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Y -- CONSTRUCTION OF SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GROUNDS & SURROUNDINGS OF THE NEW U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY. SOL SLMAQM-00-R-6031 DUE 061000 POC Mike Larson (703) 875-6687 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the agency point of contact, LarsonMS@state.gov. The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Office of Foreign Buildings Operations (FBO) is seeking qualified construction firms for a construction contract to perform site work at the New Office Building in Istanbul, Turkey. The project will be for the construction of site improvements to the grounds and surroundings of the new United States Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey. The site is an irregularly shaped parcel totaling approximately 93,200 square meters. The site is bordered by Dereici Istinye Road to the east, Kapliclalar Street to the south, Mis Street to the west and an abandoned quarry to the North. The contract will include the erection of temporary site offices, a site access road internal to the site, finished to base coat during construction and to finish asphalt after construction completion; an employee parking lot, building site excavation; duct banks with pull wires; earth stabilization; landscaping and earth moving; trash cover and removal; construction of temporary and permanent drainage; installation of site lighting and power cable runs, installation of site security lines, connection of power, water and sewer utilities, reinforced concrete retaining walls, perimeter walls and fences, and relocation of an overhead high tension power line. The construction cost is estimated to be in the range of $5,000,000.00 to $8,000,000.00. The Percy Amendment, 22 U.S.C. 302 will apply. Firms who want to be considered for this preference are required to request this preference in writing and submit the following information: (A) Evidence of performance of similar construction work in the United States, and (B) either (i) ownership in excess of fifty percent by United States citizens or permanent residents or (ii) incorporation in the United States for more than three years and employment of United States citizens or permanent full-time professional and managerial positions in the United States. This information is to be submitted as part of the proposal by the required due date. This solicitation isalso being advertised locally in Turkey. The majority of the work will be performed in six to nine months. However, the paving of the road will occur 30 months after the Notice to Proceed. The contract type is firm fixed price construction. The project solicitation will consist of submittal of cost and technical proposal criteria. As a result of evaluations of the cost and technical proposals, the offeror whose proposal is determined to be the best value to the Government will be awarded the contract. The cost proposals are to be submitted in the formats provided by the United States Government. U.S. Government codes and requirements, as well as the applicable laws, codes, and standards of Turkey (whichever is more stringent) will apply. The Project will be designed and constructed in hard metric (System International) units. All designs will be in AutoCad R 13 or 14 files in Department of State format. The scope of construction services under this proposed contract will include: Full performance of siteimprovements to the grounds and surroundings of the new United States Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey, in accordance with construction documents prepared by the United States Government's Architect of Record and approved by the Office of Foreign Building Operations; on site organization and lines of authority to ensure overall project coordination; daily management oversight and coordination with U.S. Government on-site staff, Architect-Engineer representatives, subcontractors, equipment suppliers, and materials managers, managing job site meetings and submittals from project start to project completion turnover; quality control program; and construction scheduling to provide overall control throughout the life of the project. The formal solicitations issued to interested firms will contain phasing plans. Firms responding to this announcement on or before the closing date will be evaluated using the following evaluation criteria 100 points maximum: (1) TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: Technical Qualifications will have a weighting of seventy percent. Subfactor 1(a) Technical Approach: the offeror's technical approach for construction projects that explains the offeror's methodology for decision making, personnel management, team approach, and quality assurance. In the execution of contract scope, schedule establishment and control, and budget allocation and administration, and projected capacity 10 points. Subfactor 1(b) Financial Capability: The offeror must demonstrate that it has the financial capability and resources to accomplish the project within the funding range stated previously and be able to obtain the required performance and payment bonds, or bank letters of credit or guarantee; and must have a total construction business volume per year in three of the last five years of at least equal to the level of their proposal. The offeror must provide a list of banks or other lending institutions that offeror intends to use in order to finance this project, and must provide credit references -- 15 points. Subfactor 1(c) Professional Qualifications: The offeror should set forth its professional qualifications, specialized experience, and technical competence in the renovation and construction of similar projects involving multiple contractors and sub-contractors. The offeror must demonstrate that it has either individually or collectively accomplished the construction of projects of similar value and complexity. The offeror will be evaluated on the quality of the built projects. (Maximum of five example projects) -- 15 points. Subfactor 1(d) Ability to meet schedule and critical milestones: The offeror should have a demonstrated record of performing work on schedule while maintaining effective cost and quality control. Briefly describe previous examples of internal quality assurance and cost control procedures and indicate effectiveness by listing the planned and actual construction duration, client's construction budget, design construction estimate, construction award amount, final construction cost, and construction change order rate in tabular form for five recent projects -- 20 points. Subfactor 1(e) Experience with recent projects that are similar in size and scope: The offeror should detail its previous experience with projects that are similar in size and scope -- 10 points. Failure to address any one of the foregoing criteria in writing will result in the offeror being removed from further consideration. When responding to criteria (1)(a) through (1)(e) above, the offerors must list the owner's name, address, telephone number, and client's contact person for each project. FACTOR 2: Price. Price will have a weighting of 30 percent. Firms that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit two copies of their proposals containing the following: (a) Technical Qualifications Criteria and solicitation cost proposal. Failure to provide any one of these written documents will result in the offeror being removed from further consideration. These written documents are to be submitted in English. The Government intends to evaluate the technical and cost proposals and determine best value to the Government. The firm whose proposal is determined to be the best value to the Government will be awarded the contract in the amount of its cost proposal. Solicitations will be available on June 19, 2000. Proposals will be due on July 23, 2000. The solicitation will be available at the following locations: Mike Larson, Department of State, A/LM/AQM/RA/CON, Construction Branch, Room L-600, P.O. Box 12248, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219, Telephone number (703) 875-6687 or Sibel Ozayas, United States Consulate General, 104-108 Mesrutiyet Caddesi, Tepebasi 80050, Istanbul, Turkey, Telephone number 90-212-251-3602. A site visit is planned for summer 2000. For information regarding the site visit, contact Mike Larson at (703) 875-6687 or Sibel Ozayas at 90-212-251-3602. The Government will not reimburse offerors for travel to and from the site visit. All submittals must be received by close of business on June 10, 2000, at Attn: Mr. Mike Larson, U.S. Postal mailing address: Department of State, A/LM/AQM/RA/CON, Construction Branch, Room L-600, P.O. Box 12248, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219. Delivery address for Express Mail or Courier: Department of State, A/LM/AQM/RA/CON, Construction Branch, Room L-600, 1701 N. Ft. Myer Dr., 17th Street entrance, Arlington, VA 22219. (The U.S. Postal Service does not deliver to the 1701 N. Ft. Myer address). Requests for clarification must be submitted in writing to Mike Larson, Telephone Number (703) 875-6687. The fax number is (703) 875-6292. Proposals received after this date will not be accepted. Posted 05/08/00 (W-SN452431). (0129)

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