68HERF26R0010 Sources Sought Notification.pdf

Sources Sought EPA – RTP Facility Maintenance and Support Services

The United States Environmental ProtecƟon Agency (EPA) is seeking Small Businesses with current relevant qualificaƟon, experience, personnel, and capabiliƟes to perform the proposed requirement.

The EPA currently has a contract for the provision of faciliƟes maintenance and support services at all EPA faciliƟes in the Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC area. The current contract number is 68HERD21D0001, the current contractor is VGS Infrastructure Services Inc.

The EPA intends to issue a solicitaƟon for a successor contractor to furnish all necessary labor, supervision, transportaƟon, equipment, and supplies to provide faciliƟes maintenance and support services at all local EPA faciliƟes located in the RTP, NC area.

FaciliƟes Maintenance and Support Services include, but are not limited to the Maintenance and OperaƟon of FaciliƟes, including all facility infrastructures located on surrounding federal property, buildings and equipment; the design and fabricaƟon of hardware and equipment;

engineering documentaƟon; alteraƟons and repairs of buildings, equipment and electrical, mechanical plumbing systems; review of proposed changes to EPA-RTP faciliƟes; shop services;

and rouƟne and/or scheduled preventaƟve maintenance (PM) inspecƟons and repairs. FaciliƟes maintenance and support services also include, but are not limited to the electrical safety inspecƟons and maintenance of electrical services/panels, substaƟons switchgear, and lighƟng fixtures/systems; electronic and closed circuit televisions security systems maintenance; fire exƟnguisher inspecƟons and maintenance; inspecƟon, operaƟons and maintenance, and repair of government-owned fire alarm and sprinkler systems; control systems; food service equipment maintenance; elevator maintenance; environmental compliance; snow removal service; roadway/surface parking lot and parking deck maintenance; chemical spills;

engineering technician support; and uƟlity work at all facility locaƟons. Work will be subject to the Service Contract Act/CollecƟve Bargaining Agreement and the Davis-Bacon Act.

EPA anƟcipates the award of a hybrid contract that consists of Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contract Line Items (CLINs) and Fixed Rate for Services – Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite QuanƟty (IDIQ) CLINs. The contract will consist of a base period of twelve (12) months, with four (4) addiƟonal twelve-month opƟon periods. The total anƟcipated duraƟon of the contract is sixty (60) months.

The North American Industry ClassificaƟon System (NAICS) number 561210 applies to this requirement and the small business standard is $47 Million in average annual receipts over the preceding five fiscal years.

It is requested that interested parƟes submit a brief capabiliƟes statement package (no more than ten pages). Respondents must include a company profile, to include the number of employees, annual receipts, office locaƟon(s), UEI number, CAGE code, references with detail of work performed, and capability statement for at least three recently completed projects of similar work within the same magnitude of this noƟce. Each reference shall include the company name and Ɵtle, telephone number, and point of contact. Indicate whether your firm was the prime contractor or subcontractor on other similar projects. The capability statements for each project should be numbered consistent with the below requirements followed by supporƟng documentaƟon. Interested parƟes who believe that they are qualified to perform these services must submit for evaluaƟon, a list of projects by contract numbers, project Ɵtles, descripƟon of work, size of facility, contract dollar value, brief descripƟon of how the referenced contract relates to the work described, and evidence that documents the following specific capabiliƟes in detail:

1) The EPA faciliƟes on the main campus in RTP are 1.4 million square feet of offices, environmental research laboratories, the Agency’s NaƟonal Computer Center, conference spaces, and a child care facility. The EPA-RTP faciliƟes are classified as a CDC Bio-Safety Level II Research Facility and AAALAC (AssociaƟon for Assessment and AccreditaƟon of Laboratory Animal Care InternaƟonal) faciliƟes. DescripƟons of these faciliƟes are as follows:

a. The main facility is 1,193,000 million square feet and includes 3 office wings, and office tower, an addiƟonal office annex building and 400 research laboratories.

b. The High-Bay building is an engineering research facility that is comprised of specialized large-scale laboratories with 35-foot ceilings and specialized research equipment. The main campus also includes a 100,000 square foot NaƟonal Computer Center (NCC) which houses office space, computer training faciliƟes, higher performance scienƟfic computers and addiƟonal high-scale compuƟng systems. The First Environments Early Learning Center (FEELC) is the 25,400 square foot child care center is also located on the main campus.

c. Other faciliƟes included in the scope for this requirement are the Page Road facility that currently houses receiving/delivery operaƟons and the Fluid Modeling Facility – Wind Tunnel OperaƟons.

2) The Government requests that the interested parƟes provide the following:

a. DocumentaƟon that demonstrates recent and relevant experience in providing faciliƟes maintenance and support services for projects that involve mulƟ-facility installaƟon, including child care centers, engineering research faciliƟes, research laboratories (CDC Bio-Safety Level II and AAALAC accredited or equivalent), and computer centers of similar size, scope, and complexity.

b. Provide experience in the uƟlizaƟon of products containing recovered materials.

c. Provide documentaƟon that demonstrates a full understanding of state, federal, and environmental regulatory compliance policies, safety, and energy concerns or issues for projects of similar size, scope, and complexity.

d. Provide proof of available bonding capability. Include evidence of sufficient available construcƟon bonding capacity with the name of bonding company, telephone number, and point of contact. Indicate the maximum amount of construcƟon bonding that your company can obtain. ConstrucƟon bonding level should be shown in dollars per contract and aggregate.

e. Indicate if you are an 8(a), HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Woman

Owned, Veteran Owned, and/or general small business. Provide proof of SBA cerƟficaƟon of the firm’s status as a small business. Include average annual receipt over the preceding three fiscal years.

f. The esƟmated value of the ConstrucƟon porƟon of this requirement is esƟmated between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000 per year.

The capabiliƟes statement package in response to this sources sought noƟce is not expected to be a proposal, but rather short statements regarding the company’s ability to demonstrate exisƟng, or developed, experƟse and experience in relaƟon to this project and the areas specified herein. Any commercial brochures or currently exisƟng markeƟng material may also be submiƩed with the capabiliƟes package. Submission of capabiliƟes statement package is not a prerequisite to any potenƟal future offerings, but parƟcipaƟon will assist the EPA in tailoring the requirement to be consistent with industry capabiliƟes.

The determinaƟon to proceed with full and open compeƟƟon is solely within the discreƟon of the Government.

Responses to this announcement shall be transmiƩed via email to the following address:

hawkins.amber@epa.gov. Responses must be received no later than 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on January 31, 2026 to be considered. Please address any comments or quesƟons in response to this noƟce to Amber Hawkins. Telephonic submissions and quesƟons will not be entertained.