Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Courtyard Inflation Reduction Act Waterproofing and Concrete Replacement – Design-Build (DB) Services

Sources Sought Notice:

Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Courtyard Inflation Reduction Act Waterproofing and Concrete Replacement – Design-Build (DB) Services

This is a Sources Sought Notice, only, issued to conduct market research. This is not a request for proposals.

The General Services Administration seeks to survey the market’s interest, capacity and capability for the following anticipated project:

Design and construction services for the renovation of a 23,000 sf courtyard at the Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Federal Office Building and Courthouse in Honolulu, Hawaii. The scope will include a complete waterproofing solution and new paving, new planters and landscaping, courtyard drainage, subsurface infiltration system, fountain remediation, security walls & fencing, handrails, new accessible ramp and stair, site lighting, and new childcare infant playground in the courtyard.

Design-Build scope of services to include all labor, materials, systems and equipment required to provide architectural and engineering design, construction, and other related services necessary to design and construct the PJKK Courtyard IRA project. Related services include, but are not limited to, site planning, geotechnical & structural investigation, historic preservation, environmental mitigations, sitework demolition, and testing and inspection during construction. Design phases will include final design concept submission, design development, and construction document phases.

The DB period of performance is estimated to be from approximately July 2025 to Spring 2028.

To respond to this Sources Sought Notice, please provide all of the following:

• Statement as to whether your team has the ability to provide environmental product declaration (EPD) for low embodied carbon (LEC) concrete that meets the Inflation Reduction Act guidelines for LEC concrete specifications to be used in the courtyard paving replacement.


• Two examples of a design-build project which included a Preservation Architect on the team with experience in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. The example projects must have had a minimum contract value of $3 million, and either be currently under construction or have been substantially completed in the last seven (7) years.


• Two examples of exterior site/landscaping design-build projects your firm has performed in Hawaii with a contract value of at least $3 million, and either be currently under construction or have been substantially completed in the last seven (7) years.


• A notarized statement from a Treasury-approved surety of your firm’s minimum per-contract bonding capacity of at least $10,000,000.


• A statement indicating whether your firm is a small business, or has any socio-economic small business status, and which one(s).

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice are due by email to krista.miller@gsa.gov by 5pm Mountain Time on February 14, 2024.