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This is a solicitation notice for a job order construction contract (JOCC) awarded as an indefinite-delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) for small repair and alteration projects under the simplified ac... This is a solicitation notice for a job order construction contract (JOCC) awarded as an indefinite-delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) for small repair and alteration projects under the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) for Federal buildings across the state of North Dakota. The General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Region 8 (hereinafter also referred to as "Region 8") anticipates release of a request for proposal (RFP) in May 2019 and receipt of proposals in June 2019. Region 8 anticipates award of one contract as a result of the solicitation. The awarded contract will include one base year with options for four additional years. Total contract length with base and all options exercised is five years. The solicitation number has changed from 47PJ0019N0005 to 47PJ0019R0119. Tentative Schedule: All dates are subject to change and are only given as approximations for the purposes of planning. Issuance of Solicitation: 5//4/2019 Proposals Due: 6/62019 Contract Award Date: 06/30 /2019 Start of JOCC IDIQ: 07/01/2019 Funds Availability: Issuance of this pre-solicitation notice does not warrant that funds are presently available for award of a contract. Award of a contract shall be subject to the availability of appropriated funds, and the Government shall incur no obligation under the solicitation and notice in advance of such time as funds are made available for the contracting officer for the purpose of contract award. Document Availability: The solicitation will be available for electronic download from the Federal Business Opportunities website at https://www.fbo.gov. The download will be available at no charge. The solicitation will be listed under a different identifying number than the one assigned to this pre-solicitation notice. Geographic Areas: The IDIQ JOCC covers thirteen offices. These offices regularly acquire construction services for projects that usually do not exceed the SAT, which currently is $250,000. The geographic areas are as follows: Geographic Area 1: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Minot, Ambrose, Portal, Dunseith, and St. John, ND in which work is to be conducted during normal business hours 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time). Geographic Area 2: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Minot, Ambrose, Portal, Dunseith, and St. John, ND in which work is to be conducted after normal business hours 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Mountain Time). Geographic Area 2: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Pembina, Grand Forks, Fargo, ND in which work is to be conducted during normal business hours 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time). Geographic Area 2: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Pembina, Grand Forks, Fargo, ND in which work is to be conducted after normal business hours 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Mountain Time). Geographic Area 3: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Bismarck, ND in which work is to be conducted during normal business hours 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time). Geographic Area 3: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Bismarck, ND in which work is to be conducted after normal business hours 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Mountain Time). Information on Proposal Submission: The Government plans to conduct a competitive negotiated acquisition. The Government will use source selection procedures to evaluate proposal packages. Specifically, the Government will use the best value continuum concept. The best value continuum concept evaluates technical factors and price through a tradeoff process and other procedures described in the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to make awards without discussions. Therefore, offerors should submit proposals that are acceptable without additional explanation or information as the Government may evaluate and make a final decision for award solely on the basis of the initial proposal submitted by offerors. Furthermore, the Government may determine the acceptability of a proposal based on the initial proposal submitted by offerors. Offerors are required to submit a technical proposal package and a price proposal package. Technical Package: The evaluation factors that comprise of the technical package are as follows, in no order of particular importance: (1) project experience; (2) past performance; and (3) staffing plan. The technical factors are significantly more important than price. As proposals become more equal in the technical merits, price becomes more important. Price Package: The Government will incorporate the RS Means Pricing book into the contract for the cost of task orders. When evaluating price, theGovernment will require the offeror to submit the following coefficients for evaluations for the base and four, one-year option periods: Geographic Area 1: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Minot, Ambrose, Portal, Dunseith, and St. John, ND in which work is to be conducted during normal business hours 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time). Geographic Area 1: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Minot, Ambrose, Portal, Dunseith, and St. John, ND in which work is to be conducted after normal business hours 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Mountain Time). This also includes holidays and weekend work. Geographic Area 2: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Pembina, Grand Forks, Fargo, ND in which work is to be conducted during normal business hours 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time). Geographic Area 2: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Pembina, Grand Forks, Fargo, ND in which work is to be conducted after normal business hours 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Mountain Time). This also includes holidays and weekend work. Geographic Area 3: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Bismarck, ND in which work is to be conducted during normal business hours 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time). Geographic Area 3: This bid factor applies to all proposals for Bismarck, ND in which work is to be conducted after normal business hours 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Mountain Time). This also includes holidays and weekend work. Coefficient pricing shall include the following: labor; materials; equipment; subcontractor