THIS REQUIREMENT IS CANCELLED. NAICS Code 238150: Provide all labor, materials, equipment and supervision to remove and replace windows at the Alliance Tower, 8701 S. Gessner, Houston, TX. The completion time for this project is 120 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. The range of this project is between $100,000 and $250,000. This contract will be acquired utilizing SOURCE SELECTION procedures with award based on BEST VALUED concept. Anticipated release date of the request for proposal is on or about July 13, 2007, with an anticipated receipt of proposal date of August 13, 2007. Due to the sensitivity of these documents, the solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will not be available electronically. Interested parties may request a copy of the solicitation by completing and submitting the following Document Security Notice to Prospective Bidders/Offerors form and submitting the requested valid identification to the Contracting Officer. This information must be facsimiled to the contracting office at (985) 785-5330. Once the information provided is verified, a CD-ROM of the specifications will be FEDEX'd to the interested party. This procurement is unrestricted in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Bid/performance/payment bonds will be required. All responsive offers from responsible sources will be considered. NOTE: YOU MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE CENTRALIZED CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION DATABASE TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. Solicitation Number: GS-07P-07-UR-C-0052 Project Title: Window Replacement at Alliance Tower Location: 8701 S. Gessner, Houston, TX 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 to order to submit an offer/bid or to complete the work or contracts, 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 to each dissemination. Valid identification shall be all items (a) through (c), below, and include 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 submitted; 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 and 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. SBA documents will not be released to any individual or firm who has not, either previously, or at the time of pick up, 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 the 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 the 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 contractors 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 the hardcopy, and/or physically destroying CD's, deleting 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: ___________________________
