Architect and Engineering Services - Single Award IDIQ

SOURCES SOUGHT FOR SINGLE AWARD ARCHITECT & ENGINEERING SERVICES INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) FOR: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Plains Area - North. (Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota) PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ISSUED ONLY TO CONDUCT A MARKET RESEARCH. The information received will be used within USDA-ARS to facilitate the decision making process and will not be disclosed outside of the organization. This announcement is not a request for proposals, but a survey of the market for potential sources. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. This notice does not constitute a Request for proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. USDA-ARS is seeking SBA Small Certified Businesses with current relevant experience, personnel, and capability to perform a Single Award IDIQ for Engineering Design and Construction Management/Administration Services for repair and maintenance, alteration, and/or new construction projects (including greenhouses and specialized farm buildings) for its research laboratory facilities located throughout the Plains Area - North (see attached map). Contractor will be required to perform numerous projects simultaneously throughout the region. Services under the contract will include, but are not limited to, energy-related studies, environmental site assessments and studies, building and/or site investigations/studies, feasibility and conceptual studies, geotechnical investigations, radon testing, asbestos and other hazardous materials abatement, life cycle cost analyses, engineering design criteria development, statements of work/program of requirements development, design analyses, designs, construction drawings, specifications (including specifications for design-build), detailed cost estimates and analyses, bidding phase services, construction management/administration (including on-site construction management/administration, bid evaluations, shop drawings and submittals review and approval), construction inspection and/or monitoring, design review, technical consultation, field surveys, engineering reports, and computer-aided drafting. Consideration of firms will be limited to those firms who can provide professional A-E services primarily in the disciplines of architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and environmental engineering for pre-design, design and post-design A-E services for research laboratory facilities, including greenhouses and specialized farm buildings such as breeding and rearing facilities, barns, stock-watering systems/facilities, etc. The task orders to be awarded under this contract will be for engineering services at various buildings within the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330 (Engineering Services), with a corresponding Small Business Size Standard of $16.5 million. Interested sources are invited to respond to this sources sought announcement utilizing their company letterhead in a Portable Document Format (PDF), Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel. 1. Contractor Information: Provide your firm's contact information, SAM UEI Number, CAGE Code, Tax-ID Number. 2. Confirmation that as single award IDIQ holder, the contracted firm can provide on demand simultaneous A&E support in multiple locations throughout the entire Plains Area -North, without suffering any reduced services or reduced quality from multiple task orders being issued. 3. Identify Small Business set aside category if any. For more information on the definitions or requirements of this small business program, refer to http://www.sba.gov/. 4. Experience: Submit a GENERIC (You may submit a previously created SF330, but the USDA is NOT requesting you create an SF330 for this sources sought) overview of you of 5 government or commercial contracts/projects your firm has completed in the last 5 years demonstrating your experience in architect and engineering services within the cost range of $2,000 and $2,500,000. Please ensure to include the available capability to perform numerous projects simultaneously throughout the region. For each of the contracts/projects submitted for experience, provide the title; location; whether prime or subcontractor work; award and completion dates; contract or subcontract value; type of work; type of contract; a narrative description of the services provided by your firm; and customer information including point of contact, phone number, and email address. Responses to this sources sought synopsis should be forwarded to the attention of Toinette Aranda, please email your response to contact@example.gov. One copy of the submittal package is due no later than November, 07, 2022 All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.