1. GSA: American Recovery & Reinvestment ActHi
My name is John Leatherman and I’m on GSA’s Regional Recovery Act Team
John Leatherman
GSA R8 Regional Recovery Team

2. Presentation Overview
Who is GSA?
What does the Recovery Act mean to GSA?
GSA’s perspective on trends, opportunities, and strategies during recovery.
Snapshot of specific Recovery projects in Colorado.
Recovery Act Resources
Tips on using FedBizOpps
My presentation will be covering the following:
Who is GSA?
What does the Recovery Act mean to GSA?
Resources

3. We provide workspaces, products and services for the federal community
Who is GSA?
We provide workspaces, products and services for the federal community
Own/lease 8,600 properties
Provide workspaces for more than 1M federal workers
GSA provide workspaces, products and services for the federal community
We Own/lease 8,600 properties
We Provide workspaces for more than 1M federal workers

4. Rocky Mountain Region- Region 8
Colorado resides in Region 8
Region 8 also includes Montana, the Dakota’s, Utah, and Wyoming

5. Recovery Act -How Projects were Selected
Energy Savings Potential
Projects that have been designed or are in design with a focus on creating high performing, energy saving buildings.
Speed of Delivery
Projects that can be developed and awarded quickly (projects must be awarded by )
Projects that can be completed before 2015
Projects were selected based the energy savings potential of the project with a focus on sustainability
Also, due to provisions in the Recovery Act bill, GSA picked projects that can be developed and awarded quickly in order to meet our deadline of expending all funds by 2015.

6. What does the Recovery Act mean to GSA?
National: $5.55B total funding for Federal Buildings.
$1.05B - New construction
$750M: Federal Buildings and U.S. Courthouses
$300M: Land Ports of Entry
$4.5B –
Modernization/High-Performance Green Building Projects
Limited Scope/High-Performance Green Building Projects (Recommissioning, Lighting, Updated Controls, Mechanical Equipment, etc)
GSA received 5.5 Billion Dollars of Recovery Act funds nationally for expenditures related to Federal Buildings
Of that, 1.5 Billion is for New Construction & 4.5 Billion is for Modernization/High Performance Green Building Projects

7. What does the Recovery Act mean to Region 8?
R8 total Recovery Act funds received: $426,527,000
1 new construction project = $79,989 (Billings, MT Courthouse)
15 limited scope projects = $70,053,000
4 modernization projects = $276,485,000
GSA’s Region 8 received $426 Million of Recovery Act Funds
Our only new construction project is a new courthouse in Billings, Montana

8. Colorado Recovery Act Project List
Building
City
Scope
Dollar Amount (in 1000s)
Byron G. Rogers Federal Building
Denver
Modernization
$ ,552.00
Cesar Chavez Federal Building
$ ,187.00
U.S. Custom House
$ ,560.00
Denver Federal Center-Utilities Infrastructure
Lakewood
$ ,186.00
David Skaggs Research Center
Boulder
Limited Scope
$ ,024.00
Byron G. Rogers U.S. Courthouse
$ ,850.00
Byron White U.S. Courthouse $
Federal Building/Post Office
Fort Collins $
Denver Federal Center Multiple Buildings
$ ,954.00
Denver Federal Center Photovoltaic Project
$ ,000.00
Grand Junction Federal Building/Courthouse
Grand Junction
$ ,000.00

9. Trends & Strategies During Recovery
The federal government has played a highly constructive role in the growth of “green” buildings:
GSA requires certification of every newly constructed building in its inventory to LEED standards. GSA also requires LEED certification for private sector buildings constructed through GSA leases.
GSA’s strategy during Recovery:
By investing in backlog of infrastructure projects we can:
Help stimulate jobs in the construction and real estate sectors,
Stimulate long-term growth in energy-efficient technologies, alternative energy solutions and green buildings
How are infrastructure projects stimulating growth in green technologies?

10. Trends & Strategies During Recovery
GSA is stimulating growth by requiring adherence to the Minimum-Performance High Performing Green Building criteria:
This criteria is incorporated in the initial scoping of all Recovery projects, both existing building and new construction. This criteria includes facets from:
Guiding Principles for Sustainable Existing Buildings
Certain provisions of EISA (Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007)
Buildings with sufficient total scope to obtain a LEED rating must achieve a LEED Silver certification, at a minimum.
MPC Checklist ensures a “green” project

11. Trends & Strategies During Recovery
$4.5 B focused on high-performance green building projects
GSA is a proving ground for green technologies
Includes such improvements as:
Renewable energy—photovoltaics and wind
Cool Roofs (R50)
Windows
Lighting replacement
High-performance building systems (High Efficiency HVAC Equipment)
Advanced metering

12. Denver Federal Center Photovoltaic Project
Two Phased Project- Phase One:
Phase 1 is a Roof Mounted PV Array located at Buildings 20, 56, 810 on the Federal Center.
The PV arrays will cover about 19 acres of roof.
Combined capacity of the PV arrays is roughly 3 Megawatts
Generate 4,115,000 kWh per year
Save about $300,000 in electricity cost per year.
This phase of the project has been procured as a design/build small business set aside and was awarded December 16th, 2009 to Centerre E Light, A Joint Venture, LLC.

13. Denver Federal Center Photovoltaic Project
Two Phased Project- Phase Two:
Ground Mounted and Car Port Photovoltaic System has yet to be awarded
Two ground mounted solar PV arrays at two different sites
One 13 acres site and one 3 acre site
Combined capacity of both ground sites will be approximately 2 megawatts
Will produce about 3,565,000 kWh per year
Save about $260,000 in electricity cost per year
Phase 2 of the project is a design/build small business set aside and is scheduled for award in mid-March, 2010.

14. Recovery Opportunities
R8’s Recovery Act Projects- Design/Build
Most projects under solicitation or awarded
Limited subcontract opportunities may exist
Check FedBizzOpps.gov
Non-Recovery Act
A/E I.D.I.Q contracts
5 yr contracts with min. awards and 1,2,3 million ceilings
GSA (Regional & National), Park Service, DOD, etc…
Other design-bid-build or design/build projects
All posted on FedBizOpps.gov
FedBizOpps.gov

15. Opportunities Summarized
Recovery Act work
Check FedBizOpps.gov (
Select recovery opportunities
Advanced search
NAICS codes-
(Architectural & Engineering Codes)
Classification codes
Y & Z (construction and alterations)
Non Recovery Act work
See above

21. Where can I get more information?

23. Pennie Estrada Director, Small Business Utilization Center
DFC 234 Lakewood, CO 80225
Phone: (303)
Fax: (303)

24. John Leatherman Community Business Center Manager
Denver Federal Center, Building 41
Phone: (303) ext. 3037
Questions?