9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 13, Rm G-800, Bethesda, MD 20892

Y -- CONSOLIDATED LABORATORY BUILDING -- BUILDING 50, BID PACKAGE ONE SOL 263-97-P-(CL)-0222 POC Barbara Taylor, Contracting Officer, TEL (301) 496-8080, FAX (301)402- 1103. SOLICITATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CONSOLIDATED LABORATORY FACILITY (BUILDING 50) -- BID PACKAGE NO. 1; BETHESDA, MD: Provide all labor, material, equipment, etc., necessary to relocate utilities and construct foundations for construction of the National Institutes of Health Consolidated Laboratory Facility (Building 50). The project is a 23,040 square meter five story (plus basement and penthouse levels) research laboratory facility located on a 1.4 ha site. This is the first in a series of bid packages. Estimated cost of construction of this Bid Package is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Time of performance is 205 calendar days from the NOTICE-TO-PROCEED. Liquidated Damages in the amount of $2,350.00 per day will apply. Work of this Bid Package includes but is not limited to: removal of existing parking lot, including paving, site lighting, landscaping and miscellaneou features; construction of site enclosure fence and temporary facilities; removal of site utilities including sanitary and storm drains, electrical ductbanks, asbestos insulated steam lines, and chilled water lines; construction of new sanitary and storm drains and electrical ductbanks; installation of sheeting and shoring; mass excavation; and construction of caissons. Future work not included in this bid package will include construction of the superstructure; building enclosure; mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems; partitions; fixtures; finishes; equipment, backfill, site development and landscaping. The project risks compel the Government to confirm the Contractor's understanding of the Project requirements prior to award and to seek above-minimum performance from the Contractor. Therefore, the government has determined to solicit full and open competition through the use of competitive negotiation procedures, specifically formal source selection. This approach, commonly referred to as a "Best Value" procurement, will permit the Government to confirm the Offerors' capability to meet those challenges, and award to the Offeror whose offer presents the greatest overall value to the Government, cost and other factors considered. Proposals shall be submitted in three separate parts. Part One -- Price Proposal, Part Two -- Past Performance Data Proposal, and Part Three -- Oral Management Plan Proposal. Parts One and Two shall be submitted in separate envelopes at the time and place specified in Solicitation, Offer, and Award (SF1442) paragraph 13. Part Three oral presentations will be scheduled by the Government upon receipt of Parts One and Two and confirmation of minimum requirements. The Government intends to schedule Part three oral presentations between the hours 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on the five Government working days immediately following the date of receipt of Parts One and Two. The Government plans to award without discussions in the interest of expediencey and fairness. Consequently, Offerors are strongly encouraged to submit their best technical and price proposals as their initial submissions. The Government will award the contract to the responsible Offeror whose proposal represents the greatest overall value. Award will be based on a combination of technical and price factors. The combined weight of the technical factors is more important than price. As the technical proposals become more equal, price becomes more important. The goal of the technical evaluation is to select a Contractor that will provide above minimum performance. The Government's method is to assess the Offerors' "capabilities" by evaluating the Offerors' technical proposals. The technical evaluation factors are past performance and management plan. These factors are approximately equal in importance. Description of the factors and their subfactors follows: A) Past Performance: Each offer will be rated based on the Government's evaluation of the Offeror's past performance for similar services on recent projects. Offerors will be required to identify all current projects more than 50% complete and all projects completed within the past five years which meet the following minimum standard:" any project on which the Offeror served as the General Contractor or AT Risk Construction Manager and for which the value of underground utility, excavation, and foundation work exceeded $2,000,000". For the purpose of this evaluation, General Contractor shall be defined as the party contacted directly to the Owner to provide the work in its entirety on a lump-sum basis. At Risk Construction Manager will be defined as the party contracted directly to the Owner to manage the work in its entirety for a guaranteed maximum price, either holding subcontracts or managing contracts as an agent of the Owner. In the event of joint venture arrangements, the Offeror shall have at least 50% member of the agreement. The government evaluation will be based on the Offerors' written submissions describing the projects, interviews of references provided by the Offerors, and past performance evaluations available through the NIH-Acquisition Branch "C" and GSA databases. The past performance evaluation subfactors, in descending order of importance, are: i) Similarity of Projects, ii) Business Relations, iii) Quality Control, iv) Cost Control, v) Timeliness of Performance, vi) Safety, B) Management Plan: Each offer will be rated based on the Government's evaluation of the Offeror's project specific management plan. The Government evaluation will be based on the Offerors' oral presentations (including "leave-behind" printed material). Management plan subfactors, in decending order of importance, are: i) Work Plan/CPM Schedule, ii) Experience, iii) Subcontracting Plan, iv) Staffing Plan, v) Corporate Resources. The only minimum requirement applied to the technical evaluation will be the requirement to have completed (or achieved at least 50% completion of) at least one project in the last five years as a General Contractor or "At Risk" Construction Manager and for which the value of underground utility, excavation, and foundation work exceeded $2,000,000. Price offers will consist ofa lump-sum price, inclusive of unit prices for additive and deductive changes times an estimated quantity for each unit price. The Government will evaluate price offers for award purposes by comparing the totals of base offer plus extended unit prices. Only the solicitation, drawings and specifications are available from: Leet-Melbrook, Inc. 18810 Woodfield Road Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879 Contact Person: Linda Stout Phone: (301) 670-0090 FAX: (301) 670-4733 Single copies of the solicitation will be provided for pick-up at no charge. Drawing and specifications will be provided for $35.00 plus shipping. The soliciation will be available on or about April 11, 1997. Proposal Parts One and Two will be due thirty (30) days after the solicitation is made available. Prospective Offerors are encouraged to place orders in advance. Requests shall be presented in writing accompanied with a money order, certified check or cashiers check payable to Leet-Melbrook Inc. This payment is non-refundable. All other inquiries regarding this procurement shall be directed to: Barbara Taylor, Contracting Officer, 9000 Rockville Pike MSC5901, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, Phone (301) 496-8080 Fax (301) 496-0326. (0085)

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