AM the Bid Room #1065 located at GSA 7th & D Street SW, Washington, DC. The technical documents, consisting of Drawings and Specifications, will be issued on CD to Prime Contractors ONLY. All those in receipt of the Government Documents are expected to safeguard the Sensitive but Unclassified information of this project in accordance with the "Document Security for Sensitive but Unclassified Paper and Electronic Building Information," GSA Order, PBS 3490, dated March 8, 2002 which PROHIBITS the COPYING, DISSEMINATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF THESE DRAWINGS, PLANS, OR SPECIFICATIONS TO UNAUTHORIZED USERS. It shall be noted that all offerors must present a picture ID and documentation confirming their association with the prime offeror. A NON-MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BE CONDUCTED ON 16 JUNE 2009 from the hours of 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Noon). (See the attached Site Visit Information Sheet for details of the meeting location and a description of what items are not allowed to be brought into the site visit area). Each Offeror and/or Subcontractor will be limited to a maximum of two (2) attendees. THOSE SEEKING TO ATTEND THE SITE VISIT SHALL SUBMIT a VISIT AUTHORIZATION REQUEST (VAR) NO LATER THAN 12 JUNE 2009 at 1:00 PM EST for each proposed visitor. The VAR shall be FORWARDED via email to Mike Olson at mike.olson@gsa.gov or via fax to 202-260-7650 and shall contain the following information: 1) Requesting Offeror's Name, Address, and Telephone Number. 2) Name of the Proposed Visitor. Include First, Middle and Last names for each. 3) Social Security Number of Proposed Visitor. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFIs) MUST BE SUBMITTED BY NO LATER THAN 6 JULY 2009 at 2:00 PM EST. ALL RFIs shall be forwarded via email to Naomi Mabins at naomi.mabins@gsa.gov or via fax to 202-260-7650. PROPOSAL DUE DATES are: TECHNICAL PROPOSAL DUE: 15 JULY 2009 at 1:00 PM EST; and PRICE PROPOSAL DUE: 22 JULY 2009 at 1:00 PM EST. NOTE: All proposals shall be submitted to General Services Administration, NCR, PBS, 301 7th Street SW, BID ROOM #1065; Washington, DC 20407. Added: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][added_on]" value="2009-05-21 08:18:48">May 21, 2009 8:18 am Modified: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][modified_on]" value="2009-06-05 13:15:49">Jun 05, 2009 1:15 pm Track Changes
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20009, United States
- Zip Code: 20009
- Zip Code: 20009
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