Y -- CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW OFFICE BUILDING IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

Notice Date

April 27, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

ZIP Code

22219-0244

Solicitation Number

S-ALMEC-01-R-0030

Response Due

May 29, 2001

Point of Contact

James G. Thomas Jr. phone: 703-875-6016 fax: 703-875-6292

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contracting officer via (ThomasJG2@state.gov)

Description

The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Office of Foreign Buildings Operations (FBO) is seeking qualified construction firms for a new office building (NOB) compound in Abuja, Nigeria. The Chancery compound consists of the chancery and attendant facilities, a GSO/warehouse building, and Marine security guard quarters, and is configured to accommodate Department of State functions as well as tenant organizations such as Department of Defense, Commerce, Labor and the Foreign Service Institute. The project will include the construction of the chancery and the attendant site facilities to include perimeter security, vehicular and pedestrian access control facilities, parking and other site amenities. The Chancery facilities and infrastructure will be located on a site of approximately 38,500 square meters in Abuja, Nigeria. The chancery complex will comprise approximately 12,000 gross sq. m. (total of all buildings). The construction cost is estimated in the range of $45 to $65 million. The contract period of performance is 24 to 36 months. The contract type is firm fixed price construction, with a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) submitted at the 100% design stage. The Government's Architect of Record will perform all design. The project solicitation will consist of two phases; this solicitation is for Phase One. As a result of evaluations of submittals for Phase One, three to five firms will be pre-qualified to submit proposals for the NOB project. The pre-qualified firms shall attend and participate in a site visit and design review meetings at the 60% design stage, if held, and shall review and make comments on the 60% design. These firms will only have access to unclassified designs and specifications at this stage. The Government is under no obligation to incorporate suggestions and comments into the designs and specifications, and reserves the right to accept or reject any and all comments. Attendance and participation at these meetings is mandatory. The objective of the Government is to award a construction contract for this project before September 30, 2001. To partially offset the cost of site visits and other related costs, pre-qualified firms will be paid $25,000 stipend upon submission of a responsive project proposal in Phase Two. Failure to attend any required meetings or submit a proposal will prohibit a firm from receiving the $25,000.00 stipend. The pre-qualified contractors will use the 100% designs and specifications at Phase Two, as the basis of their GMP proposals. The GMP proposals are to be submitted in the formats provided by the Government. The firm with the lowest evaluated GMP will be selected for contract award. At the Final design stage, the Government will enter into negotiations with the selected firm to establish a firm fixed price. The selected firm is prohibited from exceeding its proposed GMP during these negotiations. The design for this proposed construction contract is currently underway and will include: architecture and urban design; structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, seismic and geotechnical engineering; space planning and systems furniture integration; interior design; security, communications, and RF shielding systems design; blast and fire protection engineering; landscape design; cost estimating; scheduling; value engineering; administrative coordination of the various disciplines involved; and services during construction. U.S. Government codes and requirements, to include UFAS and sustainable design, as well as the applicable laws, codes, and standards of Nigeria (whichever are more stringent) will apply. The Project will be designed and constructed in hard metric (System International) units. The design will be submitted in AutoCAD R 13 or 14 files in Department of State format. The scope of construction services under this proposed contract will include: Total construction skills and services to construct a fully finished, functional and operational US Embassy in Abuja, in accordance with construction documents prepared by the Government's Architect of Record and approved by FBO; on site organization and lines of authority to ensure overall project coordination; daily management oversight and coordination with US Government on-site staff, Architect-Engineer representatives, subcontractors, equipment suppliers, materials managers, job site meetings, and submittals from initiation to turnover; quality control and assurance program; and construction scheduling to provide overall control throughout the life of the project. The pre-qualified firms, including all entities which comprise a joint venture, must possess, an active Department of Defense (DOD) Secret Facility Security Clearance (FCL) with Secret safeguarding capability in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), DOD 5220.22-M. Appropriately cleared (Secret or Interim Secret) personnel will also be required for this project prior to receipt of the RFP solicitation. DOS will not sponsor uncleared firms for a FCL for this project. To be considered for pre-qualification firms must meet the definition of a "United States person" of Public Law 99-399, Section 402 thereof, as follows: (1) be legally organized in the United States for more than 5 years prior to the issuance of the solicitation; (2) have its principal place of business in the United States; (3) have performed within the United States administrative, technical, professional, or construction services similar in complexity, type of construction, and value of the project(s) being solicited ;(4) employ U. S. citizens in at least 80% of principal management positions in the U.S., employ U.S. citizens in more than 50% of its permanent, full-time positions in the U.S., and will employee U.S. citizens in at least 80% of the supervisory positions on the