General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Allegheney Realty Service District (3PK), The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA, 19107-3396

Z -- FACADE REPLACEMENT AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION METRO WEST BUILDLING, MULBERRY AND GREENE STREETS, BALTIMORE, MD SOL GS-03P-99-CDC-0044 DUE 112399 POC Diane Stetser, Contracting Officer, Fax (215) 656-5955, Email diane.stetser@gsa.gov -- Michelle Garofalo, Realty Services Technician, Phone (215) 656-6110, Fax (215) 656-5955, Email michelle.garofalo@gsa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=GS-03P-99-CDC -0044&LocID=209. E-MAIL: Diane Stetser, diane.stetser@gsa.gov. This requirement is for the procurement of a construction firm to provide all supervision, labor, materials and equipment necessary to replace the existing building facade at the Metro West Building, Social Security Administration (SSA), Mulberry and Green Streets, Baltimore, MD. This project includes the demolition and removal of exterior facade system including the interior finishes as noted, and the installation of a new weather tight facade system and associated interior finishes. It will also include some perimeter lighting. The work shall be conducted in phases to accommodate continued occupancy of the building and to accommodate phased relocation of existing building occupants. The building encompasses 1.3 million square feet, is fully occupied by the Social Security Administration personnel in downtown Baltimore. The contractor's personnel will be required to obtain security clearances prior to working on this project. The approximate duration of the contract is twenty-nine (29) months. The estimated cost range of this project is over twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000.00), will be a firm fixed price contract and the procurement method will be a competitive negotiated Request for Proposal (RFP). Source Selection Procedures as identified in FAR PART 15.3 will be utilized in the selection of a firm offering the best value to the Government in terms of price and technical merit and whose performance is expected to best meet stated Government requirements. Accordingly, offerors will be evaluated based on technical merit with respect to demonstrated successful past performance, including the past performance of their subcontractors, qualified/experienced personnel and on their price proposals. The acquisition process shall consist of five phases: 1.) Receipt and evaluation of technical proposals utilizing selected drawings and a draft RFP with the technical evaluation factors, 2.) Develop an advisory short list based on technical qualifications/proposals of the most technically qualified firms. Inthis stage, GSA will advise each respondent that participates in Phase 1, in writing, as to whether or not it will be invited to participate in Phase 3, or that it is unlikely to be a viable competitor. GSA will advise the responding firms considered not to be viable competitors and the basis of GSA's opinion. GSA will inform all respondents that not withstanding the advise provided by GSA in response to their submission in Phase 1, they may participate in Phase 3. 3.) Receipt and evaluation of initial price proposals based on 100% construction documents (A competitive range will then be developed by the Contracting Officer). 4.) oral presentations and interviews of firms in the competitive range, 5.) negotiations and receipt and evaluation of final offers. Upon receipt and evaluation of all technical and price proposals, a formal selection of a firm will be made that offers the greatest value to the Government based on a combination of technical evaluation and price factors. For this procurement, technical evaluation factors are more important than cost or price. The Government has reserved the right to award completion of Phase 4. The technical evaluation factors for the evaluation process are: Past Performance, Subcontracting Team (Including Masonry, Steel Truss & Curtain Wall Subcontractors), Project Management Team, SIC code: 1542. This procurement is being conducted on an unrestricted basis in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. This announcement also constitutes the synopsis of the pre-invitation notice. Copies of this Solicitation (draft RFP) will be available through the World Wide Web only on approximately October 25, 1999 (www.eps.gov ). Additional information on how to obtain 100% Solicitation documents will be issued in the solicitation. To be included on our GSA source list, and for copies of the initial (selected) drawings, available approximately October 25, 1999, please mail, fax or email your request to Michelle Garofalo, at the address listed above, fax (215)656-5955 or (215)656-7424, or email michelina.garofalo@gsa.gov, reference Solicitation Number GS-03P-99-CDC-0044 for identification purposes, TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on November 9, 1999 at 10:30 a.m. in Room 1102 at the SSA Metro West Building, Mulberry and Green Streets, Baltimore, MD. NOTIFICATION of attendance to this conference is MANDATORY due to building security, please provide your Company Name and Attendees full names to Michelle Garofalo (215)656-6110 no later than October 29, 1999. To insure that you receive all information regarding this solicitation, please register to receive updates at www.eps.gov, follow the procedures for notification registration. Posted 10/07/99 (D-SN389839). (0280)

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