SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Great Lakes Region-wide Supplemental Architect and Engineering Services (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity)
- Notice Date
- 3/25/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541310
— Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Acquisition Management Division, Specialized Building Services Team (5P2PQEB), General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, 230 South Dearborn Street, Room 3600, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, United States
- ZIP Code
- 60604
- Solicitation Number
- GS-05P-14-FA-D-0004
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Calik, Phone: (312)353-6090
- E-Mail Address
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jennifer.calik@gsa.gov
(jennifer.calik@gsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Partial Small Business
- Description
- This acquisition will result in a multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide Architect and Engineering services. Services include, but are not limited to: site investigation, pre-design studies, design, estimating, design review, procurement support, and post construction award services (PCCS). These services will be in support of projects managed by the General Services Administration (GSA) Public Building Service (PBS) Region 5, which encompasses the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Scopes of the task orders issued under this IDIQ contract may include, but are not limited to: site investigations, site surveys, Feasibility Studies, Project Development Studies, Building Evaluation Reports, Master Plans, concept designs, construction documents, estimating, record drawings, constructability reviews, technical design reviews, shop drawing review and approval, and construction site inspection. Disciplines and expertise that may be required to accomplish the scopes of the task orders include but are not limited to: architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, structural, fire protection, life safety, security, blast, risk assessment, vertical transportation, space planning, real estate market analysis, interior architecture, historic preservation, estimating, master planning, report writing, quality control review, scheduling, surveying, LEED, sustainability, BIM, 3-D rendering, code compliance, hazardous material removal, and Courts and U.S. Marshal expertise. Contract performance is for a one year base period with four one year options. The maximum order limitation is $2,000,000.00 for each one year period. The minimum guarantee for this contract is $2,500 for the base year only. This procurement is partially set aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code is 541310 with a small business size standard of $7 Million dollars. Firm/team must have an existing active design production office located within the geographic area of GSA PBS Region 5. Joint ventures or firm/consultant arrangements will be considered and evaluated on a demonstrated interdependency of the team members to provide a cohesive quality design effort. EVALUATION FACTORS: I.Specialized Experience and Technical Competence (50%) Team must demonstrate success in appropriately addressing high design issues such as community context, image, function and scale. Team must also be adept at solving the more mundane issues like ADA improvements, security, energy reduction and aging infrastructure. Team must demonstrate innovation in the use of new materials or old materials in new ways. Examples of using emerging new design and construction processes such as BIM and sustainable buildings must be shown. Teams must be able to provide services ranging from pre-design studies through construction completion. Teams should also demonstrate extensive experience related to sustainable design and historic preservation. II.Organization, Management and Quality Control (25%) All roles, responsibilities and lines of communication are defined, clear and efficient. Management Plan proposes some new ways of dealing with issues of 1) quality control, 2) efficiently and effectively covering the entire Region 5, and 3) dealing with the scheduling and staffing issues resulting from the inconsistent issuance of task orders. III.Professional Qualifications (15%) Key Personnel must possess the education, qualifications and project experience that will provide the best opportunity for the successful completion of task orders under this contract. Lead Designer's Philosophy is balances and their intent/involvement for accomplishing task orders under this contract is appropriate. IV.Past Performance (10%) Teams must be able to demonstrate successful past performance on example projects from the owner, peer and team mate point of view. The Government has the right to use corporate knowledge when evaluation this factor. The Government's evaluation board will review each team's qualifications and then establish a shortlist of three to six firms. Consideration will be given to teams with outstanding specialized concentrated experience depending on the dispersion of specialized experience among other top ranked firms. The board reserves the right to hold interview with each of the short-listed firms to clarify and confirm submitted information. The selected firms must negotiate overhead, profit and hourly rates for major anticipated disciplines that will be used in negotiation task orders. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: Interested firms have the qualifications to meet these requirements are invited to submit four (4) hardcopies and one electronic copy (PDF format) of Standard Form 330 which can be found at www.gsa.gov/forms no later than 1:00pm Central Time, April 24, 2014. Please provide only the information requested; supplemental information will not be evaluated. Materials must be sent in hard copy to: General Services Administration Acquisition Management Division Attn: Jennifer Calik, Contracting Officer 230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 3600 Chicago, Illinois 60604 Supplemental Standard Form 330 Instructions: Section C: Do not modify the form by providing more than six proposed team members. Prioritize team members and provide those that are the most important to creating the most well rounded team or show your concentrated areas of expertise. It is recommended that firms responsible for the majority of the work submitted in Section F be included. Section E: Do not provide any more than six key personnel. You will have to prioritize and provide those that best represent your ability to accomplish the requirements of this contract. CEOs and other executive personnel should not be submitted unless they will have direct responsibility for accomplishing the task orders under this contract. Is is required that you include the Lead Architectural Designer and the Primary Point of Contact that would be responsible for managing this contract and assigning task orders. It is recommended that the Key Personnel directly responsible for work submitted in section F should also be included. Section F: Each example project may be supplemented with photographs, sketches and drawings, or additional information not to exceed 3 single sided pages. Only provide 10 total example projects. Three out of the 10 have to be directly attributable to the Key Designer. Projects should demonstrate ability to successful accomplish a wide range of project types, sizes and budgets. Majority of projects shall be those that have reached substantial completion and all shall have been designed within the last 5 years. Section G: Only indicate Key Personnel that participated in example projects when they will be performing the exact same role on this contract. Section H: 1)Management Plan shall not exceed three pages and shall include teams overall Management Philosophy and Intent including project assignment, communication, roles and responsibilities, etc. Quality control Plan for designing within the negotiated fee, meeting design schedule, designing a project within budget and reviewing and ensuring estimate accuracy. Plan for managing and scheduling the Government's Inconsistent issuance of task orders in terms of number, importance and urgency. Plan for efficiently managing work at multiple locations throughout the state. 2)Past performance documentation for each sample project submitted in section F may be supported by other documentation which can include but is not limited to: copies of any performance evaluations or owner review of firm's performance, copies (or listing) of awards, letters of appreciation or commendation, and industry articles or reviews. 3)Key Designer's Philosophy and Design intent (not to exceed 2 pages). All responsible sources may submit qualifications. This is not a request for proposal. The Government intends to award between three and five contracts from this notice but reserves the right to vary that number based on number and quality of submissions. The prime contractor must be registered in Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov).
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- Address: General Services Administration (GSA), Public Building Service (PBS), Region 5, which encompasses the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, United States
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