Multiple Award IDIQ Contract for Design Build & General Construction Services - New York & New Jersey

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Point of contact: Belkys H. Torres Rivera; belkys.torresrivera@gsa.gov

Set-Aside: The Procurement will be a Total Small Business Set-Aside. See Set Aside Requirements below.  

PSC Code: Z2AA

NAICS Code: 236220

Small Business Size Standard: $45M

2. ACQUISITION DETAILS

2.1 Scope of Work

This is a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) General Construction and Design-Build Construction Services Contract for Federally-Owned and Federally-Leased Space located within Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3 and Zone 4. IDIQ Contractors will be offered the opportunity to submit proposals for general construction and design-build Task Orders under this Contract as described elsewhere in this Statement of Work (SOW) and applicable Contract documents.

The Contractor shall provide professional services for the planning, design, and construction necessary to meet the requirements of the individual Task Orders. Specific requirements of individual Task Orders will be issued by Request For Proposals on a Task Order basis. Task Order services shall be provided according to the general requirements described herein, and as further described in the Task Order Request For Proposals and accompanying documents.

Disciplines and expertise that may be required to accomplish the scopes of the Task Orders include, but are not limited to: architecture, engineering (Disciplines: mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, structural and fire protection), vertical transportation, life safety, code compliance, security, historic preservation, estimating, construction project management and building construction services.

2.2 Place of Performance

The Zones 1, Zone 2, Zone 3 and Zone 4 are detailed below by counties.

Zone 1 - Metropolitan New York City Area (All Federal Buildings and Leased Locations located in the following Counties):

Bronx (NY), Kings (Brooklyn, NY), New York (Manhattan, NY), Queens (NY), Richmond (Staten Island, NY), Suffolk (NY), Nassau (NY), Westchester (NY), Bergen (NJ), Essex (NJ), Hudson (NJ), Middlesex (NJ), Monmouth (NJ), Morris (NJ), Passaic (NJ) and Union (NJ).

Zone 2 - Western Upstate New York (All Federal Buildings and Leased Locations located in the following New York Counties):

Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates.

Zone 3 - Central Upstate New York (All Federal Buildings and Leased Locations located in the following New York Counties):

Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, St. Lawrence, Schuyler, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins.

Zone 4 - Eastern Upstate New York (All Federal Buildings and Leased Locations located in the following New York Counties):

Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren and Washington.

2.3 Period of Performance

2.3.1 IDIQ Level

This IDIQ Contract includes a one-year Base period and four (4) One-Year Options, totaling five (5) years. The Base Year will commence upon the Notice to Proceed, with Base Year services, and end one (1) calendar year from the date specified on the Notice to Proceed. At the end of the Base Year, the Government may elect to exercise the Option for Option Year 1. At the end of each Option Year, the Government may, or may not, elect to exercise the option for the following Option Year.

After award, the Government will issue a written Notice to Proceed to the successful Contractors, who shall provide contractual services via issuance of individual task orders during the twelve-month Base Year period.

The Five-Year Contract may be extended for up to an additional six (6) months pending award of a new (succeeding) follow-on contract (see FAR 52.217-8). It is the intent of the Government to provide for at least thirty (30) calendar days prior notice of intent to exercise this option.

2.3.2 Task Order Level

Each Task Order awarded will state the period of performance and the amount of calendar days allowed to complete the referenced project.

2.4 Contract Magnitude

Per Far 36.204, the magnitude of the entire requirement is more than $10,000,000.00.

2.5 Contract Type

2.5.1 IDIQ Contract:

The Contract will be a Multiple Award IDIQ Contract awarded on a Firm-Fixed Priced basis that will cover four (4) geographical locations: Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3 and Zone 4. It is anticipated that a total of approximately ten (10) Contracts will be awarded for Zone 1 and a total of approximately five (5) Contracts for each Zones 2, 3, and 4 (total of approximately fifteen (15) Contracts). A maximum of approximately twenty-five (25) Contracts will be awarded from this solicitation. However, the Government reserves the right to make more, fewer, or no awards, depending on the results of the evaluation, availability of funding, and the Government’s needs.

An Offeror can submit offers for each Zone and may be awarded for one (1) or more Zones, based on its qualifications and overall ranking determined at Source Selection.

2.5.2 Task Orders:

All subsequent Task Orders will be issued during the ordering period of the Contract’s period of performance. Task orders will be issued on a firm-fixed-price basis. Task orders will be competed amongst all of the awarded IDIQ Contractors on a fair opportunity basis in accordance with FAR 16.507, unless an exception is determined to be appropriate. The value of any Task Orders issued under this Contract will have an overall award value range up to $20,000,000.00.

