SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE PHILLIP BURTON FEDERAL BUILDING FURNITURE PROCUREMENT 450 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WOMAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (EDWOSB) ONLY. This is NOT a request for offers, proposals, quotations or invitations for bids or proposals. This notice does not represent a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. This is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability and adequacy of potential sources. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for information received as a result of this announcement. A Request for a solicitation will not receive a response. The General Services Administration (GSA), Region 9, Acquisition Management Division is conducting a sources sought to seek qualified and experienced EDWOSB contractors to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified EDWOSB sources; (2) whether they are also a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, HUB Zone 8(a), or small disadvantaged business concerns; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining whether a EDWOSB sole source or set-aside is possible, or whether full and open competitive procedures should be utilized. An organization that is not certified as an EDWOSB under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Anticipated Procurement Requirements The Phillip J Burton Federal Building and Courthouse is a twenty-one (21) story occupied building. The building is located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, California. The requirement is to manufacture, deliver and install furniture to one floor of the Philip J Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse that meets the specifications provided in the furniture plans and furniture bid sheet. An electrician shall be provided to connect the whips and power the workstation panels. Storage will not be required. Furniture to be acquired may include, but are not limited to the following: •(80) systems workstations, approximately 7' x 9' •(1) Private Offices approximately 100 SF •Table(s) for a conference and break rooms •Seating: Task Chairs, Guest Chairs, Café/Conference Chairs The Philip J Burton Federal Building and Courthouse must remain fully operational throughout delivery and installation of the furniture. Work deemed to be disruptive to tenants must be scheduled after hours in order to minimize disruptions to building occupants and to maintain public safety. The furniture contract is tentatively scheduled to be awarded in the 4th Quarter of FY2017 with NTP given in the same quarter. Firms interested in this effort must be able to demonstrate experience as the primary contractor on three similar projects as defined below: SIMILAR PROJECT is defined as a project that is similar in size, type and complexity. To qualify as a SIMILAR PROJECT, the project must meet all three elements of size, type, and complexity as further defined here. SIMILAR PROJECT is defined as a project that is similar in size, type and complexity. To be considered similar in size, project(s) must exceed $500,000.00 in total contract amount and be completed in the last 10 years. To be considered similar in type, project(s) must include performance in a commercial or Government building. To be considered similar in complexity, project(s) must include, but are not limited to, all the following work: manufacturing, delivery and installation. This notice seeks only those EDWOSB sources under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 337214 Office Furniture Manufacturing. The small business size standard for NAICS code 337214 is 1,000 employees per the Small Business Administration calculation of number of employees. If you are an interested EDWOSB firm, please provide a Written Letter of Interest and a response to the following questions. All information submitted is subject to verification. Additional information may be requested to substantiate responses. 1. Please provide proof (i.e. DUNS number, System of Awards Management (SAM) printout, certification letter from the Small Business Administration, etc.) that your firm is a Small Business in accordance with NAICS code 337214. 2. Provide third party certification that your business is an EDWOSB and identify whether your firm may also be an 8(a), HUBZone Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, or Veteran-Owned Small Business. (For additional information on small business concerns visit www.sba.gov) 3. Please provide a narrative of your firm's experience and include at a minimum three (3) projects that meet the description of "Similar project" as described above. The narrative shall address the salient features for each project and include a client reference contact for each project, including name, title, address, e-mail, phone, and fax numbers. It is the responding firms' responsibility to ensure that client reference contact information is current and reliable. Each response shall be reviewed by the Contracting Officer for the purpose of determining whether there exists reasonable expectation of obtaining a sufficient number of offers from responsible EDWOSBs that are competitive in terms of market prices, quality, and delivery. A determination not to compete a proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All information furnished to the Government in response to this notice will be used for review purposes only. In any Joint Venture or teaming arrangement the Lead Contractual firm must qualify as a Small Business in accordance with NAICS code 337214 in order to be considered under this Sources Sought Notice. All respondents are reminded that the concern shall perform work for at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing the supplies, not including the cost of materials per FAR clause 52.219-14 - Limitations on Subcontracting. Interested firms should submit their interest and provide the required documentation to this notice to Wesley Lau, Contracting Officer, via email only at
[email protected]. For additional information regarding this potential opportunity, please contact the Point of Contact listed in this notice. The DUE DATE for responses is Thursday, July 20, 2017 by 3:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.