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Originally Posted by i-215
Yup. In my story I said something to the effect of "this is going to make some winning bidder very happy. Albeit, it's not a project for your average contractor. Bonding is set at $750-million." Hope I understood the document right.
https://www.fbo.gov/iecndex?s=opport...=core&_cview=1
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I-215: After two years if reading and posting on this forum, I finally found a topic that I actually have some first-hand knowledge of (sort of). My business is developing proposals to the Federal government, much like the Utah NSA construction job. The problem is that we seldom do construction proposals because they are usually pretty cut and dried, and there is not much opportunity for us, at least that's my excuse for letting a $750M RFP drop, and I had no idea of the program.
That said, I went into one of our databases and pulled up some information that might be interesting. Here's a listing of the likely bidders on the job:
Likely Bidders
Company Name Current Prime Current Sub Likely Prime Likely Sub
AECOM Yes
American Systems Corporation (ASC) Yes
Balfour Beatty Construction LLC Yes
Bechtel Group Yes
Big-D Construction Yes
Bryan Construction, Inc. Yes
Caddell Construction Co. Inc Yes
Clark Construction Group, LLC Yes
Fluor Corporation Yes
Hensel Phelps International LLC Yes
HNTB Corporation Yes
Johnson Controls, Government Systems Yes
Kiewit Construction Yes
M.A. Mortenson Company Yes
McCarthy Building Companies Inc Yes
NJVC, LLC Yes
Okland Construction Yes
Perini Corporation Yes
RTKL Associates, Inc. Yes
Siemens Corporation Yes
Skanska Yes
Turner Construction Company Yes
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, The Yes
If I had to bet, I would pick either Kiewit or Fluor as the front runners because they have extensive experience in building large data centers.
This is a two-step procurement, meaning the first-phase is for Architectural and Engineering services (design, design, design). The construction phase will follow.
Love to see a local company, like Big D, play in this game, but I suspect they would be way in over their heads because of all the technical stuff required, such as cooling all those super-computers.
Finally, please note that the RFP says there will be 900K of floor space for admin and technical support. If we say 20K is the average sq. footage of a floor in 222 So. Main and if this building were a high-rise, it would be 45-stories, WITHOUT the computers. Of course, this building is going to be wide, not tall. But 900K sq.ft. of admin and tech support floor space tells me there are going to be lots and lots of jobs associated with this center. I thought the original estimate was only about 100 jobs. My guess is that you can times that figure by 10 or more!!!!