Transcript Connecting in the Caribbean March 16, 2010 El San Juan Hotel Carolina, PR

GSA Public Buildings Service
Connecting in the Caribbean
March 16, 2010
El San Juan Hotel
Carolina, PR
DOING BUSINESS WITH
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE
General Services Administration
The Federal Government’s “Business Manager”
GSA’s Two Business Lines
Federal Acquisition Service
Public Building Service
Public Buildings Service
The Federal Government’s “Real Estate Manager”
Public Buildings Service
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The Real Estate arm of the General Services Administration
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Full Service = Build, Maintain, Lease and Secure
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Provides work environments for over 1.1 million Federal
employees nationwide
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Owns an inventory of approximately 1,800 Buildings
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Major customers are Justice, Homeland Security, Judiciary,
Treasury, and Social Security Administration.
Public Buildings Service
PBS is the owner/operator of the largest Real
Estate portfolio in the United States.
GSA has a presence in 2,100 communities.
Public Buildings Service
FACTS
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PBS manages 400 Historical Buildings
including 130 national historic landmarks.
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PBS’s Fine Arts Collection includes over
17,000 works of art with 300 works of Artin-Architecture.
Public Buildings Service
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PBS has an annual budget of approximately ten billion dollars*.
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Approximately 95% of our budget is awarded to our contractual
Business Partners for construction, design, repairs, utilities,
maintenance, leased space, landscaping, etc.
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Nationally, approximately 28% of the previous year’s prime
contracts were awarded to small business firms. In addition to
meeting the definition of a small business, 15% were also small
disadvantaged businesses, 6% for small women-owned
businesses and 5% to HUBZone *.
* FPDS Small Business Goaling Report
GSA’s Regional Structure
11 Regional Offices
Boston, MA
Ft. Worth, TX
New York, NY
Denver, CO
Philadelphia, PA
Atlanta, GA
Chicago, IL
Kansas City, MO
San Francisco, CA
Auburn, WA
Washington, DC
Public
Buildings
Service
 New
Northeast and Caribbean Region
York
 New Jersey (northern section)
 Puerto Rico
 U.S. Virgin Islands
Public
Buildings
Service
Northeast and Caribbean Region
Major Business Lines
* Service Centers
* Real Estate Acquisition
* Design and Construction
* Facilities Management & Svc. Programs
* Federal Protective Service (DHS)
Public
Buildings
Service
Northeast and Caribbean Region
Service Centers
What services does this office contract for?
Custodial
Construction
Utilities
Repair & Alterations
Architectural/Engineering
Mechanical Maintenance
Public
Buildings
Service
Northeast and Caribbean Region
Service Centers
***Five Service Centers***
Brooklyn
Syracuse
Newark
Manhattan
San Juan
Public
Buildings
Service
Northeast and Caribbean Region
Real Estate Acquisition
What services does this office contract for?
Real Property Leases
 Reality Brokerage Services
 Space Planning
 Relocation Services
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Public
Buildings
Service
Northeast and Caribbean Region
Design and Construction
What services does this office contract for?
Major Construction
 Major Repair & Alterations
 Architectural/Engineering Services
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Public
Buildings
Service
Northeast and Caribbean Region
Facilities Management and Services Programs Division
What services does this office contract for?
Fire and Life Safety
 Environmental
 Emergency Management
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Department of Homeland Security
formerly of
PBS
Northeast and Caribbean Region
Federal Protective Service
What services does this Department contract for?
Security Guards
 Alarm & Communication Systems
 Security equipment
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Public
Buildings
Service
 New
Northeast and Caribbean Region
York
 New Jersey (northern section)
 Puerto Rico
 U.S. Virgin Islands
Public
Buildings
Service
Northeast and Caribbean Region
Caribbean Portfolio-
7 Federal Buildings
64 Leased facilities
PBS Local Contracting Dollars
In Fiscal year 2010, the Public Buildings
Service local Service Center is
estimated to obligate $10M worth of
contracts in Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
(not including real property leases and ARRA)
PBS Local Contracting Dollars
Of all the Businesses receiving Prime
Contracting awards…
89% to Small Business Concerns
…in addition to being Small71% to Small Disadvantaged Businesses
20% to Woman Owned Small Businesses
3% to Veteran Owned Small Businesses
44% to HUBZone Small Businesses
ARRA
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into
law by President Obama on February 17,
2009. It is an unprecedented effort to
jumpstart our economy, create or save
millions of jobs, and put a down payment on
addressing long-neglected challenges so our
country can thrive in the 21st century.
ARRA- PBS Program in PR
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Modernization of Federico Degetau Federal
Building and the Clement Ruiz Nazario U.S.
