N -- INSTALLATION OF NEW EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED CABLING FOR THE EMANUEL CELLAR U.S. COURTHOUSE

The General Services Administration, Northeast and Caribbean Region intends to award a firm-fixed price contract in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the installation of new equipment and associated services for the following telecommunications project : (1) Voice and Data Cabling Systems; (2) Audio - Visual Systems (Audio Systems, Video Systems, Media Control Systems; (3) Commissioning, as part of the modernization effort of the existing Emanuel Celler U.S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY. The Celler building consists of a structure of approximately 124,000 square feet. There is an MDF room on the basement level with 12 IDF rooms, two per floor, connected via copper and fiber backbone cabling. Horizontal cabling consists of Category 6 cabling and approximately 250 voice and 450 data cable drops. Telecom room fit-out will include racks, patch panels, cable management, terminations, testing and labeling in accordance with the drawings and specifications. The project also includes all patch cords, cross-connects and documentation as well as cabling interconnections with the adjacent courthouse. The performance period is anticipated to be for approximately 180 calendar days, spread over a 942 calendar day period, from issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP). This procurement is restricted and is a 100% total set-aside for SBA certified Small Business Concerns only. The procurement method for this requirement shall use the evaluation procedures outlined IAW FAR Subpart 13.106-2. An award shall be made to the proposal that is evaluated to provide the best value to the Government for this effort utilizing the Trade-Off method approach. This approach provides that noncosts/nonprice factors are more important than costs/price factors. A two phase Down-Select Process will be employed to identify prospective offerors that possess the required qualifications for this effort, in which they will be issued a solicitation inclusive of the full plans and specifications of the project. The first phase of the down selection process will require interested parties to submit a completed questionnaire document (attached) entitled "STATEMENT OF AUDIO VISUAL INTEGRATOR and DATA VOICE CABLING QUALIFICATIONS" for initial evaluations. The evaluation criteria for the first phase include but may not limited to: (1) Relevant Past Experience, (2) Management Approach/Team, (3) company and team industry and manufacturer certifications, and (4) financial stability. The offeror's completed questionnaire will be graded against an established point grading scheme, with a 180 points maximum. Those offerors whose graded scores are in the top 20 percentile will be qualified, and will be directly invited to participate in the second phase of the down selection process. Those offerors that do not qualify shall be formally notified by the cognizant Contracting Officer of their scores accompanied with a breakout of their scores. The second phase proposal submission includes the Price and ancillary materials/equipment list proposal to be submitted by the qualified offeror(s) in the first phase of the down selection, for evaluation of proposed equipment/material and price considerations. PLEASE NOTE: Only qualified offeror(s) will receive a request for an equipment/material list and price proposal. Any proposals, received from any offeror(s) in response to the RFP, who were not previously qualified, nor participated in the first phase of the down-select process, will not be reviewed for this requirement. OFFERORS SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT DISCUSSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AS THE CONTRACTING OFFICER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS; THEREFORE, ALL OFFERORS SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR BEST PRICE AT THE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PHASE. All small business firms are encouraged to JOINT VENTURE if desired. Upon award, the awardee shall submit Performance and Payment Bond in the Penal Sum of 100% of the initial contract price. For purposes of this procurement, a concern is considered a small business if its annual average gross revenue, taken for the last 3 fiscal years, does not exceed $28.5M. This solicitation is not a competitive open bid and there will not be a formal public bid opening. The magnitude of the construction project is between $1,500,000.00 and $2,000,000.00. A SITE VISIT/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for on/about the week of 25 Feb 2008 at which time qualified offerors will be allowed to examine the site and propose questions as well. Plans and specifications will be available on or about 22 Feb 08 and proposals due on/about 14 Mar 2008. Plans and Specifications may be examined at 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1809, New York, N.Y. Point of contact is Albert Viscione at 212-264-4310, for contracting questions or issues, and Lorraine Irizarry at 212-264-8164 for technical issues. Upon issuance of the solicitation there may be no verbal contact regarding technical issues or questions. Any questions must be submitted in writing and may be either via fax at 212-264-3631, ATTN: Albert Viscione, or via e-mail (preferred method) at albert.viscione@gsa.gov. The media selected for the issuance of the solicitations and amendments shall be solely at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the solicitation will be issued via Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. Required Central Contractor Registration (CCR) applies to this procurement. To be eligible for award prospective contractors must be registered in the CCR Database prior to award. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on CCR registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. (SEE NUMBER NOTES 1.)