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REGION ONE ARCHITECT-ENGINEER INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE

QUANTITY PRESOLICITION NOTICE–1240LN26R4000

The US Forest Service, Region 1 - Northern Region is soliciting a non-personal, Multiple Award

Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for professional architectural engineering, design services, IAW FAR 36.6.

Northern Region, (Region 1), of the USDA Forest Service includes Montana, North Dakota, portions of Idaho, Washington, and South Dakota. In addition, Task Orders under this contract may be issued for projects anywhere within the boundaries of the State of Idaho. Engineering firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit responses.

This is 100% Small Business Set Aside. The North American Industry Classification System

(NAICS) Code is 541330, small business size standard of $25.5 million.

Following an initial evaluation of the qualifications and performance data submitted, the most highly qualified firms to provide the services required will be chosen for negotiation. The government anticipates approximately 5 firms will be selected from this announcement. Selection of firms for negotiation shall be through an order of preference based on demonstrated competence and qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the professional services required, to include:

(1) Professional qualifications

(2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required

(3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time

(4) Past Performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry

(5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project where applicable

Design services and related work that includes but is not limited to civil, structural, water, wastewater design and inspection services primarily for structures and other components of United

States Forest Service transportation systems. Consultant services may also be needed for infrastructure on USFS recreation and administrative sites.

Typical projects may require design, field inspection, surveying, load rating, or engineering review for: large & small road bridges, trail bridges, aquatic organism passage (AOP) structures & associated stream work, culverts, bottomless arches, and retaining walls. The work will include structures made of timber, steel, concrete, masonry, and earthen fill. Structure types may include large & small trusses; suspension bridges; large & small girder structures; arches; frames; and large

& small culverts. Consultant services may also be needed for snow sheds, shelters, campgrounds, water distribution systems, stormwater systems, or wastewater systems.

This IDIQ may also include design services for minor facility maintenance or repairs associated with

USFS offices, bunkhouses, warehouses and other buildings. Design services for major construction or reconstruction of Forest Service office buildings, bunkhouses, warehouses, and other occupiable structures is not a part of this requirement.

Design and other consulting services may be related to new construction, condition inspection, decommissioning, reconstruction, rehabilitation, retrofit, repair, or maintenance activities.

Subsidiary design services (such as surveying; geotechnical & hydraulic engineering services; and minor mechanical/electrical design) may be required to complete a task order are included within this scope.

The Government intends to award multiple IDIQ contracts. The contract will be issued as a one-year

(12-month) base contract with four 12-month options (potential of five years). Task orders will be issued as needed to accomplish the work. Contract time will vary with each individual task order.

The Architect-Engineering firm must demonstrate its, and each key subcontractor's, qualifications with respect to the published evaluation factors for all services. Contractor qualifications will be assessed using the criteria outlined below.

Evaluation factors are in accordance with FAR 36.602-1. Specific evaluation factors include:

1. Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services. The

Offeror will address the qualification criteria listed in SF 330.

2. Specialized experienced and technical competence in the type of work required under this contract. The required expertise and engineering disciplines include, but are not limited to:

•Manage a contract with multiple task orders running concurrently on multiple Forests across the Agency

• Provide preliminary and final road and bridge design services by engineers professionally licensed in the states where the projects are located

• Accurately estimate the cost of design and construction work

• Provide submittal review, construction support, and construction inspection services

• Provide bridge load ratings and bridge overload permit analysis

• Inspect, document, and provide condition reports for bridges and other structures

• Provide Bridge Inspection Team Leaders meeting the National Bridge Inspection Standards

(NBIS) standards for that designation

• Provide bridge inspectors trained in Fracture Critical inspection techniques

• Provide engineers who are Bridge Inspection Team Leaders and are trained in rope-access methods for bridge inspection, and possessing advanced certifications from the Society of

Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT), the Industrial Rope Access Trade

Association (IRATA), or similar organizations

• Provide rope access, work positioning, and rescue training to USFS bridge inspectors on projects where USFS and A/E personnel may be working concurrently

• Assemble customized arm’s-length rope-access strategies for incorporation into Fracture

Critical Inspection Plans for bridges suitable for such access methods. Such bridge types include trusses, tall girders, shallow girders, and suspension bridges.

