SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Construction Management Services
- Notice Date
- 4/26/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Property Development Division (9PCS), 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 3rd floor West, San Francisco, CA, 94102
- ZIP Code
- 94102
- Solicitation Number
- GS-09P-02-KTC-0059
- Response Due
- 5/30/2002
- Archive Date
- 6/14/2002
- Point of Contact
- Elisa Sanchez, Contracting Officer, Phone 415-522-3162, Fax 415-522-3316,
- E-Mail Address
-
elisa.sanchez@gsa.gov
- Description
- Required: Construction Management Services for Foley Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 300 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada - Solicitation Number GS-09P-02-KTC-0059, Presolicitation Notice Response Deadline: May 30, 2002 at 2:00 PM. Project Owner: General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 3rd Floor West, San Francisco, California 94102-3434. Point of Contact: GSA Contracting Officer, Elisa Sanchez, Telephone (415) 522-3162, Facsimile: (415) 522-3316; e-mail: elisa.sanchez@gsa.gov The General Services Administration (GSA) announces its intention to renovate the Foley Federal Building and United States Courthouse and have the building ready for occupancy by September 2004. The Foley Federal Building and United States Courthouse is a 205,000 GSF reinforced concrete building of early 1960s vintage. It consists of a basement, four floors, and a penthouse. Surface parking is provided in the rear of the building. The building will be vacated for construction. Upon completion of construction, USBC, USMS, Probation, Trustee, HUD, and SSA will permanently occupy the building. USBC will operate five bankruptcy courtrooms in the building. Renovation will include asbestos abatement, lead-based paint removal, structural blast protection, protection against progressive collapse, interior space realignment, interior tenant improvements, courtroom renovation, chamber renovation, lobby renovation, functional and aesthetic enhancement of entrance and first floor lobby to improve first impression, code compliance for handicap access throughout the building, waste recycling and reuse, energy-conservation, and roof replacement. The selected Construction Manager (CM): 1. Will professionally monitor, coordinate and manage the activities of the General Contractor (GC) and its subcontractors. 2. Will systematically trace and document all project activities. 3. Will exert all that is required to obtain an above average quality facility for the Government. 4. Will always work within the framework of the approved project. 5. Must possess effective management ability. 6. Must also possess a thorough knowledge of construction technology and process, design-engineering and in-place work. 7. Must be able and willing to proactively manage the project to successful completion. Tetra Design, Inc., the Architect-Engineer for the project, will finalize and issue the final Construction Documents on April 29, 2002. GSA is advertising the position of the General Contractor (GC) for the project. During construction, GC, AE, CM and GSA (and the tenants through GSA) will be the project team working on different aspects of the project toward a common goal. The selected CM must, therefore, create a construction management plan that would consider achieving the project objectives through coordination among the team members. The CM strategy must fully comply with the approved budgetary and scheduling framework of the project. On a daily basis, the CM will interface with the GC, AE, tenants and others, and will monitor, coordinate and resolve all project issues. On a routine basis, the CM will deal with issues related to contractor labor, site safety, work-in-place inspection, budgeting, scheduling, tenant requirement, daily reports, work related meetings and conferences, payment of contract invoices, record keeping, observation of material sampling and testing, and preparation of change order estimates. Additionally, the CM will review, analyze and recommend solution for contractor requests-for-equitable adjustment. When required, and primarily as a post-construction function, the CM will support the GSA Contracting Officer (CO) in handling contractor claims. The Construction Price at Award is estimated by GSA to be in the range of $19-$21 million. The Construction Management at Award price is estimated to be within $1.2-$1.4 million. The negotiated figure for each category would be contingent upon level-of-effort proposed by the Offerors. The CM services will be in accordance with the Competitive Acquisition under the Part 15 procedures. Step 1 is a presolicitation notice to identify potential offerors technically qualified to perform the CM services for the Foley project. Potential offerors are invited to attend a presubmittal conference to be held at the Foley Federal Building and Courthouse, Las Vegas, NV on May 15, 2002 at 9:00 AM. Attendees must submit a letter of intent in response to this notice by May 10, 2002, either by FAX (415) 522-3316 or sending e-mail to elisa.sanchez@gsa.gov. Each CM Offeror will submit a concise statement of its corporate background, resources and capabilities, past performance on similar projects, technical and managerial qualifications of the firm, and professional levels of individuals proposed for the project. Specific names are not required during Step 1. The offerors must submit information that allows the Government to advise offerors about their potential to be viable competitors and participate in step 2. Each offeror will be evaluated for the quality and thoroughness of its qualification in response to this notice. All responses will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria stated in this notice. The Contracting Officer shall advise respondents considered not viable competitors of the general basis for that opinion. All respondents considered to be viable competitors will be advised that they may participate in the resultant acquisitions. Step 2 will use the Reguest for Proposals (RFP) to communicate Government requirements to prospective contractors and to solicit proposals. During Step 2, the viable competitors will be required to submit a fully developed Technical and Price proposals. The RFP will thoroughly describe the Government's requirements. The RFP will be issued to the prospective offerors by June 10, 2002. The Government does not provide any stipend for the preparation of proposals to the Offerors. The Offerors for this project may be a joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or any other legal entity with collective contractual responsibility to successfully perform the project. If the offeror is an entity comprised of more than one firm, the identity and credentials of the firms will be evaluated separately and as a whole. Selecting a CM Offeror is not restricted to any specific geographic area. However, at least fifty percent of the construction work must be performed within the State of Nevada. The Construction Management Firm must have a functional office in Southern Nevada. In response to the Presolicitation Notice, the potential offerors must submit the following by May 30, 2002 at 2:00PM: 1. Submit a letter of intent for the advertised project. 