Renovation of a municipal facility in Alexandria, Virginia. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for informational purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS. Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses do not affect a potential offeror's ability to respond to any future synopsis/solicitation. The Government will not provide reimbursement for any information that may be submitted in response to this notice. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this notice. This notice is a market survey being conducted solely to determine whether there are adequate Small Business contractors for the following proposed procurement. The General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service (PBS), Region 3, is seeking information on technically capable, and otherwise responsible, general contractors (GC), subcontractors and any interested parties for the anticipated solicitation. Location of Services: Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse 401 Courthouse Square Alexandria, VA 22314-5797 Description of Intended Contract: The General Services Administration (GSA) requires repairs and modernizations that fulfill the requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed in 2022 with the goal of substantially lowering greenhouse gas emissions and incorporating emerging and sustainable technologies. Components affected include but are not limited to Lighting, HVAC, and Building Automation Systems (BAS) in the Albert V Bryan Courthouse (AVB). This contract will be funded by IRA and thus contain numerous specific requirements, regarding pricing, invoicing, submittals, materials, and construction, among others. This project will utilize the Design-Bid-Build (DBB) delivery method. The architect of record is Summer Consultants. The 95% construction documents are anticipated to be completed in January 2025 with 100% construction documents to follow. Project Background: GSA's intention is to repair and modernize aging systems in the Albert V. Bryan Courthouse. The courthouse was built in 1995, is federally-owned, metropolitan-based, and serves as the Eastern District of Virginia that can seat fifteen judges and has a high operational activity each day, housing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Marshall Service (USMS) among others. This project will fulfill the sustainable technology goals dictated in the IRA for reduced lifecycle costs, betterment for the environment, and quality of life improvement for the Courthouse tenants. This may include meeting LEED gold, making sustainable updates to the systems affected, and preparing to be net zero ready. Project Summary Description: Briefly, and without force and effect upon contract documents, work of contract can be summarized as follows: 1. Task 1: Chiller Plant Upgrades a. Base Bid: Replace chillers, chilled water pumps and isolation valves. Upgrade the chilled water side of the plant to a variable primary system type with properly sized pumps, bypasses, DDC controls, and accessories. Demolish glycol system and plate and frame secondary loop heat exchangers and associated pumps. c. Bid Alternate: Provide variable speed screw chillers instead of centrifugal magnetic bearing chillers. c. Bid Option: Replace condenser water pumps and associated valve trains. 2. Task 2: Lighting System Replacement: This will include existing lighting replacement with LEDs and a new full occupancy and daylighting controls system throughout the building, and new conduit and cabling where required. The building is 536k SF and has standard courthouse, administration, and building maintenance areas of use. The new system is targeted for a deep dive energy reduction of 40% using new settings according to the Energy Analysis Dept at Berkeley National Laboratory. a. Replacement and improvement of all interior building lighting systems. Includes demolition and installation of conduit and conductors for lighting. b. Bid Option: Replace garage and exterior lighting system. 3. Task 3: Controls Upgrades: A new secure BAS system that replaces the obsolete existing one and adds/replaces all end devices, air and water side controls on AHUs and VAVs, and other metering devices that increase the efficiency of the building. Devices include but are not limited to sensors for temperature, humidity, static pressure, carbon dioxide, differential pressure, airflow measurement, control valves, actuators, freezestat, etc. a. Base Bid: Provide upgraded non-proprietary native BACnet control components with proprietary Tridium Niagara Framework and front end (with native BACnet driver) control components. Provide control devices, programming, and graphics for the chilled water plant and AHUs 1 thru 20. b. Bid Option 1: Provide control devices, programming, and graphics for all fan powered terminal boxes. a. Bid Option 2: Provide control devices, programming, and graphics for lighting controls, RTUs and ACUs. b. Bid Option 3: Provide control devices, programming, and graphics for electrical panel metering and all exhaust/ventilation fans. Contract Type: The project is anticipated to be firm-fixed price with a base and priced options. Project Funding: This project will be funded by the IRA and requires use of emerging and sustainable technologies, targeting an overall energy reduction of 40% from 2019 and implementation of ASHRAE 36. Proposal and construction documents will be broken down per Tranche. Discussion will follow on phasing of funds and subsequent execution of construction. The estimated cost of construction ranges from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. Size Standard: The applicable NAICS code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional building construction, and the small business size standard is $45 million. Selection Procedures: The anticipated contract will be procured utilizing source selection procedures as described in FAR PART 15.3 to select the firms offering the best value to the Government in terms of price and technical merit and whose performance is expected to best meet stated Government requirements. Accordingly, award will be made using best-value, source-selection procedures incorporating tradeoffs between price-related and non-price related factors where non-price factors are considered more important than price. Response Information: Interested contractors shall complete the form located in the Attachments/Links section of this notice no later than October 28, 2024 by 2:00PM Eastern Standard Time. If the contractor is unable to complete this form through the google form, they shall complete the attached form and return to the contracting officer no later than date specified by email at ching.hung@gsa.gov, and the contract specialist cc: connor.eagan@gsa.gov . Responses to this Sources Sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested Small Business contractors are encouraged to submit responses. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. After review of the information received, a solicitation may be published on www.Sam.Gov. A determination by the Government to proceed with the acquisition as a set-aside is within the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer. The Method of Contractor Selection has not been determined at this Time