SOLICITATION NOTICE
Y -- Repair & Alteration to Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building & Courthouse
- Notice Date
- 5/6/2002
- 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-0061
- Response Due
- 6/12/2002
- Archive Date
- 6/27/2002
- Point of Contact
- Elisa Sanchez, Contracting Officer, Phone 415-522-3162, Fax 415-522-3316,
- E-Mail Address
-
elisa.sanchez@gsa.gov
- Description
- Required: General Contractor for Construction Services in Repair and Alteration of Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 880 Front Street, San Diego, California - Solicitation Number GS-09P-02-KTC-0061, Phase One Response Deadline: JUNE 12, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. 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 and improve various building systems in the existing Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building and United States Courthouse. The facility to be renovated is located in the San Diego central business district at 880 Front Street, San Diego, California and has been occupied since 1976. It consists of two structures, an Office Wing and a Courthouse, connected by a bridge. The Office Wing has six stories and two levels of below-grade parking. The Courthouse consists of five stories. It houses the U.S. District and Magistrate courts, Immigration and Naturalization, United States Attorney?s, Internal Revenue Service, Clerk of the Court for the District, and Tax Court. It also houses the GSA Field Office operations. The gross area of the buildings is approximately 913,044 GSF. The Office Wing has 590 inside parking spaces and no outside parking spaces. This building will remain occupied throughout the construction period and construction activities will be done in phases. Renovation will primarily include replacement of components of HVAC systems, electrical upgrades associated with HVAC, ceilings replacement, limited an interior space alteration and other modifications necessary to provide a safe, energy efficient, healthy and secure environment for the tenants and the public. The selected General Contractor is expected to deliver a thorough and high-quality product to the Government under the terms of the Construction Contract. KMA Architecture and Engineering of San Diego (the Design Architect) is currently preparing the Construction Documents for the project. The CD will be finalized by June 14, 2002. Prior to bidding for this project, the Offeror must inspect the construction site, review the CD for accuracy, check all descriptions and cross-references, and list and report observed inaccuracies to GSA. The proposed price must include the effect of all inaccuracies and the needed remedial work. The successful Offeror upon award of the construction contract will become the General Contractor. The estimated total construction cost of the project is in the range of $5-$9 million. Construction award to the General Contractor is scheduled for September 20, 2002. Construction completion date is tentatively set for December 20, 2004. The General Contractor for construction services will be acquired in accordance with the Competitive Acquisition under the Part 15 procedures. Step One (1) is a presolicitation notice to identify potential offerors technically qualified to perform the renovation project. Potential offerors are invited to attend a presubmittal conference to be held at the Schwartz Federal Building, 880 Front Street, San Diego, CA on May 30, 2002 at 10:00 A.M.. Attendees must submit a letter of intent in response to this notice by May 23, 2002, either by FAX (415) 522-3316 or sending e-mail to elisa.sanchez@gsa.gov. Each potential 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, bonding capacity, financial resources and professional levels of individuals proposed for the project. Specific names are not required during Step One. The offerors must submit information that allows the Government to advise offerors about their potential to be viable competitors and participate in Step Two (2). Each Offeror will be evaluated for the quality and thoroughness of its qualification in response to this notice. The Contracting Officer shall advise the respondents considered not viable competitors of the general basis for that opinion. All respondents considered viable competitors will be advised that they may participate in the resultant acquisition. Step Two (2) will use the Request for Proposals (RFP) to communicate Government requirements to prospective contractors and to solicit proposals. During Step Two (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 26, 2002. The RFP will thoroughly describe the Government's requirements and the basis for the selection of the General Contractor. The Government does not provide any stipend for the preparation of proposals to the offerors. The offeror for this project can be a joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or any 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 separate and as a whole. Selecting an 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 California. The General Contractor must have a functional office in the State of California. In response to the Presolicitation Notice, the potential offerors must submit the following by June 12, 2002 at 2:00 PM: 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 (in Step Two), would meet or exceed the minimum generic standards set in Phase One. 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 proof of Offeror?s bonding capacity for the advertised project; 13. Provide release forms authorizing GSA to obtain performance related information for the previously completed projects, from the owners of the projects; Every Offeror will be evaluated in the following categories: I. Past Performance: This parameter evaluates level of similarity between the advertised project and projects performed in the past by the Offeror. Each project will be evaluated for quality, budget and schedule compliance, owner satisfaction, and contractor response to warranty repairs. The input for evaluation will be based on the Offeror?s response to the Presolicitation Natice 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 the Presolicitation 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 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 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 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 StepTwo, to give the Offeror 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 Presolicitation Notice are due on June 12, 2002 at 2:00 PM., Pacific Standard Time. Upon completion of the Step One (1) process, the Government will notify the prospective offerors of the Step Two (2) procedures including oral presentation (if any), schedules and final selection criteria. The RFP package will only be available to the prospective offerors. This solicitation and 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 (if large business) 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 Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building and United States Courthouse in San Diego on May 30, 2002 at 10:00 A.M. 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. A walk through of the project site will be held after the conference. Government 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: 880 Front Street, San Diego, CA
- Country: United States
- Country: United States
- Record
- SN00072355-W 20020508/020506213443 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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