Land Port of Entry Facility Expansion and Modernization Trout River, New York

Description This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. This notice DOES NOT constitute a Request for offers or proposals, nor does it represent any commitment by the Government. This notice does not represent a commitment by the Government to issues a solicitation or award a contract. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for information received as a result of this announcement. This is a Sources Sought Notice in accordance with FAR Part 10, Market Research. This is for planning purposes only and to gain knowledge of qualified and interested sources. There is no additional solicitation information available at this time. General Information The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, Northeast and Caribbean Regions is seeking a qualified General Contractor (GC) who can provide full construction services for the Expansion and Modernization of the existing U.S. Land Port of Entry (LPOE) located at Trout River, New York. The Expansion and Modernization of the existing LPOE is planned to be constructed along New York State (NYS) Route 30 which connects Constable, New York, with Athelstan, Quebec, on the United States / Canadian Border. The new facility will replace the existing LPOE on the same site. The GC will be selected through a procurement method developed in accordance with FAR Part 15.1: Source Selection Processes and Techniques, using Best Value - Trade Off Method. The Government must ensure that there is adequate capability, experience and competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. This procurement will be conducted under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 236220--Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business size standard is an average annual sales and receipts for the past three years that are equal to or less than $39,500,000. GSA anticipates the award of a GC contract at a firm-fixed price. This award is subject to the availability of funds. The period of performance will be approximately eighteen (18) months. The magnitude of construction for this project is between $15,000,000 and $25,000,000. Design of the expansion and modernization of the existing LPOE is expected to be completed late summer of 2023. Scope Summary The project scope includes the expansion and modernization of the existing LPOE which meets updated Department of Homeland Security requirements. This includes an approximately 12,000 square feet building program. GSA's objective is to partially or completely reuse the existing historic 7,748 square feet Colonial Revival style LPOE building to help satisfy a portion of the space requirement. Space requirements that cannot be satisfied through reuse of the existing historic building will be housed in new construction on the same site. Construction requirements are also expected to include new commercial and non-commercial vehicle inspection facilities. The existing LPOE will remain operational during construction. The project scope will include renovating or adaptively reusing the existing historic LPOE building in accordance with New York State Historic Preservation Office requirements, together with construction of new LPOE facilities on the same site. Construction operations must be planned and coordinated carefully to minimize disruptions to continuous 24-hour daily LPOE operations. Site work will include the establishment of final grades and construction of pedestrian and vehicular roadways, paths, and parking; including drainage structures, markings, site lighting, safety features, and vehicle inspection lane technology equipment. Sustainability objectives for this planned LEED Gold Certified LPOE include constructing a net-zero ready facility. The project will also strive to minimize (to the extent possible), embodied and operational carbon and to divert at least 50% of the potential construction & demolition waste away from landfill. Responses If you are an interested general contractor, you are invited to submit a written Letter of Interest to include a Capability Statement addressing the following information (five-page limit). All information submitted is subject to verification. Additional information may be requested to substantiate responses. The Government will use this information to assess the likelihood of your firm's capability to perform this project. 1) Name of your company, Unique Entity Identifier (UEID), address, point of contact with phone number and email address, and website (if available). 2) Provide your company's business size for the assigned NAICS code, which can be located at the Small Business Administration (SBA) website; 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. 3) Organization chart to include the construction team. 4) Capabilities and experience with Federal or similar projects for new construction valued at or above $10M. Interested contractors should have experience in building construction, site development, and utilities construction on an environmentally sensitive site. Project experience working on a NYS DOT Right of Way, on or adjacent to an operating railroad, or within a NYS DEC or Federally Regulated Wetlands will be helpful. Submitted references should highlight relevant construction projects within the past ten (10) years. Provide a minimum of two successful project examples that demonstrate experience delivering construction services as the general contractor for projects similar in size and scope to this project. Project examples showing experience as a construction manager or similar consulting role will not be considered as relevant general contractor experience. Provide the following information for each example: project description, schedule, safety record, scope of construction services; price or budget at award; and final contract value after adjustments. Indicate whether liquidated damages were assessed due to late completion. GSA highly recommends that pictures be submitted with each example to demonstrate before and after conditions. 5) State your company's bonding capability. 6) 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. Submission Instructions: Responses should be submitted by 4:00PM EST on December 13, 2022, to Janine Childs, Contracting Officer, at Janine.Childs@gsa.gov. All responses must be submitted via email. No paper submissions will be accepted. For informational purposes: All offerors are required to have an active registration in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) at the time of offer submission. Note: Each response will be reviewed by the Contracting Officer for the purpose of determining interest and qualifications in performing the work as listed above. All information furnished to the Government in response to this notice will be used for review purposes only. Acknowledgment of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of the Government's evaluation of the information received. Incomplete responses will not be considered in determining market availability.