Electronic Vault (E-Vault)

Added: Sep 08, 2017 5:27 pm Amendment 0006 - See attachment entitled SSA GSA E-Vault Amendment Listing.

Interested Offerors shall request addendum(s) of drawings, narratives and specifications through Sarah Callies at sarah.callies@gsa.gov

Added: Sep 06, 2017 11:36 pm Amendment 0005 - SF30 from Amendment 0003, Responses to Round Three RFI's, Sign in Sheets from Third Site Visit, Supplemental Unit Pricing Sheet.

Contractor(s) shall provide one (1) USB Thumb Drive containing their proposals labeled original and nine (9) USB Thumb Drives containing their proposals as copies.

There are addendum(s) to drawings, specifications and narratives. Interested Offerors shall request addendum(s)via email through Sarah Callies, Contract Specialist at sarah.callies@gsa.gov

Added: Aug 30, 2017 11:25 am Amendment 0004 - Responses to Round Two RFI's, Clarification of how proposals shall be submitted, Change in the Contracting Officer, Third Site Visit  

Added: Aug 18, 2017 9:03 am Amendment 0003 - Responses to Round One RFi's

Added: Aug 03, 2017 5:11 pm Amendment 0002 - Geo-tech Report, Sign In Sheets from Second Site Visit on July 31, Revisions to C201

Added: Jul 19, 2017 6:11 pm Amendment 0001 - Second Site Visit and Sign In Sheets from Site Visit

Added: May 10, 2017 2:17 pm Modified: Jun 29, 2017 8:09 pmTrack Changes DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORK: The work consists of providing specialized data center construction services for the E-Vault in Building 94 at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado.

SCOPE OF SERVICES: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is in the Design-Bid-Build process for an E-Vault Data Center facility to provide storage services to other computer facilities for a federal customer. The facility will be designed to experience no scheduled down time and be able to operate without external utilities for specified periods of time. All work shall comply with codes and standards applicable to each type of work through the course of this project. Contractor shall also comply with the requirements of GSA Build Green Standards and the PBS P100.

The E-Vault project area consists of 3.25 acres of pre-developed land, and will provide improvements, including an expanded facility with associated parking, utilities, landscaping improvements, and an additional access road. Building 94 is located at One Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado on the Denver Federal Center (DFC) Campus. The building was built in 1992, is one-story and sits on a concrete slab. Building 94 is approximately 28,000 sq. ft. in size and currently serves as a warehouse - 18,000 sq. ft. is being converted from warehouse space into the E-Vault space. It is constructed of modern steel and CMU and it has no interior walls and wide column spacing. There is a built- in loading dock and outside room for generator, substation and cooling pads. The construction, layout and setbacks of this location make it an ideal candidate from security and life safety standpoints to house the E-Vault. The project shall comply with PBS-P100, Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service and the following standards and criteria documents; The Uptime Institute Tier III and/or Telecommunications Infrastructure (TIA-942) Standards for Data Centers.

This building has been determined ineligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office and GSA Center for Historic Buildings is not required as part of this project.

The Government will be using a brand name or equal product to fulfill a portion of the fiber optic cable construction requirements through a subcontract for the brand name product under the General Contractor. The requirements call for a subcontract to a Corning Manufacturer Certified Installer with a 25 year warranty.

The contract will be a firm fixed price contract for construction services.

**ESTIMATE PRICE RANGE: The estimated construction value is more than $10,000,000.00.

**NAICS CODE AND TITLE: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)code for this procurement will be 236220. T

**The Small Business Size Standard is $36.5 million.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This procurement is NOT restricted to Small Business.  This is a Full and Open competitive procurement open to any interested business.  SBA has given approval for this procurement to be solicited as Full and Open and requires a Subcontracting Plan for reaching Small Businesses.

SCOPE OF WORK: 
The A&E professionally prepared Drawings, Specifications and Narratives will be issued to interested contractors upon submission of SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED (SBU) document via thumbdrive.

