Sources Sought Notice - New Orleans Courthouse Hardening.docx.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Construction Services for the John M. Wisdom Courthouse and the Hale Boggs Federal Building Hardening Project in New Orleans, LA. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, Acquisition Project Delivery – Capital Construction Division, is conducting market research: (1) to determine if there are adequate Small Business, HUBZone small business, Women-Owned small business, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business contractors capable of performing the construction services for the requirement described herein. If it is determined that adequate competition exists, GSA may set the requirement aside for competition among the selected group.

GSA is seeking all qualified, interested sources (both Large and Small Businesses) to respond to this Request For Information to provide construction services for the John M. Wisdom Courthouse and the Hale Boggs Federal Building Hardening Project in New Orleans, LA.

The objective of the project is to enhance the physical security of the facilities by increasing resistance to forced entry and delaying unauthorized access at vulnerable building elements.

The project is intended to achieve a forced-entry delay for ground-level entrances, doors, windows, storefront systems, curtain walls and other fenestration assemblies. The work shall be performed in accordance with applicable forced-entry resistant standards, including ASTM F1233-21 and ASTM F3038, as applicable to the respective building components.

The anticipated scope of work includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

● Selective demolition

● Installation and modification of structural and miscellaneous metals

● Thermal and moisture protection work associated with replacement and modification of exterior envelope components

● Replacement and/or modification of openings, including security doors, door frames, glazing, windows, storefront systems, curtain walls and associated hardware

● Patching, repairing, priming and painting disturbed finishes

● Electrical work, including 120/240-volt power and low-voltage systems supporting security improvements

This work includes installation and integration of door hardware, electronic locks, magnetic locks, electric strikes, communication systems, activation devices and other components necessary to secure building entrances and facilitate security system operation.

Some construction may occur within an occupied, operating Federal courthouse. Contractors should demonstrate experience performing security-related construction in occupied Federal or similarly secure facilities while minimizing disruption to ongoing operations and maintaining appropriate safety and security controls.

Any resultant contract shall adhere to the GSA PBS Core Buildings Standards and Building Information Modeling.

GSA anticipates award of a contract for these services in Spring 2027. Contract duration is estimated to be two years (24 months). The estimated dollar value of this requirement is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business Size Standard is $45 million.

All interested parties may submit to the GSA Contracting Officer a written Letter of Interest including a Capability Statement addressing the following information (five (5) single-sided page limit in PDF). Additional pages will not be considered. All information submitted is subject to verification. Additional information may be requested to substantiate responses. The Government will use this information to assess your firm’s capability to perform this project.

QUESTIONS:

1. Name of your company, Unique Entity ID (SAM), address, point of contact with phone number and email address.

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

3. Business size for the assigned NAICS code, which can be located at the U.S. Small Business

Administration website: www.sba.gov. In addition to the size of business, indicate any other socioeconomic designations such as 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and/or Women-Owned Small Business.

4. Company's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity working as General Contractor by including a brief description of two (2) projects of similar scope, size, complexity and duration over $5,000,000 completed within the past five (5) years, customer names and phone numbers, timeliness of performance, and dollar values of the projects.

Work performed as a subcontractor is not considered as evidence of capability to succeed as a prime contractor.

5. Provide evidence of your company's bonding capability verifying the ability to bond a single project of a magnitude up to $10,000,000. In addition, provide evidence of your company’s aggregate bonding capacity.

6. If your company is/will be part of a joint venture, state the name(s) of the joint venture members and the business size(s) of each.

7. If you are responding to this Notice from outside the geographic location of the work, please provide a narrative detailing how you would perform the work at a fair and reasonable price to the Government.

8. Please provide any other information that you feel is pertinent to the requirement.

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RESPONSES TO THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ARE DUE NO LATER THAN August 5, 2026, AT 2:00 PM LOCAL NEW ORLEANS TIME. Electronic submission (no more than 25MB) of the statement of capabilities package may be submitted to: Shane Fawcett (GSA Contracting Officer) at william.fawcett@gsa.gov. Please include the subject line: “New Orleans Courthouse Hardening Request For Information Response”.

Responses to this Request For Information shall be used for planning purposes only and shall not commit GSA to issue a solicitation(s) for this requirement. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from the respondents as a result of this market research. GSA anticipates that a solicitation or solicitations based on the outcome of this market survey will be published and that a subsequent contract or contracts from the solicitation(s) will be awarded.

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