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This document provides details for a sources sought notice and related federal contract opportunity. The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service is seeking industry feedback to structure future indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to support electric vehicle supply equipment installation across four geographic zones nationwide. Services will include construction, design/build, and electrical infrastructure upgrades. The contract ceiling is $500 million per zone over a five-year base period and option. Responses are due by October 19th, 2021, and contracts are expected to be awarded in February 2022. The notice encourages participation from small businesses and identifies socioeconomic categories. Interested parties are invited to an October 12th industry day virtual meeting.

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Public Buildings Service (PBS) Industry Day

National Governmentwide Multiple-Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract(s)

General Construction Services with Design/Build Capabilities to Support Electric Vehicle Supply

Equipment (EVSE) Installation

October 12, 2021

*This presentation is being recorded*

Housekeeping

• Welcome

• This presentation is being recorded

• We have a prepared presentation which will be followed by time for industry feedback

• We will be posting these slides to the

Sources Sought Notice on SAM.gov

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Agenda

• Welcome

• Background

• Exciting Opportunities

• Anticipated Work

• Anticipated Contract Details

• Estimated Timeline

• Industry Feedback

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Introductions

• Tracy Marcinowski, Assistant Commissioner for Acquisition

Management (GSA PBS)

• Courtney Springer, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for

Acquisition Management (GSA PBS)

• Ashley Seffernick, Program & Policy Director (GSA PBS)

• Jesse Cohen, Program Manager, PBS EV Acquisition

Program Management Office (GSA PBS)

• Erin Bishop, Program Manager, Office of Project Delivery

(GSA PBS)

• Chris Towery, Contracting Officer (GSA PBS)

• Jeff Schetrompf, Subject Matter Expert (GSA PBS)

• Robert Fay, Subject Matter Expert (GSA PBS)

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Industry Day/Sources Sought Objectives

• Provide an overview of this New IDIQ

Opportunity

• Seek industry feedback on the best way to structure the IDIQ contracts

• Market research to identify potential offerors including small and small disadvantaged business, 8(a), HUBZone, Service Disabled

Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), or

Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned

Small Business (EDWOSB)

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New IDIQ Opportunity

• New National Governmentwide

Multiple-Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite

Quantity (IDIQ) Contract(s)

• General Construction with Design/Build

Capabilities

• Support the Installation of Electric Vehicle

Supply Equipment (EVSE)

• Locations throughout the United States of

America

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Federal Fleet Electrification

• Significant emphasis on climate change initiatives being launched across the Government

• GSA has an important and active role to play including electrifying the Federal Fleet

Executive Order 14008 - Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (1/27/2021)

Specific Federal Fleet-wide EV Acquisition targets may be forthcoming

Potential Funding - FY 2022 Appropriations, Upcoming Infrastructure Bill

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/27/executive-order-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/27/executive-order-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad/

GSA’s Role in Electric Vehicle Deployment

Vehicle Provider/ Acquisition of Supplies

Facility Management/ Construction

Services/Real Property

● Mandatory source for federal vehicle purchasing

● Best-in-class for fleet leasing

● Pursuing new electric vehicle and infrastructure offerings

● Designing, planning & implementing clean vehicles program

● Pre-Solicitation Notice (Draft RFQ) released in August for Hardware/Software/ Make-Ready EVSE services

● Future EVSE RFQ forthcoming

● Facilitating tenant electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) requests in GSA managed space

● Designing GSA-owned buildings to be electric vehicle ready

● Providing Design & Construction/Installation contracts governmentwide (GSA controlled AND non-GSA controlled space)

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EVSE Opportunities

• GSA Fleet: 226,653 vehicles*

• Agency Owned: 228,413 vehicles* (civilian and DoD)

• Postal Service: 224,340 vehicles*

• The EV Market is still developing and less than 1.5% of current fleet is electric

• There is tremendous opportunity to electrify the fleet and build out EV infrastructure in government facilities

*As of October 1, 2021. Data source GSA Fleet’s internal inventory system; owned & Postal Service data is from the FY 2020 Federal Fleet Report

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EVSE Opportunities

• GSA Portfolio: 1,691 owned assets

• GSA Portfolio: 7,151 leased assets

• GSA IDIQ Contract opportunity is not limited to GSA controlled facilities

• GSA IDIQ Contract opportunity will also support other Federal agencies at both GSA controlled space and non-GSA controlled space

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Anticipated Work

• Construction and/or Design/Build

• Site Assessment

• Determination of charger locations

• Utility coordination for new low voltage or medium voltage service feeds

• Installation of new main switchgear or switchboards

• Installation of new panelboards, conduit, disconnect switches, handboxes, etc

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• Modification of existing electrical distribution system

• Updating existing electrical models in SKM

PowerTools to include arc flash study of new equipment

• Installation of bollards or other protective devices

• Trenching through pavement, concrete and/or earth along with associated restoration

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• Installation of fire-rated walls, HVAC, fire protection

• Abatement concerns

• Review and coordination of available rebate programs

• Activation and programming of EV chargers

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Recent Project Example

• Design-Build, Silver Spring, MD

• 18 Dual Level II Electric Charging Stations

(surface & garage locations)

• Upsizing the electrical equipment

• Excavate utility trench

• Install utility infrastructure

• Drilling into the parking garage slabs

• Striping, signage, and installation of bollard-mount & wall-mount EVSE

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Anticipated PBS EVSE Construction IDIQ Details

• Nationwide coverage across four (4) geographic zones

• $500 million ceiling per zone

• 5-year base period of performance with one

5-year option period

• Approximately six (6) contracts per zone

• Task Order level competition within each zone

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Four Expected Zones

Zone D Region 8, 9, 10

Zone B Region 4, 7

Zone C Region 5, 6

Zone A Region 1, 2, 3,11

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PBS EVSE Construction IDIQ Details

• IDIQ contracts available for use by any

Federal Agency

• May be used at Federal locations nationwide

■ GSA controlled space

■ Non-GSA controlled space

• Task Order projects may include one or more project sites

• Contractors must be able to perform multiple projects/locations simultaneously within the geographic zone(s)

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Estimated PBS Governmentwide EVSE IDIQ Acquisition Timeline

Market

Research/Industry

Engagement

Request for

Proposal PBS Governmentwide IDIQ

Contracts Awarded

Acquisition Planning Proposals Due

October

November

February

March

July 2022

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Industry Feedback

• Is it customary industry practice to include

EVSE and construction/installation into one or more contracts?

• Is coverage within the geographic zone(s) feasible?

• Other recommendations, concerns, etc.

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• Interested businesses, including small businesses, are requested to provide a written response to the Sources Sought

Notice (see Sources Sought items 1 through

12) no later than October 19, 2021, at 4:00 pm (Eastern)

• Responses provided may shape future contracting action

• Responses should be emailed to:

pbs-ev-idiq@gsa.gov

Next Steps

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US GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

THANK YOU!

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