Door Replacement

The following proposed contract action is for a stand-alone single firm fixed price award with the Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Notice # 15-00361 Title: Door Replacement NAICS Code: 238350 with a size standard of $15,000,000.00 NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is seeking a capable construction firm to provide the services noted above on the NIST Gaithersburg, MD Campus. This is a Sources Sought ONLY not a Request for Proposals (RFP) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. The purpose of this synopsis is to identify organizations with the requisite qualifications to provide the services stated herein. Based on the capability statement's received in response to this Sources Sought Announcement this acquisition may be solicited as a 100% small business set aside. All small business organizations (SB SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, and VOSB and SDVOSB) are encouraged to respond to this notice. The objective of this notice is to determine if there are firms in the marketplace who replace metal fire rated doors, complete with door hardware and accessories, and connected to existing electrified ADA/ABA push-button door openers, automatic closures, and security card readers and access controls. New doors are of various dimensions and heights, located in multiple buildings, and include maximum code allowed view panels (wire-glazing) to improve pedestrian safety traversing these doors; including directional and safety signage. Interested, capable construction service contractor (parties) shall submit a capability statement in response to this Sources Sought Notice, including, at a minimum, the following: 1. Over the past 48 months, the company has replaced at least six fire-rated double doors of at least 3-feet wide (each leaf) and at least 8-feet high on six separate contracts. All of the doors shall have been electrified for automatic controls. For each door, list the dimensions and indicate if it if was electrified or not. 2. Provide the name of the owner (not a general contractor) for each of the doors identified in paragraph #1. In addition, provide email address and telephone number. 3. For each contract identified in paragraph #1 - indicate in the affirmative or in the negative if the contract was completed within the awarded contract price and period of performance. 4. Proof of its CURRENT insurance Experience Modification Rating (EMR) of 1.0 or less from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) or its calculating State Agency. An offeror that is a Joint Venture shall demonstrate that the CURRENT EMR of each of its constituent members are 1.0 or less. If not eligible for NCCI rating, then the offeror must explain why and present other proof from their insurance company. 5. All offerors must be registered on SAM located at http://www.sam.gov, additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov. 6. Technical discussion of Contractor ability to perform the type of services described above; 7. Name of Company-include a contact person's name, telephone number, and email address; 8. Company Address; 9. Company Size (please specify as either-Large, Small, Small Disadvantaged, Woman Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), Hubzone Small Business) or other; 10. Identify whether you are interested in this acquisition as a prime contractor or a subcontractor; 11. Describe projects experience and past performance with similar types of requirements of similar scope and magnitude and whether they were design/bid/build or design/build (with contract number, Government agency or private company, name and address and contract funded amount, provide a list of design criteria for the project(s), number or RFIs and change orders issued on the construction contract based on construction documents.) 12. Identify existing or potential pricing structure in support of this type of work by subcontractors; list subcontractors and technical qualifications being supplied to the prime contractor. 13. Identify qualifications of technical and management personnel; and 14. Identify and clearly mark any proprietary processes or data. NOTE: The total number of pages to reply to this source sought shall not exceed 20 pages and shall be submitted via the FBO.gov bid module. No other submissions will be considered. No emailed or faxed capabilities statements will be accepted. NOTE: All vendors need to be registered in SAM to be eligible for contract award. www.sam.gov Once the results of this market research are obtained and analyzed for NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may solicit a competitive procurement and subsequently award a firm fixed price contract. Stay tuned to www.fbo.gov for all future contract announcements from NIST. No phone calls will be accepted for this notice. All questions may be addressed to Josh Alderoty at joshua.alderoty@nist.gov.