Z -- USPO & COURTHOUSE RENOVATIONS/ALTERATIONS, PITTSBURGH, PA

Notice Date

October 23, 2000

Contracting Office

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Allegheney Realty Service District (3PK), The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA, 19107-3396

ZIP Code

19107-3396

Solicitation Number

GS03P01CDC0003

Response Due

December 18, 2000

Point of Contact

Lydia Domenech, Contract Specialist, Phone (215) 656-6098, Fax (215) 209-0406, Email lydia.domenech@gsa.gov -- Michelle Garofalo, Realty Services Technician, Phone (215) 656-6110, Fax (215) 656-5955, Email

E-Mail Address

Lydia Domenech (lydia.domenech@gsa.gov)

Description

This requirement is for the procurement of a construction firm to provide all supervision, labor, materials and equipment necessary for the repair and alteration of the United States Post Office and Courthouse (PO/CH) in Pittsburgh, PA. The facility is approximately 77,305 gross square meters. The PO/CH, completed in 1934, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The restoration and alteration work will include, but not be limited to: construction of six new district courtrooms (with major structural modifications) and new district chambers, construction of new judicial and restricted elevators, recapture of approximately 10,000 square meter of vacant space for expansion by the courts and related agencies, restoration of historical features, life/safety upgrades, security upgrades, renovations to mechanical and electrical systems, upgrade plumbing, asbestos and other hazardous material abatement, sprinkler system upgrades, and general space alterations. The PO/CH will be occupied during the entire construction duration. Work will be conducted in phases to accommodate continued occupancy of the building. The successful firm must have previous experience with similar size and scope of construction projects with particular emphasis on complex multi-phased renovations & alterations. GSA has defined similar size and scope to be: renovation of an occupied office building (Governmental, Courthouse, or Institutional) of approximately $15 million dollars or more or phased construction renovation projects in occupied buildings of approximately $15 million dollars or more. The contractor's personnel will be required to obtain security clearances prior to working on this project. The approximate duration of the contract is 3.5 years. The estimated cost of this project is over forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00). Award 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 15.3 will be utilized in the selection of a firm offering the best value to the Government in terms of price and technical merit 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, qualified/experienced personnel, subcontracting opportunities, and on their price proposals. The acquisition process shall consist of five phases: Phase 1- Receipt and evaluation of technical proposals utilizing selected drawings and a draft RFP with the technical evaluation factors. Phase 2 -- Develop an advisory short list based on technical qualifications/proposals of the most technically qualified firms. In this stage, GSA will advise each respondent that participates in Phase 1, in writing, as to whether or not it will be invited to participate in Phase 3, or that it is unlikely to be a viable competitor. GSA will advise the responding firms considered not to be viable competitors and the basis of GSA's opinion. GSA will inform all respondents that not withstanding the advice provided by GSA in response to their submission in Phase 1, they may participate in Phase 3. Phase 3- Receipt and evaluation of price proposals based on 100% construction documents (a competitive range will then be developed by the Contracting Officer). Phase 4 -- oral presentations and interviews of firms in the competitive range. Phase 5- negotiations and receipt and evaluation of final offers. Upon receipt and evaluation of all technical and price proposals, a formal selection of a firm will be made that offers the greatest value to the Government based on a combination of technical evaluation and price factors. Failure of offerors to submit a technical offer during Phase 1 will preclude further participation on this acquisition. For this procurement, technical evaluation factors are more important than cost or price. The Government has reserved the right to make an award at completion of Phase 4. The technical evaluation factors for the evaluation process are, in descending order of importance: 1. Past Performance, 2. Key Personnel & Experience, and 3. Subcontracting, which includes the FAR requirement concerning small disadvantaged business participation as part of the subcontracting team. The NAICS code applicable to this project is 233320. The FAR requirements for the Small Disadvantaged Business Price Preference, as listed in FAR Part 19.11, will apply to this solicitation. This procurement is being conducted on an unrestricted basis in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. This announcement also constitutes the synopsis of the pre-invitation notice. Copies of this Solicitation (RFP) minus drawings will be available through the World Wide Web only on approximately November 6, 2000 (www.fedbizopps.gov ). To be included on our GSA source list, and for copies of the initial (selected) drawings, available approximately November 6, 2000, please mail, fax or email your request to Michelle Garofalo, at GSA, Allegheny Realty Services District (3PK), The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107; fax 215-656-6135 or email michelina.garofalo@gsa.gov, reference Solicitation Number GS-03P-01-CDC-0003 for identification purposes, TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. Additional information on how to obtain 100% Solicitation documents will be issued in the solicitation. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on November 28, 2000 at 10:30 a.m. in Room 819 at the William S. Moorhead Federal Building, 1000 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Note: The Moorhead FB is located across the street from the US Post Office and Courthouse). NOTE: A networking session will be held for small, small disadvantaged, women owned, hubzone, and large businesses to meet other prospective firms for possible subcontracting opportunities on this project. Further information on this networking session will be listed in the RFP. PRIOR NOTIFICATION of attendance to this conference is MANDATORY due to building security, please provide your Company Name and all potential attendees full names to Michelle Garofalo 215-656-6110 no later than November 21, 2000. To insure that you receive all information regarding this solicitation, please register to receive updates at www.fedbizopps.gov, and follow the procedures for notification registration.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001025/ZSOL004.HTM (D-297 SN5049J0)