Courthouse, San Juan ~ $101.45 MIL
Estimated award date 5/7/2010
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FBI Field Office Consolidation ~ $42.66MIL
New office building- A/E award 3/31/2010. Construction est. 2012
New garage construction- set aside for Small Business-award 3/31/2010
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Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse – High Performance Green Building
Limited Scope Project-recomissioning~ $168k
-award 3/31/2010
Prime Contracting Opportunities
Some Key thresholds
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MICROPURCHASES <$3,000
- Master Card credit card holders
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ACQUISITIONS >$3,000 BUT <$100,000
- Service Centers
- Building/Property Managers
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ACQUISITIONS >$25,000
Federal Business Opportunities Website
www.FedBizOpps.Gov
Special Contracting Programs
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Small Business Set-aside---FAR 19.5
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8(a) set asides (SBA registration)--FAR 19.8
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Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone Program
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--FAR 19.13
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business--FAR 19.14
Women Owned Small Business (coming soon)
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Small Business Set aside ???
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All procurements valued between $3,000 and $100,000
The contracting officer shall set aside any acquisition over $100,000 for
small business participation when there is a reasonable expectation that (1)
offers will be obtained from at least two responsible small business concerns;
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and (2) award will be made at fair market prices.
What is the 8(a) Program???
The 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program?
The SBA's 8(a) BD Program, named for a section of the Small Business Act,
is a business development program created to help small disadvantaged
businesses compete in the American economy and access the federal
procurement market.
The 8(a) Program
The applicant firm
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Must be a small business,
Must be unconditionally owned and controlled by one or
more socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals who are of good character and citizens
of the United States, and
Must demonstrate potential for success.
Federal Contract Benefits –
There are four types of 8(a) contract opportunities:
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Competitive
general policy if > $3M for non-manufacturing
Sole Source
general policy if < $3M for non-manufacturing
Full and open- competitive contracts can be awarded with
a price evaluation adjustment. The offer of the Small
Disadvantaged Business Concern must not be 10 percent
higher than the offer of a non-small business.
Subcontracting- All subcontracting plans for large business
Federal contractors must include Small Disadvantaged
subcontracting goal.
What is a HUBZone ???
HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program
The term HUBZone comes from the phrase, "Historically Underutilized
Business Zone“
The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program is designed to stimulate
economic development and create jobs in urban and rural communities by
providing federal contracting preferences to small businesses. These
preferences go to small businesses that obtain HUBZone certification by
being located in a HUBZone designated area or employing staff who live in
such an area.
Federal Contract Benefits –
There are four types of HUBZone contract opportunities:
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Competitive: Contracts can be set-aside for HUBZone competition
when the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that at least
two qualified HUBZone small business concerns (SBCs) will submit
offers and that the contract will be awarded at a fair market price.
Sole-source: HUBZone contracts can be awarded if the contracting
officer determines that:
only one qualified HUBZone SBC is responsible to perform the contract,
two or more qualified HUBZone SBCs are not likely to submit offers
and the anticipated award price of the proposed contract, including
options, will not exceed $3 million for a requirement within all nonmanufacturing NAICS codes.
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Full and open competitive contracts can be awarded with a price
evaluation preference. The offer of the HUBZone small business must
not be 10 percent higher than the offer of a non-small business.
Subcontracting: All subcontracting plans for large business Federal
contractors must include a HUBZone subcontracting goal.
Service Disabled Veteran Owned SB ???
(a) The Veterans Benefit Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. 657f) created the
procurement program for small business concerns owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans.
(b) The purpose of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Program is to provide Federal contracting assistance to servicedisabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Status as a servicedisabled veteran-owned small business concern is determined in
accordance with 13 CFR Parts 125.8 through 125.13.
Service Disabled Veteran Owned SB ???
A Contracting Officer may set aside a procurement for SDVOSB
competition –
(1) Offers will be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned
small business concerns; and
(2) Award will be made at a fair market price.
(Sole source)
Subcontracting Opportunities
Statutory requirements
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Any contractor receiving a contract for more than the simplified
acquisition threshold must agree in the contract that small
business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled
veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small
disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business
concerns will have the maximum practicable opportunity to
participate in contract performance consistent with its efficient
performance.
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It is further the policy of the United States that its prime
contractors establish procedures to ensure the timely payment
of amounts due pursuant to the terms of their subcontracts with
small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled
veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small
disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business
concerns.
Subcontracting
In negotiated acquisitions, each solicitation of offers to perform a
contract or contract modification, that individually is expected to
exceed $550,000 ($1,000,000 for construction) and that has
subcontracting possibilities, shall require the apparently successful
offeror to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan. If the apparently
successful offeror fails to negotiate a subcontracting plan acceptable
to the contracting officer within the time limit prescribed by the
contracting officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award.
Subcontracting Opportunities
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GSA SUBCONTRACTING DIRECTORY
(www.GSA.GOV) search for “subcontracting directory”
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FORECAST OF GSA CONTRACTING
OPPORTUNITIES (www.GSA.GOV)
search for “forecast”
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FEDERAL BUISNESS OPPORTUNITIES WEBSITE
(www.FBO.GOV)
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GSA, Small Business Utilization sponsored
networking sessions
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SBA subnet (web.SBA.GOV/subnet)
For Additional Information
PBS Regional Procurement Officer
Northeast & Caribbean Region
Warren Hall
(212) 264-4241
[email protected]
Procurement phases
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Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
Evaluation of bids or offers
Award
Notice to Proceed
Contract Administration
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