LOCATION OF THE WORK: Building 94; Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado, Jefferson, County.

SOLICITATION:
Issuance of Solicitation will be on or about:  June 29, 2017
Proposals will be due on or about: September 20, 2017

PROCEDURES FOR AWARD:
Solicitation:  The Government intends to award a contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value after evaluation; a trade-off approach will be used.  An award will not necessarily be made to the lowest priced offeror.  The technical evaluation factors that will be used to determine best value are 1) Technical Approach 2) Past Experience and 3) Past Performance.  Factors are not equal in value and are listed in descending order of importance.  When combined, the technical criteria are slightly more important than price.  The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions; however, the Government will reserve the right to conduct discussions if deemed necessary.  If it is determined that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Government may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range. 

Contract Award Date: An award of the construction services contract will be on or about November 8, 2017. 

POST-AWARD:
Completion of Contract Performance: Approximately 425 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice To Proceed.

Upon GSA's acceptance of the proposal by execution of a contract award, the Contractor becomes contractually bound to provide all supervision, labor, materials and equipment for the negotiated firm fixed price.

PLAN AVAILABILITY: The Solicitation will be available for electronic download at no charge from the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov. All documents are subject to SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED (SBU) document procedures. The technical drawings, narratives and specifications will be issued on a thumb drive or CD and sent or available for pick up to interested offerors after the solicitation has been posted. In order to obtain these plans, offerors must submit two items: (1) a completed "Request for Sensitive but Unclassified Building Information" form (attached), AND (2) a copy of a valid business license or other documentation granted by the state or local jurisdiction to conduct business. Completed request packages may be submitted via email to sarah.callies@gsa.gov or by mail to Sarah Callies, Contract Specialist, U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Acquisition Division (8PQ), One Denver Federal Center, Building 41, P.O. Box 25546, Denver, CO 80225.

FEE FOR SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS:  Solicitation documents are available at no charge.

AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION:  It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor FBO site at www.fbo.gov for the release of any amendments.

AWARD RESTRICTIONS: N/A

SITE VISIT: 
The site visit will take place on or about Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Building 94 located at the Denver Federal Center at 6th and Kipling Street in Lakewood, Colorado.  A record shall be kept of the identity and affiliation of all offeror's representatives who inspect the site or examine the building.

FUNDS AVAILABILITY: 
Issuance of the solicitation does not warrant that funds are presently available for award of the contract.  Award of the contract shall be subject to the availability of appropriated funds, and the Government shall incur no obligation under this solicitation in advance of such time as funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for the purpose of contract award.

OPTIONS:  Award of initial project will include the roof as an option. 
Offeror's are instructed to include in its proposal a separate amount for the roof to be exercised at a later time.  The price of the roof will be included in the price evaluation of the submitted proposal. 

BONDING: 
A bid guarantee in the amount of the contractor's proposal is required. 
Performance and payment bonds are also required. 

SECURITY:  Before employees are allowed to work on this project site, all personnel are required to pass a security check.  Forms will be provided to the sucessful offeror after award.

IMMIGRATION CONSIDERATIONS:  In addition to the previously mentioned security check, any foreign national employed to work on this site will be required to provide a document authorizing him/her to work in the United States such as sa copy of his/her resident alien card or a copy of his/her employment authorization card from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau.  Also, any person born outside of the United States who is now a naturalized U.S. citizen must provide proof of U.S. citizenship such as a copy of his/her U.S. passport or a copy of his/her certificate of naturalization.

BUY AMERICAN/TRADE AGREEMENTS:  This procurement is subject to the requirements of the Buy American Act.

ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: All responsible firms may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.  All responsible contractors shall submit a two volume proposal.  Volume 1 shall contain the technical proposal and Volume 2 shall contain the price proposal.  All prospective offerors are also required to use the System for Award Management (SAM) in federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission. You may access SAM via the following URL, www.sam.gov. Potential offerors should refer to the solicitation package regarding instructions involving the use of SAM.

