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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 30, 2005 FBO #1495
SOLICITATION NOTICE

Z -- Construction Manager as Constructor Services for the Renovation and Modernization of the Potter Stewart Courthouse

Notice Date

12/28/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

236220 — Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
 

Contracting Office

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Office of Property Development, Rm 3512 (5PE), 230 South Dearborn Street, Room 3512, Chicago, IL, 60604
 

ZIP Code

60604
 

Solicitation Number

GS05P05GBC0015
 

Response Due

2/14/2006
 

Archive Date

3/1/2006
 

Description

The General Services Administration (GSA) Great Lakes Region announces an opportunity for Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) services for the building modernization of the Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse located on 100 E. Fifth Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. The estimated total construction cost for the project is $25-35 million. The construction portion of the project is estimated to begin June 2006. The CMc shall be a member of the project development team during the planning, design, and construction phases of the project. This project is the second phase of the modernization of the courthouse. The project's scope of work consists of considerable exterior repair, including window replacement and glazing, tuck-pointing, replacement of the main roof, and structural areaway repairs. This phase of the project will also complete the lobby renovation, the historic renovation of the public spaces on the upper floors, and the renovation of all public restrooms in the building. An additional district court room and support space will be constructed on the first floor. All generators and motors will be replaced in the passenger elevators; all motors, controls, and cables will be replaced in the freight elevators. Nonfunctioning chillers, cooling towers, pumps, tanks, and associated equipment will be removed. Additional building repairs will be completed, such as the installation of an emergency diesel generator and switchgear, the extension of the existing sprinkler system, the abatement of asbestos under the east ramp area and the building pipe chases, and the insulation of this area. The boiler plant will be replaced and a new Judge's Chambers, Grand Jury Suite, and U.S. Attorney Satellite Office will be constructed. The scope of the CMc services under this proposed contract includes the base contract for Preconstruction phase services with the Construction phase services of the project evaluated as a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) option. This will be a firm, fixed-price contract. A firm, fixed-price for the general construction services will be negotiated prior to exercising the Construction phase option. Selection of the CMc firm will be in accordance with the federal acquisition regulations and source selection procedures using the Best Value Trade-off process. All elements of work to be executed must be within the congressionally mandated cost limitations. The CMc shall work with the A/E, their design consultants, and the Government in a cooperative team effort to ensure a quality project, within the mandated schedule and budget. The CMc will be brought onto the project during the design phase, during which he/she can be effective at controlling design-related costs and developing construction sequencing activities. During the design phase, the CMc will be responsible for developing construction cost estimates and costs related to future project consultants. GSA also intends to have the contractor perform other services including evaluating design concepts, reviewing designs, evaluating cost estimates, preparing independent cost estimates in various formats, controlling schedules, reviewing phases of work, resolving problems, participating in value engineering (VE) exercises, preparing commissioning plans as determined by a 3rd party commissioning agent, working with a LEED consultant to prepare for LEED certification, conducting constructability reviews, developing subcontractor and supplier interests, identifying long-lead items, and performing administrative and other services as defined in the scope of work. The CMc shall provide GSA with sound management advice regarding the approach to the project and shall have a full understanding of the project, the contract documents, the principles of Federal construction contracting and contract administration. The Construction phase services (Option) of this project shall include, but are not limited to administration of the construction contract (whether the work is performed with the CMc's internal personnel or under subcontract), coordination of regular construction meetings, CPM scheduling, daily logs and monthly reports, monitoring of construction costs, record keeping, progress reporting, schedule control, inspections, testing, commissioning and other required LEED services. The CMc shall have complete responsibility for the construction of the project. During the construction phase, the CMc will be responsible for providing warranties on all completed work and for providing construction materials in a timely manner to complete the job on schedule and under budget. Small Business Participation: This is a negotiated procurement open to both large and small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 with a small business size standard of $28.5 million. Although this procurement is not set aside for small businesses, small businesses including women-owned, minority-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned, small disadvantaged businesses and service disabled veteran-owned businesses are strongly encouraged to participate in this project. In accordance with 15 USC 631, large businesses will be required to provide these small firms the maximum practical opportunities to participate as subcontractors in the performance of this contract. Each large firm will be required to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan that meets, and preferably exceeds, the minimum acceptable subcontracting target goals established by the Small Business Administration (SBA). An acceptable subcontracting plan must be reviewed and approved by the SBA prior to award of this contract. Small businesses are not subject to this requirement. However, all firms seeking consideration for this contract will need to demonstrate a proactive effort to achieve the highest possible subcontracting goals for local business participation. In order to receive the benefit of a price evaluation preference as a HUBZone small business concern, firms must be certified by the SBA. Please refer to the SBA website at www.sba.gov for details. Joint Ventures: Joint ventures or firm/consultant arrangements will be considered and evaluated on a demonstrated interdependency of the members to provide a quality CMc team effort. Proposal Submission Requirements: The solicitation package will only be available electronically. It will be available on or about January 13, 2006. The solicitation will not be available on the Fedbizopps website. Potential Offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information. The solicitation cited above can only be obtained by accessing a secure website known as the Federal Technical Data Solution (FedTeDS). FedTeDS is a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition information. Potential Offerors must register on the FedTeDS website to have access to solicitation material. This registration includes providing a Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). For additional information, visit the FedTeDS website, www.fedteds.gov or the CCR website, www.ccr.gov. The offer due date and time for receipt of proposals will be February 14, 2006 at 4:00 P.M. (Central Time). Any questions regarding this notification should be directed to Anthony Nowakowski at (312) 353-7630.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 100 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati, OH

Zip Code: 45202

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00959164-W 20051230/051228212045 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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