This Solicitation notice for construction court reconfiguration project, Burlington Court Federal Building, 11 Elmwood Ave, Burlington, VT 05401. NOTE: New solicitation number 47PB0017R0005

This project is for the construction services at the United States District Court (USDC), Burlington, VT and requires renovations on various floors.  This acquisition is to obtain the services of a general contractor to perform the renovations.  The project includes eight (8) phases of construction to be completed on the 2^nd, 4^th and 5^th floors.  This project includes providing all the labor and materials required to complete this project.  This work includes, but not limited to, HVAC, Electrical, construction, finishes, demolition, controls, cabling, environmental remediation.  This is an occupied and functioning courthouse, therefore this work needs to be accomplished while minimizing disruption to the existing courthouse operations. 

Since the building will be occupied during construction, and the building has limited swing space, the construction has been broken up into 9 areas, which will be completed in 8 different phases of construction. The Contractor's schedule must allow for phasing of construction which follows the specific phasing as shown on the contract drawings.  

The contract performance period for this work is approximately 22 months from issuance of the Notice to Proceed with an anticipated project start date of Fall 2017. 

THIS SOLICITATION IS A 100% SET ASIDE FOR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS.  This will be a competitive procurement, using FAR Part 15 SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS, BEST VALUE - LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE (LPTA) procedures, resulting in a firm fixed price contract. 

The appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) with a (correction) small business size standard of $36.5 million dollars.  Estimated magnitude of construction, per FAR 36.204 - Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.  All individuals working on this project will be required to obtain security clearances. 

Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process is the approach for this procurement and best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable proposals with the lowest evaluated price.   The solicitation will require offerors to submit technical and price proposals.  Offers will be evaluated on technical capability based on a pass/fail bases.  The offorers whose qualified technical proposals pass the evaluation process, price will then be reviewed, and contractor with the lowest price will be awarded the contract.  Tentative Evaluation Factors are listed (and will be evaluated based on a pass/fail bases):  1. Management Plan, 2. Project Staffing Plan, 3. Schedule, 4. Staffing Plan/Key Personnel, 5. Similar Projects/Past Experience in Remote Locations. 

This procurement is using FAR Part 15 procedures, and therefore will NOT conduct a public bid opening.  The solicitation, agreement, specifications, drawings and other applicable documents are available, for electronic download from the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fedbizops.gov.  Contractors are responsible for printing the solicitation and all related documents.  It is the Offeror's responsibility to monitor the site at www.fbo.gov for the release of any amendments and/or other notifications of any changes to this solicitation.  The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation.  

Per FAR 28.102, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required by the successful offeror in the penal amount of 100 percent of the contract price prior to award.   

A Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted on Wednesday, October 4, 2017.  All interested in attending need to email [email protected].    The solicitation will provide a date, time and location for the Pre-proposal Conference. 

CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER WITH THE System for Awards Management (SAM).  Information regarding registration can be found at http://www.sam.gov. 

Should there be any questions, please contact Michele Valenza, Contracting Officer, at 617‑565‑8508 or via e-mail at [email protected].  Due date of Offers will be specified in the solicitation Documents.  All offers are to be submitted to Michele Valenza, Contracting Officer, General Services Administration, Acquisition Management Div., Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, 11^th Floor, Boston, MA  02222.