This procurement is being solicited on an unrestricted basis to large and  small businesses. Request for Proposals (RFP) Notice for a Firm Fixed Price  Contract for Historic Restoration at the U.S. Courthouse, 131 East 4th  Street, Davenport, IA 52801. JOB PCN: RIA26950. This procurement will be  made under full and open competition under the Small Business Demonstration  Program. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for  this project is 236220 with a size standard of $31 million. RFP will be issued  on or about 11/20/2006. Estimated cost range of the work is between $100,000  and $250,000. Time for completion is 150 calendar days from Notice to  Proceed. The Contractor shall provide all labor, material, and disposal  required to renovate the building?s interior and exterior as shown and as  specified. This work includes, but is not limited to, demolition, stone  restoration and cleaning, wood restoration, finishes, metal work, plumbing  fixtures and any associated electrical and mechanical work. Work consists of  a base and five options as follows. Base proposal price will be to a) clean,  repair, and refinish of the wood paneling, wainscot, trim, doors and surrounds  within the second floor historic District Judge?s Chambers, reception area and  adjacent offices b) Repair damaged marble wainscots, trim, and wall base  within the first second and third floor public areas c) Clean and seal of the  historic marble floor paving within the first floor east and west lobby  alcoves and the third floor public areas. Option 1 is to provide repair of  damaged floor paving and spot clean adjacent flooring at the first, second,  and third floor public, restricted and secured circulation areas. Option 2 is  to replicate in kind and replace one (1) missing vertical mullion at the  bottom panel of the window immediately west of the east public entrance bay.  Option 3 is to renovate the toilet room within the District Judge?s Chambers.  Option 4 is to replace existing metal base with new wood base within District  Judge?s Chambers. Option 5 is for additional cost associated with performing  the work identified under Division 6, Section 06405 Cleaning and Refinishing  Woodwork after Government Occupied Hours. This is a competitive negotiated  acquisition. Proposals (Technical and Price) will be evaluated by the  Government using source selection procedures. The Government intends to use  the best value concept in making selection for award. The best value concept  is a method of evaluating technical qualifications and price as specified in  the solicitation; which in the Government?s estimation, provides the greatest  overall benefit in response to the requirement. The RFP will be issued on or  about 11/20/2006. Proposals shall be received on or about 12/20/2006. Only  one proposal may be submitted by each offeror. Offerors should submit  proposals that are acceptable without additional explanation or information,  as the Government may make a final determination regarding a proposal?s  acceptability solely on the basis of the initial proposal submitted. The  Government may make an award without discussions. Therefore, offerors will be  requested to submit initial proposals to the Government on the most favorable  terms from a technical and price standpoint. However, the Government may  request additional information from offerors that is considers having a  reasonable chance of being selected and may discuss proposals with the  offerors. Two factors will be considered: technical evaluation factor and  price. The elements that make up the technical evaluation factors are: (1)  Experience of the Firm (2) Past Performance of the Firm (3) Qualifications of  Key Personnel and (4) Management and Technical Approach. The technical factor  is more important than the price factor. As proposals become more equal in  the technical merits, price becomes more important. The RFP will be available  from the General Services Administration (GSA) through the Government Point of  Entry (GPE) on FedBizOpps. All responsible sources may submit a proposal,  which will be considered by the agency. The solicitation will be available  through the Federal Technical Data Solution (FedTeDS) website (fedteds.gov).  FedTeDS is a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified  (SBU) acquisition information. It is fully integrated with other electronic  Government initiatives such as FedBizOpps and the Central Contractor  Registration (CCR) database, and is available for use by all Federal  agencies. At a minimum all vendors must supply the following information:  Your company CCR Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) (You can get  this from your company CCR point of contact), your company DUNS Number or CAGE  code (Contact Dun & Bradstreet at 1-800-333-0505 if you do not have a D&B  Number), your telephone number, and your e-mail address. Once you have  registered with CCR you will be required to register with FedTeDS. No Federal  material can be downloaded until you have registered under both sites. You  may access FedTeDS via the following address: www.fedteds.gov. You will then  be required to access the vendor registration form by selecting the hyperlink  entitled REGISTER WITH FEDTEDS and then choosing the VENDOR REGISTRATION FORM  hyperlink. It is the vendor?s responsibility to monitor FedBizOpps for any  changes and/or conditions. Any offeror submitting a proposal is required by  the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to use the Online Representation and  Certification Application (ORCA). ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes  and standardizes the collection, storage, and viewing of many of the FAR  required representations and certifications previously found in  solicitations. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your  representation and certification information at your convenience via the  Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. To register in ORCA, you will need to have  two items: an active CCR record and a Marketing Partner Identification Number  (MPIN) identified in that CCR record. Your DUNS number and MPIN act as your  company?s ID and password into ORCA. The basic information provided in your  CCR record is used to pre-populate a number of fields in ORCA. Once in ORCA,  you will be asked to review pertinent information pre-populated from CCR,  provide a point of contact, and answer the questionnaire that contains up to  26 questions. The questionnaire is to help you gather information that you  need for your clauses. The questionnaire is not the official version. Be  sure to read the provisions carefully. The answers you provided are then  automatically entered in the actual FAR provisions. You are required to  review your information, as inserted, in context of the full-text provision  for accuracy; acknowledge three additional read-only provisions; and click a  time/date stamp before final submission. You will need to review and/or  update your ORCA record when necessary, but at least annually in order to  maintain active status.