Mechanical Design and Other Professional Services

DISCLAIMER: This Sources Sought Synopsis is for planning purposes only, subject to FAR Clause 52.215-3, entitled "Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes". It does not constitute a Request for Proposal, Invitation for Bid, or Request for Quotation, and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. Moreover, the Government will not pay for the information submitted in response to this Notice, nor will the Government reimburse an Offeror for costs incurred to prepare responses to this Notice. This invitation to submit capability packages is for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for a potential KSC acquisition under NAICS code 541330. NASA does not plan to respond to individual responses and does not intend to post information or questions received to any website or public access location. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME; THEREFORE, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities Website, FedBizOpps, (https://www.fbo.gov/ ). Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Failure to respond to this notice will not exclude any interested party from future consideration for proposals which may be announced or solicited by NASA at a later date. TELEPHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. DESCRIPTION The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is seeking capabilities from all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses and HBCU/MSIs for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or Small Business and HBCU/MSI subcontracting goals for design and other professional services necessary to rehabilitate, modernize, and/or develop new mechanical systems for facilities and ground support systems (GSS) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida; Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California; other NASA assets; and launch or landing sites worldwide. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), WOSB, EDWOSB, VOSB SDVOSB, or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 541330, Engineering Services, and the small business size standard is $15 million. KSC is contemplating awarding up to three indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contracts with a five year ordering period valued at approximately $30M. SCOPE OF WORK These contracts will involve essential and substantial effort in mechanical systems for facilities and ground support systems. The professional services required will include, but not be limited to, conducting field investigations and surveys, preparing engineering reports with recommended actions, preparing trade studies, environmental permitting support, preparing detailed and comprehensive final designs suitable for competitive bidding, and providing construction site inspection and engineering support during construction. All design packages prepared by the Architect and Engineering (A&E) firm(s) shall utilize computer aided design and analysis, SpecsIntact (SI) specifications, and include detailed construction schedules and cost estimates. The A&E firm's approved designs will typically be utilized for the advertising and award of fixed price construction contracts; however alternative procurement techniques may be utilized. The A&E firm(s) will also be required to perform alternative studies including cost-benefit analysis and life cycle costing; study or report compilation; parametric cost estimating; detailed take-off cost estimating and subsequent analysis of estimating performance against bids received. The A&E firm(s), including potential contractor teaming arrangements, will be required to have the capacity to provide all personnel to perform all the work tasks identified in this synopsis and the capacity to work multiple projects at the same time. The A&E firm's staffing for this contract must include, as a minimum, registered professional engineers and specialists who have demonstrated specialized experience in mechanical, fire protection, and chemical engineering. Specialists must also be available to perform any ancillary design work related to the mechanical projects. The A&E firm's staffing must also include registered professionals and specialists who have demonstrated experience in multi-discipline facility design including architectural, electrical, communications, and structural design. For state-regulated permits, the A&E shall have staff with professional engineering licenses in the State of Florida. CAPABILITY STATEMENTS It is requested that interested business firms having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed all aspects of the effort described herein, submit to the contracting office a capabilities package demonstrating ability to perform the services listed above. The capability package shall be no more than four (4) pages in length and printed in not smaller than Times New Roman 12 point type. The basic information requested in the attachment (1) titled NNK18ZCS001L-Basic Information, will not count towards your four (4) pages total. The capability package shall reference this Sources Sought Synopsis and be titled: NNK18ZCS001L- Mechanical Design and Other Professional Services. The capability package shall include, as a minimum, the following: 1. Company name, DUNS number, Cage Code, address, and a primary point of contact (E-mail address and phone number). Please provide this information in Attachment (1) titled: NNK18ZCS001L-Basic Information 2. Specifically state whether your firm is a large or small business in NAICS Code 541330. Description of principal business activity; number of employees; and specifically identify if you are a HUBZone small business, a veteran owned small business, a service-disabled veteran owned small business, a woman owned small business, an economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business, or an 8(a) small business. Please provide this information in Attachment-1-NNK18ZCS001L-Basic Information 3. Company profile including: annual revenue history demonstrating financial stability, office location(s), a staffing plan demonstrating the ability to retain existing staff and hire/acquire qualified personnel, and a demonstration of the firm's ability to provide continuity of operations at the beginning and the end of a contract. 4. Provide the number of years in business and a summary of prior and current relevant experience within the last five (5) years. Relevant work for the purposes of this Notice is defined as, but not limited to, the following: Specialized experience in engineering analysis and design, with emphasis on ordinary and complex mechanical systems and equipment such as Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning (HVAC), fire protection, water distribution and waste water collection. Specialized experience in engineering analysis of pneumatic systems, environmental control systems; and systems for storage and distribution of cryogens and gases (including high pressure gases). Specialized experience in multiple project phases: Planning and feasibility studies, Preliminary Engineering Reports, Final Design, Environmental Permitting, Construction, and Activation/ Commissioning. Specialized experience performing alternative studies: Including cost-benefit analysis and life cycle costing; study or report compilation; parametric cost estimating; detailed take-off cost estimating and subsequent estimating performance against bids received. NASA/KSC will review all responses that comply with the submission instructions using the following criteria: breadth, depth and relevancy of experience as it relates to the work described above. Capability packages must be submitted electronically, via e-mail, to Stefania Wanzie, NASA Contracting Officer, at the following email address: stefania.i.wanzie@nasa.gov and (cc) jerry.g.meeks@nasa.gov on or before the Response Date.