Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. This is not a request for proposal. General Contractor for Construction Services for the Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery Project (GSA Center Guaynabo, PR). Refer... THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. This is not a request for proposal. General Contractor for Construction Services for the Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery Project (GSA Center Guaynabo, PR). Reference is made to FBO Sources Sought No. 47PC0319R0001, posted on December 14, 2018. All solicitation posts and updates for the Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery project (GSA Center Guaynabo, PR) will be posted to this Solicitation No. 47PC0619R0003. The General Services Administration (GSA), Public Building Services, Northeast and Caribbean Region (Region 2) intends to issue a Request for proposal (RFP) for a qualified General Contractor to provide construction services for the Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery Project in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria on September 6, 2017 and September 20, 2017 respectively. The Federal buildings, courthouses and surrounding areas suffered damage to the exteriors of these facilities. Damages included, but were not limited to the roofs, windows, and photovoltaic panels. The facilities also suffered damage to the interiors, including but not limited to water infiltration, major building systems, generators, wall finishes and elevators. The surrounding areas and complexes also suffered damage, including but not limited to fallen trees, damaged fences, and light poles. As a result, GSA intends to repair, replace and/or modernize site/building elements and building systems to protect the buildings and sites from future storms. The project for GSA Center located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico includes, but is not limited to, providing all labor, materials, tools and equipment necessary to replace damaged site lighting, site pavement and site drainage, patch, repair and paint the facade, replacement of all exterior windows and doors, paint interior walls, replacement of common areas ceiling finishes, replacement of the existing standby generator system with a prime type generator system and expand the fuel oil storage capacity, replacement of seven (7) rooftop air handling units (AHUS). The Estimated Construction Cost for this project is between $8-10 million. The period of performance for this requirement is expected to be 365 calendar days. This requirement will be issued as a Total Small Business Set Aside in accordance with FAR6.203. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code associated with this procurement is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction and the Small Business Administration size standard of $36.5 million dollars in annual receipts averaged over the last three (3) completed fiscal years. The procurement method that will be implemented for this project will be in accordance with FAR Part 15.1-Source Selection Processes and Techniques. This project is a competitive acquisition utilizing the Trade-Off process approach under the Best Value Continuum (FAR15.101). This process permits tradeoffs among cost or price and technical factors, and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal. For this procurement, the technical evaluation factor when combined will be approximately equal to cost or price. GSA anticipates issuing the RFP on or about April 11, 2019 with receipt of proposals at at minimum of thirty (30) calendar days later. All information, amendments and questions concerning this solicitation will be electronically posted at the FedBizOpps website via https://www.fbo.gov. No telephone requests will be accepted and no paper copies will be mailed to prospective offerors. There is expected to be a Pre-Proposal conference and site walk-through. Information and details will be posted on the FedBizOpps website. Interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a contract award. Firms can register via the Internet site at https://www.sam.gov or by contacting SAM Service Desk at https://www.fsd.gov. The solicitation and associated information will be available from the FedBizOpps website mentioned above. No telephone requests will be accepted. The solicitation will not be a sealed bid and there will not be a formal bid opening. All inquiries must be in writing, via email to the person(s) specified in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing and will be available on the aforementioned FedBizOpps posting. Offeror's will not be reimbursed for proposal submittal expenses. Several solicitation documents will be posted as "Locked" packages in the FedBizOpps posting. In order to view or download the packages, vendors must have a secure account. Information on how to register for an account and log in is available on the https://www.fbo.gov website, under the "Getting Started" tab. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to register to this notice to receive notification of actions including posting of any amendments. However, offerors are advised to check the site frequently as they are responsible for obtaining amendments. DISCLAIMER: The official solicitation package and technical specifications will be located on the official Government web page and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to the FedBizOpps website for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror's responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies.