Exterior Facade Restoration

The United States General Services Administration wishes to procure a construction firm to provide all management, supervision, labor, materials, and equipment necessary to restore the exterior fa'ade of the Edward N. Cahn U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Allentown, Pennsylvania. After twelve years, the building envelope is showing signs of wear and is in need of repair. Generally, the work consists of cleaning and repointing all facades, repairing and rebuilding planter/property walls, restoring miscellaneous cast stone monuments, and cleaning and repainting an entrance canopy. In addition, the work includes removing and replacing sealant from all exterior windows, doors and louvers, installing a new flagpole, and repairing in-ground light fixtures. This project is to be awarded as a firm fixed price contract. All contractor personnel will be required to obtain security clearances prior to construction start. The period of performance for this project is one hundred eighty (180) days. The estimated cost of construction is between $300,000.00 and $500,000.00. Award will be a firm fixed price contract and the procurement method will be a competitive negotiated Request for Proposal (RFP). Source Selection Procedures as identified in FAR PART 15.3 will be utilized in the selection of a firm offering the best value to the Government in terms of price and technical merit and whose performance is expected to best meet stated Government requirements. Accordingly, award will be made using best-value, source-selection procedures incorporating tradeoffs between price-related and non-price related factors. Upon receipt and evaluation of all technical and price proposals, a formal selection of a firm will be made that offers the greatest value to the Government based on a combination of technical evaluation and price factors. Failure of offerors to submit a technical offer will preclude further participation on this acquisition. Award may be made without discussions. The technical evaluation factors for the evaluation process are, in descending order of importance: 1. Past Performance Experience 2. Key Personnel Qualifications and 3. Price. The NAICS code applicable to this project is 238140. This procurement is being solicited on an unrestricted basis. This announcement also constitutes the synopsis of the pre-invitation notice. A Pre-proposal conference will be held on April 23, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at the Edward N. Cahn U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Allentown, PA. To ensure that you receive all information regarding this solicitation, please register to receive updates at www.fedbizopps.gov, follow the procedures for notification registration. Interested Parties/How to Offer. The Solicitation (RFP) will only be available electronically. It will be available on or about April 8, 2009. The solicitation (specifications, drawings, clauses and bid forms) can only be obtained by accessing FedBizOpps, a secure website. FedBizOpps is a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition material. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation (specifications, drawings, clauses and bid forms) 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. This registration includes providing a Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). For additional information, visit the FedBizOpps website, www.fbo.gov or the CCR website, www.ccr.gov. The Point of Contact for this solicitation is Vickie Sawyer, Contracting Officer, telephone (215) 446-4753, email Vickie.sawyer@gsa.gov.