GSA, PBS New River Realty Svcs. District,The Wanamaker Building,100 Penn Squ are East,Philadelphia,,PA 19107-3396

Y -- NEW CONSTRUCTION OF AN IRS COMPUTER SOL GS-03P-96-DXC-0017 DUE 052396 POC Contact,Karen Janco,215/656-6400,Contracting Officer,James Concannon,215/65 6-6400 Furnish all labor, material, equipment, and supervision necessary for the new construction of the new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Martinsburg Computing Center. To avoid confusion with the existing Martinsburg Computing Center (MCC), this project is referred to as the Consolidated Computing Facility (CCF). The facility will consist of five distinct, inter-connected buildings; office, computer, warehouse, child care, and auditorium, the total size of which is 36,626 Gross Square Meters (GSM). The facility is to be built on Federal property located at Liberty Business Park in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The site is approximately 18 hectares of rolling terrain with an access road utilized by both an IRS and U.S. Coast Guard Facility adjacent to the site. The design links together all of the buildings, except the free-standing child care building, with a two-story glass circulation spine. The office component (14,884 GSM) will be a curved three-story brick and glass building with the auditorium attached. The computer component (12,405 GSM) is a two-story windowless building enclosed with architectural precast panels. It will operate 24 hours per day and will contain the tax computing equipment. The warehouse (7,790 GSM) will have a similar exterior, but will include windows. The child care center will be a separate structure of residential type construction. Site improvements include a 600 space parking area, roadways and a perimeter fence. Extensive mechanical and electrical work will be involved with a design of N+1 redundancy for the computer building. The facility incorporates a major electrical system with full generation and Rotary Uninterruptable Power System (RUPS), both with paralleling capability, security system and Building Automation System (BAS), chilled water plant and back-up well. This is a metric project; drawings and specifications are prepared utilizing metric units. Work is expected to take 24 months from Notice to Proceed. Offers will be evaluated in accordance with Source Selection Procedures outlined in the solicitation package based on the following two technical evaluation factors: 1) Past Performance and 2) Key Personnel Qualifications, as well as Price Related Factors. A solicitation package of instructions for submitting technical proposals based on the two aforementioned technical evaluation factors will be available on or about April 22, 1996. Technical offers will be due on May 23, 1996. Specifications and drawings will be issued on or about May 17, 1996. Price proposals will be due 45 calendar days after issuance of specifications and drawings. Offerors must submit a technical proposal in order to be eligible to submit a price proposal. Offerors are invited to attend a Pre-Proposal Conference scheduled for May 6, 1996 at the Regional Office Building in Philadelphia, Rm. 818, at 10:00 am. The address of the Regional Office appears at the top of this notice. The purpose of this conference is to discuss the Source Selection Contracting Concept so that offerors can ascertain the general conditions of the procurement that could materially affect their technical submission. Please confirm, in writing, your attendance at this conference no later than April 26, 1996 and list the total number of people from your company who will attend. Please send confirmation to: Ms. Karen Janco, GSA New River Realty Services District (3PNP), The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Rm. 616, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3396, or fax to: (215)656-7424. Firms requesting copies of the solicitation are required to do so in writing to Ms. Janco at the address or fax number identified above. There is no charge for the part of the solicitation package being issued on or about April 22, 1996, however, there will be a charge for the specifications and drawings expected to be issued on or about May 17, 1996. The amount of this charge and instructions for remitting payment will be issued in an amendment to this Commerce Business Daily notice. This procurement is being solicited through full and open competition. A subcontracting plan will be required. This sysopsis constitutes the synopsis of the Pre-Invitation Notice. (0089)

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