Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) for Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) for Architect Engineering (AE) to Support the Medical Research Laboratory Facilities for the U.S. Army MEDCOM

A-E Services contract will primarily be used for specific projects that are not known at this time but are expected to include renovation/repair projects, such as, building renovations and additions, new construction, master and sub-area development planning, preparation of project definition and programming documents, charrettes, preparation of the technical portions of design-build solicitations, value engineering studies, environmental permit applications, facility condition assessments, engineering studies and the development of construction plans and specifications for new vertical and horizontal construction projects in support of the MEDCOM Program. The MEDCOM Program provides support and service to facilities to foster and maintain a state-of-the-art biomedical research, vivarium, veterinary and public health environment. Facility types included in this contract may include, but are not necessarily limited to: Bio-safety Levels (BSL) 2 and 3 research laboratories and laboratory support functions, Animal Bio-safety Levels (ABSL) 2 and 3 animal holding facilities for small and large species to include non-human primates and vivarium support facilities, veterinary treatment facilities, public health/analytical laboratories, field laboratories (dry labs), food analysis and diagnostic laboratories, laboratories working with chemical agents, and facilities that use of specialized equipment/chambers. MEDCOM laboratories also focus on research, development, testing and evaluation of medical products related to health hazards associated with aviation, tactical combat vehicle systems, selected weapons systems, airborne operations, environmental hazards, combat casualty care (trauma, burn and critical care), medical hazards of laser radiation, and exposure to extreme thermal conditions (heat, cold, high terrestrial altitude). Facility types may also include BSL-4 and ABSL-4 facilities, centers for advanced imaging in research environments, medical treatment facilities (health and dental clinics, blood donor facilities, ancillary facilities, ambulatory care centers and in-patient facilities), office buildings, conference and training facilities including auditoria, food service, and teaching laboratories, parking structures, campus utility and infrastructure systems, hazardous material storage facilities, and central utility plants. Projects may encompass preparing facility master plans for veterinary facilities, public health/analytical laboratories, biomedical research and medical treatment facilities, preparing project documentation for additions/alterations and/or major modernization, major renovations and new construction. Due to the variety of projects anticipated, the selected firm(s) must possess a wide range of professional services and experience in architecture and engineering primarily for biomedical research, vivarium and veterinary facilities, with a secondary focus on medical treatment facilities and the general types of facilities listed above. Design teams will be required to demonstrate considerable recent, relevant experience in facility master planning, space planning and designing biomedical research laboratory, vivarium, veterinary and public health facilities. Experience must include in-depth knowledge of related complex laboratory, vivarium and veterinary treatment processes, scientific equipment, laboratory mechanical, electrical, plumbing & communications systems, and biological and chemical containment laboratory planning and design. Firms must have working knowledge of latest editions of criteria to include, but not limited to: Bio-safety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control & National Institutes of Health; Guide for the Care/Use of Laboratory Animals (National Research Council); the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) standards; Occupational Health & Safety in the Care & Use of Research Animals, (National Research Council); Department of Agricultural Animal Research Services Facilities Design Standards; Biological Defense Safety Program AR 385-69 and PAM 385-69; Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-510-01, Design: Military Medical Facilities Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01, DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings including applicable DoD Security Engineering criteria; and UFC 4-510-01 (formerly Military Handbook 1191), DoD Medical Military Facilities Design Criteria. The majority of the work will be located in the Continental United States; however, work may be located in Europe, Japan, Africa, Korea, Thailand, the Middle East, Central America, South America, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other worldwide locations as supported by MEDCOM or where MEDCOM assistance is requested.