General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Chesapeake Realty Services District (3PC), The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA, 19107-3396

Z -- RENOVATION OF SSA ANNEX BUILDING, BALTIMORE, MD SOL GS-03P-00-DXC-1000 DUE 100199 POC Debbie Phillips, Contracting Officer, Phone (215) 656-6133, Fax (215) 656-5838, Email debbie.phillips@gsa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=GS-03P-00-DXC -1000&LocID=55. E-MAIL: Debbie Phillips, debbie.phillips@gsa.gov. This requirement is for the procurement of a construction firm to provide all supervision, labor, materials and equipment necessary to renovate the SSA Annex Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD. The project entails (but is not limited to) the following: the removal of existing inverted built-up roof and storm drain system; exterior masonry walls, exterior doors and windows, interior masonry metal panels and metal stud wall partitions, interior doors, frames and windows; plaster and suspended acoustical ceilings, carpet tiles, resilient flooring and other applied finishes, hazardous material abatement, plumbing piping and fixtures, HVAC ducts, piping and equipment, power distribution, lighting and communications conduit, wiring and equipment, selective demolition and entrance canopies. The removal, storage and/or relocation and reinstallation of: fire alarm system components, cooling tower, exterior and interior cameras, pre-cast concrete roof walkway pavers, marble wall facings, food service equipment. The exterior work includes, (but is not limited to): pre-cast concrete panels, brick masonry, curtain walls and windows, sheet waterproofing, swing and revolving doors, loading dock with extensions to an existing concrete retaining wall, bituminous paving and hydraulic dock lifters, cementitious coatings, landscaping, skylights, driven piles, side sediment and erosion control, louvers, exterior in-grade lighting, modified bitumen roofing with tapered and thermal insulation, aluminum sheet metal flashing and trim, new storm drain system, concrete sidewalks. Interior work includes, (but is not limited to): structural concrete removal and repair, concrete masonry, glass unit masonry and gypsum drywall partitions, integrated access floor/wiring assembly, cementitious floor toppings, structural steel framing and metal decking, metal fabrications and gratings, pipe and tube railings, wood handrails in existing stairs, rough and finished woodwork, plastic fabrications, building insulation, firestopping, wood and hollow metal doors in hollow metal frames, packaged door assemblies, overhead coiling doors and horizontally sliding grilles, accessible hardware and power door operators, gypsum and veneer plaster, ceramic and quarry tile, terrazzo, suspended acoustic tile ceilings, suspended decorative grids, suspended gypsum drywall bulkheads and ceilings, resilient tile flooring and bases, carpet and carpet tile, painting, special coatings and wall coverings, ceiling hung toilet partitions, wire mesh parititions, signs metal lockers, fire extinguishers and cabinets, hospital type hydraulic freight elevator for the cafeteria, plumbing fixtures and piping, HVAC ductwork, piping and controls, thermal ice storage system, sprinkler system, indirect and recessed lighting, fire alarm, public address, security systems, power distribution, lighting and communications conduit, wiring and equipment, glass unit masonry. Also included is the following: maintaining operation of a fitness center on the first floor during construction including HVAC, power, lighting, phone service and two fire rated means of egress; the relocation of the cafeteria and dining area and the provision of food service equipment; the creation of two atriums on the fourth floor and the creation of a two story entrance lobby above the first floor, closing and securing the link structure to the adjacent Operations Building and maintaining the handicapped access to the southwest entrance of the Operations Building during construction; the security office on the first floor shall remain, but will be unoccupied during construction. The successful offeror will be required to utilize Primavera Expedition Express, which is a web based system for transferring project information. This is a metric project as drawings and specifications are prepared utilizing metric units. The building is an existing 4-story, 37,725 square meter gross floor area office building which houses Social Security Administration personnel. The approximate duration of the contract is eighteen (18) months. The estimated cost range of this project is over thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000.00), will be a firm fixed price type contract and the procurement method will be a competitive negotiated Request for Proposal (RFP). Source Selection Procedures as identified in FAR Part 15.3 will be utilized in the selection of a firm offering the best value in terms of price and technical merit. Accordingly offerors will be evaluated based on technical merit with respect to demonstrated successful past performance, including the past performance of their subcontractors, qualified/experienced personnel and on price proposals. The acquisition process shall consist of five phases: 1) receipt and evaluation of technical offers, 2) develop an advisory short list based on technical qualifications with notification to each firm, (the short listed firms will be provided with 100% construction documents, firms who did not make the advisory technical short list will not be precluded at this stage), 3) receipt and evaluation of initial price proposals from short listed firms, 4) oral presentations and interviews and 5) negotiations and receipt and evaluation of best and final offers. Award will be made based on a combination of price and technical evaluation factors. The technical evaluation factors are more important than cost or price. The Government has reserved the right to award upon receipt of price proposals in phase 4 without negotiation. The relative weights in the evaluation process in descending order of importance are: 1) Past Performance, 2) Project Management Staff and 3) Subcontracting Team. Upon receipt and evaluation of all technical and price proposals, a formal selection of a firm will be made that offers the greatest value to the Government. The SIC Code is 1542. This procurement is being conducted on an unrestricted basis in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. This announcement also constitutes the synopsis of the pre-invitation notice. The technical qualification documents will be available through the World Wide Web only on September 3, 1999. The web address is www.eps.gov. No paper copies of the technical requirements will be available through this office. A pre-proposal conference and walk through for the technical proposal will be conducted at the SSA Annex Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Woodlawn, MD at 10:00 AM on September 21, 1999 in the cafeteria. Please call Ms. Debbie Phillips at (215)656-6133 to confirm attendance. The technical proposals are to be received in this office on October 1, 1999. Posted 09/03/99 (D-SN376534). (0246)

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