IRS_Pre_Solicitation_Notice_02.22.2016.pdf

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) will be soliciting construction firms to provide all labor, material, equipment, and supervision necessary for construction of six new, 3290 kw/cell, cooling towers at the IRS facility located in Kearneysville, West Virginia. The Base Bid for this project consists of replacing the current cooling towers that are nearing their life expectancy. This effort includes removing the existing towers and installing new towers at a new site location adjacent to the recently installed (2013) mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plant. Site work will be necessary to prepare a foundation for the new towers and support systems. The make-up water for the towers is provided by public supply, for which a water storage tank tower will be provided and the water treatment systems will be upgraded as part of the project. The new cooling tower systems must be fully tested and integrated with the existing MEP plant equipment to provide a single operational system. All work shall be phased to prevent interruptions to the mission-critical functions at the facility.

Optional work that may be awarded includes redundant condenser water lines (in addition to those needed for the new location) to eliminate single points of failure in the condenser water systems; a pre-engineered building and electrical substation; and reconfiguration of an existing on-site water well to provide a back-up source of make-up water complete with a new chemical treatment system to make the well water suitable for this use.

The project will have the following characteristics:

Project Type: Cooling Tower Replacement

Equipment Size: Six (6) 3290/cell cooling towers in addition to site work

Procurement: General Construction

Sources: Total small business set-aside

Selection Process: GSA will utilize a best value source selection process.

The selection factors are as follows:

• Prior Experience

• Past Performance on Relevant Projects

• Management Plan and Key Personnel

• Price

Offerors will also need to provide proof of bonding capacity as part of their price proposal submission. A minimum bonding capacity of $12 million for a single project will be required.

This project is to be awarded as a firm fixed price contract. The estimated project cost is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Award will be made to the firm offering the best value to the Government in terms of price and technical merit. The NAICS code applicable to this project is 238220. This procurement is being solicited on a total small business set-aside basis.

This announcement also constitutes the synopsis of the pre-invitation notice.

There will be one Pre-Proposal Conference for Prime Contractors, providing instructions for the submission of technical proposals which will be conducted on or about 05 April 2016. The purpose of this conference will be to address general questions regarding the overall project and the technical proposal package. GSA technical personnel will be present to give limited answers to questions. All significant questions will be answered in an amendment to the solicitation. The general nature of this proposed contract will be discussed. Prior notification of attendance to this conference is mandatory however attendance is not required to bid on the project. Please provide your company name and all potential attendees' full names to tracy.meister@gsa.gov.

To ensure that you receive all information regarding this solicitation, please register to receive updates at www.fedbizopps.gov, follow the procedures for notification registration.

Interested Parties/How to Offer: The Solicitation will only be available electronically. It will be available on or about March 16, 2016. The solicitation can only be obtained by accessing FedBizOpps, a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition material. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information. Potential offerors must register on the FedBizOpps website to have access to solicitation material.

For additional registration information, visit the FedBizOpps website, www.fbo.gov.

Inquiries concerning the project should be directed to the following email address: tracy.meister@gsa.gov and reference the solicitation number in the subject line.

Contracting Office Address:

General Services Administration The Dow Building 100 S Independence Mall West Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

Place of Performance:

Internal Revenue Service – Enterprise Computing Center Kearneysville, West Virginia

Primary Point of Contact:

Tracy L Meister Contract Specialist tracy.meister@gsa.gov Phone: 215-446-4609

Secondary Point of Contact:

Anthony Teti Contracting Officer anthony.teti@gsa.gov Phone: 215-446-4544 mailto:tracy.meister@gsa.gov http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ http://www.fbo.gov/ mailto:tracy.meister@gsa.gov mailto:tracy.meister@gsa.gov mailto:anthony.teti@gsa.gov