This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Oakland, California. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (hereinafter referred to as "BART" or "District") is a California Rapid Transit District intends to engage the services of a Building Engineering firm ("CONTRACTOR") to provide services hereinafter described for its Headquarters located at 2150 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94612. The District presently intends to enter into a five-year Agreement with the CONTRACTOR selected. Accordingly, BART is now accepting proposals from proposers ("Proposers") for consideration for the selection of a CONTRACTOR to implement the Scope of Services specified in Section II below of this Request for Proposals ("RFP"). REQUIRED REGISTRATION ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties (including prospective Subcontractors of any tier) who are not currently registered on the BART Procurement Portal to do business with BART are required to register on the BART Procurement Portal online at https://suppliers.bart.gov in order to download the Contract Documents (including Contract Drawings and Contract Specifications), updates, and any Addenda issued on line and be added to the Online Planholders List for this solicitation. If a Prospective Bidder is a joint venture or a partnership, such entity must register on the BART Procurement Portal with the entity's Tax Identification Number ("TIN") and download the Contract Documents so as to be listed as an Online Planholder under the entity's name prior to submitting its Bid, in order for the entity to be eligible for award of this Contract. Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties may also purchase printed copies of the Contract Documents from the District Secretary's Office by downloading the Contract Documents' Order Form from the BART Procurement Portal website and submitting the completed Contract Documents Order Form to the District Secretary's Office. Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties must be registered on the BART Procurement Portal to do business with BART in order to be able to download the Contract Documents' Order Form. Downloading the Contract Documents' Order Form will automatically make a Prospective Bidder or Interested Party an Online Planholder. In order to be an Online Planholder and be eligible for award of this Contract, a Prospective Bidder must either: i) download the Contract Documents for this solicitation from the BART Procurement Portal or ii) download the Contract Documents' Order Form with which to purchase the Contract Documents directly from the District Secretary's Office. BIDDERS WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A BID AND DID NOT OBTAIN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR THIS SOLICITATION EITHER ON LINE OR DIRECTLY THROUGH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY'S OFFICE IN ORDER TO BE LISTED AS AN ONLINE PLANHOLDER FOR THIS SOLICITATION, WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT. BIDDERS MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BY CHECKING THE BART WEBSITE FOR CONTRACTS SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED BY STAFF TO THE BART BOARD FOR AWARD CONSIDERATION. Prospective Proposers are requested to make every effort to participate in this only scheduled Pre-Proposal Meeting and Networking Session. At the conclusion of the Pre-Proposal Meeting, participants will be given the opportunity to share their contact information to facilitate networking offline. All questions regarding the District's Small Business Program and Non-Discrimination Program for Subcontracting should be directed to Fei Liu, Office of Civil Rights, at: email: FLiu@bart.gov. NON-DISCRIMINATION PROGRAM FOR SUBCONTRACTING It is the policy of BART to ensure that Proposers who contract with the District do not discriminate or give a preference in the award of subcontracts on the basis of race, national origin, color, ethnicity, or gender. A Proposer is not required to subcontract any portion of the Work. This Non-Discrimination Program for Subcontracting shall not apply if Proposer does not subcontract a portion of the Work. If a Proposer subcontracts a portion of the Work, this Non-Discrimination Program for Subcontracting shall apply. Attention is directed to Exhibit 1, Attachment C, NON-DISCRIMINATION PROGRAM FOR SUBCONTRACTING, of this RFP. As described in Attachment C, the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Availability Percentage for this Agreement is 5.5% and the Women Business Enterprise (WBE) Availability Percentage for this Agreement is 2.8%. SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM It is the policy of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District to encourage the participation of Small Businesses in BART Agreements. The purpose of the Small Business (SB) Program is to encourage and facilitate full and equitable participation by Small Businesses in competitively Bid Construction, Procurement and Services Contracts and Agreements financed solely with local and state funds. The SB Program seeks to achieve these objectives on three levels: (1) BART's award of Contracts and Agreements to SBs; (2) the award of First-Tier Subcontracts to SBs by Prime Contractors, Suppliers and Consultants; and (3) the award to Lower-Tier SB Subcontractors by First or Other Tier Subcontractors. This Agreement is subject to the District's Small Business (SB) Program that includes a preference for Proposers who are certified Small Businesses of 5% of the total Proposal Price established for this Agreement. Proposers, who are certified SBs by the California Department of General Services, will be eligible for a Proposal preference of 5% of the Proposal Price of the lowest responsible Proposer's total Proposal price up to a maximum of $150,000, only during evaluation for determining Award of the Agreement. However, the actual Agreement awarded will be for the amount of the original Proposal. Proposers that are not certified SBs will not be eligible for the preference. Inquiries regarding the Districts Small Business Program shall be directed to the District's Office of Civil Rights, 2150 Webster Street, 4th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, Telephone at (510) 464-6100, or to BART's Website. a. Definitions: "Small Business" "SB" a business that is listed in the State of California Department of General Services in its database for SBs a t onlineprior to the submission of the Bid or Proposal, including Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs), as indicated by the DGS, or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs), certified by the National Lesbian and Gay Chamber of Commerce or the California Public Utilities Commission and certified as a SB by the State of California, Department of General Services, and found in the DGS database for SBs at onlineprior. b. Declaration of Eligibility for Small Business Preference: Proposers that seek to qualify for the Small Business preference shall complete the Declaration of Eligibility for Small Business Preference included in the Price Proposal Form (Exhibit 4). Small Business Proposers that fail to complete the Declaration of Eligibility for Small Business Preference may not be eligible for the Small Business preference. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.