CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK. This is a Sources Sought Announcement under which GSA is publicizing our intention to contract for the following services using construction excellence. THIS IS NOT AN RFP. If your company would be interested in participating in this project, it is requested that you contact Enrico Caruso, Contracting Officer at 212-264-9490 or e-mail at
[email protected] to express your interest. GSA intends to contract for complete construction services for a new U.S. Courthouse in Buffalo, NY with general construction contractors that offer the best overall value to the Government, by: demonstrating a commitment to construction excellence, providing and maintaining a viable team organization and adherence to the budgetary and time parameters for this project. The proposed U.S. Courthouse will be constructed in the Buffalo Downtown Commercial Business District (CBD), and will consist of approximately 24,721 m2 (266,020gsf) including 2,007 m2 (21,600 gsf) for indoor parking. The building will be occupied by the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Magistrate Courts, District Clerk of Court, U.S. Probation, Circuit Satellite Library, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Attorney and GSA. The courthouse will provide five district courtrooms, four magistrate courtrooms, related office space, sally port, detention cells, and joint use GSA space, etc. In addition, fifty-four (54) secured, indoor parking spaces will be provided. Occupancy is planned for early 2007. General construction contractors may request to be put on the Bidder's Mailing List by submitting a one page letter to the attention of Enrico Caruso at 212-264-9490, Contracting Officer, General Services Administration (GSA), Property Development Division, 26 Federal Plaza; New York, NY 10278, within 30 days of receipt. The Estimated Construction Cost at Award for the project is $70,000,000 to $77,000,000. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is tentatively scheduled to be issued in late February 2003. A Pre-Proposal Conference and site visit is tentatively scheduled to be held approximately ten (10) days following the issuance of the RFP. Any questions that offerors may have concerning the price and technical evaluation criteria will be answered. A Small Business Subcontracting Networking Session is scheduled to immediately follow the Pre-Proposal Conference. This procurement is being issued under the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program, and will be open to both large and small business concerns. The NAICS code for this project is 236220 with a size standard of $28.5 million. The project is in Metric Units of Measure. The general construction contractor selected will be required to supply all labor, materials, supervision and constructability reviews during the A-E's Design Phase to perform the complete services as required by the Scope of Work under the resultant contract. The contractor will be chosen competitively utilizing FAR Part 15 Source Selection procedures in conjunction with the Best Value Trade-off process. Based on the complexity and importance of this project, the Government deems it to be in its best interest to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror. Therefore, combined technical evaluation factors will be significantly more important than cost or price. The final price will encompass all-inclusive costs for the entire project including the administrative cost of processing RFIs, change orders, etc. throughout the course of this project. The Government anticipates the award of a Fixed-Price Contract (see FAR Part 16.2), based on a final negotiated or accepted price, to the general contractor that offers the best overall value to the Government. The primary objective of this process is to select the most technically qualified contractor that offers the best overall value to the Government when all factors including price are considered. The entire procurement process will be performed in three (3) Stages, for a point total of 1000. [The selection of a general contractor will be made at the end of 50% construction documents]. Stage I Submission: The Government will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Technical and Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) submissions coincident with the end of the A/E Preliminary Design Concept Phase. Any scope changes by the Government that may result from the pre-proposal conference may be incorporated into the Scope of Work at any time prior to the final request for price proposal submission at no recompense to the offeror(s). The technical factors for Stage I, will be as follows-point total 400: (1) Offeror?s Experience on Similar Projects (100 Points); (2) Offeror?s Past Performance on Similar Projects (100 Points); (3) Experience and Qualifications of Key Personnel of the Prime Contractor (150 Points), and (4) Management Plan Outline (50 Points). The submission of price will be simultaneous with the submission of the technical data but under separate cover and will be based on documents supplied by the A-E design firm relative to the Preliminary Design concepts. This price should reflect the contractor's Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for General Contractor Services. Following