Construction services for the USACE Tenant Improvement project on the 4th and 6th floors of the Phillip J Burton Federal Building and U. S. Courthouse in San Francisco, CA - Total Small Business Set-Aside

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The General Services Administration (GSA) announces a requirement for a small business General Contractor to perform a tenant improvement project on the 4th and 6th floors of the Philip J Burton Federal Building located on 450 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, California. This solicitation is being posted pending approval of funds.

This solicitation is being set-aside for small businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction and the size standard is $36,500,000.00 (average annual receipts within a 3-year period). Prospective bidders must be registered in the System for Awards Management (SAM). Information regarding registration can be found at http://www.sam.gov.

Project Summary:
The General Services Administration (GSA) announces a requirement for a small business General Contractor to provide all labor, materials, equipment, housekeeping and commissioning services to accomplish the United States Army Core of Engineer's (USACE) tenant improvement project on the 4th and 6th floors of the Phillip J. Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco, California.

The project shall include the performance of construction services based on a 100% completed design which will be included in the Request For Proposal. The General Contractor will be required to possess extensive capabilities in renovation of an occupied building, with all work to be in accordance with GSA quality standards and requirements, including Federally established energy and sustainability goals, accessibility requirements, and security specifications. The scope of work contains, but is not limited to, the following:

1. Demolition of existing
2. Installation of new walls and t-bar ceiling.
3. Realignment of office and support spaces, with tenant improvements.
4. Partial demolition of plumbing fixtures and installation of new.
5. Installation of new HVAC equipment and systems and retrofitting of existing VAV system to include addition of new zone(s) if/as required.
6. Retrofitting fire sprinkler system if/as required.
7. Demolition of existing and installation of tenant standard telecommunications, A/V, Security, and IT cabling and equipment.
8. Retrofitting fire alarm and detection system if/as required.
9. Retrofitting of existing and installation of new electrical distribution system, and to include 24/7 emergency power requirements.
10. Installation of Emergency Operations Center.
11. New lighting and lighting control systems tied to building control system.

The estimated cost for the tenant improvement project is between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. The award of a firm-fixed price contract is anticipated to be made June 2017. The award is subject to the availability of funds.

Procurement Details:
This procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. GSA intends to award a firm-fixed price contract to a small business general contractor utilizing the best-value trade-off process in a competitive procurement. This One stage procurement process for the construction contract will be based upon evaluation criteria developed pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 36.2 SPECIAL ASPECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING and FAR subpart 15.3 SOURCE SELECTION.

The Government invites all interested responsible parties to submit a proposal. The solicitation shall be prepared in accordance with FAR Part 15 and include evaluation factors, developed in accordance with FAR 15.304. The solicitation will require submission of technical and price proposals, which shall be evaluated separately in accordance with FAR Part 15. The Government will reserve the right to make an award upon the basis of the initial technical and price proposals without discussions. Per FAR 28.102, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required by the successful Offeror in the penal amount of 100 percent of the original contract price.

The Government will award a contract resulting from this Solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the Solicitation will be the best value to the Government, Total Evaluated Price and other factors considered. In addition to Total Evaluated Price, the following non-price factors shall be used to evaluate offers. They are listed in descending order of importance.

1. Experience on SIMILAR PROJECTS
2. Scheduling and Management Approach
3. Past Performance on SIMILAR PROJECTS

Non-Price Factors, when combined, are approximately equal in importance to Total Evaluated Price.

Although not mandatory, firms are encouraged to affix their names to the Interested Vendors Listing for this requirement and register to receive notifications.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE
There will be a pre-proposal conference scheduled for:

10:00am - 12pm
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Philip J. Burton Federal Building and Courthouse
Arizona Room
450 Golden Gate Avenue, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, California, 94102

Interested parties must notify the Contracting Officer for further information about attendance and to confirm location, time, and date. Only those parties who have notified the Contracting Officer and provided necessary information in advance of the meeting will be allowed to attend. To request a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, contact the Contracting Officer. The Pre-proposal conference and site walk are not mandatory. Please bring a valid Government Issued Identification card (i.e. valid Drivers License) as it is required to enter the Federal Building.

SITE WALK
The site walk will immediately follow the pre-proposal conference on Wednesday, March 15, 2017.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE
In order to be considered for award, offers conforming to the requirements of the solicitation must be received at the following office no later than 4pm Pacific Standard Time on the following date and at the following address:

Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Address: 50 United Nations Plaza, 3rd floor Room 3685, San Francisco, California 94102

Offers sent by commercial package delivery and hand delivery shall be deemed received as of the date and time of delivery to the office designated for receipt of offers.

Offers sent by United States mail shall be deemed timely if delivered to the address of the government installation designated for receipt of offers on or before the date established for receipt of offers.

52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
As prescribed in 19.508(e) or 19.811-3(e), insert the following clause:
LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING (NOV 2011)
(a) This clause does not apply to the unrestricted portion of a partial set-aside.
(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to-
(1) Contracts that have been set aside or reserved for small business concerns or 8(a) concerns;
(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for small business concerns or 8(a) concerns; and
(3) Orders set aside for small business or 8(a) concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F).
(c) By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract in the case of a contract for-
(1) Services (except construction). At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.
(2) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies). The concern shall perform work for at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing the supplies, not including the cost of materials.
(3) General construction. The concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees.
(4) Construction by special trade contractors. The concern will perform at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees.