Description
This procurement is for “Correction of the Fire Protection Sprinkler System Deficiencies” throughout the Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building, 219 South Dearborn Street; U.S. Post Office Loop Station, 211 South Clark Street; John C. Kluczynski Federal Building, 230 S. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois. Briefly, and without force and effect upon contract documents, work of contract can be summarized as follows. The work includes designing and modifying existing wet-pipe automatic sprinkler systems to provide complete fire protection. Provide improvements to the existing sprinkler systems for areas that lack adequate sprinkler coverage, including sprinkles located too close to walls, sprinklers spaced too close together, sprinklers spaced too far apart, areas with no sprinkler coverage, sprinklers that are damaged/dirty, replacement of on-off sprinklers, replacement of Central Omega sprinklers. Provide additional sprinklers and piping in areas with inadequate sprinkler coverage. Remove existing painted/corroded/damaged sprinklers and replace them with new. Relocate existing sprinklers located less than six (6) feet apart or less than four (4) inches from wall and replace them with new. Remove existing on-off sprinklers and replace them with new sprinklers. Replace existing Central Omega sprinklers with new sprinklers. Provide a new sprinkler system for U.S. Post Office Loop Station’s entire ground floor. Replace PRV sprinkler control valves with UL listed type in the Kluczynski Federal Building. This is a negotiated procurement and is open to all business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238990 with a small business size standard of $12.0 million. The estimated cost range for this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. The solicitation will be available on or about March 18, 2005. The solicitation cited above can only be obtained by accessing a secure website known as the Federal Technical Data Solution (FedTeDS). FedTeDS is a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition information. It is fully integrated with other electronic government initiatives such as FedBizOpps and the Central Contract Registration (CCR) database, and is available for use by all Federal agencies. In order to obtain information from FedTeDS, you will first be required to register with CCR. The Central Contractor Registration database is a part of the Business Partner Network, an e-gov initiative, and will be used to validate vendor identity. Effective October, 1, 2003, all government contractors must be registered in CCR prior to receiving an award. You may access CCR at the following URL www.bpn.gov. Once you have registered with CCR you will be required to register with FedTeDS. No federal materials can be downloaded until you have registered under both sites. You may access FedTeDS via the following URL http://www.FedTeDS.gov. You will then be required to access the vendor registration form by selecting the hyperlink entitled “Register with FedTeDS” and then choosing the “Vendor Registration Form” hyperlink. At a minimum all vendors must supply the following information: (Your Company’s Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) (You can get this from your Company’s, CCR Point of Contact) your Company’s DUNS Number or CAGE Code (Contact Dun & Bradstreet at 1-800-333-0505 if you do not have a D&B Number), your telephone number, and your e-mail address. Effective January 1, 2005, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requires the use of the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in Federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission process. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of many of the FAR required representations and certifications previously found in solicitations. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your representation and certification information, at your convenience, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. In addition, rather than receiving and reviewing paper submissions, government contracting officials can access ORCA and review your information online as a part of the proposal evaluation process. You will no longer have to submit representations and certifications completed in ORCA with each offer. Instead, a solicitation will contain a single provision that will allow you to either certify that all of your representations and certifications in ORCA are current, complete and accurate as of the date of your signature, or list any changes. Any questions regarding this notification should be directed to the Contracting Officer whose name appears herein. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and monitoring the website for amendments if any to the solicitation. . Mail, facsimile, telephonic or electronic mail requests will not be honored.