Modernization of Passenger and Service Elevators

This is a pre-solicitation notice.  The General Services Administration, Public Building Service, Greater Southwest Region 7, Acquisition Management Division, intends to Issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the moderization of three (3) existing public passenger elevators, and one (1) service elevator at the John M. Shaw U.S. Courthouse, 800 Lafayette  Street, Lafayette, LA 70501.  This project will include two (2) options for the following:  Option 1:  Modernization of two (2) USMS passenger elevators, and Option 2:  Modernization of two (2) Judge's elevators.

This procurement is a 100% Small Business Set-aside.  The estimated construction cost magnitude for all work under this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.  The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 238290 Other Building Equipment, with a size standard of $22 Million.  Allresponsible, qualified firms afre encourgaged to submit a proposal.

The source selection process and criteria will be based on the Best Value trade-off methodology.  The solicitation is anticipated to be issued on or around May 9, 2024.  A site visit orf pre-proposal meeting will be conducted, the date and time to be set-forth in the solicitation package.  Interested firms are encourgaged to attend the pre-proposal meeting.  The solicitation closing date will be approximately 30 days after its issuance; the actual date and time will be identified in the solicitation.

The solicitation and all other information, amendments and questions concerning the forthcoming solicitation will be electronically posted at the following web page:  https://sam.gov/ (Contract Opportunities).  No telephone requests for documents will be acceoted.  This solicitation is not a sealed bid and there will not be a formal public bid opening.  All questions/inquiries or requests for clarifications must be in writing, preferable via email to the persons specified in the solicitation.  All answers will be provided in writing and will be posted as an amendment to the solicitation posting.  Interested firms must be registered and have completed their online representations and certifications in the System for Award Management (SAM).  Firms can register via the internet site at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ or by contacting the SAM Service Desk at https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp.

DISCLAIMER:  The official solicitation package and technical specifications will be located on the official government weeb page and the Government is not liable for information furnisihed by any other source.  Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to the Contract Opportunities site for electronic downloading.  This will normally be the only method of distgributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror's responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.  Websites are occasionally inaccessible due to various reasons.  The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages.  The Government will not issue paper copies of the solicitation package.