• Manage UBIT (Under Bridge Inspection Truck) rental contracts

• Create customized databases and electronic field forms for bridge inspection asset management

• Consult the Forest Service regarding selection and development of a comprehensive Bridge

Management System for our approximately 10,000 road bridge and major culvert assets nationwide

• Provide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) access techniques to supplement field inspections

• Provide a comprehensive suite of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) services for bridge inspection

• Provide remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV), or divers for underwater bridge inspection services

• Provide airport engineering capabilities for heliports, airstrips, or fire depots

• Provide highly complex, unique bridge designs for which there are no existing code provisions

• Perform Project Management

• Perform topographic surveying

• Provide low-volume roads engineering

• Engage in Best Management Practices for low-volume road drainage

• Provide fluvial geomorphic surveying, evaluation, and design

• Provide river mechanics and hydraulics engineering services

• Provide structural engineering services

• Provide water and wastewater engineering services

• Provide hydraulic engineering and hydrology services

• Provide environmental engineering services

• Provide geotechnical engineering services

• Provide landscape architecture services

• Provide construction support services including submittal review, and material testing

• Conduct meetings with groups ranging from forest supervisors, forest engineers, various specialists, as well as public meetings to answer project related questions

3. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. The offeror is to provide information regarding team ability and capacity to perform multiple tasks over a broad geographic area in a short field season. Offerors demonstrating the ability to efficiently mobilize and respond to a broad variety of services located on multiple Forests will be rated higher than those having to travel considerable distances or have limited manpower resources for the field investigation and inspection portions of these services. Offerors may be required to provide services in a very short turnaround window to meet construction or other critical deadlines.

4. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. Please submit records of satisfactory performance in providing similar services to Federal and State land management agencies in the Northwestern part of the US during the past 3 years. Offerors are required to provide a list of references that will be randomly checked by the Government. Firms demonstrating a track record of customer satisfaction for similar work in similar conditions will be rated higher than firms that have not performed to customer satisfaction. Firms that do not have any available past performance information will be assessed a neutral rating.

5. Office location(s) in the general geographical area of the projects. Task Orders under this contract may be issued for projects located within the boundaries of the USDA Forest Service, Northern

Region (Region 1), including NTDP, RMRS and any other USDA office located within the Northern

Region boundaries. The Northern Region (Region 1) of the USDA Forest Service includes Montana, North Dakota, portions of Idaho, Washington, and South Dakota. In addition, Task Orders under this contract may be issued for RMRS projects anywhere within the boundaries of the State of Idaho.

Facilities, National Forests, and National Grasslands within these boundaries, include, but are not limited to:

• Regional Office Facilities

• Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS – Facilities located in Montana and Idaho only)

• National Technology and Development Program (NTDP) Missoula location only

• Bitterroot National Forest

• Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

• Custer Gallatin National Forest

• Dakota Prairie National Grasslands

• Flathead National Forest

• Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

• Idaho Panhandle National Forest

• Kootenai National Forest

• Lolo National Forest

• Nez Perce –Clearwater National Forest

Any other USDA Unit within the Forest Service Northern Region in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Washington, and South Dakota.

All contractors are advised that registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to register initially in the SAM Database may render your firm ineligible for award, and failure to update your registration yearly may render your firm ineligible for option year awards. For more information, check the SAM Website at: http://www.sam.gov.

Solicitation packages are not available. Contractors must submit qualifications to the listed specific evaluation criteria, if not contained within the SF330s. These qualification statements must not exceed 20 pages in length.

This is not a Request for Proposal. Responses are to be sent to the following Email address:

crystal.amos@usda.gov

Responses are due no later than 1200, CST, 04 Mar 2026. Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. Firms responding to this notice are required to submit one (1) copy of the qualification statement along with SF330s. Technical questions regarding this announcement can be directed via e-mail by 02 Feb 2026, to crystal.amos@usda.gov

Phone calls and personal visits for the purpose of discussing this solicitation with contracting/project management and/or engineering personnel are not allowed.

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