HAWAII - HILO VET CENTER - RELOCATION

What they want

• 3,844 to 5,189 ABOA square feet of contiguous space (no more than 5,189 rentable square feet) inside the bounded Hilo area of consideration, in a modern, sound building
• 20 reserved surface parking spaces (0 structured), secured and lit, with the cost included in the rent
• Landlord designs and builds the tenant improvements to the Vet Center specs: lobby, reception, offices, group rooms, restrooms, finishes and signage
• Fully serviced lease: utilities, janitorial, basic cable, guest Wi-Fi, and security/CCTV monitoring and maintenance included in the annual rent
• Facility Security Level II systems: video surveillance, intrusion detection, duress alarms, video intercom, access control and nurse call
• Sound isolation (STC 45), a sound masking system and an acoustic field study
• Exterior items: flagpole, VA-approved signage and a 50 amp outlet for the Mobile Vet Center
• Repaint and replace flooring every 5 years at the landlord's expense

What they'll judge offers on

• Factors 1 and 2: not visible in the provided text
• Factor 3: documentation requirement (proposal must give enough information to assess technical merit; missing items can make a proposal unacceptable)
• Factor 4: Experience (design, construction and operating experience, plus A/E and construction team qualifications)
• Present value price evaluation of the offered rent per ABOA square foot over the lease term, discounted at 5 percent

What to include when you submit

• Do not fill in the sample lease. Put rent and price data on the Proposal to Lease Space (GSA Form 1364).
• Experience Narrative covering up to five relevant projects completed in the past three years
• Past performance questionnaires from references, emailed to the Lease Contracting Officer with the subject line containing 36C24W23R0031 and the offeror name
• SF 330 for each firm on the design team, with license copies for the architect/engineer of record
• GSA Form 527 for the offeror, general contractor, mechanical contractor and electrical contractor, plus state license copies
• Signed letter from an authorized representative confirming the offeror's socio-economic status
• Seismic forms A through D as pre-award submittals, completed by the offeror or its engineer
• FAR 52.204-24 telecommunications representation (Exhibit J)
• Include the offeror's Unique Entity Identifier and keep SAM registration active
• Agency requirements with sensitive information are available only on request to the Lease Contracting Officer
• How and where to deliver the offer is in the Receipt of Lease Proposals paragraph (3.02), which is not in the provided text

You must have

• Small business set-aside (total). The offeror must be a small business under NAICS 531120.
• Signed letter from an authorized representative confirming the offeror's socio-economic status a signed letter from an authorized representative is sent, which confirms the offering entities’ socio-economic status.
• Active SAM registration at time of award, kept active through performance An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM at time of award, and shall maintain registration
• Design team of licensed professionals (architecture, structural, civil, mechanical, fire protection, electrical, interior design, low voltage) with state license copies for the A/E of record The design team shall include licensed or registered professionals in good standing providing the following
• Low-voltage designers must be BICSI-certified; installers need manufacturer credentials for the special systems Low-voltage designers shall be BICSI-certified for structural cabling.
• The entity that owns or leases the space to VA may not use a federal agency name or acronym in its name Offeror may not use Federal agency name(s) and/or acronym(s)
• Seismic compliance forms (or an exemption) with an engineer's stamp where required Forms A through D are pre-award submittals.
• Offered space must fall in the stated size range and the bounded Hilo area; space over the maximum may be rejected offers exceeding the maximum may be deemed non-responsive

Current contractor

No incumbent or current lessor is named. The title says this is a relocation of the Hilo Vet Center.

Not in the notice text

• How and where to submit the offer (Receipt of Lease Proposals, paragraph 3.02, is not in the provided text)
• Page limits and the full list of submission volumes (Section 3 is mostly cut off)
• Evaluation Factors 1 and 2, their order of importance and the Award Basis paragraph (4.03 is partly cut off)
• Tenant improvement allowance amount, estimated contract value and expected award date
• Seismic zone for Hilo and which seismic forms or retrofit commitments apply
• Correct Davis-Bacon wage rates for Hawaii (the attached wage determination is for Texas)
• Details in the middle of the lease template, the SOW and the security exhibits, which were partly cut off
• GSA Form 1217 (Lessor's Annual Cost Statement) was a scanned file with no readable text
• Whether the RLP deadline of 5:00 PM CST or the notice offset of -05:00 controls