Design Services Public Announcement.docx

C –ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICE SUPPORT FOR COURTYARD AND INTERIOR SPACE RENOVATION

Agency: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Location: 1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20006

General Information

Document Type: Public Announcement for Architect-Engineer Service Support In Accordance with FAR 36.601-1 and 36.601-2. Note that this will not be a design competition per FAR 36.602-1(b).

Announcement Number: CFP-12-R-00003

Qualifications Due Date (SF 330 Part 1): February 24, 2012 at 4:00 PM (ET)

Classification Code: C -- Architect and Engineering Services

NAICS Code: 541310 – Architectural Services & 541330 – Engineering Services

REQUIREMENT & PROCUREMENT PROCESS

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a need for Architect-Engineer (A&E) service support as identified per the attached Statement of Work (SOW) (Attachment 1). As a result, this announcement is being released under the authority of FAR 36.601-1 in order to receive SF 330 Part 1 submissions from qualified firms. An evaluation panel shall be convened to evaluate firms’ submissions based on the criteria specified below, and to hold discussions with three or more of the most highly qualified firms regarding concepts. The evaluation panel will then recommend to a selection authority, in order of preference, the selected firms considered to be the most highly qualified to perform the work. Upon review, the selection authority will be responsible for establishing the final selection decision that reflects, in order of preference, the firms considered most highly qualified to perform the work. Once established, the Contacting Officer will negotiate with the most preferred firm per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.606 and, if a mutually satisfactory contract cannot be reached, will move to the next firm and so forth. As part of negotiation, the Contracting Officer and the preferred firm shall establish a negotiated price, contract type, schedule, technical approach, extent of small business participation, and other terms in order to satisfy the requirements identified within the SOW. CFPB intends to award one A&E contract to a single firm.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION

A&E firms are invited to submit a completed SF 330 Part 1 (Attachment 2) in Word or Adobe Acrobat Pdf format, electronically to laurent.pichet@cfpb.gov no later than 4:00 P.M. ET, February 24, 2012 in order to be considered. Instructions to complete the form are attached to this announcement (Attachment 3). The SF 330 Part 1 submission shall not exceed 30 pages. All sheets within the electronic response, exclusive of the SF 300 form pages which have pre-set margins and font size, must contain 1-inch margins and 12 point font. The response shall not include any other attachments or documentation to include any generic marketing or sales information, or rely in substance on cross-references to other documents. Note that hand carried or late responses will not be accepted and will be considered non-responsive.

CFPB intends to respond to written questions concerning this announcement if received and, where appropriate, responses will be addressed through distribution of an amendment(s). The deadline for receiving questions is 5:00 P.M. ET, February 15, 2012. Written questions must be submitted by email to laurent.pichet@cfpb.gov. CFPB may not respond to questions received after this deadline. Questions will not be answered via telephone. No other channel of communication with an officer, employee, or agent of CFPB regarding this request is permitted.

Any prospective A/E firm is welcome to submit to the Contracting Officer a written request for a preliminary walk-through of the Premises and, if practical, CFPB will make every attempt to accommodate such request before the deadline submission of 5:00 P.M. ET, February 24 2012.

The point of contact for all inquiries and submissions is as follows:

Laurent Pichet Contracting Officer Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

Email: Laurent.Pichet@cfpb.gov

SF 330 PART 1 EVALUATION

Each timely and responsive SF 330 Part 1 shall be evaluated in accordance with FAR 36.602-1(a). Information submitted per sections A through G shall be used to evaluate the following:

· Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services;

· Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required.

Information submitted per section H shall be used to evaluate the following:

· Specialized experience, if any, in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials;

· Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time;

· Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; and

· Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project.

NEGOTATION STAGE

- Appropriate contract terms and clauses, including those specific to A&E services, shall be negotiated into a contract award with the successful firm, in accordance with the FAR.

-At the time of negotiation, contract type will be determined, which may be Firm Fixed Price, Labor Hour, or a hybrid thereof.

-At the time of negotiation, the statement of work and associated deliverables will be refined and finalized, as the Government may deem appropriate, in consideration of input and recommendations communicated by the successful offeror.

-The FAR requires the use of the On-Line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) as part of the procurement process. Firms are required to complete the ORCA on-line via website http://orca.bpn.gov and, if asked to participate in negotiations, shall be requested to submit such data at that time. Refer to FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications (NOV 2011).

-Firms are required to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database prior to award of a contract. If chosen as a preferred vendor and negotiations are successfully completed, failure to register in the CCR Database may render your firm ineligible for award. For more information, check the CCR Website: https://www.bpn.gov/CCR/default.aspx.

-A firm that qualifies as a large business under the applicable NAICS codes (541310 – Architectural Services & 541330 – Engineering Services) that is asked to participate in negotiations will be required to submit a subcontracting plan. The subcontracting plan shall indicate the extent to which they identify and commit to small businesses participation in the performance of the contract, which should be to the maximum extent practicable.

-The place of performance shall be the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Statement of Work (*subject to modification by the Government during negotiations with the successful firm)

2. SF 330 Part 1 for Completion

3. SF 330 Instruction image2.emf

Scope for Design Services 2-8-12.zip image3.emf

SF 330 Part 1 For Completion.zip image4.emf

SF 330 Instruction.zip image1.jpeg