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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 11, 2007 FBO #1903
SOURCES SOUGHT

Y -- WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICE/ BRAC 2005 RECOMMENDATION # 133

Notice Date

2/9/2007
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

236220 — Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
 

Contracting Office

US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21203
 

ZIP Code

21203
 

Solicitation Number

W912DR-07-S-0007
 

Response Due

3/28/2007
 

Archive Date

5/27/2007
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Responses due NO Later than 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time February 23rd, 2007.This is a Sources Sought Notice / Draft Request for Proposals is for informational purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. The U.S. A rmy Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, requests comments concerning its proposed plan for the construction of the BRAC #133 Washington Headquarters Service (WHS), to be tentatively located at Engineer Proving Ground, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The gover nment will consider these comments and plans to issue a formal solicitation in the spring/summer of 2007.**Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this announcement, if the Government still plans to proceed with the acquisitions, and after HQUSACE approval of the associated acquisition plan and consolidated memo, a solicitation announcement will be published in the Federal Business Opportunity fo r the respective projects. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. All interested offerors will have the opportunity to respond to solicitation announcements at a later time. This notice is to assist the Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers in determinin g potential sources and to obtain industry comment on a proposed draft Request for Proposals. This sources sought announcement is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. Point of Contact Comments are to be sent either via email to famane.c.brown@usace.army.mil or Thomas.Walsh@usace.army.mil submit hard copy to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 10 S. Howard Street, Suite 7000, Baltimore MD 21201-1715 no later than 4:30 p.m. eas tern standard time February 23rd, 2007. NO APPOINTMENTS OR TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED** Project Description** This is a BRAC 2005 action. The Washington Headquarters Services plans to consolidate operations from its current locations throughout the National Capital Region (NCR) to a stand-alone campus tentatively planned to be located a t Engineer Proving Ground, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The WHS Campus must accommodate phased occupancy with an eventual goal to accommodate a total of approximately 4,167,457 gross square feet (gsf) of development on a site of approximately 67 acres at of the Engineer Proving Ground of Ft. Belvoir. Construction will be incrementally funded from 2008 through 2011. Construction and occupancy of the WHS Campus will occur in a phased manner. The BRAC 2005 legislation requires that this action must be complete by September 15, 2011 (including const ruct ion, fit-out, and moving, and lease termination/turnover of vacated facilities). The NAICS Code is 236220 with a size standard of $31,000,000. Estimated construction cost of work under this procurement is estimated to be in excess of $1,000,000,000. Construction is planned to begin when all required environmental approvals are received, currently expected to be summer of 2007. The Government is proposing to utilize a Design Build two-step (FAR PART 37), best-value approach to competitively select a prime contractor. The Instructions to Respondents to this Sources Sought announcement is to request a PDF WHS BRAC#133 document: (PLEASE REQUEST BY E-MAIL FROM FAMANE C. BROWN @usace.army.mil or THOMAS.WALSH@usace.army.mil). Request comments on the overall contracting plan as outlined in the draft PDF documents as well as comments on specifics of the submission requirements and other issues affecting the construction. Also request input on the following specific issues: a. What benefits would the project realize by including a contract clause for economic price adjustment (In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Section 16.203) in final construction contracts? What elements would this adjustment most effectivel y apply to? b. How could the government best apply incentives to this work? c. What issues should the government consider in phasing and contracting the construction in the most efficient manner? e. What can the government do to make it easier to get: 1) Bonding? 2) Sufficient manpower on site when needed? 3) Sufficient material/equipment on site when needed? 3) Onto and off-of Engineer Proving Ground, Fort Belvoir, VA? Comments will be shared with the government and the project design team, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence. Offerors submitting comments may also request to discuss their comments directly with the government. Discussion slots will be limited to offerors submitting comments and planning to serve in a contractor (prime, sub or construction manager) capacity and major industry associations such as AGC, CMA, and AIA. Suppliers and other interested parties may submit comments and may be part of a construction team; however, the option for individual discussion slots will not be made available to them. These discus sions are planned to be with each offeror team individually, however the government reserves the right to conduct discussions in groups if necessary based on the number of offerors involved. Comments may_be_in_a_format_as_chosen_by_each_offeror, but must include the offerors,_name,_point_of_contact and phone number,_planned_roll_on_the_project,_socio-economic_status,_projected_bonding_capacity_and_whether_or_not_a_discussion_session_is_request ed. In preparing the formal solicitation, the government makes no commitment to retain any of the elements/provisions of this draft solicitation and may include different elements/provisions in the formal solicitation.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore MD

Zip Code: 21203

Country: US
 

Record

SN01229573-W 20070211/070209221006 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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