NOB project site; (5) have existing technical and financial resources in the U.S. to perform the contract; and (6) have no business dealings with Libya. Firms not meeting the "United States persons" requirement will not be considered for pre-qualification. The term "qualified United States joint venture person" means a joint venture in which a "United States person" owns at least 51% of the assets of the joint venture. DOS intends to enter into a partnering agreement with the selected contractor. Firms responding to this announcement on or before the closing date will be considered for pre-qualification using the following evaluation criteria 100 points maximum: (1) TECHNICAL APPROACH, (a) Extent to which business management plan for construction projects explains and demonstrates the quality of the offeror's methodology for decision making, personnel management, team approach, quality control and assurance program, etc. in the execution of contract scope, schedule establishment and cost control and administration, and projected capacity -- 30 points. (b) Large business firms shall provide examples from five recent projects that demonstrates inclusion of small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, and HUBZone small businesses in their subcontracting plans. Past performance in achieving or exceeding the socioeconomic goals established under the five most recent projects -- 10 points. (2) TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS, (a) Extent to which offeror demonstrates that they have the financial capability and resources to undertake their proposal to accomplish the project within the funding range stated previously and ability to obtain the required performance and payment bonds from the Department of the Treasury's listing of approved sureties (Department Circular 570), or bank letters of credit or guarantee; and must have a total construction business volume of at least equal to the level of their proposal per year in three of the last five years requiring use of the scope of construction services outlined above. Offerors must provide a list of banks or other lending institutions which offeror intends to use in order to finance this project, and provide credit references -- 20 points. (b) Extent of professional qualifications, specialized experience, and technical competence in the construction of similar international projects involving multiple contractor and sub-contractor disciplines. Offerors must demonstrate that they have either individually or collectively accomplished the construction of projects of similar value and complexity. The offeror will be evaluated on the quality of the built projects. (No more than five examples are to be submitted) 15 points. (c) Extent to which offeror demonstrates previous record of performing similar projects on schedule while maintaining effective cost and quality control and assurance program. Briefly describe internal quality control and assurance program and cost control procedures and indicate effectiveness by listing the planned and actual construction duration, client's construction budget, design construction estimate, construction award amount, and construction change order rate in tabular form for five recent projects -- 15 points. (d) Extent to which offeror demonstrates experience with projects in the construction of physical and technical security systems for buildings -- 5 points. (e) Extent to which offeror has previous experience with overseas projects and experience with projects in the West Africa, Western Mediterranean or Middle East, and knowledge of similar foreign building codes, standards, and construction practices -- 5 points. Failure to address any one of the foregoing criteria in writing will result in the offeror being removed from further consideration. When responding to criteria (2) b through (2) e above, offerors must list the owner's name, address, telephone number, and contact person for each project. As a means of verification of their ability to meet each of the aforementioned criteria, firms that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit two copies of the following for Phase One: (a) Technical Approach Plan (b) Technical Qualifications for proposed project personnel (c) Statement of qualifications (U.S. Person) for purposes of Section 402 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 P.L. 99-399 (questionnaire forms are available by FAX see below), (d) Construction portfolios which illustrate the firm's capabilities. Large businesses must submit a small business subcontracting plan. The Department of State (DOS) Fiscal Year 2001 subcontracting goals are: small business 40%; small disadvantaged business 5%; woman-owned small business 5%; HUBZone small business 2%; service disabled veteran 3%. This is a solicitation for Phase One only. Based on scoring and evaluations of proposals received under the Phase One solicitation, the government will select the three to five most qualified firms to participate in Phase Two. The pre-qualified firms will be asked to submit cost proposals. The cost proposals will be a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) based on the 100% design. The final, fixed price will be negotiated with the successful offeror based on the Final design package from the Government's Architect of Record. The successful offeror is prohibited from exceeding their proposed GMP during this negotiation. Award of this contract is subject to funding availability. Two copies of submittals must be received by 4:00 p.m. local time, Attn: Mr. James G. Thomas Jr., on May 29, 2001. U.S. Postal mailing address: Department of State, A/LM/AQM/FDCD/CON, Construction Branch, Room L-600, P.O. Box 12248, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219. Delivery address for Express Mail or Courier: Department of State, A/LM/AQM/FDCD/CON, Construction Branch, Room L-600, 1701 N. Ft. Myer Dr., 17th Street entrance, Arlington, VA 22219. (The U.S. Postal Service does not deliver to the 1701 N. Ft. Myer address). Request for questionnaire forms and requests for clarification must be submitted in writing to Mr. James G. Thomas Jr., Telephone Number (703) 875-6016. The fax number for both is (703) 875-6292.***** EMAILADD: ThomasJG2@STATE.GOV EMAILDESC: <A HREF="mailto:
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