IDIQ Contract for Architect-Engineer (A-E) Services for Ship Homeporting and Related Operational Issues for Various Locations Throughout the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic Area of Responsibility and Worldwide

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY.  THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

This Sources Sought Synopsis is being used as a market research tool to determine the availability and adequacy of potential qualified small business sources prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation for architect-engineer services. All Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) certified under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 8(a) Business Development Program, Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Businesses (HUBZone SB) certified by SBA, and all other small businesses are encouraged to respond.  If you are a HUBZone or an 8(a) Small Business, please submit the SBA Certification Letter or contact information for assigned SBA Business Development Specialist.

Responses to this notice will determine the feasibility and/or basis for the Navy’s decision to proceed with an acquisition. Information received in relation to this notice will be used to assist the Government in developing an overall acquisition strategy, including the type and number of contracts and use of small business concerns.

The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis.

Large business submittals will not be considered.

NAVFAC Atlantic is seeking to identify potential sources with the capacity, experience and interest in competing for a contract for a Single Award Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Architect-engineering (A/E) Contract for Environmental Planning and Engineering Services of an interdisciplinary nature for the implementation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Executive Order (EO) 12114, Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions –Ship Homeporting and Related Operational Issues.

The principal geographic area covered by this contract encompasses NAVFAC Atlantic's AOR, NAVFAC Pacific’s AOR and the adjacent waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, including the Continental United States, the Caribbean, Europe, and North Africa. Additionally, tasks associated with this contract may be assigned anywhere in the world.

The NAICS code for this proposed procurement is 541330 (small business size standard is $25.5 million). If the solicitation is issued, the solicitation will consist of a base period and four (4) one-year options totaling five (5) years of performance. The anticipated total work to be issued over the life of the contract via task orders (base year plus four one-year options) shall not exceed the estimated maximum amount of $75 million.

The successful contractor to any forthcoming solicitation shall provide all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials, and all equipment necessary to perform the services listed below.  The preponderance of the work under this contract shall involve the accomplishment of work in the following major categories, including but not limited to:

The general scope of this contract requires engineering services, biological science, physical science, cultural resource, community planning, and military operations specialists. The engineers and community planners providing services under this contract must have competence attested by a licensor as a professional engineer or certified planner. The services required from the A-E firm or joint venture include, but are not limited to, architectural-engineering (A-E) or environmental services for the preparation of environmental planning documentation such as categorical exclusions (CATEX), environmental assessments (EAs), and environmental impact statements (EISs) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), environmental consultations and permits, as well as environmental reviews and environmental studies under EO 12114. The preponderance of the work under this contract shall be the preparation of various documents to support the proposed infrastructure-related actions with respect to ship homeporting issues. Examples of taskings required to complete this work may include analysis of port facility and infrastructure construction, renovation, and/or demolition; dredging; base realignment and closure (BRAC) actions; and proposed operational actions related to ship homeporting, waterfront activities and manned and unmanned asset activities. The contractor shall use the most up to date guidelines for preparation of the NEPA documentation. This includes Navy Instructions and the current version of the OPNAV 5090.1, Environmental Readiness Program, Marine Corps Instructions and the most current version of the P509.2, DoD Instruction 4715.11/12, and Department of War NEPA Implementing Procedures.

Additionally, other tasks, studies, surveys, or documents may be required to complete the environmental planning documents including, but not limited to, environmental documentation for ship readiness and testing and training operations at the homeport locations and within Department of Defense-managed seaspace and Navy/Marine Corps training ranges, sketches, preliminary plans, cost estimates, descriptive text for future planning and work plans, modeling, geospatial analysis, information technology applications, traffics modeling and analysis, air quality modeling and analysis, noise modeling and analysis, encroachment analysis, and development and reproduction of a variety of public outreach materials of different media. For major testing and training exercises, the contractor shall be tasked with estimating marine mammal exposure from ordnance and sonar activities.

In order to complete environmental planning documents in compliance with NEPA and EO 12114 and 12898, and in accordance with applicable DOD instructions, the contractor may be required to complete some of the following related studies and services to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the impacts to the environment:

• Air Conformity modeling and analyses under the Clean Air Act
• Air quality monitoring and testing
• Air quality management plans
• Coastal Consistency Determinations in accordance with the Coastal Zone Management Act
• Draft Letters of Authorization (LOA) and Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) applications
• Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultations, biological surveys, and Biological Assessments
• Essential Fish Habitat assessments
• In-water acoustic analysis
• Marine Mammal Density estimates
• Marine Resource Assessments
• Natural Resources surveys (species and habitat)
• Wetland delineation and mitigation plans (both wetland and near shore)
• National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and American Indian Tribe consultation support including cultural resource surveys (both architectural and archaeological), records management, and archaeological collection management/support
• Environmental permitting support
• Mitigation planning and support
• Socioeconomic analysis including Community Impact Studies and Environmental Justice

