Fort Fairfield LPOE CMc Questionnaire 2025 08 19.pdf

Sources Sought Questionnaire CMc Services for a New Land Port of

Entry at Fort Fairfield LPOE, ME GSA, Region 1

Please answer all questions. Incomplete questionnaires will not be considered.

Company Name:

Point of Contact:

Company Address:

Telephone:

Email Address:

Web Address:

SAM UEI:

Small Business Status:

1. Are you likely to submit a proposal for the Ft. Fairfield LPOE CMc as a prime contractor?

❏ No ❏ Yes

2. Does your company have an active registration at www.sam.gov?

3. Is your company capable of securing a bid, performance and payment bonding ranging from $35,000,000 - $45,000,000?

4. In the past fifteen (15) years, has your firm performed as a Construction Manager-as-

Constructor, a Construction Manager-at-Risk, a Design-Builder, or a Design-Builder with Bridging on three (3) relevant projects, similar in size (at least. 15,000 GSF) and scope (complex projects greater than $25,000,000) to the Fort Fairfield LPOE?

❏ No ❏ Yes (Explain below and include overall project scope, project delivery method, project dates, price, and role as either Prime Contractor or Subcontractor)

5. The border station will remain open 24/7/365 during construction, creating site constraints and phasing requirements during construction. Does your firm have experience as the CMc working on mission critical projects with similar constraints?

❏ Yes (Explain below)

6. Did your past CMc experience include multiple phases such as design phase, early release construction phase, and full construction phases?

7. The anticipated CMc award date is August 2026. The anticipated completion of 100%

Construction Documents is April 2027. The required substantial completion date is January 2031. Do you agree that this schedule is achievable?

❏ No (Explain below)

8. A Project Labor Agreement (PLA) is defined as a pre‐hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement as defined in Subpart

22.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Pursuant to the FAR, agencies are required to use PLAs in large-scale construction projects unless an exception applies. All PLAs must include:

• Provisions that bind all contractors and subcontractors on the construction project to the agreement;

• Allow all contractors and subcontractors on the construction project to compete for contracts and subcontracts without regard to whether they are otherwise parties to collective bargaining agreements;

• Contain language that guarantees against strikes, lockouts, and similar job disruptions;

• Set forth effective, prompt, and mutually binding procedures for resolving labor disputes arising during the term of the project labor agreement (i.e.

grievance/arbitration procedures),

• Provide other mechanisms for labor-management cooperation on matters of mutual interest and concern, including productivity, quality of work, safety, and health;

• Specify the wages and fringe benefits of all classification or crafts working on the project; and

• Fully conform to all statutes, regulations, Executive Orders, and Presidential Memoranda.

• One or more labor organizations involved in the construction work.

a. Does your firm have any experience working with PLA’s?

❏ Yes (If yes, please describe your experience with PLAs)

b. Would your firm still be interested in submitting a proposal if a PLA was required on this project?

c. If you answered no, why not?

d. If you answered yes, based on your knowledge of the northern border Maine labor market for large-scale construction projects, would you expect there to be an impact on your price proposal if a PLA was required by the Government?

❏ No

If yes, please explain exactly how a PLA would impact your price proposal (include only costs attributable to the use of the PLA) and any estimated price differential caused by including a PLA.

❏ 0-5% ❏ 5-10% ❏ 10-15% ❏ >15%

9. Is there any additional feedback you would like to provide regarding this project?