[font=Verdana]The General Services Administration (GSA) Great Lakes Region announces an opportunity for construction services for the complete demolition and build-out of office space on the 29th floor of the [/font][font=Verdana]A.J.[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Celebrezze[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Federal[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Building[/font][font=Verdana] located at [/font][font=Verdana]1240 E. Ninth St.[/font][font=Verdana] in [/font][font=Verdana]Cleveland[/font][font=Verdana], [/font][font=Verdana]Ohio[/font][font=Verdana]. The work on the 29th floor includes build-out of a new elevator lobby and public corridor, upgrades to the fire life safety systems and installation of a new HVAC system. Also included in this project is the renovation of public restrooms on approximately twenty floors throughout the building. The estimated cost of this project falls with the range of $5.0 million to $10.0 million, with an anticipated project duration of approximately thirteen months (13). The construction portion of the project is estimated to begin in July 2006. A qualified contractor will be selected using a best-value source selection procedure, in accordance with Part 15 of the FAR. Moreover, this will be a lump sum, fixed-price contract open to all business concerns in accordance with the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program. The award will be made to the responsible Offeror, whose offer conforms to the solicitation and offers the best value to the Government, considering the technical factors and the evaluated price. For this procurement, the technical factors will be significantly more important than price. The technical evaluation factors will include past experience on similar projects and past performance on similar projects. Small Business Participation: This procurement is open to both large and small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 with a small business size standard of $31.0 million. Although this procurement is not set aside for small businesses, small firms including women-owned, minority-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned, and service disabled veteran-owned business are strongly encouraged to participate in this project. Each large firm will be required to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan that meets, and preferable exceeds, the subcontracting target goals established by the Small Business Administration (SBA). An acceptable subcontracting plan must be reviewed and approved by the SBA prior to award of this contract. Small businesses are not subject to this requirement. However, all firms seeking consideration for this contract will need to demonstrate a proactive effort to achieve the highest possible subcontracting goals for local business participation. Contractors will submit a written narrative (limited to one typed page) along with their offers that outlines their outreach efforts made to utilize local firms. In order to receive the benefit of a price evaluation preference as a HUBZone small business concern, firms must be certified by the SBA. Please refer to the SBA website at http://www.sba.gov for details. Joint Ventures: Joint ventures or firm/consultant arrangements will be considered and evaluated on a demonstrated interdependency of the members to provide a quality contractor team effort. Proposal Submission Requirement: The solicitation package will only be available electronically. It will be available on or about [/font][font=Verdana]May 3, 2006[/font][font=Verdana]. The solicitation will not be available on the FedBizOpps website. Potential Offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information. The solicitation cited above can only be obtained by accessing a secure website known as the Federal Technical Data Solution (FedTeDS). FedTeDS is a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition information. Potential Offerors must register on the FedTeDS website to have access to solicitation material. This registration includes providing a Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). For additional information, visit the FedTeDS website, http://www.fedteds.gov or the CCR website, http://www.ccr.gov. There will be a pre-proposal conference to permit prospective Offerors the opportunity to clarify any concerns regarding the RFP, and tour the facility on [/font][font=Verdana]May 18, 2006[/font][font=Verdana] at [/font][font=Verdana]10 am[/font][font=Verdana] at the [/font][font=Verdana]A.J.[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Celebrezze[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Federal[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Building[/font][font=Verdana], located at [/font][font=Verdana]1240 E. Ninth St.[/font][font=Verdana] in [/font][font=Verdana]Cleveland[/font][font=Verdana], [/font][font=Verdana]Ohio[/font][font=Verdana]. The offer due date and time for receipt of proposals will be [/font][font=Verdana]June 2, 2006[/font][font=Verdana] at [/font][font=Verdana]3:00 P.M.[/font][font=Verdana] (Central Standard Time). Any questions regarding this amendment should be directed to Abdulrahman Habeeb at (312) 353-5563.[/font]