SOLICITATION NOTICE
Z -- Energy Management System Upgrade
- Notice Date
- 8/14/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 238210
— Electrical Contractors
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Philatlantic Service Center (3PP), The Strawbridge Building 20 N 8th Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107-3191, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-3PP-07-0212
- Response Due
- 10/10/2007
- Archive Date
- 10/25/2007
- Description
- Pre-Solicitation for Energy Management System Upgrade at the Robert N. C. Nix, Jr. Federal Building and Post Office located at 900 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. This procurement is an unrestricted competition in the designated industry category of 238210, Electrical Contractors, (specifically Control Systems), in accordance with The Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. This project is a negotiated procurement with Definitive Responsibility Criteria and includes but is not limited to the following work: replacement of building automation system?s controller?s front end and other components; replacement of select variable frequency drives that supply fans for Air Handling Units; replacing sensors, dampers and valve actuators; and retrofitting of select lighting fixture ballasts, reflectors and lamps; along with verification of the entire control system. The approximate duration of the project is 120 calendar days. Estimated price range is $500,000 and $1,000,000. The NAICS Code is 238210. The solicitation will be issued on or about September 7, 2007. Interested parties should fax a request to GSA at (215) 209-0629. A written request will also be accepted at General Services Administration, PBS, Philatlantic Service Center (3PP), The Strawbridge?s Building, 8th floor, 20 N. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Point of Contact: Sharyn Beasley at (215) 446-4716. The Contracting Officer for this project is Michelle T. Holland. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED!! The Definitive Responsibility Criteria are as follows: General Construction Offeror?s Past Experience including Project Manager and Superintendent; Electrical Subcontractor definitive responsibility criteria; and Technical Approach / Implementation Plan. In order for the offeror to be deemed responsible, which is a mandatory condition for award of the contract, both contract Offeror and the subcontractor, who will perform work under the contract MUST meet certain criteria. The Offeror must submit evidence demonstrating that the offeror meets the definitive responsibility criteria for the general construction contractor with the proposal, including the Project Manager and the Superintendent. The offeror with the proposal must submit evidence demonstrating that the proposed subcontractors meet the applicable responsibility criteria. FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED EVIDENCE AND RELATED INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BY GSA WILL RESULT IN A FINDING OF NON-RESPONSIBILITY as defined by FAR Part 9. FACTOR 1. The General Construction Contractor?s proposal must provide a list of at least five (5) successfully completed within the last ten (10) years that demonstrate the company?s energy management system replacement experience in fully occupied multistory buildings with a contract award of $500,000.00 or more in terms of complexity, size and dollar value. Projects deemed to have been successfully completed are those which were considered to be successful by the building owner, or their representative, with respect to schedule, cost and quality of work. Also, projects listed should demonstrate the offeror?s ability to maintain uninterrupted operations in any area affected by the project. Projects not meeting this requirement will NOT qualify. For the evaluation criteria listed above, the offeror will be required to provide the following information for each project identified: ? Name and location of the project ? Description of the project ? Description of the actual work performed on the project ? Dollar Value of the project which is to include: 1. Construction Cost of initial estimates 2. The Award Amount 3. Final cost at Construction Completion ? Owner?s name, telephone number, and address (MUST BE VALID) ? Owner?s requested completion date and the actual completion date In addition, list all GSA projects that the firm worked on within the past five (5) years. The offeror will be required to provide the above information for each GSA project along with the GSA contact and telephone number and location of the project. Sub-factor: Definitive responsibility criteria must be met for the offerors (general contractor?s) designated full-time on site project Manager and Superintendent for the proposed project. Subcontractors cannot fill these positions; the personnel are required to be employees of the general contractor. Offeror shall submit complete resumes for the Project Manager and the Superintendent listing their education, training, qualifications, and experience relative to the tasks they will be performing. The criteria is as follows: 1. The Project Manager and the Superintendent must have been an employee of the bidder / offeror for at least the previous two year period. 2. The Project Manager and Superintendent must have at least five years in the controls industry with experience in occupied facilities. Experience is to include the installation, validation, commissioning, trouble shooting and all other activities related to the successful installation / replacement of the energy management system. NOTE: During construction, the position of the Project Manager and the Superintendent cannot deviate from the individuals contained in the proposal without prior approval by GSA. FACTOR 2. Sub-contractor?s Qualifications. Definitive Responsibility Criteria for Electrical Subcontractor: 1. Definitive responsibility criteria for subcontractor performing electrical work MUST be met and demonstrated as a condition of contract award to the offeror. In addition to meeting the experience, and qualification requirements set forth in the technical sections of the specifications for the work they will perform, the electrical subcontractor must demonstrate a past relationship with the offeror, and successful experience on two projects, completed within the last five (5) years, one (1) of which was $500,000 or more. One of the two projects must have involved the replacement of an energy management system in a fully occupied multistory building as described above for the general contractor. This experience may be with any general contractor. Offeror may propose more than one and a maximum of four potential electrical subcontractors. If none of the proposed subcontractors meet the required criteria, the offeror will be determined non-responsible. FACTOR 3. Technical Approach / Implementation Plan. The offeror shall fully discuss in narrative form the following: a. Please provide a narrative describing the team approach to planning and administering the installation / replacement of the energy management system. The narrative should provide the following information on your approach: ? Staffing ? Provide an estimate of the number and type of individuals that will be used to execute the contract requirements and duration. ? Sequence of Work ? Provide sufficient information to ensure that the contractor fully understands the requirements of the work. ? Scheduling of outages / downtime ? Explain how will change over from the existing controllers to the new