Repair and Cleaning of Exterior Marble Cladding

Contractor shall provide all services, labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary for the cleaning and repair of the John F. Kennedy Center's exterior marble cladding. Offers for 3 alternates will also be solicited-a. clean softy joint and install Emseal Colorseal; b. Stage area to access all horizontal overhang surfaces of the canopy soffit; clean & coat said soffit with breathable acrylic or cementitious exterior coating; c. Stage are to access all surfaces of the Rock Creek Parkway overhang; clean & coat said soffit with breathable acrylic or cementitious exterior coating. IFB and project plans and specifications will be available for download at this website o/a 7 August 2009. A firm, fixed-price contract will be sought under full and open competition. A special determination of responsibility will be conducted to address special qualifications which include unusual expertise, experience, and/or facilities. Specific standards will be set forth in the solicitation but will at a minimum include: direct experience on previous restoration projects on buildings of a similar size clad with marble or other natural stone cladding; successful experience with similar projects involving marble or natural stone cladding with a minimum project wall size of 10,000 square feet; successful completion of masonry restoration projects which required engineered, temporary staging for heights over 40 feet. Experience installing standard unit masonry is not sufficient experience for masonry restoration work. A preproposal site visit is anticipated. NAICS code is 236220. The small business size standard is less than or equal $33.5M annual gross receipts. The gross order of magnitude is between $1 Million and $5 Million.