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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 28, 2008 FBO #2314
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- Entry Security Program Design Architectural/Engineering Services

Notice Date

10/11/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541310 — Architectural Services
 

Contracting Office

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Chesapeake Service Center (3PC), The Strawbridge Building 20 North 8th Street, 9th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107-3191, UNITED STATES
 

ZIP Code

19107-3191
 

Solicitation Number

GS-03P-08-DX-C-0005
 

Response Due

11/13/2007
 

Point of Contact

Michelle Donnelly, Contracting Officer, Phone 215-446-4498, Fax 215-446-6122, - Marie Phillips, Contract Specialist, Phone 215-446-4721, Fax 215-446-6191
 

E-Mail Address

michelle.donnelly@gsa.gov, marie.phillips@gsa.gov
 

Description

Full Architectural-Engineering design services for the analysis, planning and complete design for implementing physical configuration aspects of entry security programs requirements at operational entrances to the U.S. Social Security Administration?s Headquarters Buildings on the campus in Woodlawn, Maryland in response to Home Land Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12), the Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors. It is the intent of this procurement to award a single contract to design the security screening program and stations in the entrance lobbies to the campus buildings. This design effort includes but is not limited to analysis of pedestrian traffic flow at each entrance, development of entry screening area configurations to accommodate the screening requirements of the population entering and exiting at each entrance, development of alternative security configurations and final construction documents (plans, specifications and cost estimate). Project is primarily Security Program design which shall include architectural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection and interior design but will also involve design for related minor repairs, alterations and renovations. This procurement will result in a single analysis, planning and design contract with an option for post construction award services. Options are normally exercised within several months of completing the work; however, delays of up to one year are possible. Hazardous materials such as incidental asbestos and lead may be encountered in the existing facilities. The A-E?s Industrial Hygienist may be required to identify and quantify the types and locations of hazardous materials that may be abated during the construction project. Therefore, knowledge of airborne pathogen concerns is required. In addition, certain projects may be designed and constructed in metric, System International (SI) units in accordance with Public Law 100-576, the Omnibus Trade & Competitiveness Act of 1988, the Metric Conversion Act, and Executive Order 12770. A-E firms will be required to demonstrate proficiency in metric design. GSA?s CAD Deliverables Policy will be incorporated as requirements of the awarded contract. The detailed CAD Deliverable Policy may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.gsa.gov/midatlanticcadpolicy/. Contractor agrees that all CAD, AutoCad drawings and related files, photographs, drawings, renderings, blueprints, specifications and/or other materials generated for use by the contractor on the project, whether in machine readable form or not, shall belong at all times to the General Services Administration (GSA) and shall be delivered to GSA at the times specified and within the schedules contained in the Agreement or at the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs first. EVALUATION CRITERIA TO BE APPLIED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS IN DESCENDING ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: Specialized experience and technical competence in the programming, planning and design of pedestrian entry security stations and related interior design. Submission Requirements: Provide a detailed narrative of up to ten (10) maximum relevant design projects completed within the last five (5) years that best illustrate overall team experience relevant to this contract scope. List projects that demonstrate the team?s experience with projects of similar scope as those to be performed under this contract. Examples might include, but not be limited to, entries at courthouses, secure office buildings, military compounds and border stations. In addition, address the following: a) Describe experience designing secure entries that use electronic validation systems to permit or deny entry to a building or facility, in particular HSPD12 experience. b) Discuss how the firm will meet the requirement to comply with the GSA CAD policy (referenced above) and procedures. c) Describe the team?s familiarity with security criteria for the safety of personnel in Federal facilities and associated mitigation measures in design and construction related to standoff distances and blast resistant design for entrances to buildings. 2. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. Submission Requirements: Provide resumes of proposed team members who will specifically serve as the Project Managers, Designers of Record (Architect, Civil Engineer, Structural Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer and Fire Protection Engineer), Interior Designer, Cost Estimator and Industrial Hygienist. In addition, provide resumes of other lead team members who will perform technical tasks under this contract. The Designers of Record shall perform and direct the design within their respective discipline and shall sign and seal the drawings. All Designers of Record must be professionally registered in their discipline in the state of Maryland. Each resume shall include a maximum of five (5) specific completed projects that best illustrate the individual team member?s experience relevant to this contract scope. 