GSA, PBS, Property Development (4PC),Suite 2500,401 West Peachtree St. NW,At lanta,GA 30365-2550

Y -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SOL GS-04P-97-EXC-0015 DUE 050897 POC Contact,Freeman Randolph,404/331-4269 The General Services Administration announces the opportunity for construct ion of a new Research & Administration facility and associated utilities and sit ework for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a 132 acre site located i n Research Triangel Park, North Carolina. The proposed facility will have a gro ss area of approximately one million square feet and will provide structured and surface parking for approximately 1,500 spaces. The facility will house office, lab, animal facilities, computer and associated support space. This is a repr ocure- ment of the cancelled GSA solicitation GS-04P-96-EXC-0030. Interested pa rties are cautioned that the scope of this new solicitation contains significant revisions and scope reductions. The construction procurement will consist of a negotiated, firm-fixed price contract for site infrastructure, expansion of an e xisting central utility plant (CUP), and construction of the main buildings and associated fit-up. Offerors will be required to respond to technical experience and qualifications criteria which will be evaluated on a "Go/No-Go" basis. Offe rors successfully meeting this criteria will advance to the price evaluation pha se where price is the determining factor for award. It is the Government's inte nt to award the contract without discussions or negotiations. The total constru ction cost range is between $200 million and $215 million. The availability of funds appropriated by Congress for the EPA will determine the ability to exercis e any and all options, if used. The completion time for the work is 1281 calend ar days from notice to proceed. Performance, payment and bid bonds shall be req uired under this contract. Although this procurement is open to large businesse s, small and minority-owned businesses are strongly encouraged to participate. P lans and specifications will be available on March 24, 1997. There will be a no n-refundable fee of $1,420 for obtaining a full size set of the solicitation doc uments. Half size drawings (withoutspecifications) are available for $500. A separate, complete set of specifications are available for $550. Request for in dividual sections of specification or drawings is not allowed. Planholders who ordered under solicitation GS-04P-96-EXC-0030 will be provided appropriated quan tities of plans and specifications free of charge. For new and additional reque sts, only company certified checks will be accepted. Request for Bidder's Mailin g List and/or Solicitation Documents must be made in writing, indicating the app ropriate solicitation number to: Franklin Hardeman, General Services Administrat ion, Room LP-90, 75 Spring Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone(404)331-3000 o r requests FAXED to (404)331-3095. Solicitation questions or request clarificat ions should be addressed to Freeman Randolph, Contracting Officer, General Servi ces Administration, Property Development (4PCC), 401 W. Peachtree St., NW, Atlan ta, GA 30365, Phone (404)331-4269 or FAXED (404)730-2309. A Pre-Proposal Confer ence will be conducted April 3, 1997, 10:00 A.M., at the National Institute of E nvironmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangl e Park, NC 27709. Phone for directions (919)541-7515. A tour of the site will be available starting at 1:00 P.M. Site and subsurface investigation will be av ailable to offerors on April 8-10 and 15-17, 1997, by scheduling an appointment with Mr. Robert Payne, (919)541-2330, or Mr. Wayne Morris (919) 541-3563. (0062)

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