Design Build Fire Alarm and Fire Suppression System Modernization; Anchorage, Alaska

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE:  Design Build Fire Alarm and Fire Suppression System Modernization in the Historic Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska.This is a Sources Sought notice issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.201.  This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.  An award will not be made on responses or offers received in response to this notice.The purpose of this notice is to publicize a contracting opportunity and determine availability of qualified Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Women Owned Small Businesses or HUBZone Small Businesses capable of performing Design-Build Construction Services for Fire Alarm and Fire Suppression System Modernization.  Design Build Construction Services includes design services, construction services and

commissioning of the system. Place of performance is Anchorage, Alaska.Responses to this notice will be used for information and planning purposes only and shall not be constructed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government.  This notice is intended strictly for market research.Synopsis:  The General Services Administration has a requirement for design-build construction services for modernization of the Fire Life Safety System 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 of the U-shaped (as seen on a floorplan). 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.The objective of this project is a system replacement including design to replace the current fire alarm control panel(s), conductors and associated devices at the Anchorage Historic Federal Building. The scope of work includes installation of a fully operational and code compliant Fire Suppression System. The current fire panel that serves the Courthouse has reached the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced. Siemens is the manufacturer of the current fire alarm panel, Desigo Modular System. The Siemens Desigo Modular will allow the existing control panel to be expanded to support the voice evacuation requirements and upgrade of the wiring to CLASS A as required by the GSA Region 10. The project will include the replacement of the complete fire alarm system to include all control panels, devices, wiring, and addition of new conduits and/or risers where necessary to ensure a fully functional, code compliant class “A” system when the project is completed.  The scope of work for fire suppression sprinkler system will also consist of design and installation of a complete, code compliant fire sprinkler system throughout the entire facility. The existing fire suppression system has been partially installed (Basement and risers) and needs to be extended throughout entire facility.The design-build construction must consider the GSA’s historic preservation plan for the building and potential impacts to historic character defining features. Pathways for both fire alarm conduit and fire suppression piping are to be fully hidden in the building to maintain the character and historic “fabric” of the building.  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.No assumption of current systems code compliance should be made. Contractor will be responsible for the complete design and installation which conforms to all current codes and standards. All electrical connections, terminations and integration to existing equipment will be the responsibility of installing contractor and all costs for associated effort will be included in cost proposal. All as-built information provided by GSA must be field verified by contractor prior to design.The applicable North American Industry Classification Code for this project is 238210 – Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors.  The Small business size standard for NAICS 238210 is $16.5 million (US Dollars).Contractors/Offerors shall be actively registered in the US Governments’ System for Award Management (SAM) as a 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.The magnitude of this project for design and construction is between $4 Million and $4.2 Million (US Dollars).The period of performance for the proposed project is 22 months after Notice to Proceed.This potential project acquisition is being considered for a set aside for small business concerns.Basis of award is expected to be a best value/trade-off selection process considering both price and non-price factors.A pre-solicitation notice will be posted on www.sam.gov website on approximately September 15, 2021.Sources Sought Submission Requirements:The Government is requesting that interested parties capable of satisfying the requirements identified in this notice to furnish the following information to the Contracting Officer, Amy Heusser at amy.heusser@gsa.gov.Company name and addressPoint of contact for companyPOC phone number and email addressData Universal Numbering System (DUNS) NumberSBA Socio-Economic Status  (Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business)Overview of your company with brief information on recent (within the past five years) and relevant experience with design-build fire life safety systems in historic buildings.  Information should include the dollar value of the contract, type of contract, customer name and location of the contract. Statement of bonding capability. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to amy.heusser@gsa.gov no later than 3:00 PM, Alaska Time on September 10, 2021.   Each response will be reviewed by the Contracting Officer for the purpose of determining whether there exists a reasonable expectation of obtaining a sufficient number of offers from qualified and responsible small business concerns and the socio-economic category of firms providing responses to this notice.  All information provided in response to this notice with be used for market research purposes only.THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND NOT A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OR  SOLICITATION NOTICE