A14_0040642087_ACAD_AE_IDIQ_Market_Research_Sources_Sought_1.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Contract Operations East – Boston

Boston National Historical Park Charlestown Navy Yard

Boston, MA 02129-4543

This is a sources sought notice, NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP), intended for market research only. This announcement is intended to investigate the breadth of the small business, architect and engineering (AE) community and identify those small business AE firms/teams that have the capability of providing the services described below.

Prime/subcontractor relationships are allowable in order for AE teams to meet the scope of service requirements described below. Firms shall not be reimbursed for costs associated with responding to this announcement. If your firm is interested in the acquisition described below please submit a response addressing the evaluation criteria and submittal requirements shown below.

ACQUISITION METHOD

The information received in response to this announcement will be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement under one of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) socio-economic business programs, including 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, and Woman-Owned Small Business programs for the services described below. The Northern American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes for this requirement are 541310 and the corresponding small business size standard is $12.5 million, 541320 and the corresponding small business size standard is $9 million and 541330 and the corresponding small business size standard is $25.5 million gross receipts, averaged over the preceding 3 years. The size of a small business firm includes all parents, subsidiaries, affiliates etc. (see 13 CFR 121.103 and 13 CFR 121.108). All respondents should be certified in the Government’s System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov. The contract awardee will be required to comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Firms responding to this announcement shall demonstrate:

Possession of the professional licenses/registrations for the required disciplines for the State of Maine the primary area of coverage.

Certification of business size status under the NAICS Code and socio-economic program(s) listed above.

Capacity to meet the requirements for multiple concurrent task orders at various locations within the primary geographic area of coverage.

They are capable of performing the required percentage self-performed work noted above and/or required for the socio-economic programs listed above.

They possess the capabilities to perform the services noted above.

PLESSE DO NOT SUBMIT COMPANY PROMOTIONAL OR INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL SUCH AS PAMPHLETS

OR BROCHURES.

RESPONSE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS

Submit To: Janice Boscoe at Janice_Boscoe@contractor.nps.gov.

Due Date/Time: 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, February 20, 2024 Email Subject Line: “Acadia National Park and St Croix Island International Historic Site AE IDIQ” Format: Submittals should be in a narrative format not exceeding six 8½” x 11” pages. Do not submit SF-330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications.

CONTRACT TYPE & ORDERING LIMITATION:

All services shall be provided under an Indefinite Quantity contract. The base contract period will be for one year with options to extend for four additional one-year periods. Work will be ordered by issuance of firm fixed price or time & material type task orders. The maximum ordering limitation will be $10,000,000.00 for the life of the contract. The $10,000,000.00 maximum may be realized spread out over the life of the contract including all option years. Contractors shall not be obligated to accept individual task orders exceeding $1,000,000.00. The guaranteed minimum for the life of the contract, which includes the base period and all options exercised, is $25,000.00.

SCOPE REQUIREMENTS

Primary Scope:

The contractor shall provide multi-disciplinary Architect-Engineer services for a variety of projects within areas of national significance located in the areas of coverage noted below.

Professional Licensure/ Registration:

All AE services, as defined by State law, provided under this contract, shall be performed or approved by a person licensed, registered, or certified to provide such services. Reference FAR Clause 52.236-25 Requirement for Registration of Designers (APR 1984). Respondents shall possess the professional licenses/registrations for the required disciplines for those states listed in the primary area of coverage. Professional licenses/registrations are not required for the secondary area prior to contract award but offerors will be required to provide evidence they are eligible to become licensed/registered in the secondary area states.

Areas of Coverage:

Primary Area: The primary area of coverage is the NPS’s Acadia National Park and St. Croix Island International Historic Site. These sites are located in Maine near the towns of Bar Harbor, Winter Harbor, and Calais. Potential work locations include sites on Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut, Little Cranberry Island, Schoodic Peninsula, Red Beach, and St. Croix Island.

Lead Firm Discipline:

The lead firm(s) selected for contract award will be predominately an architecture and engineering firm specializing in contemporary and/or historic architecture and landscape architecture and with in-house and/or sub-contracted multi-disciplinary support. In order to maximize competition, the National Park Service is encouraging prime/sub-consultant relationships for the solicitation.

Required Disciplines:

Include, but are not limited to, professional licensed or registered architects, engineers and landscape architects, and professionals meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architecture (Contemporary, Historic, Landscape), Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS) Specialist, Civil Engineering, Commissioning, Construction Engineering, Construction Management and Inspection, Cost Engineering/Cost Estimating/Cost Control/Life Cycle Costing, Electrical Engineering/Licensed

Electrical Administrator, Facility Condition Assessment Specialists, Fire Protection Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Land Surveying, Hazardous Materials Abatement (primarily lead, asbestos, and contaminated soil), Interior Design, LEED Accredited Professional, Lighting Design, Mechanical Engineering/Licensed Mechanical Administrator, Small-scale and Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Sustainable Technologies Specialists.

