Architectural/Engineering Services for the Marion Barry Building (“MBB”)-Support System Upgrades and Renovations

The District of Columbia (the “District”) Department of General Services (“DGS” or the “Department”), is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to solicit the services of an Architectural/Engineering firm (the “Architect/Engineer” or “A/E”) to provide Architectural/Engineering services for the Marion Barry Building (“MBB”) Support System Upgrades and Renovations project (the “Project”).

MBB is located at 441 4th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, and is an administrative building and currently occupied by over twenty-five District agencies. The building was built and has been occupied since 1990, and has undergone various interior modifications.

The A/E shall survey the building and review existing documentation and provide construction documents to upgrade the existing Air Handling Units (“AHU(s)”) located at Level 1C and Levels 1 through 11, including the Penthouse Level. The building mechanical system including heat pumps, boilers, fuel tanks and exhaust fans supply are located at the Penthouse level. The A/E shall perform a Comprehensive Survey for all MBB floors Level 1C through Penthouse, which will consist of a review of the building deficiency report and Feasibility Study to identify mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (“MEP”) deficiencies, including old fuel tanks, water pumps and water heaters, main water valve, fire suppressions and fire alarms, building sprinkler systems (including tenant spaces).

The (MBB) has two subfloors and eleven floors above grade. It is rectangular in shape and each floor is about 60,000 square feet for a total of approximately 650,000 square feet of usable space. It is occupied and classified as an Administrative Building.

From a systems perspective, the MBB is served by steam boilers with a distribution system to multiple floors. There are areas served by air handlers and chiller systems. Above ground floors are served by air handlers off the original building systems. Plumbing system types are varied and typical for this type of building. Roof drains and storm water piping are original to the building. There is a fire pump system with a dry pipe system and fire hose cabinet. The existing fire alarm system was installed in 2014 using XLS Platform by Siemens Industries, Inc. The lighting and electrical systems are of a variety of types and ages throughout the building. The building is served by two elevator cores, one on the South side and another is on the North side of the building. Each core is occupied by 6 elevators. In addition, there are two sets of freight elevators and one elevator which runs from the parking level to the lobby level. It also has one elevator that runs between the parking garages and the building lobby