Amendment 6: PPI Responses

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3.3, Factor 1
(i)

Factor 1 defines relevant PEMB is not acceptable.
Scope as "New
construction of a multistory laboratory or
industrial facility
utilizing structural steel
framing," and further
states that preengineered building
systems will not be
considered relevant. To
be clear, this inquiry is
not directed at the design
of the P084 or P1016
facilities. We understand
and acknowledge that
these facilities are
designed as
conventionally built
masonry and structural
steel buildings and are
not pre-engineered metal
building (PEMB)
systems, and this inquiry
does not seek any
change to the design or
to the required means of
construction. The inquiry
is directed solely at how
prior experience is
evaluated for relevancy
under Factor 1. Within
the industrial and test
facility market, PEMB
systems are a
predominant delivery
method for facilities of
this size and use
classification. The
practical effect of
excluding PEMB
projects from relevancy
consideration is
therefore not to filter out
unqualified offerors, but
to disqualify a
substantial share of the
genuinely comparable
industrial-facility

experience held by
capable firms simply
because of the
superstructure system
selected by a prior
owner's designer -- a
decision outside the
constructor's control.
From an execution
standpoint, the elements
that drive risk and
Government interest on a
project of this nature -site development and
earthwork, foundations,
underground utilities and
stormwater systems,
mechanical and
electrical systems,
telecommunications,
high-bay erection
sequencing, safety,
security, quality control,
commissioning, and
schedule management -are substantially
equivalent whether the
superstructure is a
PEMB system or
conventional fielderected masonry and
structural steel. Request
the Government revise
Factor 1 to allow new
construction projects
utilizing pre-engineered
metal building systems
to be evaluated as
Relevant for industrial
and test facility use
classifications, provided
all other Size, Scope,
and Complexity
requirements are met.
This revision would
increase the number of
capable offerors able to
demonstrate relevant
experience without
reducing the level of