19AQMM24R0134 Cairo Window Project Prequalification.pdf

19AQMM24R0134

Department Of State 2024 Contract for

Compound Security Upgrade: Window Replacement in Cairo, Egypt

PHASE 1 - Notice of Solicitation of Submissions for Contractor Pre-Qualification

The U.S. Department of State, Office of the Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition

Management on behalf of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, has a requirement for a

Compound Security Upgrade: Window Replacement Project in Cairo, Egypt.

Solicitation Number: 19AQMM24R0134

This project is set-aside competition for active SBA-certified 8(a) entities ONLY and by agreement between the U.S. Department of

State (DOS) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

1. Project Description

The project is located on 1.5 hectares (3.67 acres) in the Garden City district and the site is fully developed. The site is bounded along its triangular perimeter by Lazoghli St., Tawfik Diab St.

and Kamal El Din Hussein St with governmental and commercial neighbors. The contractor will replace approximately 1,400 windows in a high-rise build. Blast consultancy is a requirement for this project.

Project Scope:

The project scope includes complete design and construction (renovation) services, contract coordination, and supervision, including but not limited to the management, professional design services, and construction (renovation) services necessary to meet the requirements within the established schedules.

Approximate cost: $20-40 million

2. Project Solicitation

The project solicitation will consist of two phases.

Phase I – Omnibus Pre-Qualification of Offerors

This announcement of solicitation of Omnibus pre-qualification submissions is Phase I. The

Department of State (DOS) will evaluate the pre-qualification submissions based on the evaluation criteria set forth below. Only Offerors prequalified in Phase I are eligible for participation in subsequent Phases and/or for award. The structure of the Offeror must remain the same throughout each subsequent phase.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Active SBA 8(a) certification is required under Phase 1 and Phase 2 as this is a DOS-SBA 8(a) set-aside competitive requirement. Offerors should confirm their status via the SBA’s Dynamic

Small Business Search website: https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm.

SAM registration is required for purposes of prequalification. Please note the pre-qualified entity should be the same offeror/entity submitting a proposal in response to the subsequent phases and the solicitation.

Prequalification is distinct from eligibility for contract award and the Omnibus Certification is distinct from the Security Clearance Requirements. Specific requirements for security clearance and eligibility for award will be set forth in the solicitation.

Regardless of its business structure, the offeror must possess a security clearance or be able to obtain one in accordance with the terms of the solicitation (NOTE: Security clearance requirements are not the same as prequalifying as a “US Person” under the Diplomatic Security

Act).

Firms submitting information for Phase I qualification shall address the criteria under Section 3-

Detailed Instructions.

Phase II – Requests for Proposals from Pre-Qualified Offerors

Those Offerors determined to be pre-qualified in Phase I in accordance with this notice will be issued the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the project and invited to participate in a site visit in order to submit a technical and pricing proposal under Phase II. As noted above, only Offerors prequalified in Phase I are eligible for participation in subsequent phases and/or for award.

The contract will be “firm-fixed price” and services will involve providing labor and materials:

on-site organization with management to ensure overall project coordination; and overall control throughout the life of the project. Required services will also include preparation of construction documents, quality control plans, safety plans, project schedules and project close-out activities.

Offerors will be required to participate in a visit to the project site, anticipated to be within 30 days after the issuance of the Phase II RFP depending on travel and access restrictions.

The types of design services to be provided may include architecture, structural, geo-technical, seismic, blast, and fire protection engineering; sustainable design and use of recovered materials;

physical and technical security; vertical transportation; design and construction scheduling; cost estimating; value engineering; and administrative coordination of the various disciplines involved.

The successful offeror will be required to utilize US-based design and blast consultant(s).

3. Phase I –DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

Submission Requirements for Phase I, Pre-Qualification of Offerors: The Offeror shall submit sufficient documentation to allow the DOS to evaluate its capabilities with the qualification criteria listed. Submissions that are missing the required information or otherwise do not comply with the submission requirements may be eliminated from consideration at the Contracting Officer’s determination.

Copies. Provide one original electronic copy. Electronic copies shall be in PDF format that are indexed and fully searchable.

To demonstrate performance of similar work, the offeror will provide information demonstrating that it has successfully completed in the United States or at a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission, four projects as follows:

• one (1) project example greater than $7,000,000.00 (US $7M) occurring within the last fifteen (15) years.

• three (3) project examples greater than $3,000,000.00 (US $3M) occurring within the last ten (10) years. At least one (1) of the three (3) projects must have included Forced-Entry

Ballistic-Resistant (FEBR), Forced-Entry (FE) or Blast-Resistant windows.

