Attachment 2: Design Build General Requirements

DESIGN BUILD GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

PART 1

1.1

GENERAL

SCOPE

a. This document contains general requirements for performing design/build services for the Department of the Interior and Forest Service.
b. These requirements are supplemented by the project-specific Statement of Work (SOW) requirements issued with each individual task order solicitation. c. Contractor is responsible for the proper performance of the Work and shall correct, at no additional expense, to the Government any errors or omissions in connection with such performance.

1.2

PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Provides all labor, equipment and materials to plan, design and construct a complete project that fulfills the programmatic needs of the Government, is safe, well- integrated into the landscape, relatively easy and low cost to operate and maintain; that is of high quality, durability, and functionality.

1.3

INQUIRIES

Direct any questions in writing to the Task Oder Contracting Officer.

1.4

DEFINITIONS(for the purposes of this document)
A-E means Architect- Engineer.
Construction Documents (CDs) means engineered drawings and specifications suitable for price solicitation and construction; complete with any necessary supporting technical documents such as geotechnical reports, topographic and boundary surveys, design calculations, and descriptive product literature, and similar.
Commissioning is the act of statically and dynamically testing the operation of equipment and facility systems to ensure they operate as designed and can satisfactorily meet the needs of the facility throughout the entire range of operating conditions. Construction is defined as, but not limited to, constructing (giving form by combining the parts), altering, repairing, adding to, subtracting from, improving, restoring, moving, wrecking or demolishing any building, highway, road, excavation or other structure, project, or improvement attached to real estate.
Contracting Officer (CO) is defined as the person with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the United States of America.

COR is the Contracting Officer’s Representative who is explicitly designated in writing by the CO. Contractor is the business entity that is contractually responsible to the Government for accomplishment of the project Work.
DOI means Department of the Interior
FS means Forest Service
ECC means Estimated Cost of Construction; a construction cost proposal prepared by the