Additional Disciplines:

Additional disciplines may be requested for some projects. These disciplines include registered, certified, or professionals qualified in the following areas: Acoustics, Air quality, Anthropology, Archeology, Cultural and Natural Resources, Architectural Conservation, Botany, Building Envelope, Certified Commissioning Professional, Certified Value Analysis, Coastal Engineering, Construction Safety, Construction QA Inspections, Economists and Socioeconomists, Energy Modeling, Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, Exhibit/Media Design, Facility Condition Assessments, Geology, Historic Architecture, Historic Landscape Architecture, Industrial Hygiene, Interpretation, Land and Hydrographic Surveying, Landscape History, Marine Engineering, NEPA, Planning, Programmatic Accessibility (Section 504 & 508), Recreation Planning and Design, Roofing, Section 106 Compliance, Security, Seismic Engineering, Sustainable Technologies, Transportation and Traffic Engineering, Audio/Visual quality, Waterproofing, Wetlands, and Wildlife biology.

Project Types:

Projects may include but are not limited to research, evaluation, analysis, strategic planning, inventory and monitoring, compliance and permitting (including environmental, construction, NEPA, and Section 106), drainage and storm water management systems, floodplain delineations, geotechnical evaluations and design, condition assessments, structural evaluations, interpretive exhibits, stabilization, preservation, rehabilitation of historic structures, accessibility upgrades, site planning, trail planning, design including interior design, cultural landscapes or design and design support during construction, design for historic/modern-day structures, museums, curatorial facilities, revetment and/or seawalls, shoring, security improvements, demolition, visitor/interpretive centers, administrative facilities, maintenance facilities, electrical systems (including high and low voltage), fire protection systems, mechanical systems, security systems, seismic retrofits, small scale and renewable energy systems, surveying (including boundary, hydrographic, and land), total building commissioning, traffic and transportation systems/facilities, water and wastewater systems, multi- and single family housing, comfort stations, campgrounds, roads and parking, vehicular and pedestrian bridges, multi-use trails, marine and coastal facilities, and memorials.

Primary Services:

A) Pre-Design Services includes but is not limited to (see https://www.nps.gov/dscw/design.htm)

Pre-Design o Contextual Analysis o Site and Architectural Programming o Interpretive Program – exhibits and waysides) and Contextual Analysis o Integrated Design Narrative, including Universal Design recommendations o Review of Environmental Screening Form o Sustainability Analysis o Regulatory Analysis (jurisdictions, codes, permits) o Complete a fully developed schematic design preferred alternative o Class C Construction Cost Estimate o Scope and Cost Validation

Schematic Design o Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement Activities o Design Concepts Assessment o Develop Design Alternatives o Prepare Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement o Value Based Decision Making o Develop Schematic Design Preferred Alternative o Sustainability Analysis o Regulatory Analysis (jurisdictions, codes, permits) o Class B Construction Cost Estimate o Development Advisory Board Support Documents

B) Design Services (see https://www.nps.gov/dscw/design.htm)

Design Development o Design Development Drawings o Division 1 Specifications o Division 2 through 49 Outline Specifications o Constructability Analysis o Contract Price Schedule o Sustainability Analysis o Regulatory Analysis (jurisdictions, codes, permits) o Permitting o Class B Construction Cost Estimate o Value Based Decision Making

Construction Documents o Construction Drawings o Division 1 Specifications o Division 2 through 49 Construction Specifications o Construction Submittal List o Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Requirements o Constructability Analysis o Permitting o Sustainability Analysis LEED documentation o Design Stage Value Analysis Report o Class A Construction Cost Estimate o Supplemental Design Reports o Control Documents for Exhibits

C) Planning and Compliance Services

Research and Data Acquisition Inventory, Resource Surveys, Resource Modeling, Wetland / Water Delineations, Functional

Assessments, Field Work Plans, Feasibility Studies, and Reports Archeological, Historic Structure and Cultural Landscape Reports and Assessments NEPA Compliance and Assessments Section106 and NHPA Compliance

ABAAS, Section 504 and Section 508 Compliance Other Environmental Compliance (i.e. essential fish habitat assessments, biological assessments, wilderness eligibility assessment, statement of findings for floodplains and wetlands, coastal zone management consistency determinations, wild and scenic river act section 7 determinations.)

GIS

Strategic Planning Community Engagement Facilitation Comment Analysis Research and Data Analysis for Visitor Use, Cultural and Natural Resources, and

Socioeconomics Other Special Studies (i.e., Air Quality, Visual Quality, Night Sky and Sound Quality or Impact

Assessments, etc.)

D) Cost Estimating, including Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Total Cost of Ownership

E) Permitting (i.e., Resource, Construction and Operating)

The AE shall identify and assess all permits, licenses and insurance required for the conduct of projects through completion. If required conduct permitting as defined by task order.

F) Project Scheduling

G) Risk Analysis

H) Services During Construction

Submittal Review Construction Observation Troubleshooting of Design Issues

I) Commissioning Services, including total building commissioning beginning as early as pre-design and continuing throughout design and construction

J) Supplementary Services (i.e. geotechnical surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, environmental site assessments (Phase I and II), archeological investigations, condition assessments, human and ecological risk assessments, energy studies, hazardous material studies, etc.