3. PAST PERFORMANCE: Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. Points of contact provided in other criteria may be contacted. A firm with no record of past performance information shall be evaluated neither favorably nor unfavorably. Submission Requirement: a) Discuss A/E?s ability to work with Government entities and design standards. b) For each Federal project provided as experience under Criteria 1 and Criteria 2, provide a copy of all Performance Evaluations (Architect/Engineer) issued for that contract. For non-Federal contracts, provide facility owner documentation of the firm?s performance issued on that contract. If no documentation exists, so state. c) Provide accessible owner points of contact-name, title, address, telephone number, and fax number; and d) Provide copies of awards and letters of appreciation/commendation 4. ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY CONTROL: Discussion of the firm?s organization and management process. Demonstrated success of the Quality Control (QC) program used by the firm to ensure quality products. Submission Requirement: In a narrative form, a) outline the A-E?s approach to design and project management. Document the A-E?s ability to handle projects with complex requirements; b) Describe the team?s organization. Provide an organization chart that identifies the overall relationship and lines of authority of the proposed team. Include firm names, key personnel and their discipline/specialty. Describe the extent of the A-E's previous experience with any proposed consultants and its demonstrated ability to effectively manage the prime-consultant relationship. c) Describe the firm?s QC program, identify the person primarily responsible for the QC program, and indicate how the firm will ensure quality consistently across the entire team. Illustrate success in implementing the program; and d) Address the team?s QC processes for checking and verifying plans and specifications for errors, omissions and quality, documenting design decisions, and incorporating and tracking review comments. Of special interest are the QC processes in place that minimize the government?s effort to QA the A/E?s work product for errors, omissions, and quality. 5. CAPACITY: Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Submission Requirement: a) For the A-E and each proposed team firm, list all current projects with a design fee of greater than $20,000, being designed in the firm?s office. For firms with multiple offices, only offices identified for inclusion in this design team need to be included here. For each project, identify the current design fee, the current stage of design, and the anticipated design completion date. Indicate the firm?s present workload and the availability of the project team (including sub-consultants) for the specified contract performance period; b) Describe experience in successfully delivering projects per performance schedule, providing timely construction support, and successfully completing multiple projects with similar delivery dates; and c) Discuss how new workload will be managed. 6. LOCATION: Location in the general geographical area of the projects and knowledge of the locality of the projects. Submission Requirements: Describe and illustrate the team?s knowledge of design approaches, construction materials, codes/ordinances, costs, and other conditions unique to the metropolitan Baltimore, MD geographic area and to Woodlawn, MD in particular. Document the A-E firm?s (if applicable) ability to provide at least 35% overall security design services in-house from an existing office in the metropolitan area. Additionally, consideration will be given for each major consultant to the prime (i.e. MEP, structural, fire protection, etc.) with an existing office within the same geographical area. The Standard Form 330 (SF 330) Architectural-Engineer Qualifications form will be evaluated to determine the most highly qualified firm based on criteria responses. Evaluating past performance and experience may include review of information provided by the firm, customer inquiries, Government databases, and publicly available sources. Failure to provide requested data, inaccessible points of contact, or invalid phone numbers could result in a firm being considered less qualified. The following elements may result in a higher rating and should be addressed accordingly when preparing criteria responses: a) Projects emphasizing entry security programs in administrative, commercial, and institutional building types; b) Projects provided in the SF 330 (Architect-Engineer Qualifications) completed by the office/branch/individual team member actually performing the work under this contract. The estimated contract start date is January 2008. The period of performance will be for approximately fifteen (15) months with an additional period for the optional post construction award services. SUBMISSION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS: The SF 330 is limited to 75 single-sided pages. Minimum font size is 10. Submit Five (5) copies of SF 330 for the prime offeror (SF 330 should also include teams key sub consultants) addressing the following selection criteria information: Firms having the capabilities to perform the services described herein are invited to respond by submitting a completed Standard Form 330, Part I and Part II (1/2004 edition) dated not later than six months prior to the date of this synopsis, for the firm and joint ventures. Firms with branch offices and consultants must submit Part II of Standard Form 330 that should include project samples. Firms must separately address the evaluation factors and relate where information can be found in the submittal package relevant to each factor. The submittal should be forwarded with a cover letter that references the contract number(s) for which the firm is requesting consideration. A pre-proposal conference will not be conducted; however, A/E firms may email questions to : to: michelle.donnelly@gsa.gov. Questions may also be faxed to Michelle Donnelly at (215) 446-6122. All questions must be received in this office by November 6, 2007. Submittals should be provided to the following office by November 9, 2007: General Services Administration, Chesapeake Service Center (3PC), The Strawbridge Building, 20 N. 8th Street, 9th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3191, Attention: Michelle Donnelly (PBS). Firms shall provide this office with one (1) original and four (4) copies of their entire proposal. