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R -- CINCINNATI, OHIO, POTTER STEWART FEDERAL BUILDING, U.S. COURTHOUSE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ZIL95156 SOL GS05P95GBC0040 due 032195. Contact Contracting Officer Yvonne Flores at 312/886-6920. A/E construction management services are required for the renovation and adaptive reuse of the Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. The courthouse was constructed in 1939 and contains 499,841 gross square feet and is eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The building currently houses nearly 600 employees primarily from the U.S. Circuit, District and Bankruptcy Courts of the Southern District of Ohio (Sixth Circuit). The project will require maintaining the operation of all existing systems in the occupied portion of the building during construction. The estimated total construction cost for the project is estimated to range between $18,000,000 and $23,000,000. The modernization of the Potter Stewart will consist of the generalrehabilitation/renovation of approximately 30% of the building's gross square footage. The remaining portion of the building will be occupied. This includes the construction of two new district courtrooms and adjunct facilities in the vacated postal work area on the first floor. All new work will coordinate with existing construction and utilities to remain in the building. The project will include but not be limited to: the replacement of the heating and cooling plant and distribution systems; replacement of the secondary power distribution system; renovation of toilet rooms; exterior restoration; restoration of the large public lobby and corridors. Improvements shall include compliance with the current accessibility and firesafety standards. All improvements shall be designed into the historic fabric of the building and design solutions shall be compatible with the significant existing design elements in the building. Services may include but are not limited to: design review, constructability review, observation of the construction, including progress scheduling, administration of payments, cost estimates for change orders, administration of testing services to insure the completeness, accuracy, and overall quality of the design and construction of the project. The construction phase A/E may also be required to provide performance of some reimbursable services for miscellaneous items which may require the use of special consultants. Joint venture or firm/consultant arrangements will be considered and evaluated in a demonstrated interdependency of the members to provde a quality construction management team effort. Firms or joint ventures having the capacity to perform the services described in this announcement are invited to respond by submitting a completed, current and signed Standard Form 254 and 255 (Architect/Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and Specific Projects, respectively), and a complete 254 for each of the proposed consultants. Selection criteria will be based upon: (1) PROJECT TEAM - 35%, Key personnel, qualifications, and relevant experience as individuals and as a team; (2) PAST EXPERIENCE - 25%, Past performance on similar projects; (3) MANAGEMENT APPROACH - 20%, Project management plan, past coordination, scheduling, cost control methods; (4) CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ABILITY - 20%, Evidence of team's ability with respect to innovative and appropriate methods and solutions for managing construction, business philosophy, quality control. Responses must be received at the above address by 4:00 P.M. (CST) on March 21, 1995. This solution is open to both large and small business concerns in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Although this procurement is open to large businesses, small and minority owned firms are strongly encouraged to participate. In accordance with Public Law 95-507, the Construction Management Firm will be required to provide the maximum practicable opportunities for small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to participate as subcontractors in the performance of this contract. An acceptable subcontracting plan must be agreed to before contract award. (Small businesses are not subject to this requirement.) Firms must also provide a brief written narrative of outreach efforts made to utilize small, small disadvantaged, and woman-owned businesses. The narrative shall not exceed one typewritten page. The criterion for a small business concern in this category is a concern with average annual receipts for the preceding 3 years not exceeding $3.5 million. A follow-up listing of firms to be interviewed will appear in this publication. Award of this contract is contingent upon funding approval. All submittals must clearly indicate our solicitation number on the outside of the envelope. Late submittals will be handled in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.215-10. This is not a Request for Proposal nor will one be prepared. Responses must be prepared from information contained in this synopsis. Funds are not currently available for this contract. All GSA employees are governed by GSA Order ADM 6420.4 GSA Standards of Conduct as published in the Federal Register February 12, 1980, pages 9272-9283. All questions regarding the nature of this solicitation should be directed to Maria Williams, Contract Specialist at (312)886-3983. See Note 24. (047)

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