Building Automation Systems, BPA

Sources Sought

Building Automation Systems Blanket Purchase Agreement

Contracting Office Address:

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Acquisition Management Division, Capital Construction and IDV Acquisition Branch, 2300 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64108.

General Services Administration Region 6 Blanket Purchase Agreement for Smart Buildings services, primarily for the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Description:

THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED AS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. This notice DOES NOT constitute a Request for Quote, nor does it represent any commitment by the Government. It is a market survey for information only. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. A solicitation does not presently exist.

This is a sources sought announcement for an Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). The primary use of this contract will be for Smart Building Services totaling $2,000.00 to $2,000,000 for the States of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska.

The Government must ensure that there is adequate capability, experience, and competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. Therefore, the purpose of this Sources Sought is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of Small Businesses within the industry.

This notice is issued to determine interest and capability of potential sources for a potential procurement, and is for preliminary planning/market research purposes only. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this potential procurement is 561210 (Facilities Support Services), with a Small Business Size Standard of $47.0 million. The GSA is ONLY seeking a response from interested firms that qualify as a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Certified 8(a), SBA Certified HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) and/or Small Business (SB) that possess the relevant experience, personnel, and capability to perform the services outlined in this announcement. You must be an approved SBA firm (including Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture firms) at the time and date for receipt of quote to be considered as a valid 8(a) and/or HUBZone firm. For more information on the definition or requirements for these, refer to http://www.sba.gov/.

The total estimated ceiling over the five (5) year agreement period will be $15 Million. It is anticipated to be a single award BPA.

GSA is planning to reserve awards for the following SBA Socio Economic Categories:

Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

SBA Certified HUBZone

Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

Women Owned Small Business (WOSB)

Small Business (SB)

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U.S. General Services Administration

2300 Main Street

Kansas City, MO 64108

GSA Public Buildings Service

GSA Public Buildings Service

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U.S. General Services Administration

2300 Main Street

Kansas City, MO 64108

Type of Work Under the agreement:

The General Services Administration is updating Smart Buildings Information Technology security vulnerabilities and upgrading initiative projects tasked with reducing Building Automation Systems (BAS) security vulnerabilities and adding secure functionality. Currently the existing building automation controllers at the Federal Buildings are considered legacy, no longer supported, and not able to be upgraded with the latest software. A transition to the Niagara open-sourced system is the primary focus of this Blanket Purchase Agreement.

Type of BPA:

Multiple year, Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA equivalent — the timing and number of orders to be issued are unknown).

The contractors will quote each order consistent with the BPA pricing or better.

System for Award Management Registration (www.sam.gov)
All contractors doing business now or in the immediate future with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration in the SAM database is www.sam.gov. All contractors interested in obtaining a copy of the anticipated future solicitation must be registered in the SAM database at www.sam.gov.

Response to Sources Sought

Interested sources are invited to identify their interest and preliminary capability by responding to this sources sought announcement in writing no later than: January 19, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. CST.

Total Submission shall only include the required documents included in the attached Market Research Questionnaire and Experience forms.

Projects MUST consist of the following: Total agreement value between $2,000 and $2,000,000; type of work similar to that described in this announcement.

Please submit the information requested above as One (1) file in .pdf format.

Information shall be submitted via email, as stated above, by January 19, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. CST.

Information to be submitted to

Kristin Gilliland at Kristin.Gilliland@gsa.gov

AND

Julie Vo at Julie.Vo@gsa.gov

Subject line of the email shall appear as follows:

GSA R6 BAS BPA – Sources Sought Response