MODIFICATION
C -- Building 53 Modernization, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO
- Notice Date
- 2/14/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Property Development (8PF), Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling Streets, Building 41, Denver, CO, 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- GS-08P-03-JFC-0003
- Response Due
- 3/10/2003
- Archive Date
- 3/25/2003
- Point of Contact
- Steve Eckelberg, Contracting Officer, Phone (303) 236-7070 , x260, Fax (303)236-3606, - Steve Eckelberg, Contracting Officer, Phone (303) 236-7070 , x260, Fax (303)236-3606,
- E-Mail Address
-
steven.eckelberg@gsa.gov, steven.eckelberg@gsa.gov
- Description
- C Architect Engineer Services Solicitation # GS-08P-03-JFC-0003 Building 53 Modernization, Lakewood, Colorado. A walk through of building 53 has been scheduled for February 27, 2003 at 9:00 am. This is not a preproposal or presubmittal conference, but rather an opportunity for potential offerors to familiarize themselves with the project. The Denver Federal Center is a controlled access facility located at 6th Avenue and Kipling Street in Lakewood, CO. Interested parties must enter the facility through the Kipling Street gate, identify yourself as a visitor, and present a valid driver's license to gain access. The walk through will start at entrance W-1 on the west side of the building promptly at 9:00 am. Everyone wishing to participate in the walk through must send an email to Charles Rienhardt, GSA Property Manager, at charles.rienhardt@gsa.gov, with copies to Benjamin Penick at benjamin.penick@gsa.gov and Steve Eckelberg at steven.eckelberg@gsa.gov, identifying the name, address and phone number of the firm, and the names of attendees. Any questions concerning the walk through should be addressed to Steve Eckelberg at (303)236-7070 ext. 260. The General Services Administration (GSA) announces an opportunity for Design Excellence in public architecture and engineering for performance of Architectural-Engineering Design for a major modernization project for the existing Building 53 in accordance with General Services Administration (GSA) quality standards and requirements. Building Number 53 is located on the Denver Federal Center (DFC) at 6th and Kipling in Lakewood, Colorado. Building 53 was originally constructed in 1941 as the Remington Denver Ordinance Plant .30 Caliber Shop. A small, one-story addition was added at the north end in 1985. Interior renovations that created much of the present layout were completed in the 1960's and 1970's. The building presently contains offices, laboratories, computer rooms, training and conference rooms, warehouse space, and a printing facility. The area of the building is approximately 352,480 square feet with an occupiable area of approximately 265,102 square feet. The following scope of work items are to be addressed during the design of this modernization project: 1. BUILDING ENVELOPE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS. Replace roofing membrane and roof insulation. Replace non-insulated windows. Repair exterior masonry at loading dock retaining walls. 2. Entry and exterior improvements and repairs. Add new building entry, passenger elevator, security station, and new corridor to east side of building. Existing entry upgrade with new west parking area (alternate). 3. Common area improvements and repairs. New common lecture hall. Common areas renovations. Dead end corridors. Restroom renovation. Upgrade signage. Building entry vestibule. Enclose Stairs. Door and door hardware. Renovation of freight elevator #1. Renovation of passenger elevators #2 & #3. 4. Tenant space renovations. Tenant fit-out of vacated former tenant spaces. Shell with tenant fit-out. Renovations of existing tenant spaces, including new floor, wall, and ceiling finishes. Renovation of existing tenant spaces, including new carpet and paint finishes. Patch, repair, and paint cracked walls in existing tenant spaces. 5. Structural repairs. Seismic repairs. 6. MECHANICAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. Seismic upgrade of mechanical and electrical systems. Upgrade the cafeteria HVAC. Consolidate roof top mechanical rooms MR-22 and MR-24. Replace mechanical room 27 penthouse and equipment. Replace air handling units in penthouse mechanical room MR-25. Serve the south GPO area from penthouse mechanical room 27. Serve the existing EPA area from mechanical room MR-2. Replace equipment - add mechanical room. Consolidate 37 exhaust fans. Replace HVAC equipment in six mechanical rooms 4, 10, 20, 23, 26, and 29. Replace the HVAC controls. Add a control air compressor to power digitally controlled pneumatic actuators. Replace supply and return fans in mechanical room MR-23. Replace the heating loop served off of mechanical room MR-21 and remove the added package ac unit. Relocate ceiling-mounted ac units from corridor H-2700. 7. ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. Provide exit and egress lighting. Install GFCI receptacles. Identify and uniformly label electrical equipment. Provide new starters, distribution, and switches for mechanical upgrades. Replace and upgrade electrical power distribution system. Upgrade communications/LAN cabling and raceway. Upgrade lighting fixtures as part of ceiling replacement. 8. Fire Protection. Fire Protection. GSA Rocky Mountain Region, Solicitation No. GS-08P-03-JFC-0003. The Estimated Construction Cost at Award range is $40 to $50 million. The Architectural Engineering fee for design services shall be within the 6% statutory limitation based on the government construction estimate at time of negotiations. The facility will be designed in metric units. The scope of work will require at a minimum: Base design contract; design development documents (35% design), metric drawings, specifications, cost estimates, value engineering services, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD). The design is also to be accomplished in accordance with the GSA Design Excellence Program. At this time the GSA is planning to utilize a Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) method of construction contract delivery for this project. Additional Options to the Base design contract may include; Option 1 - Provide final construction documents to include metric construction drawings, specifications, cost estimates, value engineering services, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) and sustainable design. The facility must be certified through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System of the U.S. Green Building Council. This project is to exceed the basic LEED Green Building Council certification and achieve the LEED Silver Level. The A/E Firm shall be required to work with a CMc Firm, to be solicited by the GSA, during the initial phase of the design to establish the final project scope of work and construction budget. Option 2 - Post Design/Construction Administrative contract services. This is a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) of