CMS Back on Campus Project

Procuring Agency The General Services Administration (GSA), Mid-Atlantic Region 3, Public Building Services (PBS), Acquisition Management Division, intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) Services for the CMS Back on Campus Project at the Medicare and Medicaid Services Headquarters Facility located at 7500 Security Blvd in Woodlawn, Maryland 21244. Project Synopsis The CMS campus in Woodlawn, MD occupies over 800,000 GSF of space in 4 buildings. The campus was built specifically for CMS, known at the time as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), and opened in 1995. Since that time, the buildings for the most part have been well maintained and have served CMS well in their operations. As they are over 20 years old, however, the need for a refresh and continued modernization of the buildings and systems is becoming greater. One of the greatest changes to the planning of government office space since the building's opening is related to the space utilization rate and footprint requirements. As cost-saving measures, federal agencies are required to reduce their footprint by consolidating and densifying the workplaces. A project such as the modernization of CMS would be required to meet these standards; in this case the standards are set by Health and Human Services. CMS has been planning for the future and this Masterplan is just one step in a longer process that has been known as Back on Campus. This initiative, begun in 2015, focused on densifying the workplace and fitting more employees on the main campus to improve collaboration. Several demonstration areas have been renovated using this revised plan. Phase 1 will consolidate growing office and workstation vacancies on the main campus allowing program from leased space to move - Back on Campus' and to provide upgrades to important campus amenities. Phase 1 includes the renovation of cafeteria dining room, N1 Data Center, and N2 Workplace Floor. Disclosure of Magnitude of Construction Projects The estimated total construction cost for the project falls within the range of $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. Project Delivery Method The Government intends to deliver this requirement through the CMc project delivery method to manage and execute a construction project utilizing a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contract with Construction Contingency Allowance (CCA) and shared savings. The Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) project delivery method is commonly referred to as the Construction Manager at-Risk project delivery method. The following phases of work and services will be required as part of the CMc delivery method; Design Phase The planned project delivery method is Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc), with a firm fixed price proposal for design phase services and a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for construction services. The Design Phase consists of the following three stages: Design Concept, Design Development, and Construction Documents. The following services are typical requirements that the contractor may need to provide throughout the Design Development, and Construction Documents phases: 1. Program Review Meetings; 2. Consultation/Project Progress Meetings/Presentations; 3. Design Submissions and Reviews; 4. Cost Management, Estimating and Reconciliation; 5. Value Engineering; 6. Construction Work Allocation Plan; 7. Art Protection, 8. Construction Work Sequence Plan; 9. Design Development Phase; and 10. Construction Document Phase Construction Phase The following services are typical requirements that the contractor may need to provide throughout the construction stage 1. Construction Commencement; 2. Early Work Packages; 3. Construction Administration; 4. Construction Excellence Peer Reviews; and 5. As-Built Drawings Turnover Phase The following services are typical requirements that the contractor may need to provide throughout the turnover stage 1. Participate in Pre-Final walk-throughs; 2. Prepare Punch-lists; 3. Prepare Operation and Maintenance Manuals; 4. Submit Warranties, Guarantees, and Certificates; and 5. Preparation for Tenant Occupancy Competitive Procedures This procurement will be competed utilizing full and open competition in accordance with FAR 6.1. Competitive proposal will be requested in accordance with FAR 15 "Contracting by Negotiations." Selection Procedures The award will be made utilizing the tradeoff process prescribed in FAR 15.101-1. The objective of the Source Selection Process is to select a proposal that represents the best value to the Government. The award will be made to the responsible Offeror whose proposal conforms to the solicitation and offers the best value to the Government, considering the price and non-price factors. For this procurement, the technical factors will be significantly more important than price (FAR 15.101-1, Trade Offs). The technical factors will include: 1. Management Approach 2. Experience on Relevant Projects 3. Past Performance on Relevant Projects 4. Small Business Utilization 5. Cost Accounting Standards Compliance* (Acceptable/Unacceptable) *The Contractor must demonstrate their compliance with CAS through the submittal of all disclosures in accordance with FAR 52.230-1, Cost Accounting Standards Notice and Certifications and FAR 52.230-7, Proposal Disclosure - Cost Accounting Practice Changes. Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) compliance shall represent a go/no-go evaluation factor. The successful offeror will be required to use an "open book accounting system" which will be subject to periodic government review. A bid guarantee will be required in accordance with FAR 52.228-1 with each offerors proposal. Performance and Payment Bonds shall be required prior to Notice to Proceed. CMc Procurement Schedule Issue Request for Proposal- On or about July 29, 2019 Technical Proposal Phase I (Experience, Past Performance, CAS) - Due Date on or about August 29, 2019 Technical Proposal Phase II (Management Approach, Small Business Utilization) - Due Date on or about October 15, 2019 Interviews - Will be held on or about the week of November 4th, 2019 Price Proposal Phase III- Due Date on or about January 10, 2020 Award Date- On or about February 7, 2020 To be considered for award an offeror shall submit a proposal at each phase of the procurement. Architect/Engineer Firm Krueck + Sexton Architects 221 W. Erie Street Chicago, IL 60654 Pre-Proposal Conference and Small Business Opportunity A pre-proposal conference will be held at a location at a date and time to be determined. Final details will be provided within the solicitation. Prior notification of attendance to this conference is mandatory. You will be asked to provide your company's name and all potential attendees' full names (no more than 3 per firm) to raymondj.porter@gsa.gov by a time and date to be determined within the solicitation. Local small businesses are highly encouraged to attend the conference. A brief business card exchange session will follow the conference to provide an opportunity for subcontractors and vendors to introduce themselves to potential offerors. Interested Parties/How to Offer The Solicitation will only be available electronically. It will be available on or about 29 July 2019. The solicitation can only be obtained by accessing FedBizOpps, a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition material. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information. Potential offerors must register on the FedBizOpps website to have access to solicitation material. For additional registration information, visit the FedBizOpps website, www.fbo.gov. To ensure that you receive all information regarding this solicitation, please register to receive updates at www.fbo.gov, follow the procedures for notification registration.