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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. This is not a request for offers or proposals. This notice does not represent a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The U.... THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. This is not a request for offers or proposals. This notice does not represent a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, Southeast Sunbelt Region anticipates seeking a highly qualified Lead Design Architect interested in participating in an opportunity under GSA's Design Excellence Program for Bridging A/E Design Services for a new Federal Courthouse in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. The Bridging Architect will design the Concept of the new Courthouse and complete bridging documents. The project is a new United States Courthouse to be erected in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. The building will measure approximately 255,000 gross square feet, including 50 inside secured parking spaces, and will support the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. The courthouse will also support the United States Court of Appeal, United States Bankruptcy Court, United States Marshals Service, United States Attorney's Office, United States Probation Office, and the General Services Administration DESIGN SCOPE OF WORK The scope of professional services will require at a minimum: Professional architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, interior design, and related consulting services for the development of bridging documents, Division 1 specifications, cost estimates, value engineering services, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), building information modeling (BIM) and design and construction consultant services for a courthouse that includes the construction of a new building and related systems, including inside secured parking, and site development. The project is also to include GSA design standards for secure facilities; conformance to the P-100 (Facility Standards for Public Buildings), including LEED Gold and SITES certification; and customer agency requirements including, but not limited to, The U.S. Courts Design Guide and the USMS Publication 64. Under this Sources Sought announcement, the Government is seeking information on A/E firms that are experienced in architectural design and interested in this project. This information is intended to assist the Government with market research and acquisition strategy planning. The North American Industry Classification System Code for this acquisition is 541310. The Small Business size standard is an average annual sales and receipts for the past three years that are equal to or less than $8,000,000.00. If you are an interested A/E firm, you are invited to submit a written Letter of Interest to include a Capability Statement addressing the following questions (5-page limit). All information submitted is subject to verification. Additional information may be requested to substantiate responses. The Government will use this information to assess the likelihood of your firm's capability to perform this project. 1.Do you meet the small business size standard (average annual receipts equal to or less than $8,000,000.00 for the past three years)? Otherwise, indicate if you are a large business firm. 2.Is your firm a small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and/or women-owned small business. Please indicate the applicable representation(s)? And also address how you would approach this project in compliance with the limitations on subcontracting clause, (FAR 52.219-14) which requires "At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern" 3.Is your firm able to meet the geographic area requirement? (35% of the level of contract effort must be performed within the South Florida Metropolitan area further described as within the limits of Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee Counties.) 4.In the past ten (10) years, has your firm completed, as the lead designer, at least three (3) projects demonstrating relevant project experience similar to the proposed new Federal Courthouse project? Similar projects are further described as design of a new construction, highrise courthouse or similar secure class A office space as defined by BOMA, of at least 200,000 GSF, and a construction cost exceeding $100 million. 5.Has your firm completed, as the lead designer, similar projects as a Bridging Architect utilizing the Design/Build Bridging project delivery method? Submission Instructions: Please submit capability statements as a single PDF attachment, no later than 4:00PM EST, October 30th, 2019, to Cathal Duffy, Contracting Officer via email to cathal.duffy@gsa.gov. No paper submissions will be accepted. For Informational Purposes: All offerors are required to have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) at the time of offer submission. AE Selection Method: Once market research is completed, the Government may issue a Request for Qualifications using a two-stage selection process under GSA's Design Excellence policies and procedures. Under this process the Government will award a contract to the most highly qualified A/E with whom it can negotiate a fair and reasonable price. For Stage I, the A/E will be required to submit a Lead Designer (or designers) for the project. The firm must demonstrate the capability of the Lead Designer(s) to integrate the design approach with salient features by submitting sample projects. For each project the firm must discuss how the client's program, image, mission, schedule, operational, and economic objectives were satisfied in actual building operational performance through the overall design/planning solution. The A/E will be requested to provide tangible evidence such as certificates, awards, peer recognition that demonstrate design excellence, and provide a client reference contact for each project. A representative floor plan, a site plan, a building section or other appropriate drawing, and a minimum of two photographs will be requested for each project. The A/E will be required to submit a biographical profile including education, professional experience, and recognition for the lead designer, inclusive of the portfolio project examples. The A/E firm will also submit a portfolio representative of the Lead Designer's ability to provide design excellence. The portfolio will address the lead designer's participation in each project. Project examples should be relevant to this project, including: scale, scope, complexity, context, sustainability, security, topical design strategies, strategies used to achieve actual building performance, integrated design strategy, design process for meeting specific performance goals, the urban design strategy and workplace design. At the conclusion of Stage I, a shortlist of the top three (3) qualified A/E firms will be invited to participate in Stage II. For Stage II, the shortlisted firms will be notified and asked to submit more detailed information indicating each member of the design team, including all outside consultants. Sufficient time will be provided for the A/E to establish its team. The Government will interview each team to evaluate the firm's ability to fulfill all project requirements. Emphasis will be placed on the A/E's understanding of the unique aspects of the project, and its design philosophy, project management process and quality assurance plan. Responses to the evaluation criteria and interview questions will be used to rank the A/E. At the conclusion of Stage II, the Government will select one firm and negotiate a fee to design the project. Project Delivery Method: The new Federal Courthouse in Ft Lauderdale will be delivered using the Design/Build Bridging delivery method. The selected Lead Bridging Designer will complete bridging documents which will then be used as the basis for a future design/build construction solicitation. Note: The information provided in response to this announcement is strictly for informational purposes only. Responses provided will not exclude interested parties from future, related procurement activity. This notice DOES NOT constitute a Request for Qualifications or complete package outlining the technical competencies/qualifications of the prospective firm, nor does it represent any commitment by the Government. Since this is a Sources Sought announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement.