Design and Construction project at the FDA Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing the presolicitation notice for a Design and Construction project at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center (WEAC) in Winchester, Massachusetts.

The estimated construction cost is between $30,000,000.00 and $60,000,000.00.

The project scope of work includes the design and construction of a new Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center (WEAC) for the Food and Drug Administration, located in Winchester, MA. The new WEAC facility shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the 2015 International Building Code and the National Institute of Health (NIH) Design Requirements Manual for Biomedical Laboratories and Animal Research Facilities (DRM). The WEAC is a multi-disciplinary, full-service specialty laboratory with capabilities in the areas of medical device/radiation-emitting products testing, radionuclides research, and microbiology analyses. This facility is the FDA's only major laboratory installation to provide services in these specialty areas. The existing building was constructed in 1952 on 5.9 acres of land and provides approximately 43,000 SF of laboratory, office, and warehouse space. The existing facility no longer meets current program requirements or FDA's updated lab and office standards.

The new building shall provide approximately 75,000 Building Gross Square Feet (BGSF) to house the Engineering Branch; the Radionuclides Branch; and the Bioeffects Branch; support office areas, such as the Director's Office, WEAC headquarters, and shared support areas. Existing site electrical, water, sewer, gas, telecom, and storm drainage are available on or adjacent to the site and shall be provided from points of connection to the new building. The work is located immediately adjacent to and within the site of the occupied existing WEAC facility. Testing and analytical work will be ongoing in the existing facility during the construction of the new WEAC facility. Any impacts to on-going operations must be kept to a minimum and carefully coordinated in advance.

This is not a request for proposals at this time, the solicitation requirements and documents will include instructions for submission and the response date, will be available around December 2016. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at Robert.c.garrahan@usace.army.mil