Construction Contract for Tenant Improvements and Modernization in the Historic Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska.

Pre-solicitation Notice:  Construction Contract for Tenant Improvements and Modernization in the Historic Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska.The General Services Administration (GSA), Region 10 announces an opportunity for a construction contract for Tenant Improvements and Modernization  in the Historic Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska.  NOTE: GSA PBS Region 10 will NOT be maintaining a manual list of interested vendors.   The Solicitation will be all-electronic including amendments.  All documents will be posted on the https://SAM.gov website, with secure access required for Controlled Unclassified Information - Building documentation.  Access requirements will be provided in the Solicitation.Project Background/Description::  The General Services Administration has a requirement for Construction Contract for Tenant Improvements and Modernization in the Historic Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska. The Anchorage

Federal Building, informally known as the "Historic Federal Building" (HFB, AK0001AN), is a circa 1930’s reinforced concrete building, with 3 floors, a basement, a flat roof, and a parapet. The building was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, noted architect of National Parks lodges and many federal buildings in the western United States. It is built in the style characterized as "New Deal Concrete," constructed of cast-in-place concrete with steel reinforcement, featuring tall, vertical windows. The building survived Anchorage's 9.2 magnitude earthquake of 1964 and the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in 2018, thanks to its robust construction and low profile. The HFB is located in the center of Anchorage’s Central Business District (CBD) and was completed in 1939.  It originally housed a post office, a courthouse, and other miscellaneous federal agencies. The building was expanded in 1941, almost immediately after the original building completion in 1939, to house additional agencies, and in 1958, the building was expanded again to house a Territorial Courtroom. The final addition occurred in 1991, when a warehouse was constructed for NARA in what was formerly the open courtyard space. The NARA warehouse was then converted in 2019 into a parking garage, and it is attached to the building via an enclosed walkway.The Anchorage Historic Federal Building is currently listed on the Secretary of Interiors historical register and therefore all work will be in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior standards for the treatment of historic properties, requirements of the Anchorage Courthouse/FOB preservation plan and U.S. General Services Administration’s technical guidelines and contract documents.Project Scope:  The objective of this project is for tenant improvements and modernization of office space for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Historic Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska.  The work has been fully designed.  This contract will be for construction only. This project proposes to develop 11,042 USF for ICE in the Anchorage Historic Federal Building.  ICE will occupy most of the west wing and some of the south wing of the lower level, and the entire lower level “NARA Admin” area of the 1958 addition.The construction contractor must consider the GSA’s historic preservation plan for the building and potential impacts to historic character defining features. Construction must avoid impacts that diminish the historic integrity of character defining features.  Construction must avoid compromising of facilities structural integrity.  The facility will remain fully occupied during construction.Competition:  Set-aside for HUBZone small business concerns.  NAICS: The applicable North American Industry Classification Code for this project is 236220 – General Construction Contractors.  The Small business size standard for NAICS 236220 is $39.5 million (US Dollars).Contractors/Offerors shall be actively registered in the US Governments’ System for Award Management (SAM) as a HUBZone small business for this solicitation’s NAICS code at the time of receipt of proposal.  Contractors/Offerors are required to have a SAM unique entity identifier number (UEI) and an active registration in SAM (www.sam.gov) in order to conduct business with the Federal Government.Project Magnitude: The estimated cost for design and construction is between $3.5 Million and $4.0 Million (US Dollars).The Period of Performance for the proposed project is 345 calendar days after Notice to Proceed.Procurement Strategy:   The construction contractor will be selected using Best Value Source Selection pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Single-Phase Source Selection Procedures, FAR Subpart 36.3, Source Selection Procedures, and FAR subpart 15.3.   For this contract award process, GSA will issue one solicitation.  Basis of award is expected to be a best value selection process considering both price and non-price factors.Contract Award: GSA PBS Region10 contemplates awarding a Firm Fixed Price (FFP)  type contract as a result of the forthcoming solicitation.SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE:  The RFQ  will be issued electronically on or about 06/20/2022 via https://www.SAM.gov.CLOSING DATE:  The estimated closing date for receipt of Proposals will be 08/02/2022.THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PRICE OR TECHNICAL PROPOSALS.Contracting Office Address: 222 W. 7th Ave. Room #151Anchorage, Alaska 99513Place of Performance:Historic Federal Building605 W. 4th AvenueAnchorage, Alaska 99501Primary Point of Contact: Amy HeusserContracting Officeramy.heusser@gsa.govPhone: 907-227-8491