Architect-Engineer (A/E) Services for Water Infiltration Remediation, Alexander Hamilton U. S. Custom House

Please see Solicitation Amendment #1 attached to this document. The amendment to the solicitation is to incorporate the responses to the RFIs submitted to GSA on April 30th, 2019. The amendment also extends the due date for submissions to 3:00 PM local time on May 21, 2019.
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COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION NOTICE

LIMITED SCOPE PROJECT
SOLICITATION #: 47PC0318N0001

PROJECT: Architect-Engineer (A/E) Services for Water Infiltration Remediation, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New York City, New York
BUILDING TYPE: Museum, Courthouse and Federal Office Building
PROJECT TYPE: This two-phase project includes below-grade waterproofing and structural rehabilitation (Phase I); and installation of exterior blast windows and repairs to the skylight and laylight (Phase II).
HISTORIC STRUCTURE: Yes
CLIENT AGENCIES (PRIMARY): Building Shell (GSA), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of the American Indian, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Federal Trade Commission
SIZE: The building contains 501,225 Gross Square Feet.
BUDGET: Estimated Construction Cost at Award (ECCA) for Construction Package 1 is $44,500,000 and the ECCA for Construction Package 2 is $38,500,000.
NAICS: 541310
FUNDING: Pending availability of funds
GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION: Per GSAM 536.602, the overall architect/engineering design team must demonstrate that at least thirty five percent (35%) of all required A/E contract services will be accomplished within New York, New York in order to receive full credit for the geographic location evaluation factor.
SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE: No set-aside used. However, in accordance with Public Law 95-507 and FAR 52.219-9, should a large business receive award, the firm shall be required to provide subcontracting opportunities to small business concerns in the performance of this contract.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Design Excellence Program seeks to commission architects and engineers to maintain and modernize our legacy Federal buildings for the next 50 to 100 years of service. These projects are to demonstrate the value of integrated design that balances historic significance with current needs; balances aesthetics, cost, constructability, and reliability; and creates environmentally responsible and superior workplaces for Federal employees.

In this context, GSA announces an opportunity for performance of architectural-engineering design in accordance with GSA quality standards and requirements. As required by law, all facilities will meet Federal energy targets and security requirements.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
GSA intends to design and construct a limited scope repair and alteration project at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City.

The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House was designed by Cass Gilbert. The building was constructed in 1907. It is an example of the grand style of Beaux-Arts architecture, combining clarity, symmetry and ceremonial spaces. The building presents a trapezium plan with a central rotunda and surrounding corridors. The ceremonial, two-story Great Hall on the second floor is ornately detailed with a variety of marble, quarried in the United States, Switzerland and Italy. The rotunda is capped by a large elliptical skylight and decorative plaster dome with Reginald Marsh New Deal murals. At both ends of the Great Hall are curved staircases finished with decorative plaster, bronze railings and marble treads and risers. The exterior features a heavily detailed buff granite façade and monumental stone sculptures at the main facade. The building is located in Manhattan at the southern end of Broadway and adjacent to Bowling Green Park.

The building contains 379,415 square feet of rentable space. Primary tenants include the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of the American Indian, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
This project will include a two-phase approach to address building deficiencies at the Custom House. The base design work will be for Phase I of this project. Services for Phase II will be designated as options to the resulting A/E contract. Construction services will be addressed under a separate procurement. The project delivery method will be Construction Manager as Constructor.

Phase I of the project is intended to remediate water infiltration in the sub-basement and basement levels of the building. This project is expected to include the excavation/replacement of the sidewalk around the building to provide access to the affected areas in the sub-basement. It will involve leak mitigation for the vehicle ramp, the access hatches, the sidewalk vault and the exterior joints, and replacement/repair of piping, as needed. The project also will involve major structural repairs to support beams and the removal of hazardous materials.

Phase II of the project consists of the replacement of all exterior windows with blast protection windows on all sides, and replacement of the skylight and repair of the laylight in the rotunda. Restoration of murals in the rotunda, including architectural repair work for the entire ceiling in the rotunda also needs to be completed.

SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of professional services includes, but is not limited to: professional architectural, historic preservation, art conservation, structural engineering, and related consulting services for the design including the development of concept design documents, design development documents, construction documents, specifications, cost estimates, value engineering services, computer-aided design and drafting, and post-construction contract services for this Federal facility. Additional services include pre-design investigations/probes, laser scanning, Building Information Modeling, and construction phasing plan development. The professional services shall be performed in an integrated manner where designers collaborate throughout the project delivery to provide a holistic design with the consideration of the above aspects for the project. The project is also to include GSA design standards for secure facilities, conformance to the most current edition of the P100 (Facility Standards for Public Buildings), and customer agency requirements.

SELECTION PROCESS
This notice is a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) of A/E firms/lead designers interested in contracting for this work. Both a lead architectural designer and a lead engineer designer are required. The A/E firm as used in this RFQ means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the profession of architecture or engineering that will have contractual responsibility for the project design. The lead designer is the individual or the team of designers who will have primary responsibility to develop the concept and the project design.

The A/E selection will be completed in two stages as follows: In Stage I, interested lead designers and associated A/E firms will submit portfolios of accomplishment that establish the design capabilities of the lead designer and design firm. In Stage II, shortlisted lead designer-A/E teams will be interviewed.

A/E firms are advised that in order to receive full credit for the Geographic Location Evaluation Factor in Stage II, at least 35% of the level of contract effort must be performed in New York, New York, which is where the project is located. The A/E firm will address the contractual relationship with the lead designer and project team in Stage II. At that time, the following specialties will be assessed:

Project Management
Building Envelope & Waterproofing
Structural Rehabilitation
Blast Mitigation
Art Conservation
Historic Preservation

Stage I
All documentation will be in an 8 1/2" x 11" format. The assembled content for the Stage I portfolio should be no more than 1/4 inch thick. Submissions may be double-sided where feasible. The portfolio should include the following: a cover letter referencing the FedBizOpps announcement and briefly describing the firm and its location, organizational makeup, and noteworthy accomplishments; Standard Form 330 Architect Engineer Qualifications Part II; and responses to the submission requirements and evaluation criteria listed below. An A/E Evaluation Board will evaluate the submissions and may include a private sector peer and representatives of the tenants in addition to GSA. The A/E Evaluation Board will establish a shortlist of three to six firms who will be invited into Stage II of the procurement process.

Identification of team members, other than the lead designer(s), is not required at this stage. Team member information should not be included in the Stage I portfolio.

A pre-submittal meeting and small business networking event will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House starting at 9:00 AM. The purpose of the pre-submittal meeting is to clarify the Design Excellence process and the nature of the project. The small business networking session will take place immediately following the pre-submittal meeting, and is intended to provide interface and networking opportunities to small businesses and larger AE firms to assist in achieving subcontracting goals. There will also be a project site walkthrough following the small business networking event. A formal agenda with meeting room will follow in an amendment to this announcement.

Due to space restrictions, all firms interested in attending the pre-submittal meeting and small business networking event must limit the number of participants to two (2) individuals per company. All interested parties are required to submit contact information for attendees to Douglas Tumbrello, Contracting Specialist, at douglas.tumbrello@gsa.gov by 3:00 PM on April 12, 2019. Please include the name, company, job title, telephone number and email address of each attendee.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR STAGE I

(1) PAST PERFORMANCE ON DESIGN (35%): The A/E firm(s) will submit a portfolio of not more than five similarly scoped projects completed in the last ten years (maximum of five pages per project). The narrative shall: address the design approach with salient features for each project and discuss how the client's program, functional, image, mission, economic, schedule, and operational objectives were satisfied by the overall design/planning solution; address the relevance of submitted projects to the GSA project; and provide a client reference contact for each project, including name, title, address, email, phone, and fax numbers. A representative floor plan, a building section and a minimum of two photographs must be included for each project.

