CIT facade upgrade construction

Amendment No. 1 is hereby issued to change bid time to 4:30pm.
Bid due date is November 30, 2018 at 4:30 pm,
and to delete the Solicitation, Offer and Award SF form 1442 that has the Bid closing time as 4:00 pm. This amendment is also issued to add page 3 of the SF1442, entitled pricing sheet. See attachment

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Solicitation No. 47PC0318R0009 is hereby issued on Friday October 19, 2018. This solicitation is set-aside to Small Businesses. Construction Services for CIT Facade Upgrade Project located at the James L. Watson U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), One Federal Plaza, New York, NY. This project is a major Repair and Alteration Construction project which involves replacement of fragment retention film at the multi-story building and facade upgrades to be installed from the exterior of the building on three of the facades. Facade upgrade exterior work will be at select areas and will involve removal of existing spandrel glass to install a protective metal sheet structure within the frame of the window prior to replacement of new spandrel glass. The purpose of the project is for blast damage risk mitigation.

The CIT Building is an eight-story structure. The project will address interior work at lobby level, interior work on Floors 2-8 and exterior work at several upper floors. The General Services Administration (GSA) intends to remove and replace all existing fragment retention film at vision glass throughout the upper floors and for vision glass for an approximate 1,000 linear foot reach of the lobby-level. Fragment retention film will be wet-sealed with structural sealant. Select areas of the East, North and West facade will receive additional blast risk mitigation protection via facade upgrades applied from the exterior the building. In several areas, existing spandrel glass will be removed, a new back-up sheet structure will be installed, and new, replacement spandrel glass will be installed. The solicitation includes one contract option for installation of fragment retention film for the four-story pedestrian bridge that connects the CIT building with the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building.

The offeror selected will be required to supply all labor, materials, tools and equipment, and supervision necessary to complete services as required by the Scope of Work under the resultant contract. The work will involve special handling and disposal of hazardous materials. Work must be conducted to avoid disruption to building occupants.

There is expected to be a Pre-Proposal conference and site walk-through on the afternoon of October 30, 2018, commencing at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building at 2:30 pm with a site visit to One Federal Plaza to conclude by 4:00 pm. The purpose of the conference will be to discuss the project and proposal requirements before the proposal closing date. Please notify Roxanne Gill at Roxanne.Gill@gsa.gov if you are interested in attending.

The Estimated Construction Cost for this project is between the range of $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

Requests for Information (RFI) concerning the Request for Proposal (RFP) documents must be submitted by 4:30 PM/EST on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. RFIs should be submitted in by e-mail to Roxanne.Gill@gsa.gov with a cc to Megan.Jadrosich@gsa.gov. Please note the solicitation number in the subject field of your email.

Some of the solicitation documents are Sensitive But Unclassified. To access these documents, your company must request access through the FBO.gov website. If you have any questions about this process, please contact Roxanne.Gill@gsa.gov.

Proposals MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN stated due date and time in this solicitation. Proposals must be e-mailed to Roxanne Gill at Roxanne.Gill@gsa.gov with copy furnish to Sebastian.Asaro@gsa.gov. Hardcopy proposals will not be accepted. If multiple emails are necessary to submit your full proposal, all emails must be received by the due date and time noted in this solicitation.

If you have questions regarding this acquisition or RFP, please contact Roxanne Gill by email at Roxanne.Gill@gsa.gov.

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