Construction of a new office building ("Building H") at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Swizer ...

This EOIUNOG12854 has been revised on 28 October 2016 (revision 2). The submission deadline for the Expressions of Interest has been extended until 15 November 2016 (see Section II, § 4 and § 6, Section V and Section VII). A summary of questions and responses concerning this EOI is now available, please see: http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/EOIUNOG12854/EOIUNOG12854_Attachement4_QA.pdf SECTION I. INTRODUCTION The United Nations Office in Geneva ("UNOG"), Switzerland, located at the Palais des Nations, is the largest United Nations Office in Europe, providing conference support and facilitating the multi-lateral international diplomacy of the worldwide community. It is located within the 46 hectare Ariana Park. The United Nations General Assembly approved the establishment of the Strategic Heritage Plan ("SHP") which includes a new office building of approximately 23'500 square meters (gross external area), with a site footprint of approximately 8'300 square meters, to be constructed adjacent to the location of the current conference and office building “E”. The new office building is designed to step down a sloping site, consisting of six floors at the highest part and has two internal courtyards. See the two separate attachments with five images and four drawings of the new office building. http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/EOIUNOG12854/EOIUNOG12854_Attachement2_Images.pdf http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/EOIUNOG12854/EOIUNOG12854_Attachement3_Drawings.pdf The new office building includes a double height reception lobby area and has primarily open plan flexible office space with some enclosed offices for some 1’400 workstations, meeting rooms, coffee shop, technical rooms, and support spaces. The new office building (“New Permanent Building” or "NPB") will be situated between the Chemin de l’Imperatrice and Building E on a sloping site in Ariana Park. Construction services are required to build a modern stepped six story reinforced concrete structured building with large glazed curtain wall system and accessible green roof terraces. The NPB will comply with environmental standards (see § xi below). Brief Description of Requirements: UNOG seeks qualified contractors to undertake works to construct the NPB, the construction services include but are not limited to: i) Excavation; the main site excavation and soil relocation are excluded from the scope of construction services as they will already have been completed under a separate enabling works contract. However, under the construction services, the firm will be required to undertake only a superficial excavation of the main site of approximately 40 cm above nominal level for the majority of the basement level and then the necessary excavations for foundations, drainage, services connections, etc. ii) Main Structure; reinforced concrete pad and raft foundations, service trenches and retaining walls, precast and in situ reinforced concrete thermal floor slabs, precast and in situ reinforced concrete beams and columns, timber glulam beams. iii) Structural reinforcing and new opening to an existing underground parking structure. iv) Façade; floor to floor unitized curtain wall façades consisting of an outer glazing layer, conditioned cavity with integrated blind system, and inner operable triple glazing. v) Roof; including green planted roofs, parts of the roofs are accessible roof terraces. vi) Architectural Finishes; high level of interior finishes, raised floors, carpet, suspended metal and plaster ceilings, ceramic wall tiles, glass, stainless steel, paint, stone, wood. vii) Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment ("FFE"); internal furniture fittings and equipment, including installations (excluding loose furniture). viii) Landscaping; soft and hard landscaping, including soil relocation. ix) Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Construction ("MEP"); MEP services comprising the following; High/medium voltage supplies, low voltage supplies and associated equipment, in