Madawaska Land Port of Entry Design Build Bridge, Maine

This is the solicitation notice for a Design Build Bridging (DB-B) Team for the design and construction of a New U.S. Land Port of Entry in Madawaska, Maine by the General Services Administration (GSA). UPDATE 11/10/2020: Additional Requests for Clarification and Interpretations and responses have been posted. Solicitation Amendment 0004 includes updated solicitation and agreement document, noted in the previous version of responses to the requests for clarifications. UPDATE 10/30/2020: Requests for Clarification and Interpretations and responses have been posted along with additional informational documents. UPDATE 10/30/2020: Solicitation Amendment 0003 1) extends the date specified for receipt of Offers until Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 4:30 PM EST; 2) amends the Solicitation Section I.B to incorporate the Form of Agreement (Revised 10/29/2020), which replaces the previous version in its entirety; and 3) amends the Solicitation Section I.F to change the estimated price range for the Project from $30,000,000$50,000,000 to $40,000,000$50,000,000. UPDATE 10/19/2020: Solicitation Amendment 0002 has been posted with other relevant documents. (1) Regarding controlled access to the document 'CBP LPOE Design Standards - Signage-Security.zip', in addition to the SBU Document Security Form (Request for Construction Documents Form B), prospective offerors are required to complete the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Non-Disclosure Agreement and return it to the Contracting Officer. Of the acknowledgement fields for Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII), Sensitive Security Information (SSI), and Other Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) information, requestors need only initial the box for SBU at this time. (2) Also included in Solicitation Amendment 0002, Section III.B of the Solicitation has been amended to extend the deadline for Requests for Clarification or Interpretation until October 23, 2020. UPDATE 10/7/2020: Regarding the Virtual Site Visit and Pre-Proposal Conference, scheduled for October 14, 2020 at 9:00 AM (ET) ) 12:00 PM (EST) with the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Networking Meeting to follow, THE PRE-REGISTRATION LINK HAS BEEN CHANGED TO https://forms.gle/8Gp6xdR9N7wZzL129. For any contractors already registered via a previous link, please re-register in order to receive a link to the conference. Pre-registration is required due to potential space limitations and must be completed no later than 4:30 PM (ET) on Friday, October 9, 2020. All presentations will be recorded and along with any supporting documentation will be uploaded to https://beta.sam.gov/. UPDATE 10/7/2020: Certain information contained in the Solicitation Documents may have been designated as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) building information. With respect to such information, Offerors shall agree to the terms for receipt of such information, as set forth in the provision - Administrative Matters in Section III of the Agreement, as a condition of receipt of such information. In particular, Prospective Offerors must complete the SBU Document Security Form (Request for Construction Documents Form B) and provide the information/documents required therein to the Contracting Officer. The new LPOE in Madawaska, Maine will replace the current 1959 mission & operationally deficient LPOE situated on a 0.9 acre site that does not meet the U.S. Government's requirements and mission. The program of requirements for this new LPOE is approximately 76,717 GSF facility on a 10.7 acres site that includes a Main Port Building, Commercial Inspection Building, 3 primary inspection lanes, and a bypass lane. The existing facility connects Madawaska, Maine with Edmundston, New Brunswick via the International Bridge, spanning the St. John River. The International Bridge is nearing the end of its useful life based on its current condition and functionality, and has been posted at a 5-ton weight limit since October 2017. The Madawaska-Edmundston International bridge replacement project, by the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT), is a concurrent design and construction project. These two distinct and separate projects require strong multi-disciplinary and cross agency coordination, with completion of the LPOE upon the bridge opening by November 2023. This project is defined as a New Construction project, using a collaborative Design-Build Bridging approach. GSA contracted with a Design-Build Bridging Architect who developed and produced the final concept design and Bridging Contract Documents. This presolicitation is for a Design Build team who will use the bridging documents to complete the design, develop final construction documents, and execute the construction of a fully functional LPOE for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. GSA will contract directly with the general contractor who will subcontract with the Architect of Record. For more information on the separate LPOE project and International bridge project, please review the GSA's and MaineDOT's respective project websites below: ? gsa.gov/madawaskalpoe ? Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge Project The General Services Administration strongly encourages participation by small businesses and the related socioeconomic categories of small disadvantaged, women-owned, service disabled veteran-owned and HUBZone businesses. The appropriate NAICS Code is 236220 with a small business size standard of $39.5 million dollars. Estimated magnitude of construction, per GSAM 536.204 - Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, is between $30,000,000 and $50,000,000. The approach to source selection for this procurement will be in accordance with FAR Part 15 and represents the best value to the government. The selection will be made in accordance with specific price and technical evaluation factors, and not necessarily the lowest price. The solicitation will requires offerors to submit technical and price proposals. This is a negotiated procurement and there will NOT be a public bid opening. Contractors are required to register with the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.SAM.gov prior to submitting a proposal.