GSA, PBS, Property Development Division, Admin./Procurement Services Branch-6PCA, 1500 East Bannister Road, Room 2135, Kansas City, MO 64131-3088

C -- CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR SOL GS06P99GZC0014 DUE 111699 POC CONTRACTING OFFICER: Menard O. Smith (816) 823-4902 / PROJECT MANAGER: Dennis Miller (817) 978-4317 PCN NMO94001. Construction Manager As Constructor (CMC) Services Contract for the proposed new United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The scope of CMC services under this proposed contract includes Pre-construction Phase Services and Construction Phase Services. A Fixed-Price Incentive (Successive Targets) contract under FAR 16.403-2 is contemplated. The CMC will be competitively chosen using Advisory Multi-step (FAR 15.202) and Source Selection procedures (FAR 15.3). For this contract, technical factors, when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price. Project Summary. The proposed new courthouse will be constructed on a site located in downtown Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The project consists of constructing a new building of approximately 147,859 gross square feet (13,736 square meters) while containing approximately 93,538 occupiable square feet (8,690 square meters) to deliver the required program. Definition of Construction Manager as Constructor. A Construction Manager as Constructor, or CMC, is defined as a firm engaged under direct contract to a building owner, in this case the General Services Administration (GSA), to provide design review, cost estimating, scheduling and, at the option of the government, general construction services. The CMC shall be a member of the project development team during the planning, design and construction phases, along with GSA as owner/developer and GSA's selected A-E firm, (to be announced), as architects and engineers of record. Proposal Submission Requirements; Proposals will be evaluated using a two-stage, advisory multi-step process (FAR 15.202). Under Stage I, offerors must submit information regarding qualifications, past experience, past performance, personnel, and resources. Submissions shall clearly address the rating factors identified in the Request for Proposals (RFP). The Government will evaluate Stage I submissions to identify and advise the offerors about their potential to be viable competitors. The Government shallevaluate all responses in accordance with the criteria stated in the Stage I RFP, and shall advise each respondent in writing either that it will be invited to participate in the resultant acquisition or, based on the information submitted, that it is unlikely to be a viable competitor. The Government shall advise respondents considered not to be viable competitors of the general basis for that opinion. The Government shall inform all respondents that, notwithstanding the advice provided by the Government in response to their submissions, they may participate in the subsequent step of the acquisition, Stage II. Detailed Project Management Plan, Oral Presentation, Price Proposals and Subcontracting Plans will be required for Stage II proposals. As part of its commitment to socioeconomic initiatives of the Federal Government, the General Services Administration has established for fiscal year 2000 subcontracting goals of 25 percent total for small business (SB), which includes 5 percent for small disadvantagedbusiness (SDB) and 5 percent for woman-owned small businesses (WOSB). Firms responding to Stage II must provide a Small, Small Disadvantaged and Small Women-Owned Business Subcontracting Plan for the base contract and optional construction services. An acceptable subcontracting plan must be agreed to before contract award. (Small businesses are not subject to this requirement.) The Government reserves the right to make an award based on Stage II proposals without holding discussions. Pre-proposal conference: A Pre-proposal conference is scheduled for October 14, 1999 at 1:30 p.m., at Federal Center, Building No. 105L, 4300 Goodfellow, St. Louis, Missouri. Attendance is voluntary. How to Offer: Potential offerors having the capabilities to perform the services described herein are invited to request a Stage I RFP at the following address: General Services Administration, Menard O. Smith, Jr., Contracting Officer, Property Development Division, Administrative/Procurement Services Branch, Public Buildings Service (6PCA), 1500 East Bannister Road, Room 2135, Kansas City, MO 64131-3088. Requests for printed copies of Stage I RFP may also be submitted to mo.smith@gsa.gov. Electronic versions of the Stage I RFP are not available. Proposals (in accordance with the Stage I solicitation requirements) will be due at the General Services Administration, Office of Business & Support Services (6ADB), 1500 East Bannister Road, Room 1161, Kansas City, MO 64131-3088 no later than 3:00 PM C.S.T. on November 16, 1999. Posted 09/24/99 (W-SN384349). (0267)

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