The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service has a requirement for Design-Build (DB) Services for New United States Courthouse Project in Hartford, CT.

The proposed new courthouse is estimated to have a maximum total area not to exceed 281,000 gross square feet of office, storage, and special use space. The site selection for a new project site has been completed. The site consists of a 2.19 acre parcel located at 180 Allyn Street in Hartford. The new facility is to be designed to accommodate all court functions, specifically up to 11 total courtrooms, and up to 18 separate chambers, to house the U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court judges. The facility will also house the U.S. District Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Clerk, the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Offices, and the USMS.

The DB Contractor shall be a member of the project development team during the design and construction phases, along with GSA as owner/developer and GSA’s selected Construction Manager as Agent (CMa) firm. At the time of contract award, the DB Contractor’s firm price for design and for construction phase services will form the basis of the contract. The services requested of the DB Contractor shall cover a wide range of design and construction activities, which are often performed by both Architects and Engineers (A/Es) and General Contractors (GCs).

The services under this proposed contract will include the following: Design Phase Services (DPS) and Construction Phase Services (CPS). DPS shall include, but may not be limited to, preparation of concept, design development and construction documents, project schedule development, recommendation and implementation of phased construction (fast-tracking), cost estimating/tracking, development of subcontractor and supplier interest and identification of long-lead items. CPS shall include, but not be limited to, site remediation, construction of the courthouse, administration of the construction contract (whether the work is performed with the DB Contractor’s own forces and/or under subcontract), conducting regular construction meetings, Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling with time and resource loading, daily logs and monthly reports, monitoring of construction costs, record keeping, progress reporting, schedule control, inspections, testing and other required supplemental services. The DB Contractor shall provide GSA with sound management advice regarding the approach to the project, how to achieve the best value in the work being accomplished, necessary actions, schedule control, alternative ideas, problem/claim prevention and budgeting. The DB Contractor shall have a full understanding of the project, the principles of Federal construction contracting and contract administration. Most importantly, the DB Contractor shall have complete responsibility for the design and construction of the facility. This project is utilizing a design to budget approach for this project. The highest priority of the Government is obtaining full scope within budget utilizing a Scope Prioritization Matrix that is intended to help offerors identify areas of betterments or scope reductions to achieve maximum scope for the prescribed budget. The design of the new U.S. Courthouse shall align with Executive Order 14344, Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again, dated August 28, 2025.