General Contractor for the Seismic Retrofit Project at the Clemente Ruiz Nazario U.S. Courthouse, San Juan, Puerto Rico

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) AND SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (SSN) for General Contractor Services for the seismic retrofit for the Clemente Ruiz Nazario U.S. Courthouse located in San Juan, Puerto Rico (PR). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP).  

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service (PBS), Acquisition Project Delivery – Capital Construction Division (PQA), is conducting market research to determine if there are adequate Small Business, HUBZone small business, Women-Owned small business, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business contractors capable of performing the construction services for the requirement described herein. If it is determined that adequate competition exists, the GSA may set the requirement aside for competition among the selected group. 

GSA PBS PQA is seeking all qualified, interested sources (both Large and Small Businesses) to respond to this RFI to provide construction services for a project at the Hato Rey Federal Campus (Campus), situated at 150 Carlos Chardon Avenue in San Juan, PR. This project intends to address the structural and non-structural seismic deficiencies within the Clemente Ruiz Nazario U.S. Courthouse.

The Campus will remain fully operational throughout the duration of the project. To ensure minimal disruption to Government operations, the work will predominantly be executed after business hours. The selected General Contractor (GC) will be required to ensure full compliance with the Government’s requirements for access and security. Additionally, the GC will be required to complete this project in accordance with the construction drawings and specifications that will be issued for this project.

Any resultant contract shall adhere to the PBS Core Building Standards, Building Information Modeling (BIM), U.S. Courts Design Guide, and U.S. Marshals Publication 64. 

This office anticipates award of a contract for these services in August 2027. Contract duration is estimated to be forty six (46) months. Estimated magnitude of construction: $20,000,000 TO $40,000,000. The applicable  North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business size standard is an average annual sales and receipts for the past three (3) years that are equal to or less than $45,000,000.

All interested parties may submit to the Contracting Officer a written Letter of Interest including a Capability Statement addressing the questions below.  The Letter of Interest should be limited to five (5) single-sided pages and be submitted in Portable Document Format). Additional pages will not be considered. All information submitted is subject to verification. Additional information may be requested to substantiate responses. The Government will use this information to assess your firm’s capability to perform this project.

QUESTIONS: 

1. Name of your company, Unique Entity ID (SAM), address, point of contact with phone number and email address.
2. Does your company have an active registration at www.sam.gov? 
3. Business size for the assigned NAICS code, which can be located at the U.S. Small Business Administration website: https://www.sba.gov.  In addition to the size of business, indicate any other socioeconomic designations such as 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and/or Women-Owned Small Business.
4. Company's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity working as GC by including a brief description of three (3) projects of similar scope, size, complexity, and duration of a SEISMIC RETROFIT project over $20,000,000, completed within the past seven (7) years. Customer names and phone numbers, timeliness of performance, and dollar values of the projects are required. Work performed as a subcontractor is not considered as evidence of capability to succeed as a prime contractor.
5. Describe your experience, and the experience of your proposed team, in retrofitting an existing building, within an occupied, operational, high-security facility like the Campus. Detail how you would mitigate risks associated with noise, vibration, and utility shutdowns to ensure continuous, uninterrupted Court operations.  Please also include information on how you will minimize employee turnover due to night/weekend work.
6. Describe and provide examples of your experience in delivering projects that require high end millwork finishes.
7. Provide evidence of your company's bonding capability, verifying the ability to bond a single project of a magnitude up to $40,000,000. In addition, provide evidence of your company’s aggregate bonding capacity.
8. If your company is/will be part of a joint venture, state the name(s) of the joint venture members and the business size(s) of each.
9. If you are responding to this Notice from outside the geographic location of the work, please provide a narrative detailing how you would perform the work at a fair and reasonable price to the Government.
10. Please use the provided Google link to complete the additional questionnaire. Ensure that all responses via this link are submitted before the RFI closing date specified below.

https://forms.gle/vrAUz9GYJbUBYNa38

To offer comprehensive project background and relevant details, the GSA has included the 100% Design Development files in the attachments section, designated as "controlled" documents.

RESPONSES TO THIS RFI ARE DUE NO LATER THAN (NLT) FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2026, AT 4:00 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT).  Electronic submission (no more than 25MB) of the statement of capabilities package may be submitted to: Natalia Lugo-Vina (Contracting Officer) at Natalia.Lugo-VinaCruz@gsa.gov. 

Responses to this RFI shall be used for planning purposes only and shall not commit GSA to issue a solicitation(s) for this requirement. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from the respondents as a result of this market research.  It is, however, anticipated that a solicitation or solicitations based on the outcome of this market survey will be published and that a subsequent contract or contracts from the solicitation(s) will be awarded.