General Construction Contractors

The General Services Administration - Region 3 is contemplating a construction requirement in Richmond, Virginia. This is a notice for sources sought only. This is not a request for proposal nor is it a pre-solicitation communication. It is a market research effort. There is no solicitation, specification or set of drawings available for this announcement. The Government shall use the results of this market research effort to augment its decision making process with regards to setting aside this and future acquisitions for small businesses. The order of magnitude for the contemplated acquisition is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. This announcement does not constitute a procurement commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise. No contract shall be awarded from this sources sought announcement. Response is strictly voluntary. No reimbursement shall be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any improperly identified information. It is the policy of the Government to maximize practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small businesses. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is to gain additional knowledge of interested, capable and qualified small businesses concerns of all types. Said types include small business, veteran owned small business, service disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business and women owned small business concerns. For reference, general definitions of each small business concern type can be found in FAR 52.219-8 - Utilization of Small Business Concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220. The applicable Size Standard is $33.5 million. A size standard, which is usually stated in number of employees or average annual receipts, represents the largest size that a business (including its subsidiaries and affiliates) may be to remain classified as a small business for SBA and federal contracting programs. If your firm believes that it can meet all of the requirements for this contemplated acquisition and is a small business concern of a type described above then please respond to this sources sought announcement. Your response should be submitted via fax, email or regular mail to the attention of Mr. John C. Budesa. Contact information is as follows: FAX: 215-446-6007, Email: john.budesa@gsa.gov, Mailing address: 20 N. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Email is the preferred means of communication and telephone inquiries which describe capabilities shall not be considered as a response to this sources sought announcement. Written responses must be received no later than 05:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time on April 30, 2014. The following information is requested as part of your response: 1. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) & Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) information. This information can be obtained from your System for Award Management (SAM) registration at www.sam.gov. 2. Name of your firm with address, phone, fax, email and current point of contact as appropriate. 3. Identify the type of your small business concern. See above for information on how to obtain definitions of each concern type. 4. Demonstrate ability to obtain a bid bond up to 20% of the maximum order of magnitude and performance and payment bonding to 100% of the maximum order of magnitude. The maximum order of magnitude is $10,000,000.00 for a single contract. This can be satisfied by obtaining your firm's bonding capability in the form of a letter from a Surety which demonstrates aggregate and per contract bonding upper limits. 5. Required experience to be considered a viable source for the contemplated acquisition includes contracts awarded to your firm as the general contractor for projects which involve managing multiple subcontractors, working in historically significant, occupied buildings, dealing with sensitive customers and coordinating work involving numerous construction disciplines. Projects of such a nature must be valued in the provided order of magnitude ($5,000,000.00 - $10,000,000.00) and have been completed in the past five (5) years. Your response should address experience with building out space to fit client specifications. Your response should address experience with installing fire alarm systems to include both hardware and software requirements. Work experience in the Richmond, Virginia market and its surrounding vicinity should also be demonstrated in your response. Your response should document how it meets these requirements and must provide specific contract information to include: contract number, location, agency, dollar value (inclusive of all changes), a description of the work and a client point of contact for each award. Work performed as a subcontractor shall not be considered as evidence of capability to succeed as a prime contractor. Please limit your provided experience to five (5) completed awards which meet the above criteria. 6. Indicate whether your firm would submit a proposal in response to an RFP consistent with these requirements that was set aside for small business concerns whether as a general small business set aside or one tailored to your firms particular concern type. The Government shall carefully consider all appropriately formatted responses to this sources sought announcement in its decision making process for the contemplated acquisition. Firms that fail to provide all of the required information will not be used to augment the Government's market research efforts. Again, this is a market research effort meant to assist the Government in its acquisition decision making process and does not constitute a solicitation or award commitment.