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Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) Services

The General Services Administration (GSA) Great Lakes Region announces an opportunity for Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) services for the renovation of the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the 30-story Dirksen Courthouse, located at 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, was completed in 1964. The estimated total construction cost for the project is approximately $70,000,000 to $80,000,000. The construction portion of the project is estimated to begin in March 2007. The CMc shall be a member of the project development team during the planning, design, and construction phases of the project.



The project scope of work consists of upgrading the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system (renovation/replacement of the entire perimeter induction unit system), restroom renovation, fire-alarm replacement, asbestos/lead based paint abatement, and tenant alterations. The tenant alterations will consist of building out approximately 170,000 square feet of vacant space (3 full floors and 1 partially occupied floor) to provide for increasing space requirements for court related or other federal agencies. The building was placed on the National Historic Register in 1974. Therefore, the design and construction shall comply with the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act (NPHA).



The scope of the CMc services under this proposed contract includes the base contract for Pre-Construction phase services with the Construction phase services of the project evaluated as a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) option. This will be a firm, fixed-price contract. A firm, fixed price for the general construction services will be negotiated prior to exercising the Construction phase option.



Selection of the CMc firm will be in accordance with the federal acquisition regulations and source selection procedures using the Best Value trade-off process. All elements of work to be executed must be within the congressionally mandated cost limitations. As part of the CMc Pre-construction phase services (Base contract), the CMc shall work with the A/E, their design consultants, and the Government in a cooperative team effort to ensure a quality project, within the mandated schedule and budget. For the Pre-construction portion of this contract, GSA intends to have the contractor perform services such as: evaluating design concepts, reviewing designs, evaluating cost estimates, preparing independent cost estimates in various formats, controlling schedules, reviewing phasing of work, resolving problems, participating in value engineering (VE) exercises, preparing commissioning plans as determined by a 3rd party commissioning agent, working with a LEED consultant to prepare for LEED certification, conducting constructability reviews, developing subcontractor and supplier interest, identifying long-lead items, and performing administrative and other services as defined in the scope of work. The CMc shall provide GSA with sound management advice regarding the approach to the project, how to achieve the best value in the work being accomplished, necessary actions, alternative ideas, problem/claim prevention, and budgeting. The CMc shall have a full understanding of the project, the contract documents, the principles of Federal construction contracting and contract administration.



The Construction phase services (Option) of this project shall include, but is not limited to, administration of the construction contract (whether the work is performed with the CMc's internal personnel or under subcontract), coordination of regular construction meetings, CPM scheduling, daily logs and monthly reports, monitoring of construction costs, record keeping, progress reporting, schedule control, inspections, testing, commissioning and other required LEED services. The CMc shall work with the A/E and the Government in a cooperative team effort to ensure a quality project, within the mandated schedule and budget. The CMc shall have complete responsibility for the construction of the project.



Small Business Participation: This is a negotiated procurement open to both large and small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 with a small business size standard of $28.5 million. Although this procurement is not set aside for small businesses, small firms including women-owned, minority-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned, and service disabled veteran-owned business are strongly encouraged to participate in this project. In accordance with 15 USC 631, large businesses will be required to provide these small firms the maximum practical opportunities to participate as subcontractors in the performance of this contract. Each large firm will be required to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan that meets, and preferably exceeds, the minimum acceptable subcontracting target goals established by the Small Business Administration (SBA). An acceptable subcontracting plan must be reviewed and approved by the SBA prior to award of this contract. Small businesses are not subject to this requirement. However, all firms seeking consideration for this contract will need to demonstrate a proactive effort to achieve the highest possible subcontracting goals for local business participation. Contractors will submit a written narrative (limited to one type written page) along with their offers that outlines their outreach efforts made to utilize local firms. In order to receive the benefit of a price evaluation preference as a HUBZone small business concern, firms must be certified by the SBA. Please refer to the SBA website at www.sba.gov for details.



Joint Ventures: Joint ventures or firm/consultant arrangements will be considered and evaluated on a demonstrated interdependency of the members to provide a quality CMc team effort.



Proposal Submission Requirements: The solicitation package will only be available electronically. It will be available on or about July 14, 2005. The solicitation will not be available on the Fedbizopps website. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information. The solicitation cited above can only be obtained by accessing a secure website known as the Federal Technical Data Solution (FedTeDS). FedTeDS is a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition information. Potential offeros must register on the FedTeDS website to have access to solicitation material. This registration includes providing a Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). For additional information, visit the FedTeDS website, www.fedteds.gov or the CCR website, www.ccr.gov. The offer due date and time for receipt of proposals will be August 16, 2005 at 4:00 P.M. (Central Time). Any questions regarding this notification should be directed to Robert Green at (312) 353-3308.