The General Services Administration’s Office of Small Business Utilization and Hoar Construction LLC are holding a networking session for small businesses on Feb. 8, 2018 in Savannah, Georgia.
Background
On Sept. 28, 2017, GSA awarded a contract in the amount of $22,819,862 to Hoar Construction of Birmingham, Alabama to design and build the new Tomochichi Courthouse Annex in Savannah. Since Hoar is not a small businesses, the firm is required to develop an acceptable small business subcontracting plan in accordance with FAR 19.7. The event being planned on Feb. 8th is designed to facilitate small business participation in the project.
The scope of design/build contract includes: design/construction documents and construction work, consisting of all labor, equipment, and materials for a complete build-out. The project includes space for one bankruptcy courtroom and chambers, the bankruptcy clerk, and space for the U.S. Probation Office. The total space requirement is approximately 35,000 square feet of office space and 11,000 square feet of parking for 25 cars, for a total of 46,000 gross square feet, available for personnel, furnishings and equipment, with occupancy planned for the year 2020. The newly constructed Courthouse Annex will be located on GSA-owned property, on a site between Barnard Street, West Your Street, Whitaker Street, and West State Street in Savannah.
Networking Event
Prospective attendees at the small business networking event are to register their company with the GSA Contacting Officer listed below via email. Due to space availability, the GSA asks that no more than two (2) persons per firm be represented. Call-in reservations will not be accepted. The networking session is intended to review the scope of the project, review the project site, and conduct a GSA Small Business Networking forum among attendees.
Contact information: Swindale Rhodes, Contracting Officer, Email: swindale.rhodes@gsa.gov
Date and Time: February 8, 2018, 1:30 pm
Location of Event: 124 Barnard Street, J.G. Lowe “B” Building, 3rd Floor, Savannah, GA 31401