(2) PHILOSOPHY AND DESIGN INTENT (25%): In the lead designer's words, (maximum of two pages) state the parameters the lead designer will apply to the challenges of: designing limited scope projects for major public facilities; meeting Federal standards and codes; addressing sustainable design goals of construction waste management and environmental responsibility; managing work in occupied buildings; designing and managing work in historic buildings; and integrating new design into existing systems and infrastructure.

(3) LEAD DESIGNER PROFILE (15%): Submit a biographical sketch (maximum of three pages) including education, professional experience, recognition for design efforts inclusive of the portfolio examples. Identify and describe areas of responsibility and commitment to each project.

(4) LEAD DESIGNER PORTFOLIO (25%): Submit a portfolio representative of the lead designer's ability to provide design excellence. Address the lead designer's participation in each project. If a single designer, submit a portfolio of up to three projects completed in the last ten years (maximum of five pages per project). If the lead designer is a team, submit graphics and a description of up to two projects from each lead designer or lead design discipline. The narrative shall address the design philosophy with salient features for each project and discuss how the client's program, functional, image, mission, economic, schedule, and operations and maintenance objectives were satisfied by the overall design/planning solution. Include tangible evidence such as certificates, awards, peer recognition, etc., demonstrating design excellence. Where there is duplication with criteria (1) Past Performance on Design, the lead designer shall address the lead designer's participation in the project.

Stage II
The shortlisted lead designers and associated A/E firms will be notified and asked to submit more detailed information indicating each member of the design team, including all outside consultants. Sufficient time will be provided for the lead designer and associated A/E design firm to establish its team. The firms will be required to complete Standard Form 330 Architect Engineer Qualifications Parts I and II that reflect the entire design team. GSA will establish the detailed evaluation criteria and the date that these submittals are due and provide the selection criteria for the interviews along with the Stage I shortlist announcement.

The A/E Evaluation Board will interview each team. Candidates should be prepared to discuss all aspects of the criteria indicated above and evaluation criteria as established for Stage II, and demonstrate their ability to fulfill all project requirements. Emphasis will be placed on the lead designer-A/E team's understanding of the unique aspects of the project, their design philosophy, project management process, and quality assurance plan. Responses to the evaluation criteria and interview questions will be used to rank the shortlisted lead designer-A/E teams.

SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

This procurement is open to small and large business concerns. Before award of the contract, the A/E (if not a small business of $7,500,000 in average annual receipts over the last three years) shall be required to submit and negotiate an acceptable Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507. Small, women-owned, and small disadvantaged firms are strongly encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint ventures with other small businesses. All interested large business firms are reminded that the successful firm will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practical extent with small and disadvantaged firms as part of their original submitted teams (Stage II).

The resultant contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act (Public Law 92-582) and FAR Part 36. GSA will not allow payment for travel, living expense, computer time or hookups for the prime or the consultants during the selection process. This notice is not a request for proposals.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR STAGE I SUBMITTALS
Firms having the capabilities to perform the services described in this announcement are invited to respond by submitting Standard Form 330 Architect Engineer Qualifications Part II (which must not be dated more than twelve (12) months before the date of this RFQ) along with letter of interest and the portfolio TO:

Contracting Officer:
Jordana Covrigaru
jordana.covrigaru@gsa.gov
(212)264-4462

w/copy to the Contract Specialist:
Douglas Tumbrello
douglas.tumbrello@gsa.gov
(917)574-3499

Delivery Address:
One World Trade Center
55th Floor, Room 55W09
New York, NY 10007
ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE by 3:00 PM local time on May 17, 2019.

Deadline for all Requests for Information will be 3:00 PM local time on April 30, 2019.

A total of five (5) paper copies and one electronic copy should be submitted. The following information must be on the outside of the sealed envelope 1) Solicitation number/title, 2) Due date, 3) Closing time of RFQ. Late responses are subject to FAR 52.214-7.

For informational purposes: All offerors are required to have an active registration in SAM (www.sam.gov) at the time of offer submission.

If you have questions regarding this procurement please contract Douglas Tumbrello, Contract Specialist, via email at douglas.tumbrello@gsa.gov.

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