QnA Design IDIQ 11.06.26.pdf

Questions and Answers during Advertisement for Full-Service A&E IDIQ Contracts

November 5, 2026

Questions Answers 1 Are both Portrait and Landscape orientations allowed in the proposals?

Yes.

2 Does the small business prime have to be registered to do business as an engineering firm in all 14 states? Or can some of the state registrations be filled by a large business subconsultant? The requirement can mean 1) all firms (prime and subcontractors) have to be licensed in all the states (to include surveying subs being registered in all 14 states), 2) the prime has to be licensed in all 14 states, or 3) any combination of the prime and subconsultants have to be licensed to provide engineering services in each of the states.

Any combination of the prime and subconsultants have to be licensed to provide engineering services in each of the states.

Also please see the answer to question 14.

3 Should we provide copies of our licenses for each state, or would a table listing each state and the corresponding license number be acceptable?

A table listing each state and corresponding license number is acceptable.

4 Should this documentation be included in Section H or provided as an appendix and excluded from the page count?

Please include in Item H.

5 Do we also need to provide proof of licensing for all subconsultants?

Please refer to the answer for question 2 above.

6 Small Business Participation: Please confirm whether a small business may compete for both the unrestricted awards and the partially set-aside award opportunities.

Small Businesses are allowed compete, as this acquisition is being issued as Full and Open Competition.

7 Prime Contractor and Subconsultant Experience: May DEG, as the proposed prime contractor, rely on the relevant highway design experience of committed subconsultants to demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence?

Please refer to Selection Criteria (1)

Ratings will take into account both the firms’ and its subconsultants’ experience as submitted per the RFQ.

8 Geographic Experience: Must the prime contractor independently demonstrate completed highway design projects within the CFLHD geographic jurisdiction, or may qualifying projects performed by proposed subconsultants satisfy this requirement?

Please refer to Selection Criteria (1)

Ratings will take into account both the firms’ and its subconsultants’ geographic experience as submitted per the RFQ.

9 SF330 Section F: May the prime contractor include relevant projects performed by proposed subconsultants before their association with said prime contractor, provided their personnel and responsibilities are clearly identified?

Yes, please refer to the second bullet point of Submission Requirements.

10 Professional Licensing: Must the prime contractor hold engineering-firm registrations in all 14 states at the time of proposal submission, or may the team demonstrate the required professional licensing through appropriately registered subconsultants?

Please refer to the answer for Question 2.

11 Teaming Agreements: Are signed teaming agreements or letters of commitment required from proposed subconsultants at the initial SF330 submission stage?

Unless you are submitting as a joint venture, teaming agreements or letters of commitment are not required to be submitted. Please refer to Submission Requirements.

12 Financial and Bonding Requirements: Are financial statements, minimum revenue thresholds, or bonding-capacity letters required as part of the initial A&E qualifications submission?

No

13 Submission Requirements: Please confirm the applicable SF330 page limit, required supporting documents, submission email address, and whether any amendments have changed the November 20, 2026, deadline.

Please refer to Submission Requirements for this information.

Please refer to sam.gov to verify if amendments have been posted.

14 May a firm qualify as the prime awardee under the proposed structure if the firm does not itself hold engineering-firm registration, but its subconsultants provide all required professional services and licensing coverage?

The prime awardee must be a licensed/registered engineering firm in accordance with the Brooks Act.

15 Does the awardee eligibility requirement require the prime firm itself to hold A&E firm registration or other eligibility to practice, independently of its subconsultants? If so, what evidence must the prime provide with the initial SF 330?

The prime awardee must be a licensed/registered engineering firm in accordance with the Brooks Act. The firm must verify it is a registered A&E firm on the SF330, and should at a minimum provide the license number.

16 Does the state-by-state license table in SF 330 Item H satisfy only the team's geographic licensing requirement, or can it also establish the prime awardee's eligibility under the separate requirement?

You may establish prime awardee’s eligibility in the SF330 Item H.

17 Please clarify how the Government intends to evaluate and rank submissions for the small business set-aside award in relation to the unrestricted competition. Will small business submissions be evaluated separately from unrestricted submissions for the reserved award?

All businesses will be evaluated in accordance with RFO Part 36; small businesses will not be evaluated separately.

18 Once contracts are awarded, will the small business awardee compete directly against the unrestricted contract holders for all

Task order competition will follow fair opportunity procedures in accordance with RFO 16.507-2 and 16.507-6 (b) and (c) task orders under the same evaluation criteria, or will certain task orders be reserved for the small business awardee?

19 We want to clarify one separate eligibility point before pursuing an SF 330 submission. If a firm is a small business and is not presently registered as an engineering or architecture firm. If all regulated design, professional engineering and land surveying services were to be performed by appropriately licensed subconsultants, could the firm serve as the prime under the RFQ requirement that the offering firm be legally permitted to practice A&E? Or must the prime itself hold independent authorization to practice the profession, even if its proposed subconsultants hold all required project-state licenses?

Please see the answer to question 14.

20 If independent prime authorization is required, would an otherwise compliant joint venture with a licensed A&E firm be considered, subject to the RFQ's joint-venture documentation requirements?

In accordance with the Brooks Act, any entity offering engineering services directly to the government must be licensed/registered.

21 We are writing to respectfully request an extension of the submission deadline for RFQ No. 6982AF26R000004 – Full- Service Architectural and Engineering (A&E) IDIQ Contracts, currently scheduled for November 20, 2026.

No extension will be granted at this time.

22 Do SF 330 Part IIs need to be in Times New Roman 10 pt? Please refer to submission requirements for text fonts and sizes.

23 The RFQ states that the SF 330 submission is limited to 8.5" x 11" pages. May the organizational chart required under Section 2, Item D be provided on an 11" x 17" page, or must it be formatted within the 8.5" x 11" page size requirement?

Please format to the 8.5” x 11” page size in accordance with the Submission Requirements.

24 Would project experience performed for a State transportation agency outside of the CFLHD geographic jurisdiction be considered relevant if it demonstrates comparable technical expertise, project complexity, and services required under this

RFQ?

Representative experience must include work for either Federal, State, and/or Local agencies in the states under CFLHD jurisdiction.

25 Evaluation Criterion (1) states that representative experience must include work for Federal, State, and/or Local agencies within the states under CFLHD jurisdiction. May firms also include projects and past performance references performed directly for Tribal organizations located within the CFLHD service area as evidence of relevant experience and past performance?

Yes

26 May key personnel be proposed in multiple labor categories or roles?

Yes

27 For Evaluation Criterion (6), is the Government expecting firms to submit supporting past performance documentation such as CPARS reports, Performance Questionnaires (PPQs), or similar evaluations with the SF 330 submission?

Additionally, should CPARS, PPQs, or other past performance documentation be provided for each project included in Section F, or will past performance be evaluated solely based on the information presented within the SF 330 and information otherwise obtained by the Government?

Yes

Past performance will be evaluated based on past performance information provided by the contractor in their response, along with information otherwise obtained by the Government.