Y -- CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE ANNEX AND RENOVATION PROJECT AT THE E. BARRETT PRETTYMAN US COURTHOUSE RFP GS11P01MKC0022

Notice Date

September 28, 2001

Contracting Office

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Portfolio Development Division (WPC), 7th and D Streets, S.W., Room 2002, Washington, DC, 20407

ZIP Code

20407

Solicitation Number

GS11P01MKC0022

Response Due

November 19, 2001

Point of Contact

Priscilla Chaney, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 260-3390, Fax (202) 708-4964, Email priscilla.chaney@gsa.gov -- Christine Kelly, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 205-5862, Fax (202) 708-4964, Email christine.kelly@gsa.gov

Description

The General Services Administration (GSA) announces an opportunity for Construction Excellence in Public Building and the intent to issue a Request for Proposal(RFP) for General Construction (GC) Services for the New Annex and Renovation Project at the E. Barrett Prettyman US Courthouse, 333 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The contract will be a firm-fixed price subject to availability of funds. The project involves construction of a new annex with 9 courtrooms, 19 judges chambers, plus related office support space on Government owned property immediately adjacent to the existing facility. An atrium space will connect the new annex to the existing building. Following annex completion, portions of the existing building will be reconfigured to accommodate relocation of certain functions to the new annex and selected renovations will be performed within the existing building. The project will also involve Partnering and be eligible for GSA Construction Excellence recognition. The GC shall provide all management, supervision, labor, materials, supplies, and equipment (except as otherwise provided) and must plan, schedule, coordinate, and assure effective performance of all construction to meet GSA requirements. The estimated construction cost range for the project is $90-$105 million with a 42 month total period of performance. The project has been designed in metric units. Construction is to be performed in accordance with the design specifications, drawings and provisions of the contract. The solicitation process will utilize source selection procedures in accordance with FAR 15.3. The selection procedure will employ tradeoffs and technical/management factors are significantly more important than price and price related factors. The three technical factors and their weight are described hereinafter. FACTOR 1: Experience (40%) Offerors must demonstrate successful experience as a General Contractor on at least two (2) similar projects completed within the past (8) years. Similar project is defined as a project comparable in nature, type, and complexity meeting all of the following characteristics: (1)The project involved a new building and/or renovations to an existing building that included work on architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection systems; and (2) The project required coordination with occupied space in an existing building or an adjacent building and/or a site related building to maintain operations during construction; and (3) The project involved requirements for noise control; and (4) The project involved a restricted site with limited space for material staging plus requirements for maintaining pedestrian and vehicular traffic flow around the site; and (5) The total project construction cost at award of the construction contract(s) was not less than $50 million. The offeror may also demonstrate experience in comparable projects as define in Section L of the Request for Proposal for up to five additional projects. (The government will evaluate up to seven projects related to experience.) FACTOR 2: Past Performance of Offeror and Key Trade Areas (40%), and FACTOR 3: Understanding of Requirements/Management Approach/Subcontracting Plan (20%). This solicitation is open to both small and large business firms under the Small Business Demonstration Test Program. The small business size standard for the procurement (NAICS 233320) in accordance with FAR 19.1 is average annual gross receipts of $27.5 million. Large business firms will be required to submit an acceptable Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The RFP will be available for issuance approximately 10/15/01 and proposals will be due 11/19/01. In accordance with GSA policy, the RFP will be issued electronically via FEDBIZOPPS (www.fedbizopps.gov). The RFP will contain a request for the CD of drawings and specifications in the file titled instructions.doc. Drawings and specification will be distributed by GSA per requests. Technical proposals will be due November 19, 2001 and price proposals November 30, 2001. A pre-proposal conference is currently scheduled for October 26, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. in the GSA Regional Office Building Auditorium, 301 7th St., SW, Washington, DC.

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Record

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