NOTE: THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT OF THE PREVIOUSLY SYNOPSIZED U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO SOLICITATION NUMBERS GS-03P-02-AOC-0001 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 9 NOVEMBER, 2001 AND GS-03P-02-AOC-0002 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 21 DEC, 2001. THESE TWO PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMBINED AND WILL BE AWARDED AS A SINGLE CONTRACT. THIS PROCUREMENT IS HEREBY OPEN TO ALL QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC), with the assistance of the General Services Administration (GSA), announces an opportunity for Construction Excellence in Public Buildings and the intent to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Construction Services for The United States Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) and related work in and around the Capitol Building, Washington, DC. The CVC will greatly enhance the experience of visiting the U.S. Capitol building. Not only will it significantly enhance security for the Capitol, but it will provide new educational opportunities for visitors and improve accessibility and visitor comfort. As designed, the CVC will compliment the Capitol building and its surroundings and will become a seamless addition to the Capitol complex. The CVC will be located underground on the East Front of the Capitol, so as to enhance rather than detract from the appearance of the Capitol and its historic Frederick Law Olmsted landscaping. When completed, the CVC will contain approximately 580,000 square feet on three levels, requiring approximately a 196,000-square-foot excavation, or "footprint," on the East Front of the Capitol. The CVC will include space for exhibits, visitor comfort, food service, two orientation theaters, an auditorium, gift shops, security, connections to existing buildings, service tunnels for underground vehicle access to the Capitol, loading docks, mechanical facilities, and storage. The CVC will preserve and maximize public access to the Capitol while greatly enhancing the experience for the millions who walk its historic corridors and experience its monumental spaces every year. This solicitation will address only a portion of the work required to complete the CVC, as noted below. The Architect of the Capitol will utilize a ?best value? source selection process to enable selection from among high quality contractors for this procurement. The project will be constructed in two (2) sequences. This advertisement is for Sequence 1 of the project which will require extensive coordination between this contractor and contractors of prior enabling projects and the subsequent Sequence 2, as well as with contractors performing other AOC projects in the immediate vicinity of the project. Sequence 1 is for the Foundation/Structure work which includes, but is not limited to, Miscellaneous Site Demolition, Slurry Wall Construction, Excavation, Installation of Load Bearing Elements (including Caissons with imbedded Steel Columns), Concrete, Structural Steel, Tunnel/Tunnel Concrete, Elevator Jack Holes, Small Mechanical and Electrical and Site Civil. The estimated construction cost for Sequence 1 is in the range of $80 to $100 million. The contractor must 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 AOC requirements. The Contractor will perform the construction in accordance with the design specifications, drawings, and the provisions of the contract. The solicitation for Sequence 1 will be issued in two (2) phases. Phase I will be for technical proposals and will include a set of draft specifications and drawings. It will be available on or about 02/13/2002. UNDER THIS PART THE GOVERNMENT WILL EVALUATE PAST PERFORMANCE, TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES. OFFERORS WILL BE ADVISED OF THEIR TECHNICAL STANDING PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF PHASE II, WHICH WILL BE A REQUEST FOR OFFERORS OF HIGH TECHNICAL STANDING TO SUBMIT PRICING PROPOSALS BASED UPON COMPLETED SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS. Phase II of the solicitation will be issued approximately 45 days after receipt of proposals for Phase I. The government will award a fixed-price contract after evaluation of both Phases I and II proposals resulting from this solicitation to the responsive and responsible offeror determined by the government to be the ?best value? to the government. For this procurement, technical factors when combined are significantly more important than price, but no specific numerical weight will be assigned to price for evaluation purposes. Competitive formal source selection procedures will be used similar to those in FAR 15. Offerers are advised an award may be made without discussion or any contact concerning the proposals received. The government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals at any time prior to award; to negotiate with any or all offerors; to award the contract to other than the offeror submitting the lowest total price; and to award to the offeror submitting the proposal determined by the government to be the most advantageous to the government. Therefore, proposals should be submitted initially on the most favorable terms. NOTE: Firms submitting technical and price proposals will not be compensated for proposal preparation costs. To be considered for final award, potential offeror must submit proposals per the RFP to BOTH Phase I and Phase II of the solicitation on the due dates established. A pre-proposal meeting and site visit will be held at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) project field office at a date to be determined later. The RFP Phase I will be issued by the Contract Specialist at GSA, Mid Atlantic Region in Philadelphia, PA, and posted electronically on the www.fedbizops.gov website. Hard copies or CD?s of the draft specifications and drawings and RFP Phase II, Technical Specifications and Drawings will be issued by the AOC, Washington, DC. In order for potential offerors to be placed on the bidders list for hard copies or CD?s, respondents must submit a written request via fax to Cal Durgin, (202) 228-2073 or e-mailed to
[email protected]. Requests from prime contractors must include a letter from the surety stating their capacity for bonding in amounts covering the estimated prices cited above to receive hard copies or CD?s. Any questions regarding this synopsis may be directed to Cal Durgin, CVC Contract Specialist, at (202) 228-2370 or Dan Correnti, GSA Contract Specialist, at (215) 656-6152. This procurement is being conducted under full and open competition on an unrestricted basis under NAIC code 233320.