3rd Floor Buildout NGA

This is a Sources Sought Notice Only and is for informational market research purposes only to determine the availability of potential qualified contractors. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. The NAICS code is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. NAICS code is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, requests interest from contractors interested in performing work on a potential design-bid-build construction solicitation for the estimated price range of more than $10,000,000. "The sources sought notice (W912DR-12-S-0011) submitted on 23 Jan 2012 is hereby amended to change the estimated price range of more than "$10,000,000" to Between "$25,000,000 and $100,000,000". The deadline for accepting responses is hereby extended to 6 Mar 2012 @12 (noon). The point of contact is Karen L. Johnson (karen.l.johnson@usace.army.mil) STATEMENT OF WORK National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Campus East (NCE) - Third Floor Build Out at the Tech Center 1.0 OBJECTIVE: The Issued-For-Construction (IFC) package for the NGA Third Floor Build Out of the Technology Center contains completed drawings and specifications for fitting out 29,500 SF room that currently has a bare concrete floor depressed 3' from grade, CMU walls and concrete ceiling with pendant industrial lights. The work will transform this space into a state of the art Data Center with Tier 2 plus reliability and concurrent maintainability with a power density of 150 watts/SF designed around a hot aisle/cold aisle cooling concept. This project will upgrade critical IT infrastructure for NGA, doubling the size of the data center in Springfield, VA. 2.0 SCOPE OF WORK: Provide and install a fully functional Data Center with Tier 2 plus reliability on the third floor of the NCE Technology Center. A Tier 2 Data Center guarantees 99.741% availability provided by redundant capacity components and single non-redundant distribution paths serving the site's equipment. The Data Center will have UPS and engine generators with a capacity design of Need plus One (N+1), with a single power path. While this is not a complete listing of the scope requirements, following are some specific features of the Data Center further described within the IFC package: 2.1 Installation of a raised access floor with stringers grounded to form an equipotential reference plane for the IT racks (provided as GFE equipment) that the contractor will secure to and ground to this floor. 2.2 Architectural work includes acoustic ceiling, furred gypsum drywall on existing CMU walls, demountable partitions with integral doors, painting, signage and a thorough cleaning after construction is complete to meet data center standards as specified by the International Organization for Standardization Class 8 in accordance with ISO 1466-1. 2.3 Mechanical work consists of installation of 50+ Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units, chilled water distribution piping, pre-action sprinkler system, chilled water pumps, ductwork, fans and a hydrogen detection system (for UPS battery rooms) as well as a new cooling tower and chiller in the Central Utility Plant. 2.4 Electrical work includes Power Distribution Units and Remote Power Panel installation in the new data center and all under floor receptacles to power the computer equipment. Due to the criticality of this facility each piece of computer equipment is fed from 2 different sources to provide redundancy in case of failure of one source. The electrical system must be installed with redundancy so that failure on any one component will not cause a failure of the IT equipment. Additionally, the electrical system involves installation of 2 large Uninterruptable Power System arrays of batteries, new rotary uninterruptable systems, new switchgear, new multi-ended unit substations and bus ducts, lighting and options for up to 3 backup diesel generators located outside the Central Utility Plant. There are options for Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems to be installed on up to 12 generators with a urea tank system to mitigate the waste from the SCR's. 2.5 Controls systems work includes expansion of the existing photoelectric fire alarm system. There is an option to replace this with an aspirating laser scanner fire alarm system. Additionally, an expansion and tie in to the existing building automation system and power monitoring system are in the scope of this project. It is critical that this be done seamlessly to avoid losing any control and monitoring capability to the existing 24x7, 365 day/year data center. 2.6 Telecom work includes installation of a multi level cable tray system and installation of telecom cabling from the existing operational computer room to the new data center. Access to the existing data center will be severely limited due to operations and all work must be done under security escort. 2.7 Contractor will need to work in this space under a joint use arrangement with other follow on contractors specifically for IT and security installations. 3.0 SCHEDULE: Upon award, the Contractor shall develop a proposed schedule for the completion of all work as described in Section 2.0 above and as further described in the IFC documents. The schedule shall be developed in accordance with all contract requirements and submitted for review and approval no later than thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of the Notice to Proceed (NTP). 3.1 NGA desired BoD is April 2013. The performance duration will not exceed 14 months (426 calendar days) beyond NTP. 4.0 SECURITY: 4.1 The existing data center is a secure facility located on the 4th floor of the Technology Center and must remain operational 24x7 hours/day, 365 days/year throughout the construction of this project. Routine outages impacting other areas of the Technology Center or elsewhere on the NGA Campus will NOT BE PERMITTED. Any outages that must occur will have to be coordinated through an agency outage control board. This process takes 1 month and is subject to last minute changes due to mission impacts. 4.2 This project occurs in an operational Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) so all activities in the project scope will be performed under the supervision of government provided escorts. Work hours, access to the NGA site, access to the work area will all be restricted and must be coordinated. These restrictions may include: US workers only, no cellular phones, no cameras, no recording devices, subject to search at any time, inspection of all materials/tools/equipment, pre-coordinated access and approval of any personnel. Utilization of the 'E-Verify' System will likely be required for all personnel & workers accessing the site. 5.0 OTHER: The contractor shall conform with the installation policy regarding vehicle and personnel access and any special tenant security requirements. The contractor shall comply with all requirements for preparation of the Health and Safety plan, in particular, any confined space entry as required as part of this SOW will be conducted per the Health and Safety Plan and applicable Federal, State and Local requirements. The Contractor shall submit documentation to the following office: US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Belvoir Integrated Program Office 6050 1st Street, Building 1444 ATTENTION : DREW WHITE Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 All data, reports, submissions, and other materials under this delivery order are property of the US Government and shall not be released by the Contractor or his/her affiliates without written approval by the Contracting Officer. Upon completion of the contract, the Contractor shall provide copies of all documentation and unused project information to the Government for use or disposal as appropriate. 6.0 OPTIONS: 6.1 Aspirating Laser Scanner Fire Alarm System. 6.2 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems 7.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 14 months (426 calendar days) from award date. NOTE: Please note that it is required that your company be registered in the Contractors Central Registration (CCR) System, please see www.ccr.gov for additional information. In addition, this sources sought is not to be construed as a commitment by the government, nor will the government pay for any information solicited or delivered. Responses are to be sent via email to karen.l.johnson@usace.army.mil no later than 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), 6 February 2012.