R -- BELLA Project Laser Lab Designer

The University of California, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), which is operated under a Prime Contract DE-AC02-05CH11231 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), intends to subcontract for Professional Design services for LBNL?s Building 71 Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) laboratory project (BELLA Project). This is not a request for quotation. It is an announcement for subcontracting opportunities with the University of California. Interested firms are encouraged to submit qualifications as indicated herein. For information visit - http://facilitiesprojects.lbl.gov/ A. PROJECT SCOPE SUMMARY The firm will provide design services for the BELLA laboratory and associated support space. This Project will contain the following: 1. Construction of a new 5000 GSF class 10,000 clean room, with a class 1000 enclosure therein, interconnected to new concrete shielded cave areas, retrofitted into the existing Building 71 footprint. 2. Structural modifications will be required to the existing building, including saw-cut/removal of concrete floor sections and installation of drilled piers and grade beams, installation of cast in place thick concrete shielding, shear wall modifications, and possible removal of several interstitial columns, and redistribution of roof load to other structural members. Vibration and heat load isolation of pumps and power supplies that support lasers in the clean room will also be required. 3. A 2400 GSF control room, with data and electronic control connections for the clean room and cave environments, as well as extensive experimental data collection and control systems for laser and ancillary equipment residing in the clean room and cave. This area will also house all laser safety and interlock controls for the space. Experimental equipment and laser interlock controls will be designed by others, however integration into the control room will be part of this scope of work. 4. New electrical distribution, HVAC systems for the clean room and associated space, tower water distribution for cooling laser systems, extension of existing fire alarm and sprinkler systems including controls, plus additional plumbing (N2 and vacuum). B. SCOPE OF SERVICES The work includes, but is not limited to, professional engineering and architectural services: 1. Conceptual Design 2. Preliminary and final designs, including drawings, specifications, calculations, and cost estimates. 3. Professional design support services during the construction phase. The University reserves the right in its sole discretion to award all, a certain portion, some, or none of this work. C. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS In order to qualify, candidates must meet the following minimum requirements: 1. Location: The primary firm must maintain a local office within seventy-five (75) air miles of Berkeley, California and must assign a principal to lead the effort on behalf of the firm from the local office. All other sub-consultants must be located within the United States. 2. Design Team: Ideally, the following specialized expertise shall be represented by the proposing teams: a. Lead Firm: Engineer/Architecture firm, with extensive experience coordinating the work of multiple specialized sub-consultants in design of research laboratory and clean rooms, and incorporating design of sub-systems (equipment, controls, etc) from separately contracted sources. b. Sub-consultants or in-house specialists: Laboratory Design; Structural, Electrical, Mechanical (HVAC, Plumbing, Vibration) Engineering; Construction Cost Estimating. c. Other team compositions will be considered 3. Registered Architect to Lead the Design Team: The primary (leading) firm must have a California-registered Architect/Engineer in charge of the design for the entire project. Sub-consultants must have a California-registered professional leading their project team. 4. Qualifications: All work must be sealed by a California-licensed Architect or Engineer of the appropriate discipline. 5. Documentation Compatibility: The primary firm and sub-consultants must be able to generate, receive, or convert documents into Microsoft WORD, Microsoft EXCEL, Microsoft Project, and AutoCAD 2000, SAP2000. D. SELECTION CRITERIA For firms meeting the above minimum requirements, the following criteria shall be University?s basis of selection. The criteria are listed in descending order of importance. 1. Firm Experience: The design team, lead firm plus sub-consultant teams, must have recently completed projects that involve design of dedicated Class IV laser laboratories, clean rooms, and temperature and vibration sensitive facilities, in a renovation environment, though this experience may be accumulated from several past projects. The primary firm shall describe each representative project, and list them in the Standard Form SF 330, Section F, including a description of how their involvement in the past projects demonstrates experience toward one or more of our criterion. The primary firm must have worked on at least two projects with similar design requirements in the past five years. 2. Personnel Experience: The principal and individuals assigned to this project must demonstrate successful experience in providing design services for similar dedicated laboratory or clean room renovation projects within the last five years. 3. Past Performance: The primary firm and sub-consultants must demonstrate successful experience in providing design services for projects completed within the approved scope, schedule and budget during the last five years. A list of references, including name, current telephone number, and associated project, shall be provided for the University to verify past performance. Include a description of how the projects you list in response to D.1, meet these criteria. 4. National Laboratory /University of California / DOE Experience: The primary firm shall demonstrate previous successful experience working for the U.S. Department of Energy, for a National Laboratory, for the University of California, or similar research institutions. 5. Assignment of Personnel: The University will favorably consider a primary firm?s commitment and its consultant?s commitment to dedicate highly qualified personnel to positions of responsibility for the duration of the project. The University will favorably consider firms that assign the same personnel from successfully completed, similar projects. 6. Affirmative Action: The University will favorably consider a firm?s ability to further the University?s small, disadvantaged, veteran or woman-owned business affirmative action objectives. E. SITE VISIT Interested parties are invited to attend a site visit on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 3 PM. Please contact Laura Crosby no later than January 29th by 12 PM at +1 (555) 000-0000 or via email - contact@example.gov to confirm attendance and arrange for gate access. F. SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD As a requirement of its contract with DOE to operate the Laboratory, the University must report the size of each business that we subcontract with. Therefore, the offeror must fill in the attached Representation and Certification form and return it with their submission (see Attachment 1 - Representations and Certifications). In the form, under item 3. Small Business Program Representations; fill in the NAICS Code as 541310 and the size standard as $4.5 million. To verify if you qualify as a small business, your firm?s gross receipts and any other company affiliated with your firm, must have a ?total income? (or in the case of a sole proprietorship ?gross income?) that averaged $4.5 million or less for the latest three (3) completed fiscal years. G. SUBMISSIONS Interested firms meeting the requirements described above must submit five (5) completed copies each of U.S. Government Standard Form 330 Parts I and II and any supplemental information necessary to further address the Selection Criteria. Submissions must be received no later than 5:00 PM (PST), Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Submissions that are received after the time and date specified or with insufficient copies of the SF 330 forms may not be considered. Fax copies of the submittal will not be considered. Submissions should be addressed to: VIA US Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Procurement ? Laura B. Crosby One Cyclotron Rd. ? Mail Stop 90J0101 Berkeley, CA 94720-8288 If you deliver your submission in person, please call Laura Crosby at +1 (555) 000-0000 one day before the due date are due to arrange a gate pass H. QUESTIONS Direct any questions concerning this announcement in writing no later than February 11, 2008 to Laura Crosby via e-mail to : contact@example.gov or via fax +1 (555) 000-0000. The University reserves it sole discretion to respond to questions submitted after this date.