Doing Business With GSA A Step-by-Step Guide to

Doing Business With GSA A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started and Becoming a GSA Contractor Albert J. Garza GSA Small Business Utilization Office Fort Worth, Texas

GSA and the Recovery Plan

President Obama On the Recovery Mandate “What I will need from all of you is unprecedented responsibility and accountability…the American people are watching. They need this plan to work. They expect to see the money they’ve earned, that they’ve worked so hard to earn, spent in its intended purposes without waste, without inefficiency, without fraud. ”

GSA Public Building Service Recovery Act Spending Plan

GSA ARRA Funding by Region AK $427 M Rocky Mountain Region 8 $341 M Northwest/Arctic Region 10 WA $676 M Great Lakes $380 M Region 5 Northeast & MI Caribbean WI $188 M Region 2 MI NY Heartland Region 6 ND MT SD OR ID WY NE $583 M Pacific Rim Region 9 NV UT IL CO KS CA IN OH MO WV NM OK TX AR LA VA NC TN MS AL SC GA GU $353 M Greater Southwest Region 7 FL MD VT NH CT RI MA PR PA KY AZ HI IA ME NJ VI $310 M Mid-Atlantic DC Region 3 $1. 22 b National Capital Region 11 DE $248 M Southeast Region 4 $283 M New England Region 1

Major Construction Projects

New Construction & Building Modernization Projects Greater Southwest Region (R 7) PROJECT YEAR TYPE 1932 Repair/Alteration NM, Columbus U. S. Land Port of Entry Design TX, Austin U. S. Courthouse New Construction TX, El Paso U. S. Courthouse New Construction TX, Houston, G. T Leland Federal Building 1983 Modernization TX, San Antonio Hippolito Garcia U. S. Courthouse 1937 Modernization TX, Galveston U. S. Post Office and Courthouse 1937 Limited Scope AR, Little Rock U. S. Courthouse Charlie Hart, Director, Design and Construction, Greater Southwest Region

Limited Scope Energy Enhancement Projects

Limited Scope Energy Enhancement Projects (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma) Project Location Funding Year ($000) AR, Fayetteville JP Hammerschmidt Fed Bldg/ Courthouse 1974 414 AR, Little Rock Federal Building 1961 2, 400 AR, Little Rock Old Post Office Courthouse 1881 1, 249 LA, Houma Ellender Federal Building Post Office 1972 1, 582 LA, New Orleans H Boggs Federal Building Courthouse 1976 4, 621 LA, Shreveport Courthouse 1993 386 NM, Albuquerque Pete Domenici U. S Courthouse 1998 522 NM, Gallup Federal Building 1972 579 NM, Las Cruces Runnels Federal Building 1974 444 NM, Santa Fe Montoya Federal Building 1963 1, 202 OK, Muskogee Federal Building Courthouse 1915 208 OK, Oklahoma City Federal Building 2003 723 OK, Tulsa U. S. Courthouse 1917 3, 000

Limited Scope Energy Enhancement Projects (Texas) Year Funding ($000) TX, Austin IRS SW Service Center 1963 6, 200 TX, Austin VA Austin Auto Center 1967 10, 041 TX, Corpus Christi Courthouse 2001 292 TX, Farmers Branch The Centre Phase 5 1983 521 TX, Fort Worth F. G. Lanham Federal Building 1966 4, 996 TX, Houston Alliance Tower 1985 1, 512 TX, Houston B Casey Courthouse 1962 808 TX, Houston Labranch Federal Building 1946 520 TX, Laredo Federal Building Courthouse 2004 992 TX, Midland G Mahon Post Office/Courthouse 1970 172 TX, San Antonio AA Spears Judicial Training Center 1968 1, 172 TX, Tyler Federal Building/Courthouse 1976 163 TX, Victoria ML King Jr Federal Building 1960 1, 846 Project Location

Acquisition Procurement & Contracting Vehicles

Region 7 IDIQ Contracts “Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity” • Used for an Indefinite Quantity of Services during a Fixed Period of Time. • Region 7 IDIQ Contracts Encompass a Base Year and Four Option Years. • Task Orders are Issued Against a Base Contract • Allows for Streamlined Acquisitions

IDIQ Construction Contract Zones • • Zone 1: New Mexico Zone 2: El Paso Zone 3: Oklahoma Zone 4: Dallas/Fort Worth Zone 5: Houston/Austin Zone 6: San Antonio Zone 7: Arkansas Zone 8: Louisiana

IDIQ Construction Contract Zones

ESPC’s “Energy Savings Performance Contracts” • ESPC’s are utilized for the Implementation of Energy-Conservation Measures and Building Re-Commissioning. • ESPC’s Don’t Require Up-Front Capital Costs. • ESPC’s are Partnerships Between the GSA and Energy Service Companies (ESCO’s) to Conduct Energy Audits and Identify Energy. Saving Improvement Options.

Regional ESPC’s San Antonio, Texas area Johnson Controls Government Systems Attn: Andrew Morton 507 E. Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 (720)635 -6607

Regional ESPC’s Midland DFW, Texas areas TAC Americas, Inc. Attn: Kevin Vaughn 1650 W. Crosby Road Carrollton, TX 75006 (512)837 -4181

Regional ESPC’s AR, LA, NM and TX (various locations) Siemens Government Services, Inc. Attn: Michael Angerame 1881 Campus Commons Drive, Suite 300 Reston, VA 20191 (508)728 -2850

Regional ESPC’s Oklahoma and Laredo, Texas areas Honeywell International, Inc. Attn: Steven Craig 1985 Douglas Drive North Golden Valley, MN 55422 (513)459 -1641

For More ESPC Information… http: //www 1. eere. energy. gov/femp/financing/espcs. html http: //www 1. eere. energy. gov/femp/financing/espcs_doeescos. html

Upcoming Opportunities NON-RECOVERY • IDIQ for Space Planning • IDIQ for Move and Relocation Services • New Orleans, U. S. Custom House Renovation, Phase 2 Construction • San Antonio, New U. S. Courthouse Design – Short listed A/E firms announced 6/16/09 – www. fbo. gov • Subcontractor/consultant opportunities check

Upcoming Opportunities RECOVERY • New U. S. Courthouse, Austin, TX – Construction Contractor – White Construction, Ken Harrison 512 -302 -1177 • Construction Management Services against FAS contracts – See www. gsaelibrary. gsa. gov/ SIN 871 -7 for details. • Recommissioning Report Review Services - Schedule 03 FAC (Facilities Maintenance and Management), Category 871 -200 (Energy Management, Water Conservation and Support Services) - See www. gsaelibrary. gsa. gov/ Schedule 03 FAC

HOW TO FIND THE WORK § GSA advertises all contracting opportunities on: www. fedbizopps. gov n Information for GSA’s Recovery Act activities: www. gsa. gov/recovery n Direct Recovery Act questions (not found on the above sites): Industry. Relations@gsa. gov or call 1 -866 -727 -8363 n The government’s Recovery Act-related work is tracked on: www. recovery. gov

For More Information… Albert J. Garza Director, Small Business Utilization Office GSA, Greater Southwest Region (7 AE) 819 Taylor Street, Room 1 E 13 A Fort Worth TX 76102 817 -978 -2828 albert. garza@gsa. gov

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For More Information… Albert J. Garza Director, Small Business Utilization Office GSA, Greater Southwest Region (7 AE) 819 Taylor Street, Room 1 E 13 A Fort Worth TX 76102 817 -978 -2828 albert. garza@gsa. gov