controllers will be handled? Is it expected that this work will be done during normal hours (equipment in hand mode) or after hours? ? QA / QC for verification of sequences and operation of existing devices ? Explain how the contractor will ensure the government that QA / QC functions are being incorporated during all phases of the project. ? Provide which portions of the scope of work you (the offeror) will be performing and which portions of the scope of work will be subcontracted. ? List any other project challenges that you foresee (i.e. phasing, outages, downtime, etc? ? Describe what measures you intend to implement in order to minimize disruption of the occupied facility during the construction operations. b. Scope of Work / Preliminary Schedule ? Please provide a preliminary work plan outlining the major construction activities including their scope of work, duration and anticipated schedule. The work plan activities should be present in chronological order as related to construction logic. NOTE: This project includes Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) building information. The Offeror must submit the attached DOCUMENT SECURITY FORM SIGNED BY THE OFFEROR. The document requires a copy of the business license, a DUNS Number and a IRS TAX ID Number. Request for Construction Documents Exhibit - Nix Energy Mangement System Upgrade DOCUMENT SECURITY NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS/OFFERORS This solicitation includes Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) building information. SBU documents provided under this solicitation are intended for use by authorized users only. In support of this requirement, GSA requires bidders/offerors to exercise reasonable care when handling documents relating to SBU building information per the solicitation. REASONABLE CARE: 1. Limiting dissemination to authorized users. Dissemination of information shall only be made upon determination that the recipient is authorized to receive it. The criterion to determine authorization is need-to-know. Those with a need-to-know are those who are specifically granted access for the conduct of business on behalf of or with GSA. This includes all persons or firms necessary to do work at the request of the Government, such as architects and engineers, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, and others that the contractor deems necessary in order to submit an offer/bid or to complete the work or contract, as well as maintenance and repair contractors and equipment service contractors. NOTE: It is the responsibility of the person or firm disseminating the information to assure that the recipient is an authorized user and to keep records of recipients. Authorized users shall provide identification as set forth below: Valid identification for non-Government users. Authorized non-Government users shall provide valid identification to receive SBU building information. The identification shall be presented and verified for each dissemination. Valid identification shall be all items (a) through (c), below, and including item (d), as necessary: (a) A copy of a valid business license or other documentation granted by the state or local jurisdiction to conduct business. The license at a minimum shall provide the name, address, phone number of the company, state of incorporation, and the name of the individual legally authorized to act for the company. The business must be of the type required to do the work. A general contractor?s license may be substituted for the business license in states that issue such licenses. In the rare cases where a business license is not available from the jurisdiction, the information shall be provided and testified to by the submitter; and (b) Verification of a valid DUNS Number against the company name listed on the business license or certification. Verification may be obtained through http://www.fpdc.gov, or by calling Dun & Bradstreet at 703-807-5078 to set up an account; and (c) A Valid IRS Tax ID Number of the company requesting the information; and, as necessary, (d) A Valid picture state driver?s license shall be required of person(s) picking up SBU documents. Phone verification must be made to a previously validated authorized user that the individual(s) picking up the documentation is authorized to do so by the company obtaining the documents. SBU documents will not be released to any individual or firm who has not, either previously or at the time of pickup, supplied the required documentation as outlined in paragraphs (a) through (c), above. 2. Retaining and destroying documents. The efforts required above shall continue throughout the entire term of the contract and for whatever specific time thereafter as may be necessary. Necessary record copies for legal purposes (such as those retained by the architect, engineer, or contractor) must be safeguarded against unauthorized use for the term of retention. Documents no longer needed shall be destroyed (such as after contract award, after completion of any appeals process or completion of the work). Destruction shall be done by burning or shredding hardcopy, and/or physically destroying CD?s, deleting and removing files from the electronic recycling bins, and removing material from computer hard drives using a permanent erase utility or similar software. 3. Term of Effectiveness. The efforts required above shall continue throughout the entire term of contract and for what specific time thereafter as may be necessary, as determined by the Government. Necessary record copies for legal purposes (such as those retained by the architect, engineer, or contractor) must be safeguarded against unauthorized use for the term of retention. 4. Written agreement of disposal. For all contracts using SBU building information, the contractor shall provide a written statement that he and his subcontractors have properly disposed of the SBU building documents, with the exception of the contractor?s record copy, at the time of Release of Claims to obtain final payment. Documents no longer needed shall be destroyed (such as after contract award, after completion of any appeals process or completion of the work). Destruction shall be done by burning or shredding hardcopy, and/or physically destroying CDs, deleting and removing files from the electronic recycling bins, and removing material from computer hard drives using a permanent erase utility or similar software. The recipient acknowledges the requirement to use reasonable care, as outlined above, to safeguard the documents and, if not awarded, the contract (and at the completion of any protest/appeal process) will make every reasonable and prudent effort to destroy or render useless all SBU information received during the solicitation. I agree that I will abide by this agreement and will only disseminate Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) building information to other authorized users under the conditions set forth above. Signature:______________________________________________ Title:__________________________________________________ Date:__________________________________________________ Copy of business license attached DUNS Number:_________________________________________ Verified: Yes No IRS Tax ID Number______________________________________
- Place of Performance
- Address: Robert N. C. Nix, Jr. Federal Building and Post Office, 900 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Zip Code: 19108
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 19108
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