2. Submit summary level information for three to five projects previously performed by the Offeror resembling the advertised project. 3. Submit description and a picture for each previous project. 4. Submit information on building configuration, size, usage, and final cost for each previous project. 5. Submit names, addresses and telephone numbers of the owner representatives for each previous project. 6. Submit explanations for delays and liquidated damages for each previous project. 7. Submit a construction organization chart explaining generic positions proposed for the advertised project. 8. Identify minimum level of education and experience proposed for each generic position. 9. Certify that specific individuals proposed later, would meet or exceed the minimum generic standards set in the presolicitation notice. 10. Submit a two-page maximum management plan for the advertised project; 11. Provide proof of Offeror?s financial stability for the advertised project; 12. Provide release forms authorizing GSA to obtain performance related information for the previously completed projects, from the owners of the projects; Each potential offeror will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria: I. Past Performance: This parameter evaluates level of similarity between the advertised project and projects managed in the past by the Offeror. Each project will be evaluated for quality, budget, schedule compliance and owner satisfaction. The input for evaluation will be based on the Offeror?s response to the presolicitation notice and information obtained from the owner representatives who dealt with the Offeror on the project. The owner representatives will be those identified by the Offeror in response to the notice. Any comparable project indicated by the Offeror, must be at least 75% complete in order for it to be considered for this evaluation. II. Proposed Corporate Organization: This parameter evaluates the corporate side of the CM Offeror?s organization. It will examine and rate the firms overall experience, track record, credentials, management philosophy and approach to projects, and managerial level qualification. Other parameters considered would be the corporate ability to complete construction management of projects on time and within budget, current corporate workload, and projected workload coinciding with the timing of the advertised project. III. Proposed Construction Teams: The construction team proposed by the CM Offeror will be generic, meaning it would signify generic positions with minimum envisaged level of experience, education, length of service, geographic availability, and assignment within the Offeror?s organization chart for the project. Specific names are not required until Step 2, to give the Offerors enough time to be short-listed and then plan and organize a certain group of individuals to the project team. Offerors having qualifications to meet the requirements specified herein are invited to respond and submit the specified forms and documents required by the Presolicitation Notice. All submittals must identify with this announcement and solicitation number. Hand deliver or mail six copies of submittals to Ms. Elisa Sanchez, General Services Administration, Property Development Division (9PCS), 3rd Floor West, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102-3434. All submittals for the Presolicatation Notice are due on May 30, 2002 at 2:00 PM, Pacific Standard Time. Upon completion of the Step 1 process, the Government will notify the prospective offerors of the Step 2 procedures including oral presentation (if any), schedules and the final selection criteria. The RFP package will be available only to the prospective offerors. This procurement is being made under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Although this procurement is open to large businesses, small and minority businesses are encouraged to participate. All interested contractors are reminded that the successful contractor will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practical extent with small and disadvantaged contractors as part of their original submitted teams. Before award of the contract the Offeror (if not a small business having an average gross receipts of $4M during each of the past three fiscal years) is required to submit an acceptable Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507. All potential offerors are invited to attend a pre-submittal conference to discuss project requirements and the selection process. The conference will be held at the Foley Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Las Vegas, NV on May 15, 2002 at 9:00 A.M. Although mandatory attendance is not required, potential offerors are requested to notify the Contracting Officer, Elisa Sanchez by calling (415) 522-3162 or sending e-mail to elisa.sanchez@gsa.gov, of the names of attendees by May 10, 2002. A walk through of the project site will be held after the conference. GSA reserves the option to cancel this solicitation at any time should funding sources and/or availability of funds fail to materialize. This is not a request for Fee Proposal. For more information, please contact Ms. Elisa Sanchez at (415) 522-3162.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Foley Federal Building & US Courthouse, 300 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
- Country: United States
- Country: United States
- Record
- SN00067242-W 20020428/020426213400 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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