SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- Sensitive Instrument Facility - Floor Plan
- Notice Date
- 12/20/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory, Ames Laboratory, 211 TASF - Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Iowa, 50011-3020, United States
- ZIP Code
- 50011-3020
- Solicitation Number
- A14-SIF
- Archive Date
- 2/8/2014
- Point of Contact
- Andrea Spiker, Phone: 5152946738, Andrew Saxton, Phone: 5152944191
- E-Mail Address
-
spiker@ameslab.gov, saxton@ameslab.gov
(spiker@ameslab.gov, saxton@ameslab.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work with schematic of proposed building Pre-Qualification Questionnaire Picture of Floor Plan Ames Laboratory, a US Department of Energy, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) is identifying potential offerors with capabilities to be the prime or general contractor to construct a Sensitive Instrument Facility for the Ames Laboratory, located on the Iowa State University campus. This building will be a Federally-owned building. The Ames Laboratory creates innovative materials, technologies and energy solutions. The successful contractor will furnish all labor, material, supervision and equipment required for construction associated with completing the project. This project includes constructing a specialized facility designed to house ultra-sensitive, state-of-the-art research instruments (e.g. transmission electron microscopes). The site selected meets unique design requirements to accomplish low vibration and low electromagnetic interference (EMI) for the research conducted at this facility. The one story building will be approximately 13,300 gross square feet, and will provide space for six instrument bays, associated control rooms, wet and dry sample preparation laboratories, and staff support space. Foundation structure will include battered pilings, concrete slab thicknesses up to 24", and areas of topping slab set on vibration isolators. The instrument bays have very stringent vibration, acoustic, EMI, and temperature control requirements. EMI shielding will be incorporated into the construction of the instrument bays. These areas have complex, difficult, and very rigorous construction and installation requirements, and will particularly require expertise in the concrete structure and HVAC components of the facility. The building exterior will be a relatively simple precast architectural concrete that will be compatible with the site. A utility pad will be installed adjacent to the structure with electrical transformer, emergency generator and chillers. Project will be submitted for LEED Certification with a target of LEED Gold Certification. The estimated construction cost for this project is expected between $6.8 to $7.6 million. This is a Request for Information (RFI) and is NOT a request for proposal, and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government, Iowa State University or Ames Laboratory. Responses to this RFI will be used to pre-qualify potential general contractors. Only respondents of this RFI that meet the required evaluation criteria (Evaluation Criteria Form attached) will be invited to submit a Request for Proposal (RFP). It is anticipated the RFP will be issued in January 2014 and award of a firm-fixed price contract is anticipated for February or March 2014. Construction of the building will begin Spring 2014 is expected to span 12 to 16 months. Interested firms should send their responses to this RFI by completing the attached.pdf form, Binder 1, by email to spiker@ameslab.gov no later than January 24, 2014 by 4 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST) by completing the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and all other requested documents. Ames Laboratory reserves the right to remove any firm from consideration that does not follow the instructions or submit all information requested in this RFI.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, 50011-3020, United States
- Zip Code: 50011-3020
- Zip Code: 50011-3020
- Record
- SN03256110-W 20131222/131220235140-b740565f9cff174f94bc9904aed3bca1 (fbodaily.com)
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