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Y -- CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING DECK SOL GS-04P-EXC-98-0020 DUE 092998 POC ThomasFWaller, Contracting Officer, 404/ 3314634, Steve Sommer, Project Manager, 404/331-3271 E-MAIL: THOMAS F. WALLER, THOMASF.WALLER@GSA.GOV. WRITTEN EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR PREQUALIFICATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MULTI-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. The Southeast Sunbelt Region of the United States General Services Administration (GSA) is soliciting written expressions of interest from qualified regional Small Business General Contractors which are certified under Section 8(a) of The Small Business Act (13 CFR 124.101-113) and which desire to be placed on a list of pre-qualified contractors to participate in a competitive negotiation process for the construction of the proposed New Multi-Level Parking Deck in proximity to the proposed New Federal Courthouse in Columbia, South Carolina. 8(a) firms responding to this announcement must be located in GSA's Southeast Sunbelt Region which consists of the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, or South Carolina. The proposed structured multi-level Parking Deck will be constructed on a site to be determined within the Central Business District (CBD) of the City of Columbia, South Carolina. The proposed six level deck will be approximately 400,000 gross square feet (35,160 square meters) and will contain parking for 950 to 1000 vehicles. The structure will be utilized to park Government-owned, Federal Employee and limited Public Visitor vehicles. This procurement will be conducted as a Competitive Negotiation and is restricted to Small Business General Contractors which are qualified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act in SIC CODE 1542. This is the second request for expressions of interest in this project and firms which replied to the previous CBD announcement must also respond to this request. Small Business General Contractors interested in being considered for participation in this procurement must submit pre-qualification information required in the General Services Administration Pre-Qualification Statement Package. Failure to submit all information requested by the Package within the time frames stated below will result in elimination from consideration. Pre-Qualification Statement Packages will be mailed to those firms that respond to this announcement via Registered Mail received by GSA by 4:00 p.m., October 13, 1998. Requests for participation received after this time and date will not be considered. Pre-Qualification Statement Packages will be mailed by October 21, 1998, only to those firms which have expressed interest in the project within the time frame specified. A Pre-Qualification Statement Package must be completed in its entirety and returned to GSA at the address below by 4:00 p.m. November 3, 1998, in order for an interested firm to be considered for participation in this project. Failure to return the package as stated will result in elimination from consideration. Primary factors to be evaluated include: Verification of Experience and Past Performance; Qualifications of Key Personnel; Verification of Bonding Capacity from reputable surety; Financial Capability(to be determined by submission of a GSA Form 527, Statement of Financial Capability, to be furnished directly to: General Services Administration, Credit and Finance, 500 E. Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri, 64131. Note: this office may require information in addition to the Form 527 to evaluate financial capability). Any firm determined to be unqualified in any of these areas will be notified by letter and offered a debriefing. Those firms determined to be qualified to participate in project will be mailed 65% drawings on or about November 16, 1998, provided details of a site visit and the date of the Pre-Proposal Conference. 100% drawings and specifications will be distributed prior to the Pre-Proposal Conference. The Estimated Construction Cost At Award range for the project is between $7,000,000 and $8,500,000 with anticipated occupancy by January 2000. This procurement will be a marketed as a competitive negotiation between pre-qualified 8(a) firms but the Government reserves the right to award on price alone. Award on price alone can occur if one or more price proposals fall within the established budget for the project. If all price proposals fall outside the established budget for the project the government will establish a competitive range and the firms within that range will be invited to negotiate. All correspondence and submissions in response to this announcement must clearly indicate the Solicitation Number (GS-04P-98-EXC-0020) and should be mailed, with the exception of the GSA Form 527, to the attention of Thomas F. Waller, Contracting Officer, General Services Administration, Property Development Division (4PC), 401 West Peachtree Street, Suite 2500, Atlanta Georgia 30365-2550. Mr. Waller may be reached via telephone on (404)331-4634. or E-Mail: ThomasF.Waller@GSA.Gov. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A PRICE PROPOSAL. Posted 09/29/98 (W-SN255846). (0272)

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