A/E Firms/Lead Designers interested in contracting of this work. The A/E firm as used in this RFQ shall be in association, joint venture partnership or in other business entities with Small Business firms. The A/E firm shall have contractual responsibility for the project design. The A/E Firm must address the contractual relationship between the construction document production firm (if other than the A/E firm) with its ability to manage the design and production of construction documents. In developing the project team, the A/E Firms are advised that at least 35% of the level of contract effort must be performed within the State of Colorado. The production firm shall be capable of establishing a fully staffed and functional office in Denver metropolitan area, and capable of becoming licensed in the State of Colorado. The A/E selection will be completed in two stages as follows: In Stage I, interested firms will submit portfolios of accomplishment that establish the design capabilities of the A/E Firm. All documentation will be in an 8 1/2 x 11 format. No faxed or electronic copies will be accepted. The portfolio should include the following: a cover letter referencing the FedBizOpps announcement and briefly describing the firm and its location, organizational makeup, and noteworthy accomplishments; and Standard Form 254 (Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire) or equivalent, and Standard Form 255 (Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project) or equivalent. Identification of the Architectural production firm (if required), Mechanical consultant and Electrical consultant are required at this stage. Submission requirements and evaluation criteria: (1) Past Performance on Design (35%): The A/E Firm, including the Mechanical and Electrical consultants will submit graphics (maximum of three pages per project) of not more than five construction projects (each) completed in the last ten years. The narrative (maximum of two pages per project) shall address the design approach with salient features for each project and discuss how the client's program, functional, image, mission, economic, schedule, and operational objectives were satisfied by the overall design/planning solution. Include tangible evidence where possible such as certificates, awards, peer recognition, etc., demonstrating design excellence and/or sustainable design. Provide a client reference contact for each project, including name, title, address, phone, and fax numbers. A portion of one page presented for each project must include a representative floor plan and either a site plan or a building section. (2) Philosophy and Design Intent (25%): In the Lead Designers' words, (maximum of two typewritten pages) state their overall design philosophy and approach to the challenge of public architecture, integration of Engineering & Architecture solutions, sustainable design, other issues and parameters that may apply to this modernization project. (3) Lead Designer Profile (15%): The lead designer for the A/E Firm along with the lead designer for the Mechanical and Electrical consultants shall submit a biographical sketch (maximum of three pages for each) including education, professional experience, recognition for design efforts inclusive of examples. Identify and describe areas of responsibility and commitment to each project. (4) Lead Designer Portfolio (25%): The lead designer for the A/E Firm along with the lead designer for the Mechanical and Electrical consultants shall submit a portfolio representative of each Lead Designer's ability to provide design excellence. Submit graphics (maximum of three pages per project) and a typewritten description (maximum of two pages per project) of up to three similar construction projects completed in the last ten years. The narrative shall address the design philosophy with salient features for each project and discuss how the client's program, functional, image, mission, economic, schedule, and operational objectives were satisfied by the overall design/planning solution. Include tangible evidence where possible such as certificates, awards, peer recognition, etc., demonstrating design excellence. Where there is duplication with criteria (1), the Lead Designer will address his/her participation in the project. An A/E Evaluation Board consisting of private-sector peer(s), and representatives of the client and GSA will evaluate the submissions. The Board will establish a short-list of the most highly rated acceptable firms. For Stage II, the short-listed firms will be notified and asked to submit more detailed information indicating each member of the design team, including all outside consultants. The firms will be required to complete Standard Forms 254 and 255, or equivalent, that reflect the entire design team. The Government will establish the date these submittals are due and provide the criteria for the interviews along with the Stage I short-list announcement. Sufficient time will be provided for the A/E Design Firm to establish its team. The A/E Evaluation Board will interview each team. Candidates shall be prepared to discuss all aspects of the criteria indicated above and to demonstrate their ability to fulfill all project requirements in a professional presentation format and with specific A/E and consultant team members conducting the presentation. Emphasis will be placed on the unique aspects of the project, design philosophy, creativity in design possible approaches in carrying out the project, cost management, and project management. How To Offer, For Stage I Submittals: Firms having the capabilities to perform the services described in this announcement are invited to respond by submitting the information requested above to: Denver Federal Center 6th and Kipling Streets General Services Administration, PBS, 8PF Attn. Steve Eckelberg, Contracting Officer Bldg. 41 Denver, Colorado 80225 by 3:00 PM local time on March, 10 2003. All interested firms are to provide six complete copies of the RFQ submission to the address noted above. No faxed or electronic copies will be accepted. All questions regarding this advertisement are to be directed to the Contracting Officer, Steve Eckelberg, at (303) 236-7070 ext. 260. The following information MUST be on the outside of the sealed envelope, Solicitation Number, GS-08P-03-JFC-0003, and Title. Late responses are subject to FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors--Competitive Acquisition (May 2001). This procurement is being issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Program (FAR 52.219-19) on an unrestricted basis. The NAICS Code is 541310. Small disadvantaged and small women-owned firms are strongly encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint ventures with the A/E Firm. This contract will be procured under the Brooks Act and F.A.R. Part 36. This is not a Request for Proposal.
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- SN00260035-W 20030216/030214213742 (fbodaily.com)
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