Worldwide Cost Estimating Services 2012-2017

The Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations awarded this Master IDIQ for worldwide cost estimating services to support Overseas Buildings Operations facility and infrastructure assessments on April 28, 2012, with a shared ceiling of $5 million and ordering authority ending April 29, 2017. Ordering closed nine years ago; this vehicle is no longer active and has been succeeded by Worldwide Cost Estimating Services 2018-2023, awarded September 30, 2018.

Ten task orders totaling $9 million combined potential value were placed between June 2012 and September 2014, with six orders in 2012, two in 2013, and two in 2014. The vehicle obligated $9 million against its combined potential value—100 percent drawdown. All orders funded Department of State OBO missions and carried no set-aside designation.

Four prime contractors shared the awards. Michael Baker International, Inc. held the largest combined value at $4 million across three orders, while Hill International, Inc. held $3.5 million across four orders. Envista Forensics, LLC and Acuity–Pt&C, LLC divided the remainder at $845 thousand and $637 thousand respectively.

Task orders ranged from $29,706 to $3.858 million in individual ceiling value. Work included on-site cost estimating support services at diplomatic posts, staff augmentation for facility assessments, life-cycle cost analysis spreadsheet development, construction cost estimating, and risk assessment support. Firm fixed-price pricing prevailed across all orders. Performance requirements involved travel to overseas posts, facility and infrastructure assessments, local cost-data research, and delivery of cost estimates in UNIFORMAT II and CSI formats using SUCCESS Integrated Estimating and Cost Management System or convertible electronic formats.

The solicitation anticipated at least three IDIQ awards with at least one reserved for small business, though the source indicates the Department may have elected a 100 percent small-business set-aside based on qualifications received. The task-order record shows no set-aside designations applied, suggesting either the anticipated small-business reservation did not materialize or all awardees qualified as small business under unrestricted competition.

The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Office of Logistics Management, on behalf of the Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has awarded a Master IDIQ for cost estimating services. The contractor shall perform tasks in generating conceptual, budgetary, and/or detailed cost estimates and life cycle cost analyses. Typical tasks may involve travel to diplomatic posts, conducting facility and/or infrastructure assessments at posts, interviewing post engineering staff, researching local cost data and construction methodologies, and generating studies, and cost estimates.