Construction for a Secured Federal Building, National Mall Area, Washington, District of Columbia   3

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District (NAB) issues this solicitation for a firm-fixed-price (FFP) design-build (DB) construction contract. This procurement is solicited on an unrestricted basis providing for full and open competition under NAICS 236220 "Commercial and Institutional Building Construction".

Project Description: The Federal Government requires Design/Build (D/B) services to design and upgrade existing windows, doors and city scape for a secured federal building located along the National Mall Area, Washington DC. The project is exempt from District of Columbia's, State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and Construction for a Secured Federal Building, National Mall Area, Washington, District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office (HPO).

The secured federal building is approximately 1M square feet across 8 floors, and has approximately 340, 2-story tall, 5 feet wide by 22 feet tall openings within 2 feet deep alcoves with underfloor induction units. Building will remain occupied. Work will be performed nights typically 8pm to 6am. Work will be performed from behind an enclosed anti-climb engineered scaffold system. Occupied areas will be partitioned off from the construction area.

The same federal building requires approximately 500 linear feet each of two (2) existing city streets at the intersection to move over and provide additional city scape area in front of the building. The redeveloped cityscape area will include sidewalks, streetlights, green area, interlocking granite stone plaza, new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access, and physical security enhancements. The road work is to comply with local DC Government's Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Department of Environment (DDOE) requirements. The design includes street width, sidewalk width, and signal light variances requiring DDOT approval.

In accordance with DFARS 236.204, the magnitude of construction is between $100,000,000 and $250,000,000.