SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- ARCHIVES & MERCURY FLORA (MCF) FACILITIES, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD
- Notice Date
- 11/7/2019
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Baltimore, 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21201
- Solicitation Number
- W912DR20R0007
- Archive Date
- 12/21/2019
- Point of Contact
- Sierra S. Marshall, Phone: 443-749-2036
- E-Mail Address
-
sierra.s.marshall@usace.army.mil
(sierra.s.marshall@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, East Campus Integrated Program Office (ECIPO) requests letters of interest from POTENTIAL PRIME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS concerning the potential project described below. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Responses are to be sent via email to Sierra Marshall at sierra.s.marshall@usace.army.mil no later than 11:00 a.m. EST 6 December 2019. This project will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Design-Build (DB) contract for the construction of the Archives and Mercury Flora (MCF) Facilities located at Fort Meade, Maryland. In accordance with DFARS 236.204 - Disclosure of the magnitudes of construction projects, the magnitude of this project is between $250,000,000 and $500,000,000. The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) for this acquisition is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a size standard of $36,500,000.00. Project Description: Construct two (2) new, separate, State-of-the-Art Archives and Operations/Industrial facility on Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The Archives facility will be approximately 85,000 gross square feet (GSF) in size while the MCF facility will be approximately 325,000 GSF in size. Both facilities are within the general vicinity of each other and will share the same site to include supporting facilities with associated site work and environmental measures. The primary Archives facility will be comprised of a multi-story structure for staff to perform records management and archival functions. The facility will include secure access, administrative areas, office areas, shared workstations, conference rooms, historical collection spaces, break rooms, lockers, high-bay, humidity-controlled records and archives storage module with cold storage rooms. The storage area will have super-flat concrete floors, fixed shelving and open storage spaces. There will also be supporting warehouse spaces for shipping and receiving, decontamination, records staging, packaging, forklift charging and records destruction. The primary MCF facility will be comprised of a multi-story structure to support operational and industrial-like uses. The facility will include controlled secure access, high-bay, loading dock, print areas, network maintenance areas, network laboratories, research and development laboratories, lobby, administration areas, office areas, conference and training areas, break rooms, café, storage areas, destruction areas, loading docks, and on grade corridor connection to another existing facility. Both facilities consists of core and shell structure and foundation; electrical/mechanical service and distribution components and systems; fire protection, alarm and suppression; information technology infrastructure, communications, and security support infrastructure; exterior finishes and weatherproofing. Interior build out will provide raised access floor systems, acoustically-rated interior partitions and ceilings, power, lighting, environmental control and communications. The primary facility is not a standard design. The majority of the structure will be built to Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) standards. MCF includes redundant primary power and Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) systems to ensure continuity of operations while Archives does not. Site infrastructure for both facilities will include primary electrical service to the site, water, sewer, and telecommunications pathways. The supporting facilities include, site preparation and telecommunication improvements, utility services, perimeter security measures. Site preparation will include standard clearing, grubbing, cut, fill, grading and environmental protection structures. Additional site work consists of curb and gutter, walkways, courtyards and roads. Perimeter security reconstruction and extension is required with road improvements. The project also includes demolition of an existing fire pump house (Approx. 2,000 SF) and existing warehouse/administration facility (Approx. 132,000 SF) to support and provide space for the construction of both facilities. Interested PRIME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS shall submit a narrative demonstrating their experience in Design-Build construction of multiple facilities that share the same site with overlapping schedules and have a combined value of over $100M. Projects should be of similar nature as described under the Project Description. Further, please include your response to the following questions (in the exact order): (1) Organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number, and business size (small or large) and type of ownership for the organization; include DUNS number and CAGE code. (2) Firm's interest in providing a proposal on the pending solicitation once issued. (3) Experience: Evidence of capabilities to perform work comparable to that required for this project (e.g. management of construction within a large intelligence agency compound with strict security standards). Provide three recent relevant/comparable projects (no more than ten years old). Include the project name; dollar value of the project; description of the key/salient features of the project; identify the contracting office & the customer/user (include POC information); and identify/discuss the acquisition method (e.g., sealed bid, best value), contract type (e.g., Firm Fixed Price, Fixed Price Incentive Successive Targets (FPIS), and delivery method (e.g., Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP, Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI), Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc, etc.). In the discussion of acquisition method, identify the advantages/disadvantages (from the contractor's and the owner's perspective) of the contract type/acquisition approach used for the representative project. Address if the project included follow-on Operations & Maintenance (O&M) of the constructed facility. Responses should address the firm's capability to construct a secure national intelligence archival and production facility and the associated challenges related to personnel security clearances and construction of such a facilities. (4) Identify if, based upon the scope of this project, interested firms would form a joint venture to execute this work. Provide Joint Venture information, if applicable including DUNS number and CAGE code. (5) Address the firm's plan to include small business participation to the maximum extent practicable. (6) Firm's Bonding Capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate bonding level, both expressed in dollars) via a letter from bonding company. Include any concerns associated with providing performance and payment bond for the projected contract value identified. (7) The Government is considering a stipend for unsuccessful offerors in Phase II. Would a stipend be of interest to offerors who make it to Phase II but are not selected, due to significant cost of the design development during the Phase II proposal submission? What do you believe would be an acceptable amount? (8) The Government is considering alternative procurement methods (different from the normal firm fixed price), provide your opinions (advantages/disadvantages) on award fee based construction contracts and incentive fee based construction contracts. What types of items should the award fee or incentive fee be based on? Narratives shall be no longer than twenty-five (25) pages. Email responses are required and should be submitted to Sierra Marshall via email at sierra.s.marshall@usace.army.mil. Comments must be in the exact format as indicated above, and must include submitter's name, phone number, and email address. Responses are due no later than 11:00 a.m. (EST) on 6 December 2019. All interested contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of Government contracts Comments will be shared with the Government, Customer and the Project Delivery Team, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence. PLEASE NOTE: AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN RESPONSES FROM POTENTIAL PRIME CONTRACTORS.
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