Added: May 10, 2017 2:17 pm DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORK: The work consists of providing specialized data center construction services for the E-Vault in Building 94 at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado.

SCOPE OF SERVICES: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is in the Design-Bid-Build process for an E-Vault Data Center facility to provide storage services to other computer facilities for a federal customer. The facility will be designed to experience no scheduled down time and be able to operate without external utilities for specified periods of time. All work shall comply with codes and standards applicable to each type of work through the course of this project. Contractor shall also comply with the requirements of GSA Build Green Standards and the PBS P100.

The E-Vault project area consists of 3.25 acres of pre-developed land, and will provide improvements, including an expanded facility with associated parking, utilities, landscaping improvements, and an additional access road. Building 94 is located at One Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado on the Denver Federal Center (DFC) Campus. The building was built in 1992, is one-story and sits on a concrete slab. Building 94 is approximately 28,000 sq. ft. in size and currently serves as a warehouse - 18,000 sq. ft. is being converted from warehouse space into the E-Vault space. It is constructed of modern steel and CMU and it has no interior walls and wide column spacing. There is a built- in loading dock and outside room for generator, substation and cooling pads. The construction, layout and setbacks of this location make it an ideal candidate from security and life safety standpoints to house the E-Vault. The project shall comply with PBS-P100, Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service and the following standards and criteria documents; The Uptime Institute Tier III and/or Telecommunications Infrastructure (TIA-942) Standards for Data Centers.
This building has been determined ineligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office and GSA Center for Historic Buildings is not required as part of this project.

The Government will be using a brand name product to fulfill a portion of the fiber optic cable construction requirements through a subcontract for the brand name product under the General Contractor. The requirements call for a subcontract to a Corning Manufacturer Certified Installer with a 25 year warranty.

ESTIMATE PRICE RANGE: The estimated construction value is over $10,000,000.00.

NAICS CODE AND TITLE: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
code for this procurement will be 236220. The Small Business Size Standard is $36.5 million.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: There are no set asides for this acquisition.

LOCATION OF THE WORK: Building 94; Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado.

TENTATIVE DATES: TENTATIVE DATES ARE PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

· Issuance of Solicitation: June 2017

· Proposals Due: October 2017

· Award Date: An award of the construction services contract is anticipated between
August - September 2017. A notice to proceed is anticipated within 30 days of award.

· Period of Contract Performance: The estimated construction duration is approximately 15 months after the issuance of the notice to proceed.

PROCEDURES FOR AWARD: A solicitation will be issued requesting both written technical and price proposals. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. Award will be made upon the basis of Best Value Methodology. Award of the contract will be made to the Offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government.

PLAN AVAILABILITY: The Solicitation will be available for electronic download at no charge from the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov. All documents are subject to SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED (SBU) document procedures. Specifications and drawings will be issued on a thumb drive or CD and sent or available for pick up to interested offerors after the solicitation has been posted. In order to obtain these plans, offerors must submit two items: (1) a completed "Request for Sensitive but Unclassified Building Information" form (attached), AND (2) a copy of a valid business license or other documentation granted by the state or local jurisdiction to conduct business. Completed request packages may be submitted via email to sarah.callies@gsa.gov or by mail to Sarah Callies, Contract Specialist, U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Acquisition Division (8PQ), One Denver Federal Center, Building 41, P.O. Box 25546, Denver, CO 80225. Prospective offerors are encouraged to submit requests prior to posting of the solicitation or as expeditiously as possible since the solicitation will be issued without further notice.

ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: All responsible firms may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.

All prospective offerors are also required to use the System for Award Management (SAM) in federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission. You may access SAM via the following URL, www.sam.gov. Potential offerors should refer to the solicitation package regarding instructions involving the use of SAM.