The value of the projects offered to demonstrate performance will not be adjusted for inflation, currency fluctuation, or any other market forces.

• To be considered similar in scope and complexity, project(s) are for design/build construction or renovation services that include the replacement of windows, frames, and embeds in a multi-story government or other institutional use building or compound.

3.A. Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986. Firms being considered for award under this acquisition are limited to “United States Person” bidders as defined for purposes of Section 402(a)(2) of the Act. The Offeror must complete and submit as part of its pre-qualification package the pamphlet "Certifications Relevant to Public Law 99-399, Statement of

Qualifications for Purpose of Section 402 of The Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism

Act of 1986." (The pamphlet is attached to this SAM.gov announcement.)

If a Joint Venture (JV) is formed, the company having 51 percent or greater interest in the JV must be the one completing the pamphlet. This is a pass/fail evaluated area. Submissions from Offerors who do not receive a pass rating in this area will not be further evaluated. Sufficient information should be provided in the Certifications and attachments thereto to determine eligibility under

Public Law 99-399, but the Department reserves the right to consider information available from other sources, or to obtain clarifications or additional information from the Offeror.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Organizations that wish to use the experience or financial resources of any other legally dependent organization or individual, including parent companies, subsidiaries, or other related firms, must do so by way of a joint venture. A prospective offeror may be an individual organization or firm, a formal joint venture (where the arrangement among the co-venturers has been reduced to writing). To be considered a “qualified United States joint venture person,” every joint venture must have at least one firm or organization that itself meets all the requirements of a U.S. person listed in Section 402. The U.S. person co-venturer will be required to sign a guarantee making the U.S. person individually responsible for performance of any contract awarded, notwithstanding the terms of any joint venture agreement.

3.B. Security Clearance Requirement. In order to be eligible to perform under this contract, the pre-qualified firm(s), must possess or be able to obtain a Defense Counterintelligence and Security

Agency (DCSA) Secret facility security clearance (FCL) with Secret safeguarding capability, issued in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), DoD 5220.22-M. Offerors already possessing the necessary FCL must submit their appropriate

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code, facility clearance and safeguarding level with the required pre-qualification documentation.

If an otherwise pre-qualified Offeror does not possess the necessary FCL, DOS will sponsor the firm for an FCL at the time the Offeror is determined to be pre-qualified. DOS will allow 120 calendar days from the notice of pre-qualification for firms to obtain the necessary FCL. Firms will not receive the classified portions of the Phase II RFP until they have been issued the appropriate FCL and received Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) approval to safeguard classified documents. DOS sponsorship does not guarantee that the

Offeror will receive the FCL, nor that it will be received within the 120-day period. The

Government will not be obligated to extend its solicitation schedule, or to make an award to a sponsored, pre-qualified firm, if that firm has not been issued an FCL.

NOTICE: The successful offeror selected for contract award must possess or obtain an

Information System (IS) approved by DCSA for processing classified information up to the

Secret level. Performance on this contract will require access to the Department’s ProjNet-C, for receipt and transmission of all classified information, and a DCSA approved classified IS for processing classified information.

4. Closing Deadline for Submissions

ALL PHASE I SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time on Friday, June

14, 2024.

Offeror must state the following on the cover of the submission:

• 19AQMM24R0134: Compound Security Upgrade: Window Replacement in Cairo, Egypt

• Offeror’s SAM.gov registration Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number

• Statement of firm’s SBA 8(a) certification and certification date.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS AUTHORIZED to be sent to: Malik Simone (Simonem@fan.gov)

Instructions for electronic submissions:

Please UPLOAD proposals to your Google Drive (FAN – Foreign Affairs Network or personal)

AND share/send the proposals from Google to the FAN.gov email addresses above and please give the CO’s EDIT permission for these files. The files will just be downloaded.

In order to upload your proposals onto Google Drive and share, perform the following steps:

1. Go to drive.google.com, log into your Google account with your username and password.

If you do not have a Google account, you will need to create one.

2. At the top left, click New then select File Upload or Folder Upload, and choose your file or folder you want to upload.

3. Right click the file or folder you want to share and select SHARE.

4. Enter these email addresses: Simonem@fan.gov. Make sure the EDITOR option selected.

5. Click Send.

mailto:Simonem@fan.gov

Note: If you have a FAN (Foreign Affairs Network) account upload the proposals to the FAN

Google Drive. If you do not have a FAN account, you can upload the proposals to a personal

Google Drive then share. Sharing from your personal Google Drive account is acceptable.

REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATIONS may be submitted in writing by email to Malik Simone, (Simonem@fan.gov).