the evaluation of the technical proposals, a competitive range of no more than three (3) contractors that offer the best value will be selected in accordance with FAR Part 15.306-(c). The three (3) short listed offerors are expected to be involved from the A/E Final Design Concept Phase through the end of the 50% Construction Documents Phase. Any and all cost saving concepts and scope improvement measures submitted or discussed by the offerors as part of Stage II and III becomes the property of the Government and may be incorporated into the drawings and specifications for use under this project at no recompense to the offeror. Stage II: During this stage the three (3) shortlisted contractors will enter into the Participation Phase of the solicitation. The level of effort in this phase includes the following: Participation in two value engineering workshops lasting two days each, participate in two (2) project meetings, preparation of written comments, performance of one constructability review and preparation of one independent estimate during the Design Development Phase. Following the completion of this phase, the offerors' efforts will be evaluated as follows - point total 200: Stage II Technical Evaluation Factors: (5) Design Development Participation Phase (200 Points maximum) will consist of the following sub-factors: (a) Value Engineering Workshop (50 pts.); (b) Written Comments/Ideas (50 pts.); (c) Design Development Constructability Review (50 pts.); (d) Estimate Development (50 pts.). The Offeror will supply a price that should reflect the offeror's Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP). At the end of Stage II, the three (3) short listed GC's that participate in good faith will be provided a stipend of $15,000 for their total effort for the services rendered during this stage. Stage III: During this Stage, the three (3) short listed contractors will enter into the final phase of the solicitation coincident with the A/E 50% Construction Document Phase. Following completion of this phase the offerors' efforts will be evaluated as follows- point total 400: Stage III Technical Evaluation Factors: (6) 50% Construction Documentation Phase will consist of the following sub-factors: (a) Construction Document Review, where final recommendations for improvement of the project will be identified in a presentation to GSA, (150 pts), (b) Construction Document Presentation (100 pts); (c) Detailed Project Management Plan and Technical Approach (100 pts); and (d) Subcontractor Qualifications (50 pts maximum) which will include the following sub-factors: (i) Information on Subcontractors (25 pts) and (ii) Small Business Subcontracting Plan (25 pts). The offerors in the competitive range will engage in discussions with GSA, this should include a discussion of the offerors' submission of their management plan and subcontractor information. After the discussion, the Government will request a revised technical proposal and the contractor's Firm-Fixed Price Proposal for General Contractor Services. Also to be included will be a mandatory, proactive Subcontracting Plan, pursuant to FAR Part 19.705-4 encompassing the following minimum Socio-Economic Program minimum goals: (The goals will probably be different based on the location of the project). Small Business (23%), Small Disadvantaged Business (5%), Small Women-Owned Business (5%) and HUBZone Businesses (1.5%). A failure to submit this plan in conjunction with the Stage III final price proposal, when requested, will render the offer unacceptable. All correspondence in response to this announcement must clearly indicate the solicitation number. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposals on their most favorable terms and following the combination of the evaluation of technical factors 1-6 with the final price proposal submission, an award will be made to the (offeror) general contractor that offers the best value to the Government. After the award of this contract to the one (1) selected general contractor, a second stipend of $15,000 will be provided to each of the three (3) short listed firms that participated in a good faith effort for their services rendered during Stage III. The selected general contractor (1) will participate in Constructability Services for the 100% and Final Construction Documents Phase and submittal of a Firm Fixed Price Proposal. The Contractor will receive a stipend of $60,000 for services during this Stage. The GSA will subsequently exercise an option for the construction of the project. Following the Pre-Proposal Conference that is scheduled during Stage I, the General Services Administration (GSA) will host a Subcontracting Opportunities Networking Session for Small, Small Disadvantaged, Minority, and Woman-Owned Businesses. The Networking Session is intended to affirm GSA's recognition of the talent that exists in the small business community and its commitment to opening a dialogue between the community and the firms, which are considering bidding on this project. Prospective small business subcontractors will be given an opportunity to network with potential prime contractors and to showcase their special talents and abilities as qualified subcontractors. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PRICE OR TECHNICAL PROPOSALS. End of CBD