National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Management Resources, Office of Acquisitions and Agreements Management (OAAM) Acquisition Management Division (AMD) Sources Sought for a Design-Build (DB) Project for the design and construction of an Annex Building at the NIST Boulder, Colorado Campus THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought (market survey). This announcement is not a Request for Proposals, Request for Quotations, or an Invitation for Bids. This Sources Sought is a market research tool used by the acquisition team to determine potential and eligible businesses that have the capability and interest in providing the required design services and construction work described herein, prior to determining the method of acquisition. This also serves as a Request for Comments on the draft specification for the planned project. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD), Team E-Boulder seeks information from PRIME CONTRACTORS that are capable and interested in performing the work on a design-build (DB) construction solicitation for a potential fiscal year 18 Annex Building on the NIST Boulder, Colorado Campus site. This Sources Sought and Request for Comments does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation for this project is currently available. Additionally, The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information or comments received from potential sources as a result of this Sources Sought and Request for Comments announcement. The results of this Sources Sought will be utilized to determine if any Small Business Set-aside opportunities exist for this potential requirement. All Small Business Set-aside categories will be considered. Additionally, this market research tool is being used to identify potential and eligible firms, of all sizes, prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation. The Request for Comments portion of this Sources Sought provides contractors the opportunity to make any comments, including recommendations, regarding the draft specification for the potential project. Comments will be used for consideration in the development of the specification. This is not a Request for Information. The Government will not provide a response to any questions regarding this project as a part of this Sources Sought and Request for Comments. Project Description: 1. Project: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder Campus, Design and Construction of Precision Measurements Laboratory (PML) Annex Building at north end of Bldg. 81 / Katharine Blodgett Gebbie Building. This project is planned as a Design-Build (DB). 2. Project FAAPS number: 55927 3. Project Magnitude: Between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. 4. Scope of Work: This is a DB project for the design and construction of a building between 4,500 - 4,800 sq. ft. to accommodate office space and common areas for 32 personnel. The contractor shall provide all materials, labor, transportation and equipment for the design and construction of the building including the tie-in of gas and electrical utilities. 5. Please see the following attachments: a. Draft Project Specification. b. Attached General Instructions for Working at NIST Boulder Campus. Interested and capable PRIME CONTRACTORS are requested to electronically submit a capabilities statement of no more than five (5) pages in length inclusive of the following information: 1. Company name, address, telephone number and the title and name of the company point of contact. 2. DUNS/CAGE code registered in the system for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. 3. Indicate whether your company is a large business or a small business and indicate applicable socio-economic category of FAR 19. 4. Company Profile description. 5. Statement of Capability (SOC) stating your company's skills, experience knowledge and equipment to perform the specified type of work. This should include documentation of past specialized experience and technical competence in performing similar projects, up to three (3) recent and relevant past projects for which you company was the prime contractor. Recent experience is experience performed within the last five (5) years. For each project experience, identify whether your company worked as a PRIME Contractor or a SUB-contractor on the projects. Provide a contract number, the customer organization (Government/Agency or private firm), a point of contact (POC) and current telephone number for the customer POC. 6. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government may consider in developing the service requirement and market research. 7. Company sales brochures or marketing packages will not be considered. Request for Comments: All comments provided in response to the Sources Sought shall be submitted electronically on the attached Request for Comments sheet. Comments will be used for consideration in the development of the specification. This is not a Request for Information. The Government will not provide a response to any questions regarding this project as a part of this Sources Sought and Request for Comments. A company responding to this Sources Sought which fails to provide ALL of the required information requested will not be used to assist the Government in the acquisition method decision, which is the intend of this Sources Sought. Responses to this Sources Sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. It is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability of interested and potentially qualified contractors for determining the method of acquisition for this potential project requirement. Attachments: a. Draft Project Specification. b. Attached General Instructions for Working at NIST Boulder Campus. c. Comment Sheet. Submittal Instructions: All responses to this Sources Sought shall be submitted via email by the required Response Date to Trish Bullington at
[email protected]. The company may courtesy copy Marc Zurasky at
[email protected]. Contracting Office Address: U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, Team E 325 Broadway, Building 111 Room 114 Boulder, CO 80305-3325 Place of Performance: U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Facilities and Property Management (OFPM) Project 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305-3325 Primary Point of Contact: Trish Bullington Contract Specialist
[email protected] Phone: 303-497-3106 Secondary Point of Contact: Marc Zurasky Contract Specialist
[email protected] Phone: 303-497-3246 Contracting Officer: Will Zbaeren
[email protected] Phone: 303-497-5534