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. ALL INFORMATION NEEDED TO SUBMIT SF 330 DOCUMENTS IS CONTAINED HEREIN. NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE, TECHNICAL INFORMATION, OR BIDDER/PLAN HOLDER LIST WILL BE ISSUED Type of Contract is Firm Fixed Price and the Estimated Construction Cost is $3,000,000.00. The proposed contract is being solicited on an unrestricted basis; therefore replies to this notice are requested from all business concerns. A subcontracting plan will be required if a firm is a large business concern. The NAICS Code is 541310 and the small business size standard classification is $4,500,000.00. This contract will be procured under the Brooks Act and FAR Part 36. SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF THE STANDARD FORM 330: Part I - Section A: Contract Information: In Block 5, list firm?s Dunn and Bradstreet and Taxpayer Identification Number in addition to the name of the firm. Section C: Proposed Team: List only the team members who will actually perform the major tasks under this contract (including staff professionals). Section F - Block 23: Provide a client point of contact and telephone number for each project. Section F - Block 25: Clearly identify what role the offeror and/or other team members had in the project (were they the prime or a subcontractor and what tasks did they performed). Section G - Key Personnel Participation in Example Projects: Submit in accordance with the SF 330 Instructions. Section H - Additional Information requested by Agency: Address the remaining Criteria 2, continued through Criteria 6; additional sheets may be used, if required. Clearly identify the Criteria number and title. The last entry under Item H must read: "I hereby certify that the firm(s) listed under Item 1 is a small business (if applicable) and meets the geographical limitations stated in the synopsis for this contract." Work performed under this contract will include Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) building information. SBU documents provided under this contract are intended for use by authorized users only. In support of this requirement, GSA requires the A/E firm and all consultants to exercise reasonable care when handling documents relating to SBU building information per the contract. The efforts required above shall continue throughout the entire term of the contract and for whatever specific time thereafter as may be necessary. Necessary record copies for legal purposes (such as those retained by the architect, engineer, or contractor) must be safeguarded against unauthorized use for the term of retention. Documents no longer needed shall be destroyed (such as after contract award, after completion of any appeals process or completion of the work). Destruction shall be done by burning or shredding hardcopy, and/or physically destroying CD?s, deleting and removing files from the electronic recycling bins, and removing material from computer hard drives using permanent erase utility or similar software. REASONABLE CARE: 1. Limiting dissemination to authorized users. Dissemination of information shall only be made upon determination that the recipient is authorized to receive it. The criterion to determine authorization is need-to-know. Those with a need-to-know are those who are specifically granted access for the conduct of business on behalf of or with GSA. This includes all persons or firms necessary to do work at the request of the Government, such as architects and engineers, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, and others that the contractor deems necessary in order to submit an offer/bid or to complete the work or contract, as well as maintenance and repair contractors and equipment service contractors. 2. Term of Effectiveness. The efforts required above shall continue throughout the entire term of contract and for what specific time thereafter as may be necessary, as determined by the Government. Necessary record copies for legal purposes (such as those retained by the architect, engineer, or contractor) must be safeguarded against unauthorized use for the term of retention. 3. Written agreement of disposal. For all contracts using SBU building information, the contractor shall provide a written statement that he and his subcontractors have properly disposed of the SBU building documents, with the exception of the contractor?s record copy, at the time of Release of Claims to obtain final payment. Documents no longer needed shall be destroyed (such as after contract award, after completion of any appeals process or completion of the work). Destruction shall be done by burning or shredding hardcopy, and/or physically destroying CDs, deleting and removing files from the electronic recycling bins, and removing material from computer hard drives using a permanent erase utility or similar software. The recipient acknowledges the requirement to use reasonable care, as outlined above, to safeguard the documents and, if not awarded, the contract (and at the completion of any protest/appeal process) will make every reasonable and prudent effort to destroy or render useless all SBU information received during the solicitation. SELECTION INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS: Personal interviews may be scheduled for firms slated as most highly qualified. Firms slated for interviews may be asked to explain management and design team components, QC process; and to provide design solutions to actual/hypothetical projects, etc. Elaborate presentations are not desired. Note: A preliminary small business subcontracting plan will be required if a slated firm is a large business concern. Site visits will not be arranged during this period. Debriefing requests will not be entertained prior to 45 days after the submittal due date. *** END OF ANNOUNCEMENT *** NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (11-OCT-2007). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 26-MAR-2008, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/GSA/PBS/3PPRC1/GS-03P-08-DX-C-0005/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Security Boulevard Woodlawn, MD

Zip Code: 21235

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01542762-F 20080328/080326230702 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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