Expansion & Reconfiguration Project at the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry (LPOE), Phase 1b

UPDATE - 3/3/2010

This notice is to provide an update to the current status of the Request for Proposal (RFP) for solicitation number GS-09P-10-KT-C-0027 for the referenced project at the San Ysidro LPOE in San Diego, CA. The RFP was released to the pre-qualified firms on Tuesday March 2, 2010. The RFP detailed the proposal requirements that will need to be submitted in order to be considered/evaluated for the project. The following items GSA would like to highlight:

• RFP Request Deadline:
The deadline for project RFP requests will be Wednesday March 17, 2010 at 3:00pm PST. Those requests received after this deadline will not be granted. Requesters seeking the RFP must have ALL the requirements met in the initial notice prior to this date as well.

• Pre-Proposal/Small Business Outreach Conference:
Thursday March 18, 2010 at 1:30pm PST
Schwartz Federal Building, 1st Flr. Jury Assembly Room
880 Front Street
San Diego, CA, 92101

• Technical Evaluation Factors:
Evaluation Factor 1 - Key Personnel
Evaluation Factor 2 - Project Management Plan
Evaluation Factor 3 - Experience
Evaluation Factor 4 - Oral Interview
Evaluation Factor 5 - Past Performance

The technical evaluation factors are of equal importance to one another.

• Receipt of Offers:
Friday April 16, 2010 by no later than 3:00pm PST
GSA, PBS, Design & Construction Division (9PCE)
450 Golden Gate Avenue, 3rd Floor West
San Francisco, CA 94102
ATTN: Chris Lee

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

Solicitation No.: GS-09P-10-KT-C-0027
Project: Expansion & Reconfiguration Project at the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry (LPOE), Phase 1b
Building Type: Land Port of Entry (LPOE)
Budget: The estimated total construction cost is between $150,000,000 and $160,000,000.
Region: Pacific Rim Region (R9), GSA, PBS, Design & Construction Division (9PCE)Location: San Diego, California
Project Duration: 45 months
Delivery Method: Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc)
Contract Type: Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP)
Contract Specialist: Chris Lee
Contact info: (415)522-2877, christopher.lee@gsa.gov

PURPOSE

The purpose of this pre-solicitation notice is to formally announce the General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service (PBS), Design and Construction Division (9PC) requirement for a highly qualified Construction Manager as-Constructor (herein referred to as CMc) to provide pre-construction and construction phase services to complete Phase 1b of the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry (LPOE) Expansion and Reconfiguration Project in San Diego, California.

 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The San Ysidro LPOE is the busiest land port in the world. The existing, outdated 30-year-old facility is obsolete and can no longer support the facilitation nor enforce the missions of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The Port currently processes an average of 50,000 northbound vehicles and 25,000 northbound pedestrians per day. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) predicts an increase in vehicle traffic at San Ysidro of up to 70% by the year 2030. SANDAG's recent study indicates substantial economic impacts of $8.4 billion in lost revenue to the region resulting from increased wait times at the border. Given the delays at current traffic volumes, capacity of the port must be increased to accommodate regional growth.

Phase 1b consists of the following (in no particular order):
 
       

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• Auto Secondary Building with Port Operations
  
• Paving Vehicle Pre-Primary Inspection Area
  
• Vehicle Secondary Inspection Booth/Lanes with Canopy
  
• Tunnel Access to Underground Sallyport
  
• Narcotics/Seizures/Auto Breakdown Building
  
• Vehicle Impound Area
  
• Paving of Northbound Roadways West of Secondary Inspection
  
• Bridge or Tunnel Connecting Staff Parking Structure to Auto Secondary Building
  
• Mechanical Utilities Facilities for Buildings and Booths
  
• Demolition of the Existing Administration Building and Old Pedestrian Bridge
  
• Northbound Vehicle Primary Inspection Facilities with Associated Canopies (23 POV Lanes, 1 Bus Lane = 46 POV Inspection Booths, 1 Bus Inspection Booth)
  
• Employee Parking Structure
  
• Southbound Pedestrian Crossing on the East Side of the port
  

The project design architect for the overall project is Miller|Hull Partnership, LLP headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

 CONTRACTING METHOD

GSA intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) utilizing "Best Value" source selection procedures pursuant to FAR Part 15. The selection procedure will employ tradeoffs where technical/management factors are significantly more important than price and price related factors. The RFP will ultimately result in an award of a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Contract. The base contract award will require the selected CMc to perform Pre-construction Phase Services in accordance with the scope of work spelled out in the RFP. In conjunction with the base contract there will be an exercisable owner's option for Construction Phase Services to complete the actual construction of Phase 1b. The GMP option price for Construction Phase services will be negotiated throughout the Pre-construction phase. The current GSA project schedule assumes a pre-construction phase award of June 2010 with a construction start of December 2010.

This procurement is open to all business concerns in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Prior to exercising the construction option the selected offeror, if not qualified as Small Business Concern, shall be required to present an acceptable Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507. Although this procurement is open to large businesses, small and minority firms are strongly encouraged to participate.

 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The project RFP will be issued on or about Friday February 26, 2010. In an effort to accelerate document dissemination, GSA would like to begin the process of identifying interested, qualified CMc's. Therefore those who are interested in receiving the RFP for this project MUST meet the submission requirements stated below.

1. Document Security Notice (DSN) - The DSN must be completed correctly and accompanied by the required attachments. The DSN is attached to this notice.

2. Bonding Capability - The RFP will ONLY be distributed to those CMc's who can provide a surety letter ensuring a bonding capability of at least $160 million.

3. Central Contractor Registration (CCR) - All interested contractors must be actively registered in CCR. For more information visit the website at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx.

4. On-Line Representations & Certifications Application (ORCA) - All interested contractors must be actively registered in ORCA. For more information visit the website at https://orca.bpn.gov.

5. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - Qualify under the following NAICS code
         a. 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

The CMc contractors who meet ALL of the stated requirements must submit the necessary documents via email to Contract Specialist, Chris Lee at christopher.lee@gsa.gov. Once submitted it is the responsibility of the contractor to follow up to ensure all the documents have been received. Those who have completely met the requirements will be issued the RFP when it becomes available for distribution.

A more detailed addition to this notice will be posted at a later date with information regarding evaluation criteria, proposal deadline, etc. Please continue to check back to receive the most updated information.

 This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL Chris Lee, Contracting Specialist. All contact information is listed at the top of this notice.