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This document is Attachment A to Solicitation 140P2126R0001, an Architect-Engineer (A/E) Fire Protection Engineering Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. It provides detailed descriptions of 18 required professional disciplines and support positions for fire protection and life safety engineering services. The positions range from senior leadership roles to entry-level technical positions and include: Principal Engineer (10+ years experience, licensed PE in Fire Protection), Senior Consultant/Principal Project Manager (10 years experience), Senior Project Manager (5-7 years experience), Electrical Engineer (4+ years post-licensure), Electrical Designer (3-5 years), Mechanical Engineer (4+ years post-licensure), Mechanical Designer (2-5 years), Civil Engineer (4+ years post-licensure), Structural Engineer (4+ years post-licensure), Historic Architect (5+ years as architect, 1+ years preservation), Fire Protection Engineer 1 (3+ years post-licensure), Fire Protection Engineer 2 (0-3 years post-licensure), Fire Protection Engineer in Training (less than 4 years, works under supervision), Fire Protection Designer (2-5 years or NICET Level III), Senior CAD Technician (5+ years), CAD Technician (3-5 years), Computer Network Administrator (3-5 years), and Cost Estimator (5+ years).
Each discipline includes specified general experience requirements, functional responsibilities, minimum education levels, and applicable professional licensing requirements. Most engineering positions require a Bachelor's degree and licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE), with preferences for state licensure where work is being performed. Non-licensed positions such as designers, technicians, and administrative roles require Associate degrees or equivalent experience and specialized certifications where applicable. The document establishes the baseline qualifications and competencies required for contractor staff supporting federal fire protection and life safety engineering projects under this IDIQ contract vehicle.
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Solicitation Document No.
140P2126R0001
Document Title
Architect-Engineer (A/E) Fire Protection Engineering IDIQ
Attachment A
Descriptions of Required Disciplines
1) Principal Engineer (Senior Engineer)
General Experience: Principal engineers (senior engineers) have 10 plus years of practical experience.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for playing a lead role in designing fire protection and life safety systems. Serves as a senior technical resource for project teams, providing expert guidance and addressing complex engineering challenges. Functions as the engineer of record and may supervise multiple project teams.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Licensing: Licensed Professional Engineer (Fire Protection Engineering Exam) in any state or territory, prefer licensed in state where work is being performed.
2) Senior Consultant (Principal Project Manager)
General Experience: Senior consultants (principal project managers) have 10 years of practical experience.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for overseeing complex projects from conception through completion. Develops comprehensive project plans, timelines, and milestones; allocates resources; manages project budgets; monitors progress; identifies risk and maintains stakeholder engagement. Oversees and mentors junior project managers.
Minimum Education: Associate degree or equivalent experience
3) Senior Project Manager
General Experience: Senior project managers have five to seven years of practical experience.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for overseeing complex projects from conception through completion. Develops comprehensive project plans, timelines, and milestones; allocates resources; manages project budgets; monitors progress; identifies risk and maintains stakeholder engagement. Oversees and mentors junior project managers.
Minimum Education: Associate degree or equivalent experience
4) Electrical Engineer
General Experience: Electrical engineers have at least four years of practical experience after becoming a licensed Professional Engineer.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for designing fire protection and life safety systems in accordance with fire codes and standards. Works closely with architects, builders, and design professionals. Conducts fire safety evaluations of systems and equipment to identify potential hazards and recommend improvements.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Licensing: Licensed Professional Engineer (Professional Engineering Exam) in any state or territory, prefer licensed in state where work is being performed.
5) Electrical Designer
General Experience: Electrical designers have three to five years of practical experience after certification.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for creating detailed blueprints and schematics for electrical systems using CAD software to produce accurate designs to meet project specifications in alignment with associated fire codes and standards. Oversees the electrical design process from conception to completion, managing timelines and budgets while ensuring projects meet quality standards.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
6) Mechanical Engineer
General Experience: Mechanical engineers have at least four years of practical experience after becoming a licensed Professional Engineer.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for designing and developing mechanical systems and devices, including fire protection and life safety systems. Collaborates with other engineering professionals to ensure mechanical components are integrated into larger building systems. Performs analytical and computational assessments to meet functional requirements, safety standards, and fire codes and standards.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Licensing: Licensed Professional Engineer (Professional Engineering Exam) in any state or territory, prefer licensed in state where work is being performed.
Document Title
Architect-Engineer (A/E) Fire Protection Engineering IDIQ
7) Mechanical Designer
General Experience: Mechanical designers have two to five years of practical experience after certification.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for creating and developing mechanical systems and products, utilizing engineering principles and CAD software. Creates detailed design drawings and specifications for mechanical equipment, tools, and systems, including fire protection and life safety systems. Prepares technical reports and manuals to support the manufacturing and assembly process.
