General Services Administration, Project Services (10PC),400 15th Street SW, Auburn, WA 98001-6599

Y -- PACIFIC HIGHWAY PORT OF ENTRY, BLAINE, WASHINGTON SOL GS-10P-98-LTC-0013 DUE 021898 POC Gloria Christensen (253) 931-7127 WEB: Click on GSA Northwest Insite "Opportunities" for more information, http://www.northwest.gsa.gov. E-MAIL: For additional information contact Gloria Christensen at (253) 931-7127, Gloria.Christensen@GSA.GOV. Blaine Pacific Highway Port of Entry, Blaine, Washington. Contractor is to furnish all labor, material, supervision necessary for the construction of a new United States Port of Entry (POE), Pacific Highway, SR 543, Blaine, WA. The project consists of but is not limited to three (3) phases of construction as follows: Phase I: Removal of pre-load material, and construction of the Cargo Building and the Warehouse -- GSA Building and adjacent sitework; construct temporary bus processing in the Cargo Building; construct site fence. Phase 2: Demolition of existing Building #2 and portions of existing auto canopy at Building #1, and construction of the new Auto-Bus Building, the Auto Secondary Canopy, three bays of the Auto Primary Canopy, and adjacent sitework. Phase 3: Demolition of Building #1, construction of remaining bays of Auto Primary canopy, modifications to the temporary bus processing area in the Cargo Building to its final configuration, completion of related sitework in Phase III area, and final completion of all remaining contract requirements. POE operations, traffic, and related considertations shall continue functioning during all 3 phases. The estimated range for this contract is between 10 and 20 million dollars. Offers for this project will be evaluated in accordance with the Source Selection Procedures outlined in the solicitation. The acquisition process shall consist of 3 phases: 1) Submission and evaluation of technical proposals, and 2) Submission of initial price proposals, and 3) Establishment of a competitive range of offerors; negotiations with same, within the competitive range; and selection of the offeror which provides the best value to the government in accordance with the Federal Acquisitions Regulations Part 15. The technical proposal shall be based on the following two evaluatin factors: 1) Past Performance and 2) Key Personnel. These 2 factors shall be considered equal in value. The technical proposal (ie. Past Performance and Key Personnel) shall be relatively equal in value to the initial price proposal when determining the competitive range. The schedule for accomplishing the Source Selection is as follows: Pre-Proposal Conference at 9 am on February 3, 1998 at the Hampton Inn, 3985 Bennett, Bellingham, WA. This will be followed by a site visit at 1 pm at the existing Pacific Highway POE in Blaine, WA. Phase 1 Technical Proposal are due at 2 pm on February 18, 1998 at the GSA Northwest/Arctic Regional Office, Project Services Division, 2nd Floor, 400-15th St. SW, Auburn, WA 98001-6599. Phase 2 Initial Price Proposals are due at 2 pm on February 18, 1998 at the GSA Northwest/Arctic Regional Office Project Services Division, 2nd Floor, 400-15th St. SW, Auburn, Wa 98001-6599. Phase 3 Evaluation of offers; establishment of competitive range; negotiations, if necessary, with those within the competitive range, and requests for Best and Final Offers will be accomplished by the GSA Source Selection Evaluation Board after phases 1 and 2 are complete. Final selection and award will be done by the Source Selection Authority and Contracting Officer. The contract specifications and drawings will be available at the following locations for contractors to purchase after January 15, 1998. Shipping and Handling costs are at the expense of contractors: Ford Graphics, Seattle, WA. (206) 622-5517, fax (206) 622-4005. Superior Reprographics, Seattle, WA. (206) 443-6900, fax (206) 441-8390. Steve's Copy & Blueprint, Bellingham, WA. (360)671-9465, fax (360)647-5498. The specifications will consist of three (3) volumes: Volume 1: Division 1 and the Bid Documents, Boiler Plate, & Appendix. Volume 2: Sections 2 -- 14, Volume 3: Sections 15 -- 16. Standard Industrial Code for this project is 1542. This procurement is not set aside for small business. If there are any amendments they will be issued by GSA Project Services in Auburn, WA. Please contact Gloria Christensen at (253) 931-7127, Gloria.Christensen@GSA.GOV if you have any questions about obtaining the specifications and amendments or for directions to GSA in Auburn. For technical information on specifications or drawings contact Mike Rutter, Contracting Officer, (253) 931-7295, Rick Thomas, Construction Manager, (253) 931-7343 or Kelly Sarver-Lenderink, Project Manager (253) 931-7332. (0365)

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