CTA Pedestrian Tunnel Repairs

Added: Apr 13, 2016 3:15 pm General Services Administration (GSA), Great Lakes Region 5, announces an opportunity to acquire construction services for the CTA Pedestrian Tunnel located at 219 S. Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. This project will correct water infiltration issues in the CTA Pedestrian tunnel. Water damaged areas of the interior will be repaired. The procurement will be issued as a lump sum, firm-fixed-price contract open to all business concerns. The estimated total construction cost for the project falls within the range of $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. The NAICS code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business Size Standard is $36.5 Million.

Project Scope: The intent of the project is to correct water infiltration issues in the CTA Pedestrian tunnel. The exterior of the tunnel will require any concrete that has deteriorated to be repaired. Any parts of the tunnel that are exposed to the earth will have to have waterproofing applied. The interior of the tunnel will have the old drain lines removed and new lines installed, any interior areas that have been damaged by water will be repaired. The duration of the contract is 224 calendar days from Notice to Proceed to Final Completion.

The "best value tradeoff process" will be utilized in this procurement for the evaluation of offers and the selection of the successful Offeror to receive the award. The Government will select the proposal that represents the best value based on the evaluation of both the technical factors and the total evaluated price. For this procurement, the technical factors will be significantly more important than price. The technical factors will include past experience on similar projects, past performance on similar projects and experience of key personnel.

Small Business Participation: This procurement is unrestricted and is therefore open to both large and small business concerns. Although this procurement is open to large business, small businesses are encouraged to participate. In the event a large business (small businesses are not subject to this requirement) is the awardee, an acceptable subcontracting plan must be reviewed and approved by SBA prior to award of this contract. Large businesses shall be required to demonstrate a proactive effort to have participation from small, small disadvantaged, small woman-owned, small HUBZone and small veteran-owned business concerns.

Joint Ventures: Joint venture or firm/ consultant arrangements will be considered and must submit an acceptable joint venture agreement.

Interested Parties/How to Offer: The solicitation package will only be available electronically. The solicitation package will be available on or about April 28, 2016. Potential Offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation package from the FedBizOpps website, https://www.fbo.gov, and for monitoring for possible amendments and/or additional information.

A pre-proposal conference and site-visit will be held on or about May 12, 2016 and notification to the Contract Specialist of proposed attendance will be required. We consider attendance at this conference vital to the preparation of a competitive and cost effective proposal and to understanding the total result desired by the Government. Failure to attend this meeting may not be used as an excuse for omissions and miscalculations in offers. The offers are due on or about June 1, 2016 at 4:00 pm. (CST).

In order to be eligible for award offerors are required to provide electronic representations and certifications in System for Award Management (SAM) accessed via https://www.acquisition.gov .

Any questions regarding this notification should be directed to the Gregory Karpovics, Contract Specialist at gregory.karpovics@gsa.gov.