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Z -- MINOR CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATIONS AND REHABILITATION OF VARIOUS NIH FACILITIES IN BETHESDA, POOLESVILLE, BALTIMORE AND OTHER NIH CONTROLLED FACILITIES, DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACT (DOC) SOL 263-96-P(HJ)-0226 POC Cheryl Duckett-Moody, Contracting Officer, (301) 402-4580 ext. 222. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to enter into a Delivery Order Contract for construction projects for small to medium sized alteration, repair, and modernization projects on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md., the NIH Animal Center in Poolesville, Md., and the other NIH controlled buildings in the Washington metropolitan and Baltimore area. The contract type will be fixed price, indefinite quantity, similar to the Army Job Order Contract (JOC), the Air Force Simplified Acquisition Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) contract, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Delivery Order Contract (DOC). The proposed contract will have aone (1) year base period with four (4), one-year options. The anticipated, maximum dollar value for the base year and for each of the option years is $20,000,000.00, making the anticipated maximum cumulative total value of the contract $100,000,000.00. The guaranteed minimum dollar amount for the base year is $1,000,000.00. The maximum individual order limitation is $700,000.00 and minimum is $10,000.00. The estimated percentage of dollar categories for delivery orders against the contract are as follows: Less than $100,000 = approximately 74 percent, $100,000 - $250,000 = approximately 17 percent: $250,000 - $700,000 = approximately 9 percent. The estimated type of work, by percentage are the following: General and Miscellaneous Alterations (mechanical rooms, utilities, public space, etc.) = 36 percent, Office Space = 28 percent, Laboratory Facilities and Areas = 15 percent, Animal Areas = 13 percent, Patient Care Facilities and Areas = 5 percent, Residential Areas = 3 percent. These are anticipated percentages based on historical data and are not necessarily what actually will be experienced under this contract. The Contractor shall provide all management, supervision, labor, materials, tools, and equipment for complete and total performance of the executed orders against the contract. After award, the individual request for proposals will set forth the quantities and the corresponding unit price (R.S. MEAN'S BARE COSTS ONLY). The unit price will be multiplied by the appropriate coefficient factor (which includes all other costs, i.e., management, supervision, tax, overhead, profit, etc.). The unit prices are to remain constant during each one year period of the contract. The unit prices will be adjusted annually based upon the bare cost values in the current R.S. Mean's Facilities Cost Data Book. BASIS OF AWARD: Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of two separate categories: Technical (Phase I) and Price (Phase II). Offerors are directed to submit a separate technical proposal responding to the technical evaluation criteria and a separate price proposal consisting of four (4) numerical coefficients to be applied against the BARE COSTS of the unit price listings covering all work contained in the detailed specifications. The specifications include approximately 35,000 pre-priced individual construction tasks in accordance with the R.S. Means Facilities Cost Manual dated 1996 and an attachment of additional construction tasks with BARE COSTS unit prices for those tasks not included in the Means Manual. PHASE I - Technical Evaluation Criteria = 75 POINTS: (I) Area A: Offerors Project Management Ability as evidenced in the following areas: (40 points). (a) Item 1: Demonstrated experience in a high volume Fixed Unit Price, Indefinite Quantity, Delivery Order Contracting (DOC) similar with the Army's Job Order Contracting (JOC), the Air Force Simplified Acquisition Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) or the NASA Goddard's Delivery Order Contracting. Volume of work per year shall be in the range of $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00 per contract. (b) Item 2: List of proposed management staff, their backgrounds, experience, and their respective positions with regard to this proposed contract, Identify the qualifications of the contractor's overall project manager (single point of contact) and other key individuals. Show how the proposed individuals have ability to manage a project of this type. (c) Item 3: Demonstrated ability to coordinate construction activities including the use of multiple sub-contractors on multiple projects. This criterion relates to the interaction between the prime contractor and his sub-contractors, as well as the prime contractor's ability to coordinate and manage subcontracting firms. (d) Item 4: Demonstrated ability to plan to meet Government's response time needs by adequately staffing the project as work increases. (e) Item 5: Proposed construction quality control plan. Specify structure, number and background of personnel, and reporting procedures. (II.) Area B: Offerors Subcontracting Support Capability as evidenced by the following: (20 Points). (a) Item 1: Ability to minimize response time between your organization and your subcontractors. Commitment time on when your organization submits Delivery Order Proposals following receipt of Request for Proposals, as well as your organization's commitment time for actual mobilization and startup following receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP) for projects in the following dollar cost ranges: Commitment times shall be based on working days. $10,000 - $50,000_days, $50,001 - $100,000_days, $100,001 - $250,000_days, $250,001 - $500,000_days, $500,001 - $700,000_days (b) Item 2: List of proposed subcontractors to be used in this contract, their specialty, addresses, phone numbers and contacts. (c) Item 3: List of previously used subcontractors, their specialty, addresses, phone numbers and contacts. Indicate Prime's experience with each subcontractor by listing dates, construction value of subcontractor work effort and project locations. (d) Item 4: Percentage of work to be performed by sub-contractors. Rationale for that degree of subcontracting. (III) Area C: Offerors construction experience/performance as evidenced by the following: (15 Points). (a) Item 1: Listing of all projects by title and contract number which you have completed within the last three years to include cost, duration dates, owners, contact point and telephone number on individual projects, in the following areas of work: (1) Hospital/Patient Care Unit, (2) Laboratory/Research Facilities, (3) Animal Holding Facilities, (4) Office and Public Space, (5) Utilities, (6) other. (b) Item 2: Demonstrated ability to manage/construct multiple small ($10,000 - $700,000) scale alteration/renovation projects simultaneously. This criteria relates to the firms ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. (c) Item 3: Roster of in-house workforce with their resumes coordinated with Section C, C.2 (Scope and General Requirements), page C-1. PHASE II - Cost Evaluation Criteria = 25 Points. The four (4) bid factors (numerical coefficients) will be combined in the ratio of anticipated work performed during ''normal work hours'' and ''other than normal work hours.'' BOND REQUIREMENTS: Payment and Performance Bond requirements shall be in accordance with FAR requirements for the minimum guaranteed amount of $1.0 Million and subsequent increments of the same amount when the existing base bond amount ($1.0 Million) or increments thereto reach the unused level of $700,000. The solicitation period for this acquisition will be 60 calendar days from the date of this announcement. A pre-proposal conference and site visit are planned for approximately the midpoint of this solicitation period, the exact date and time will be specified in the RFP. Interested offerors are urged to attend but attendance is not mandatory. Due to space limitations, attendance will be limited to two (2) personnel per contractor. Reservations MUST be made at leave five (5) working days in advance by contacting the Contracting Officer. This solicitation is under full and open competition. Specifications will be available at the address listed above on or about July 1, 1996 at a nonrefundable cost of $200.00 per set. Certified, cashier checks or money orders ONLY will be accepted and shall be made payable to NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. Company or personal checks WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR PAYMENT. Specifications will be available for inspection without charge during normal working hours, at the National Institutes of Health, Acquisitions Branch C, Building 13, Room G-800, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROJECT AS STATED HEREIN WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE ISSUANCE OF THE RFP, AT WHICH TIME, ALL INTERESTED FIRMS SHOULD REQUEST THE RFP IN WRITING from the Contracting Office identified herein. 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