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GSA Small Project Qualifications Procurement Guide
- 1. Small Projects Created by: Property Managers of Public Buildings Service
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- This is a presentation about how we maintain our buildings – Federal office buildings and courthouses.
- Security Clearance: Contractors need to ready for the procedures to obtain working passes inside federal buildings. For example, Fingerprinting and provide SS# Asbestos Awareness: Contractors need to be familiar with abatement and containment procedures Experiences and Past references: Contractors need to provide information on various past project assignments Certifications: Need to be certified to handle asbestos containment or abatement projects. Also, electrical, welding, concrete projects
- IDIQ: Usually, there are five firms on IDIQ (need to describe) GSA can sole source an 8(A), but if there price is not fair and reasonable GSA can decide to select another contractor Under $3,000.00 GSA considers it a micro purchase (credit card), If project is expected to cost more than $3,000.00 ,then property managers collect 3 bids. Of the 3, many factors are considered: price qualifications, past references, experience, security may be a factor of it is a an extensive project. Prices need to be in a competitive range: Low balling a price is not acceptable Socioeconomic category carries sole sourcing authority – 8(a) is the major one, but we also take set-aside contractors into consideration as well. We can accept 3 bids from set-aside category. I.E, Hubzone, SDVOB, 8(a) FBO.GOV: Work that exceeds $100K
- Carpet: Ranging from 500 square feet to 4,000 square feet, including remove and installing cove base Electrical/Data work: Installing outlets/Core drilling. Understanding the floor duct system in federal buildings Paint: Drywall partitions and ornamental iron Build-outs: Installing drywall partitions, doors, locksets, etc.
- There are projects that exceed $25,000.00, but the contractors are carefully selected. Past work experience in the federal facility is a major factor. Contractors get the knowledge of the building infrastructure. For those projects exceeding $100K, another office handles the procurement and management.
- Preference (Everyone’s different) Avoid harassing Property Managers with frequent e-mails or phone calls. In an e-mail, state specifically your strongest suit as a contractor. They will contact you if a project requires strengths.
- Reliability: Correct issues in a prompt time period. Be respondent to phone calls or e-mails. Reasonable pricing/Labor rates: Contractors need to become familiar with the present fiscal year DOL wages. Communication: A contractor who communicates effectively with a building manager and is willing to explain the project while it is in progress.
- Ineffective communication: A contractor who is reluctant to assist when needed Examples of overpricing: Plasma screens, coaxial cables, hardware for doors, etc.
- Up until now, we’ve been talking about services procured by the building managers office. These services procured by Contracting Officers. They post projects on fbo.gov, or they sole source to an 8(a) firm. They may also use the IDIQ contracts to procure the services.
- Electrical: Switchboard/Generators Renovations: tenant & GSA financed HVAC: New chillers and cooling towers Structural: Repointing of building, Local II, Sidewall repair/renew
- Mostly between 100 to 700 for office renovation.
- Provide the above briefly: I read allot of these, percentage of work by your people. Indicate SDVOSB, Disadvantaged, HUBZONE, Women owned, etc Different centers: NJ, Upstate, Brooklyn, PR. Manhattan, No one stop shopping.
- Expertise: Plumbing, electrical, HVAC, AV, Carpet, CCTV, Millwork. Do you have people in house? Electrical contractors do well. Do you have a license or installer certification? Epoxy injection, coatings roofing.
- Our buildings in NYC are all high profile, something is happening everyday. Madoff, pirate trial, FBI round up, bankruptcies. Security clearances: We have had people arrested. Don’t thing you’ll get over just because it’s a govt job.