Minimum Education: Associate’s degree
8) Civil Engineer
General Experience: Civil engineers have at least four years of practical experience after becoming a licensed Professional Engineer.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for designing, building, supervising, operating, and maintaining large construction projects and systems. Manages the repair and replacement of private and public infrastructure. Ensures building designs and systems meet fire safety requirements that are in compliance with fire codes and standards.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Licensing: Licensed Professional Engineer (Professional Engineering Exam) in any state or territory, prefer licensed in state where work is being performed.
9) Structural Engineer
General Experience: Structural engineers have four years of practical experience after becoming a licensed Professional Engineer.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for ensuring compliance with prescriptive code compliance for fire resistance ratings of building elements. Creates detailed designs for buildings and other structures and analyzes the strength and stability of these designs using engineering principles and software tools. This can include calculating loads, stresses, and material strengths to ensure structures can withstand environmental forces and human use.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Licensing: Licensed Professional Engineer (Professional Engineering Exam) in any state or territory, prefer licensed in state where work is being performed.
10) Historic Architect
General Experience: Historic architects have at least five years of experience as an architect and at least one year of experience with preservation projects.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for conserving, restoring, and rehabilitating historic buildings by assessing landmark structures, developing restoration plans, and overseeing construction to meet preservations standards, while balancing life safety and sustainability. Researches the historical and architectural value of buildings. Coordinates with construction teams to ensure the use of appropriate techniques and materials that respect the historical integrity of structures.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in architecture
Minimum Licensing: Licensed Architect in any state or territory, prefer licensed in state where work is being performed.
11) Fire Protection Engineer 1
General Experience: A fire protection engineer 1 has 3 or more years of practical experience after licensed Professional Engineer.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for applying fire protection engineering principles and techniques in the design, development, integration, analysis, operation, and evaluation of fire protection and life safety without supervision. May supervise small project teams.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Licensing: Licensed Professional Engineer (Fire Protection Engineering Exam) in any state or territory, prefer licensed in state where work is being performed.
12) Fire Protection Engineer 2
General Experience: A fire protection engineer 2 has 0 to 3 years of practical experience after becoming a licensed Professional Engineer.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for applying fire protection engineering principles and techniques in the design, development, integration, analysis, operation, and evaluation of fire protection and life safety with little supervision. Prepares design materials for basic design assignments, including basic analysis, equipment research, and design calculations.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Licensing: Licensed Professional Engineer (Fire Protection Engineering Exam) in any state or territory, prefer licensed in state where work is being performed.
Document Title
Architect-Engineer (A/E) Fire Protection Engineering IDIQ
13) Fire Protection Engineer in Training (EIT)
General Experience: A fire protection engineer 3 has less than four years of practical experience as an EIT. Works under the direct supervision of a Licensed Professional Engineer in Fire Protection Engineering.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for using knowledge of fire protection engineering principles and techniques in the design, development, integration, analysis, operation, and evaluation of fire protection and life safety with supervision. May report to fire protection engineers as a project manager.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Licensing: No licensing required. Should be an Engineer in Training (EIT) working toward becoming a licensed
Professional Engineer.
14) Fire Protection Designer
General Experience: Fire protection designers are fire protection engineers with two to five years of experience or NICET (National
Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies) Level III (or higher) Technicians for the type of system being designed.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for the design of fire protection systems in buildings and other structures, including fire alarms, suppression systems, and other fire protection equipment to ensure the safety of buildings and occupants. Creates detailed diagrams and blueprints of fire protection systems using CAD software.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
15) Senior CAD Technician
General Experience: Senior CAD technicians have over five years of practical experience after certification.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for creating high-quality, accurate, and detailed technical drawings, plans, and schematic designs for fire protection and life safety systems, manufacturing, or construction projects compliant with industry standards and code requirements. Collaborates with architects, engineers, designers, project managers, and other members of a project team to understand a project’s design requirements. Oversees and/or mentors junior CAD technicians.
Minimum Education: Associate degree or equivalent experience
16) CAD Technician
General Experience: CAD technicians have three to five years of practical experience after certification.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for creating high-quality, accurate, and detailed technical drawings, plans, and schematic designs for fire protection and life safety systems, manufacturing, or construction projects compliant with industry standards and code requirements. Collaborates with architects, engineers, designers, project managers, and other members of a project team to understand project design requirements.
Minimum Education: Associate degree or equivalent experience
17) Computer Network Administrator
General Experience: Computer network administrators have three to five years of practical experience after certification.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for managing and maintaining computer networks, ensuring network infrastructure operates smoothly and efficiently, maintaining cybersecurity, and monitoring and troubleshooting network performance.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field or practical experience
18) Cost Estimator
General Experience: Cost estimators have five years or more of practical experience after certification.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for estimating the cost of designing fire protection and life safety systems. Analyzes material costs, labor, and regulatory compliance to create accurate project bids.
Minimum Education: Associate degree or equivalent experience
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