costs; subcontractor markups; prime/contractor overhead and profit; prime/contractor profit and risk; social security contributions; general insurance; workman compensation insurance; state unemployment insurance; Federal unemployment insurance; mobilization and demobilization costs; site cleanup; labor adjustments between the RS Means labor rates and the Davis/Bacon labor rates; supervision; quality control; lodging and per diem; shipping; transportation of contractor's personnel to, from, and within the job site; all Division 1 requirements; submittals; and job order preparation costs. Please note the following about coefficient pricing: Division 1 - General Requirements section from the RS Means Book will NOT be allowed when pricing task orders. Any consideration for Division 1 - General Requirements shall be in the offeror's Bid Factor The City Cost Index from the RS Means Book will NOT be applied when pricing task orders. Any adjustment for location has already been included in the offeror's Bid Factor The unit prices listed in the RS Means Building Construction Cost Data are bare costs. Bare cost equals a factor of 1.000, the same as "NET", all other bid factors "MINUS" or "PLUS" will be added or subtracted from the bare cost factor. A "MINUS" 4% shall be written 0.96, a "PLUS" 4% shall be written 1.040 and "NET" shall be written 1.000.) The offered bid factors for the base and each option period will be applied to all work items for which a unit price is stated in the Price Schedule that are ordered via task orders in the respective base/option period. Resulting IDIQ Contracts Awarded: The maximum order limitation for the five year duration is $10,000,000. The awarded contract will contain a guaranteed minimum amount of $2,000. Terms which support the payment of the guaranteed minimum amount will be specified in the solicitation. Potential Task Order Requirements: A typical task order issued as a result of this contract will be valued at or less than the simplified acquisition threshold. The successful offeror will be required to complete a wide range of construction projects over the life of the contract. Task orders will consist of repair/alteration and tenant finish projects for the GSA and other Government agencies in occupied federally owned or leased buildings. Task orders may contain some or all of the following: modifications to architectural components and related electrical systems associated with, but not limited to ceilings, walls, floors (including access floor systems), roofing systems, millwork and wall covering. Work may also include modifications and replacement of mechanical systems to include, but not be limited to: air handling units, chillers, boilers, ductwork systems and accessories, piping systems (including pumps), HVAC system controls, fire protection sprinkler systems and accessories, and plumbing equipment/accessories. In addition, scope may also include work on electrical systems including, but not limited to lighting systems, primary and secondary power distribution systems and transformers. Special competencies will be required for any work involving membrane roofing, asbestos abatement, PCB removal and/or elevator work. Pre-Construction Task orders may require Pre-Construction Phase Services and shall include, but are not limited to, review and evaluation of the concept, design development and construction document submission for constructability, value engineering or alternate means and methods recommendations, identification of any problems or errors in the design documentation, consultation during construction document production, preliminary project schedule development, primary cost estimates during design development and construction documents, and development of subcontractor and supplier interest. Contract Type: The expected base contract shall be a single-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity job order construction contract IDIQ (JOCC). All task orders placed against the IDIQ JOCC shall be firm-fixed price based on the RS Means pricing structure and contractor bid factors. The ordering activity shall specify whether bonds are applicable to the construction activity for each task order. Estimated Scope of Task Orders: The following is provided for informational purposes only. Contractors should be aware that annual budgets are highly variable and the actual quantities and value of work changes annually. Data shows that GSA, Region 8 executes about 50 - 60 contract actions annually to perform minor alterations and repairs that fall within the scope of construction services under the IDIQ JOCC. GSA also executes reimbursable work authorizations on behalf of other agencies for tenant improvement projects. Although construction activities take place throughout the year, a large quantity of these projects typically falls between the months of April and September. The expected average dollar value of projects executed under the scope is about $25,000 with a median dollarvalue of about $12,500. The majority of task orders are expected to be between $2,000 and $25,000. Additional Proposal Submission Information: Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) and the System for Award Management (SAM) are available for use by all Federal agencies. You must be registered with SAM before registering with FedBizOpps. No Federal material can be downloaded until you have registered under both sites. The solicitation will be available through the Federal Business Opportunities website (FedBizOpps.gov). FedBizOpps is a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition information. You may access FedBizOpps via the following address: www.fedbizopps.gov. You will then be required to register as a vendor by selecting the "register now" hyperlink. At a minimum all vendors must supply the following information: Your Company DUNS Number (contact Dun & Bradstreet at 1-866-705-5711 for a free DUNS Number if you do not have one), Your Company Information and Personal Information. It is the vendor's responsibility to monitor FedBizOpps for any changes and/or conditions. Online Representations and Certification is required in Federal solicitations as part of the bid submission process, thereby eliminating the need to submit a paper copy of Representations and Certifications with each offer. Please enter and maintain your representation and certification information in SAM via the internet at https://www.sam.gov. Requests for Information: Interested contractors are encouraged to submitany requests for information directly to the Government point of contacts shown in this FBO notice. Please be aware that the Government may not respond to requests until release of the RFP. Submitted requests may be taken into consideration by the Government in planning the project requirements, solicitation, and contract documents.