MODIFICATION
Y -- Renovate Various Rooms in all Buildings at the NIH Bethesda, Maryland Campus and other Satellite Locations
- Notice Date
- 5/19/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities/Office of Acquisitions, 13 South St., Room 2E43, MSC 5711, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5738
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5738
- Solicitation Number
- NIHOF2009072
- Archive Date
- 8/19/2009
- Point of Contact
- Anthony Rowell,
- E-Mail Address
-
rowella@mail.nih.gov
(rowella@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns capable of performing Construction, Alteration and Rehabilitation of various NIH Facilities ranging from $10,000.00 to $1 million. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220 (Commercial and Industrial Building Construction) and the small business size standard is $33.5 million. It is anticipated that the ORF will award up to four (4) fixed price indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a contract cumulative ceiling amount not to exceed $50 million for five (5) years. The selected contractors shall compete for individual tasks orders issued against the IDIQ contracts. BACKGROUND: The NIH main campus is located in Bethesda, Maryland. As part of the U.S. Public Health Service under the Department of Health and Human Services, NIH is the Federal Government’s primary biomedical research agency. Within NIH, the following are some of the locations/facilities where task orders under the awarded contracts may be performed: 1) NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, Maryland (306 acres, 60 buildings, over 5.5 million square feet of space 2) NIH Animal Center, Poolesville, Maryland (500 acres, 188,000 square feet of floor space) 3) Gerontology Research Center (GRC), Baltimore, Maryland (7.5 acres) DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIREMENT: The NIH anticipates awarding four (4) fixed-price indefinite delivery (indefinite quantity type) contracts under a single solicitation utilizing a task order mechanism. Each contract will be awarded for a base year with four (4) successive one-year option periods with a cumulative maximum not-to-exceed dollar amount of $50 million (Base plus four (4) Option Years). The NIH seeks highly qualified credentialed contractors with capability to perform the contracts awarded from the solicitation, which will include various simultaneous task orders ranging from $10,000.00 to $1 million per task order. The selected contractors shall exhibit demonstrated experience, capability and resources enabling them to plan and construct projects of comparable size and complexity with comparable clients, and most significantly with demonstrated track record of performing such projects with a high degree of customer satisfaction. Contractors proposing to perform the contract as joint venture shall use the procedure described at the Small Business Administration (SBA) web site. The SBA URL is www.sba.gov, and the keyword search is Joint Venture and or Mentor Protégé. Potential contractors shall have current information in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The CCR URL is www.ccr.gov The selected contractors shall provide all labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, and management necessary or incidental to provide planning, construction, alteration and rehabilitation for NIH, and must exhibit demonstrated experience, capability and resources in projects of comparable size and complexity, with comparable clients, and most significantly, with a demonstrated track record of performing such projects with a high degree of customer satisfaction. The selected contractors shall be responsible for, and capable of, performing all associated demolition, removal of hazardous material, and construction of projects. The selected contractors shall be capable of controlling dust and flying debris, and protecting all adjacent areas as the work area will be occupied is most instances. All offerors submitting a proposal to the solicitation must be fully qualified and licensed and have qualified subcontractors (as applicable) for asbestos and hazardous waste abatement; be capable of supporting a field office as required by specific project at NIH Bethesda Campus. Failure to meet these qualifications may result in a determination of technical unacceptability. Utility shutdown once scheduled must be strictly adhered to as continuity of utilities is imperative. Projects may include, but are not limited to the following areas: 1) Renovation of clinical and patient care units and all related areas to include general and specialized hospital spaces, including surgical areas. 2) Renovation of general or highly specialized laboratory spaces and all associated support areas. 3) Renovation of general or highly specialized animal spaces and all associated support areas. These areas will be designed and constructed in strict accordance with the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) Requirements. 4) Renovation of office, administrative, public and all associated support areas. 5) Replacement, repair and relocation of both interior and exterior utility systems. 6) Parking Garage repairs and alterations. 7) Renovation or retrofit of Bio-safety level (BSL)-3 and BSL-4 laboratory and animal spaces and all associated spaces. These areas will be designated and constructed in strict accordance with the 5th ed. of the Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), and the latest edition of the NIH Design Requirements Manual sections with emphasis on the sections that relate specifically to bio-containment design requirements. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Interested firms shall submit four (4) copies of their proposals accordance with Section L of the solicitation. Written proposals shall be limited to 50 pages and must be received by 1:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Inquiries shall be submitted via e-mail. No local or collect calls will be accepted. NO FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS OF PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO EMAIL TRANSMISSION OF PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All questions/inquiries must be submitted in WRITING through email to Anthony Rowell, at rowella@mail.nih.gov. Point of Contact Anthony Rowell, Contract Specialist ( C ), Email: www.rowella@mail.nih.gov. Contracting Office Address: 13 South St., Room 1319 MSC 5711 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-5738 Place of Contract Performance: Various See Solicitation
- Web Link
-
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/ORS/NIHOF2009072/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities, A-E & Construction Contracts Branch 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg 13 Room 1319 Bethesda, Maryland, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN01822711-W 20090521/090520002231-dd6c1e6d25c78f2824c9a05faf86b594 (fbodaily.com)
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