U.S. Department of HUD, New York ASC, New York Contracting Branch (2AACO), 26 Federal Plaza, Room 35-120, New York, NY 10278-0068

R -- R-OFFICE DESIGN SERVICES SOL H02Q970945 DUE 041897 POC Thomas Bucelwicz, Director of Contracting Division, 212-264-8000 ext.3310. This is a combined synoposis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals (quotes) are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Pursuant to FAR 13.105, this solicitation using the Simplified Acquisition Method (RFQ) is reserved for small businesses. The Standard Industrial Size Standard (SIC) Code is 7389, Business Services N.E.C., the size standard of which is $5 million average annual gross revenue for the last three (3) fiscal years. BACKGROUND The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking the services of a firm to work with HUD staff as a consultant/project manager to renovate and transform the work place of the Boston, Massachusetts HUD office. The firm will assume the role of a project manager to the agency to develop an office environment that increases opportunity for collaboration through teaming an positive encounters among employees, while meeting ergonomic, technological and architectural needs, and allowing for ease of redesign when required through reorganizing and rightsizing. We are seeking a firm who has organizational analyses skills to gather information on space requirements, work processes and project objectives and has a broad knowledge and scope of furniture manufacturers and product lines to perform design and space planning to develop a flexible and mobile office. The Boston Office is locted in the Thomas P. O.'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02222 and will require the redesign of approximately 42,300 sq. ft. of office space (approximately 175 workstations) on the third floor. The contractor will be expected to attend meetings, make presentations and be readily available to meet with the customer, as needed, at the Boston office location. SCOPE OF SERVICES The contractor will be the project manager from the planning stage through construction of the project. Responsibilities included, but are not limited to: -analyzing the work processess and client services of the Boston organization needed to create and design the "office of the future" space; -identifying design principles for the project; -providing conceptual design drawings based on personnel projections, agency requirements, information technologies and filing and storage. -identifying project issues to be solved during the design and construction process. -developing detailed design and construction documents for the projects. -- -identifying appropriate furniture/products to implement the design. -- -developing and monitoring construction, installation and move schedules; identifying and following-up on punch list items. REFERENCES The firm shall submit resumes and a minimum of two references of related project management experience. The references shall included: customer's name, address, phone number, description of work, place and period of performance, project square footage size, and contract amount. QUOTE The firm's quote for professional services shall be submitted in the form of an hourly rate for each professional type. Costs such as travel, postage, document reproduction, and mileage shall be identified as a separate cost item. All other expensese shall be identified as a separate line item. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS In addition to references, the hourly rates, quotes should include the contractor's methodology (approach) to managing projects of this magnitude. This should be no more that five typed pages, exclusive of resumes of proposed key staff. WORK PERFORMANCE PERIOD The contractor's service will be expected to begin immediately after contract award and will continue through the project delivery time estimated for the fall of 1997. The performance period will be approximately May 1, 1997 through installation, approximately November 30, 1997. EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEM The Government will award a contract resulting from this request for quote to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the request for quote will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offerors (in descending order of importance): 1.) Technical Capability as evidenced by mini proposal and resumes of proposed professional staff 2.) Price 3.) Past Performance as evidence by references. Technical and Past Performance, when combined are of approximately equal weight to cost or price. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial applies to this acquisition. (Call for instruction to be faxed) 2. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commerical Items, applies to this acquisition. (Call for Terms to be faxed) 3. Offerors shall included 52.213-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. (Call for form to be faxed) 4. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. HUD posts all required notices of its contracting opportunities on its Internet Home Page Contracting Opportunities site http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.hyml. Potential offerors who download copies of solicitation from HUD's Home Page will NOT automatically receive any amendments to those soliciations. You are advised to check back frequently to see if HUD has issued any amendments to solicitation you have obtained. All amendments will be posted on, and may be downloaded from, HUD's Home Page Contracting Opportunities site. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0093)

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