SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- A/E Services for the U.S. Courts
- Notice Date
- 8/10/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541310
— Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- Administrative Office of the U. S. Courts, AO-Office of Internal Services, Procurement Management Division, One Columbus Circle, NE, Suite 3-250, Washington, DC, 20544, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- USCA-07-R-0111
- Response Due
- 9/14/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/29/2007
- Description
- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) seeks up to six qualified professional multi-disciplined Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms to support the AO Space and Facilities Division and possibly Assistant Circuit Executives for Space (Court of Appeals) to meet the needs of the judiciary nationwide. Work will be awarded via a task order process for individual projects, and those projects will involve a variety of purposes including, but not limited to, participation in the design and review of new construction projects, repair and alterations, renovations, and modernization of federal courthouses and related facilities; preparation of design intent drawings (up to 50% design development, but not construction documents); furniture acquisition plans; production of technical and training manuals, construction cost and rent impact cost estimating; master planning, computer-aided design and drafting services; master planning; rent management review and assessment; and other space related tasks; and will require architectural, mechanical, electrical, structural, security, and interior design and review capabilities, with a sensibility toward historic buildings. The AO will consider only prime firms capable of providing at least 50% overall design and review services in house from an existing office. There is no geographical limitation to where a prime firm or subcontractor is located other than they have an existing established office within the continental United States of America. A/E firms shall demonstrate proficiency in design, cost estimating and review of federal construction at various phases of project planning, design, specification, documentation, and construction, as actually developed by the General Services Administration (GSA) and their design A/E, against judiciary guideline standards, technical and policy criteria, and other agency and GSA policies, specifications, and regulations. The contractor shall be available to travel with little notice to all states, territories, and possessions of the United States of America. Technological compatibility of the contractor?s computer systems with the AO?s computer systems and software is required. The contractor shall also be required to stay current with any technological upgrades of the judiciary. The qualifications-based evaluation criteria to be applied in the selection process, in order of importance, are as follows: (1) Demonstrated analytical review of existing and planned space configurations, adjacencies, and program requirements; creative capability in the design and production of drawings, specification, and related technical solutions; experience with construction phasing and administrative support services; knowledge of GSA and federal judiciary building guidelines and standards, commercial and federal facilities? management policies, procedures and practices, HVAC, electrical, and structural expertise; acoustical expertise; construction cost estimating and environmental, safety and physical security and accessibility proficiency; (2) Strength of the firm?s personnel and those of any subcontractors, as well as a successfully proven overall Management Plan, including cost controls, production and staffing capabilities to meet short deadlines; space management, planning and design and construction and related project experience; experience of key personnel with government contracts; (3) Demonstrated excellence in design solutions (including the use of the metric units); knowledge and ability to design security features and related areas of operational concern; experience with blast and ballistic resistant design solutions; and the ability to survey and work in occupied space; and (4) Specialized experience in evaluation, preservation and appropriate design solutions for historic buildings; low voltage system engineering; lighting design engineering; acoustical engineering; BOMA standards; applicable BOCA and local code requirements; GSA pricing policy, occupancy agreements and new construction and leasing policies and regulations. The period of performance of the contract will be one base year and four one-year options beginning on or about April 1, 2008. The contract will include hourly rates for all anticipated disciplines of various levels within the firm and any subcontractors, for use in negotiating firm-fixed-price task orders with payments on each deliverable. The estimated annual amount to be expected under the contract will not exceed $1,000,000 for all task orders per firm. The minimum annual amount of the contract will be $25,000 total per firm. Firms meeting the criteria set forth above and having the capability to perform the services described herein are invited to respond by submitting two complete copies of Standard Forms (SF) 330, along with a letter of interest (identifying the announcement number), to the following office no later than 3:00 P.M., September 14, 2008: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Procurement Management Division, Suite 3-250, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, NE, Washington, D.C. 20544, Attention: Janet R. Peterson. Please identify the announcement number on the outer envelope
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