General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Philadelphia Realty Services District (3PPRE), The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Newark, PA, 19107

Z -- FACADE REPAIRS AND ASSOCIATED EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS JAMES A. BYRNE COURTHOUSE & WM. J. GREEN JR. FEDERAL BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. SOL GS-03P-99-AZC-0042 DUE 050599 POC Doreen Waltrich, Contracting Officer, Phone (215) 656-6130, Fax (215) 656-5836, Email doreen.waltrich@gsa.gov -- Sharyn Beasley, Realty Services Technician, Phone (215) 656-6121, Fax (215) 656-5836, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=GS-03P-99-AZC -0042&LocID=58. E-MAIL: Doreen Waltrich, doreen.waltrich@gsa.gov. The requirement of this project is for the procurement of a construction firm to provide all supervision, labor, materials and equipment necessary to construct; (1) A new brick facade system on the Byrne U. S. Courthouse Tower and Penthouses; (2) Selective facade demolition and repair on the Green Federal Building's Penthouses; (3) Removal and replacement of exterior sealant on the Byrne U.S. courthouse that also includes permanent curtain wall window sealing with limited refurbishing of operable curtain wall windows in judicial chambers; (4) Asbestos containing material (ACM) sealant abatement and replacement of exterior sealant along with permanent curtain wall window sealing in the Green Federal building; (5) Total roofs removals and replacement on the Byrne courthouse following the tower's facade repairs; (6) Total roofs removals and replacement on the Green federal building following the penthouses facade repairs and curtain wall improvements; and (7) total removals and replacements on the Ceremonial Courtroom and East & West link-way roofs. Items 4-7 will be awarded as options to the contract and will also require limited abatement of non friable ACM roofing materials. The complex encompasses one million square feet, is fully occupied and houses many operationally sensitive federal agencies. It is located in downtown Philadelphia and covers over one square city block. The proposed contract will be a firm fixed price contract and the procurement method will be a competitive negotiated Request for Proposal (RFP). Source Selection Procedures as identified in FAR PART 15.6 will be utilized in the selection of a firm whose proposal has the highest degree of realism and whose performance is expected to best meet stated Government requirements. Accordingly, offerors will be evaluated based on technical merit with respect to demonstrated successful past performance, including the past performance of their subcontractors, qualified/experienced personnel and on price proposals. The acquisition process shall consist of five phases: 1.) receipt and evaluation of technical offers, 2.) develop short list based on technical qualifications/proposals, 3) receipt and evaluation of initial price proposals from short listed firms, and 4.) oral presentations 5) upon completion of negotiations, receipt and evaluation of best and final offers. Evaluation factors and their relative importance: Award will be made based on a combination of technical and price factors. The technical evaluation factors and their relative weights in the evaluation process are listed below: A. Past Performance (Weight 20%) B. Masonry Subcontractor (Weight 30%) C. Other Subcontracting team (Weight 20%) D Project Management Staffing (Weight 30%) This initial phase will consist of receipt and evaluation of technical proposals from offerors responding to the technical solicitation. The technical proposals will be evaluated to determine technical acceptability. The second phase will consist of GSA's development of a short list of the most technically qualified firm, with a notification to all firms as to their technical ranking. The third phase will consist of GSA's request of offerors from the short-listed firms to provide price proposals that will assist the contracting officer in the determination of the competitive range. During the fourth phase, oral presentations and negotiations will be conducted with firms who fall within the competitive range. The fifth phase of the process will request offerors in the competitive range to submit Best and Final Offers. Upon receipt and evaluation of any and all revised technical and price proposals, a formal selection of a firm will be made that offers the greatest value to the government The estimated project cost is over $15,000,000.00 and the SIC code is 1542. This announcement also constitutes the synopsis of the pre-invitation notice. For copies of the solicitation (technical qualification package) available April 5, 1999, please submit a non-refundable check, cashier's check, or money order for $100.00 payable to Defense Automated Printing Service, The Robert NC Nix Bldg. Rm. B57 9th & Market Sts. Phila PA 19107. Please reference solicitation # GS-03P-99-AZC-0042 for identification purposes. PERSONAL CHECKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please mail or fax your request to Ms. Sharyn Beasley on Fax # (215) 656-5836. TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. Posted 04/02/99 (D-SN315647). (0092)

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