2.6 Maximum Order Limit

The Maximum Order Limit (MOL)/Contract Ceiling amount for this acquisition is $500,000,000 for the life of all awarded Multiple Award Contracts (five years) and none of the individual IDIQ Contracts will have a maximum order/annual ceiling limitation.

2.7 Set-Aside Requirement

The solicitation set-aside requirements will be identified as seen below:

-This Solicitation is total set-aside for Small Businesses, in accordance with FAR 19.

-There will be a total of approximately ten (10) IDIQ Awards for Zone 1 and a total of approximately five (5) IDIQ awards for each of Zones 2, 3 and 4. A total of approximately twenty-five (25) IDIQ awards for the entire requirement;

-There will be up to one (1) IDIQ award reserved for HubZone for each Zone, with a total of up to four (4) IDIQ awards reserved for HubZones for the entire requirement;

-There will be up to one (1) IDIQ award reserved for Service Disabled Veterans Owned Small Businesses (SDVOB) for each Zone, with a total of up to four (4) IDIQ awards reserved for SDVOSB for the entire requirement;

-There will be up to one (1) IDIQ award reserved for Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) for each Zone, with a total of up to four (4) IDIQ awards reserved for WOSB for the entire requirement;

-Each Offeror’s socioeconomic status will be checked in the System for Award Management on sam.gov at the time of proposal submission and at award for validation purposes in addition to providing any requested supporting documentation for its socioeconomic status requested in the solicitation. An offer will not be evaluated or considered for award if it fails to meet the Small Business size status requirements under NAICS Code 236220- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction;

-An Offeror may submit a proposal for each Zone for award consideration;

-In the event that there is an insufficient number of acceptable Offers with fair and reasonable price from a particular socioeconomic category, then the remaining numbers of IDIQ awards shall go to a Small Business concern.

2.8 Bonding Requirements

2.8.1 IDIQ Level:

Bid guarantees, performance, and payment bonds are not required at proposal submission on the IDIQ level. However, documentation proving the Offeror’s ability to successfully obtain performance and payment bonds with a minimum limit of $10,000,000.00 for single projects and $20,000,000.00 as an aggregate limit will be required.

2.8.2 Task Order Level:

The Offeror shall submit a SF-25 (performance bond) and SF-25A (payment bond) at 100% the awarded Task Order obligated value.

2.9 Solicitation

The Solicitation will only be available electronically. The solicitation can only be obtained by accessing SAM.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information.  Potential offerors must be registered in SAM.gov.  All responsible and qualified small businesses may submit a proposal in response to the solicitation, and the proposal will be considered by the agency.  Inquiries concerning the requirement should be directed to the following email address: belkys.torresrivera@gsa.gov.

An Offeror's mailing list will NOT be prepared nor distributed by the Contracting Officer, as it is the Offeror’s responsibility to register at the sam.gov website. 

The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation, either before or after the proposal opening with no obligation to the Offeror by the Government.

2.9.1 Solicitation Amendments

Amendments to the solicitation shall be posted on sam.gov. Paper copies of the amendment(s) WILL NOT be individually mailed. No other notification of amendment(s) shall be provided. Offerors are reminded that they are responsible for obtaining and acknowledging all amendments to this solicitation prior to the time for receipt of offers. Offerors should re-visit the sam.gov website periodically for updates.

Disclaimer: The official solicitation package is located on the official Government web page and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Websites are occasionally inaccessible due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will not issue paper copies of this solicitation.

2.10 Award Methodology

This solicitation will be executed pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.103-3 (RFO-2025-15), Highest technically rated with a fair and reasonable price approach. Pursuant to FAR Clause 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition, and FAR 15.203 (RFO-2025-15), the Government intends to evaluate proposals and make competitive awards without negotiations with offerors although it reserves the right to negotiate should it be determined to be necessary. Competitive proposals shall be evaluated and assessed based on the factors specified in this solicitation.

2.11 Communications and Questions

Communications and Questions on this Pre-Solicitation Notice shall include "47PC0225R0015 - New York Multiple Award IDIQ Contract for Design Build & General Construction Services" in the e-mail subject line and may include a specific subject matter requirement or question.

Email is the required method when receiving responses. No telephone calls will be accepted.

Requests for Information (RFIs) shall be submitted to the points-of-contact listed in the solicitation notice by the RFI due date and time. All RFIs received after this date will not be accepted/answered. Therefore, it is important to thoroughly review the solicitation package and submit RFIs by the due date and time.