Cooling Tower Safety Improvements

The General Services Administration (GSA) Greater Southwest Region announces an opportunity for a limited design and construction services for the design and construction of a walkway, steps, ladder, and staging platform around a roof mounted cooling tower at a federal office building located at 4050 Alpha Road, Farmers Branch, Texas. The procurement will be issued as a lump sum, firm fixed-price contract open to all interested Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business concerns. The estimated total construction cost for the project falls within the range of $25,000.00 to $100,000.00 US Dollars with an anticipated project duration of approximately 195 days. The existing metal walkway and ladders will be demolished and removed by the contractor; a new walkway will be designed by the contractor; engineer stamped design drawings will be prepared by the contractor for government review and approval; and the new structure will be fabricated, delivered and installed on the roof of the building by the contractor. All work will be accomplished in accordance with a scope of work and concept drawings that will be provide by the government. The "best value" process will be utilized in this procurement for the evaluation of offers and the selection of the successful Offeror to receive the award. The Government will select the proposal that represents the best value based on the evaluation of both the past performance and the total evaluated price. Past experience on same or similar projects will be evaluated. Interested Parties/How to Offer: The solicitation package will only be available electronically and is anticipated to be available on or about May 19, 2011. The solicitation package will be available on the FedBizOpps website, www.fbo.gov. The offer due date and time for receipt of proposals will be on or about June 17, 2011 at 4:00 P.M. (Central Daylight Savings Time). In order to be eligible for award, offerors are required to provide electronic representations and certifications at www.bpn.gov/orca and be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at www.ccr.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information. The solicitation cited above can only be obtained by accessing a secured section of the FedBizOpps website. This secured section is designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition information. Offerors that desire a copy of the scope of work, concept drawings and a roof drawing in the RFP package will be required to sign a SBU Security Document and meet verification requirements. Potential offerors must register on the FedBizOpps website to have access to solicitation material. This registration includes providing a Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). A pre-proposal conference/site walk will be held on or about 2 June 2011 and notification to the Contract Specialist of proposed attendance will be required. This conference will permit prospective offerors the opportunity to clarify any concerns regarding the RFP, and tour the facility at 4050 Alpha Road, Farmers Branch, Texas. Attendance at this conference is important to the preparation of a competitive and cost effective proposal and to understanding the total result desired by the Government. Failure to attend this meeting may not be used as an excuse for omissions and miscalculations in offers. Additional details regarding the pre-proposal conference will be included in the RFP. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and monitoring the website for amendments, if any, to the solicitation Point of Contact: Any questions regarding this notification should be directed to Carol Denise Smith, alternate Contracting Officer, Phone 214-767-3737 or Email: carol-denise.smith@gsa.gov. The primary signing Contracting Officer is Daniel S. Brazell.