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R -- REGIONAL BROKER SERVICES SOL GS-07P-00-HHD-5032 DUE 042700 POC Carolyn Smith, Contracting Officer, Phone (817) 978-7483, Fax (817) 978-7098, Email carolyn.smith@gsa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=GS-07P-00-HHD-5032&LocID=341. E-MAIL: Carolyn Smith, carolyn.smith@gsa.gov. Subject: Regional Broker Services, Greater Southwest Region Description: Real Estate Broker Services. Sic Code 6531. Solicitation No. GS -07P-00-HHD-5032, The General Services Administration (GSA) proposes to award up to two (2) separate contracts for real estate broker services. The geographic area for each contract are the states of: Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Awardees must be licensed in all five of the above referenced states no later than 60 days after an award is made. Security clearances may be required prior to starting work. The estimated contract values range from a minimum guarantee of $200.00 up to a maximum ordering limitation of $1,000,000 per year, per contract. The base period of performance for this procurement is two (2) years with the Government having cancellation rights after the first year. There will also be three (3) one-year option periods. This procurement is being set-aside for small businesses only. The requirements will be procured utilizing negotiated, source selection procedures. Award will be made to the offeror(s) whose proposals represents the "Greatest Value" to the Government, based on price and the technical factors stated in the solicitation. The Government may or may not award without holding discussions. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary. The number of offerors included in the competitive range may be limited to the greatest number that will permit efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals. Offerors will not be reimbursed for submittal expenses. Solicitation issue date is on or about March 27, 2000. Proposals will be due on or about April 27, 2000. A pre-proposal conference will be held, location, time and place will be listed in the solicitation. Evaluation of technical factors will be accomplished by the Government's critical analysis of each contractor's proposal. Technical Evaluation Factors in descending order of importance are: 1)Experience and Past Performance: Offerors are required to submit a narrative description of five (5) transactions, performed within the last five (5) years, which demonstrates the offer's ability to successfully perform the work required. For each specific transaction, the offeror shall provide the name, address and telephone number of the client for whom the transaction was performed; names, addresses and phone number of building owners and/or occupants which are applicable to the transaction; dates of offeror performance of work for the transaction. In addition, the narrative description for each specific transaction shall describe the work performed, and shall explain how the offeror's client's needs were met in terms of space and/or service delivery, timeliness of service, and cost to the client, including any cost savings achieved. Submission of information other than that specifically required above, including general client information is unacceptable and will not be evaluated. If an offeror fails to provide all of the information specifically required above for a specific transaction, that transaction may not be considered for purposes of evaluation. In addition, the government will not considered more than five specific transactions for purposes of evaluation. Therefore, for offerors who submit more than five projects, only the first five listed transactions will be considered. With regards to experience, at a minimum the offeror shall have five (5) years experience in providing Real Estate Services similar to those required. This requirement is met when the transaction data submitted demonstrates the offeror has performed the majority of the following specific service disciplines: Requirements development, market analysis, market surveys, successful negotiations of leases, contract preparation, space preparation, contract/lease administration, including conflict resolution, lease alterations, real estate tax appeals, operating expense audits/studies, renegotiating existing leases, successful subleasingof vacant space. The offeror's description of a specific transaction should also indicate which of the following major service areas (or combination thereof) were applicable to the transaction: acquisition and delivery of lease space for small (less than 10,000 square feet) requirements; acquisition and delivery of lease space for large (greater than 10,000 square feet) requirements; acquisition and delivery of lease space in major markets (for purposes of evaluation, major markets are those identified in the solicitation); acquisition and delivery of lease space in non-major markets; performance of lease administration services (for purposes of evaluation, this means offeror's performance of post award services, lease alterations, succeeding leases, lease extensions, real estate tax adjustments, operating cost escalations, real estate tax appeals, or renegotiation of existing lease, or any combination thereof). With regards to past performance, GSA will contact references provided by offerors to a specific transaction to solicit assessments as to the quality of services that were provided for that specific transaction. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure that the references provided are available to be contacted by GSA. If, after repeated attempts, GSA is unable to contact a reference provided by the offeror, the specific transaction related to the reference may be excluded from evaluation. In addition, offerors are advised that the Government may obtain past performance information relating to a specific transaction from other resources. 2) Organizational Approach: At a minimum the offerors should submit a management plan describing how they proposed to accomplish the work required. For purposes of evaluation, the Government will evaluate an offeror's management plan in accordance with the following criteria: The offeror shall identify all key personnel of the organization by position, title, and name, including consultants and their proposed positions. The offeror shall describe the functional duties/responsibilities of each of the key personnel and how these personnel will contribute to the timely delivery of services as required by the RFP. The offeror shall also describe how personnel will be asigned to task orders. The offeror shall identify all subcontractors proposed for use under the contract and the duties, which such subcontractors are proposed to perform. The offeror shall submit complete resumes for proposed subcontractors or otherwise describe the qualifications of proposed subcontractors to perform the work proposed. The RFP will require that all subcontractors performing as key personnel must have the same experience and qualifications required of the prime contractor's key personnel. If the offeror is proposing as a joint venture, the offeror will be required to provide a copy of the joint venture agreement. If the joint venture has worked together in the past, the offeror shall describe the work performed by each joint venture. If the joint venture has not worked together in the past, the members of the joint venture will be required to discuss prior individual experience, any past joint venture experience, including which firm was the lead firm, and how the individual firms propose to work together as a joint venture. The offeror shall identify the locations of its offices to be serviced as well as those of its subcontractors, and describe how work will be allocated, coordinated and performed among such offices. Each RFP may require that offerors maintain offices in certain cities based on anticipated workloads. The offeror's management plan should demonstrate the offeror's ability effectively to service both major and non-major markets. All documents related to this procurement will be available via the Internet only. No hard copies will be made available. All contractors are responsible for downloading their own copy of all documents, including the solicitation and any amendments, if any. These documents will be in .pdf format and will reside on the World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be assessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address of the General Services Administration page is http://www.eps.gov. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any information or documents including the solicitation, and any special notices or amendments pertaining to this procurement. There is also a link at the bottom of the CBD Notice on the Internet that will take the reader straight to the page where the synopsis and solicitations will be posted. There is also a link at the bottom of the CBD Notice on the Internet that will take the reader straight to the page where the synopsis and solicitation, or will be posted. There is also a link to the point of contacts e:mail address. Contractors can also register to be notified by e:mail of new postings including synopsis, solicitations, and amendments to the site, so they do not have to check the site everyday. I encourage contractors to periodically check the site because it is still your responsibility to makesure you have all of the documents related to a procurement. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Posted 03/03/00 (D-SN431011). (0063)

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