Early Exchanges New Douglas Commercial Land Port of Entry

Y -- New Douglas Commercial Land Port of Entry General Information Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Solicitation Number: TBD Posted Date: August 4, 2023 Response Date: August 23, 2023 Classification Code: Y -- Construction of Structures and Facilities NAICS Code: 236220 -- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction Contracting Office Address General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service (PBS), Acquisition Management Division, 50 United Nations Plaza, 3rd Floor. San Francisco, CA 94102-3434. BY THIS POSTING, GSA WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN EARLY EXCHANGES VIRTUALLY WITH INDUSTRY. Description The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking sources with current relevant qualifications, experience,personnel, and capability to perform as the Design-Build (DB) Contractor for the construction of the New Douglas Commercial Land Port of Entry (LPOE) located in Douglas, Arizona. The existing Raul Hector Castro (RHC) LPOE in Douglas, Arizona, is a full-service, multi-modal port that inspects privately owned vehicles.(POV), pedestrians (PED), and commercially owned vehicles (COV). The current facilities at the RHC LPOE no longer function adequately given the site constraints, steady increase in traffic, and outdated facilities and technologies. The New Greenfield Douglas Commercial LPOE is to expand and modernize the existing RHC LPOE as a non-commercial facility. It is planned to be located 5 miles west of the existing RHC LPOE along the U.S. Mexico border on approximately 106 acres in Arizona. The project is located on a vacant site and is considered new construction. This project must meet the Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) requirements for construction materials such as concrete and asphalt per GSA guidelines and standards. The DB Contractor must provide product-specific environmental product declarations (EPD) for LEC materials. The Preliminary Concept Design documents are scheduled to be completed by September 2023. The estimated construction cost is estimated to be between $170M - $185M. GSA plans to issue a - Best Value Request for Proposal (RFP) which will utilize source selection procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15. The selection procedure will employ tradeoffs where technical/management factors are significantly more important than price and price related factors. Following the issuance and evaluation of the RFP, GSA intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract consisting of Design-Build Phase Services. The current GSA project schedule assumes a design-build phase award of September 2024. The project design duration is approximately 1 year, and construction duration is approximately 3 years with a Substantial Completion date of September 2028. Point of Contact Parties interested in meeting with the Contracting Officer (Shelita Harper) and Project Manager (Bernard Tong) should request a meeting by EMAIL no later than August 23, 2023 3:00PM, PST. Please send the EMAIL to Contracting Officer, Shelita Harper at shelita.harper@gsa.gov. This posting serves only as an invitation to express interest for those in the construction marketplace who are capable of performing the anticipated work. Please note that the Government will not compensate any respondents for information exchanged during these virtual meetings. Interested parties shall not contact the Architect or their associated Consultants without specific authorization by the contracting officer. Place of Performance Douglas, Arizona