Analyses

• Noise impact studies/modeling/monitoring (land and in-water)
• Noise analysis and the use of military aviation simulation model (NASMOD)
• Military Base Development Requirements to include Encroachment Action Plans for shore installations and at-sea operations and facility requirements analyses
• Range analysis to include documentation in support of Range Sustainability Environmental Program Assessments (RSEPA), Water RSEPA, Operational Range Clearance (ORC), Range Condition management Plans (RCMPs)
• Range containment modeling
• Fate and transport modeling and analysis
• Soil, sediment and water sampling
• Water quality studies to include chemical and physical analysis of dredge material and bioassays
• Toxic and hazardous waste studies (including Military Expended Materials)
• Health risk and toxicology analysis
• Storm Water Management studies
• Total Ownership Cost (TOC) or life cycle cost analysis
• Climate change and resiliency studies
• Greenhouse gas accounting and analysis
• Glint and glare modeling and analysis
• Hydrology and erosion studies
• Construction feasibility studies including slope, terrain, soils, watersheds, and seismic hazards
• Renewable energy feasibility studies
• Utility capability assessments and feasibility studies (electric, gas, sewer, and water) to support design plans
• Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone (AICUZ) studies
• Range Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone (RAICUZ) studies
• Safety analyses (Surface Danger Zones, Impact Zones, Accident Potential Zones, Clear Zones, and Danger Zones)
• Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans (INRMPs) and INRMP updates
• Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plans (ICRMPs) and ICRMP updates
• Modeling to determine tidal or sea-level rise impacts to shore lines and structures
• Geospatial analysis and map generation in accordance with current guidance
• Estimates of dredge and fill sediment volumes
• Hazardous waste reporting and analysis (i.e. EPCRA)
• Land Use Compatibility plans
• Development of water and air quality management requirements
• Construction design plans
• Traffic and transportation analysis, studies, and roadway designs
• Public involvement and outreach support
• Public participation planning and implementation
• Translation services for CATEX/EA/EIS and Public Notices
• Environmental Condition of Property (ECP)
• Literature reviews
• Watershed planning
• Installation master plans

The contract requires the selected firm to have online access to e-mail via the Internet for routine exchange of correspondence.

Statement of Capabilities Submittal Requirements: The Statement of Capability (SOC) will determine the feasibility and/or basis for the Navy’s decision to proceed with acquisition.  Interested firms must submit a SOC, which describes, in detail, the firm’s capability of providing these services at various Military and other Federal facilities worldwide.

Your Statement of Capabilities shall include the following:

Company Profile

1. Full name and address of the firm
2. Point of Contact with position title, telephone number, and e-mail address
3. Year firm was established
4. Office location(s)
5. Indication of System for Award Management (SAM) registration
6. Unique Entity ID and CAGE Code
7. Briefly describe your Federal contracting experience including locations at which your company has performed services similar to those described in this sources sought. Has your firm performed work in these locations?
8. Number of employees and average annual receipts based on the last three (3) fiscal years
9. Small Business Designation (include all socioeconomic categories)

The Government will evaluate sources’ capabilities based on the following:

1. Prime and Key Consultants’ recent experience (within the last five years) with regard to the services listed above, knowledge of pertinent regulations, and experience working in a diverse geographical area(s). Provide up to five project examples within the past five years that demonstrate this experience. Provide the following information for each project listed: 

a. Contract number and project title;

b. Name of contracting activity;

c. Administrative Contracting Officer’s name and current telephone number;

d. Contracting Officer’s Representative or primary point of contact name and current telephone number;

e. Contract type (e.g., cost plus, requirements, firm fixed-price, indefinite      delivery/indefinite quantity, or combination);

f. Period of performance (start and completion date);

g. Basic contract award amount and final contract value;

h. Summary of contract work.

i. If award fee or award term incentivized, average performance rating received.

2. Professional qualifications and capabilities of the staff to be assigned to the resulting contract; include experience within the past five years in the types of work addressed above. Firms will be evaluated in terms of their staff’s active professional registration, role expected to play in this contract, and roles played in the projects addressed in item 1 above.

3. Provide a brief description on the management plan for this contract; in particular, illustrate management’s approach/plan for managing multiple concurrent task orders for this contract and personnel roles in the organization.

4. If you are considering entering into a teaming arrangement, provide the name of all teaming partners and the anticipated type of teaming arrangements, address the anticipated services each member will provide, include applicable professional qualifications and experience for each member and to what extent your firm has worked with proposed subcontractors in the past. For other than bundled requirements, you may be able to joint venture with one or more small businesses and not be considered affiliated as long as each member of the joint venture is small under applicable NAICS code (13 CFR 121.103(h)(3)). If the procurement is ultimately set aside for small businesses, the small business prime will be required to comply with FAR 52.219-14, which states that at least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended by employees of the concern. Provide evidence that, on past contracts of similar nature, your firm (as prime contractor) was able to comply with requirement FAR 52.219-14 and will be able to comply with this requirement under the proposed contract.

It is requested that interested firms submit a brief SOC to demonstrate the ability to meet and execute the requirements as set forth below. The SOC must be complete and sufficiently detailed to allow for a determination the firm’s qualifications to perform the defined work. The SOC must be formatted on Letter size (8.5x11 inch) paper, single spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font minimum and is limited to twenty (20) single sided pages (including all attachments).

Responses are due on Friday, 27 November 2026, by 11:00 AM EST.

The package shall be sent electronically to contact@example.gov. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Erica Sears by e-mail at contact@example.gov. 

LATE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

The Government will not provide a debriefing on the results of this notice. All information submitted will be held in confidential manner and will only be used for the purpose intended.