Federal Supply Schedule GS21F0028Y

Questions & Solutions® Engineering, Inc.

1079 Falls Curve Chaska, Minnesota 55318 QSEng.com

03FAC Facility Maintenance and Management Federal Supply Schedule Price List Contract Number GS-21F-0028Y Contact Information LetsTalk@QSEng.com | 612.308.4716

Questions & Solutions® Engineering, Inc.

1079 Falls Curve Chaska, Minnesota 55318 QSEng.com

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03FAC Facility Maintenance and Management Federal Supply Schedule Price List Contract Number GS-21F-0028Y Contact Information LetsTalk@QSEng.com | 612.308.4716

Questions & Solutions Engineering 03FAC Facilities Maintenance & Management GS-21F-0028Y | effective 12/05/11 – 12/04/16 LetsTalk@QSEng.com | 612.308.4716 | QSEng.com

Table of Contents General Information

GSA Pricing Including IFF

Introduction to Questions & Solutions Engineering

Description of Services

SIN 871 206 Building Commissioning Services

SIN 871 207 Energy Audit Services

General Information GSA Contract Number GS-21F-0028Y, effective 12/05/11 – 12/04/16

Awarded Special Item Numbers SIN 871 206 — Building Commissioning Services SIN 871 207 — Energy Audit Services

NAICS 541330 — Engineering Services Minimum / Maximum Order $100 / $1,000,000

Geographic Area Covered United States and Territories Points of Production Not Applicable

Discounts Rates as Listed Quantity Discounts 2% additional Discount on contracts of > $500,000

Prompt Payment Terms Net 30 Days Government Purchase Cards Accepted Accepted

Foreign Items Not Applicable Time of Delivery Negotiated for Individual Task Orders

F.O.B. Points Not Applicable

Ordering and Payment Address Questions & Solutions Engineering, Inc.

1079 Falls Curve Chaska, Minnesota 55318

Ordering and Payment Electronic Address GSA@QSEng.com Warranty Provision Not Applicable

DUNS Number 605261812 Central Contractor Registration QSE is Registered

GSA Pricing Including IFF

Labor Category Hourly Rates Description and Education

Principal In Charge

$174.56 Coordinates projects and manages project managers.

Professional engineer.

Master’s Degree in engineering and/or at least 25 years project experience.

Senior Engineer $144.63 Prepares and oversees engineering document deliverables and site activities per the project contract.

Professional engineer.

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering and at least 10 years project experience.

Project Manager $144.63 Directs, schedules, and coordinates activities of project team members in order to properly complete the project.

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering and/or 20 years project experience.

Engineer $124.69 Prepares engineering document deliverables and performs site work per the project contract.

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering and at least 5 years project experience OR at least 15 years project experience.

Engineer In Training

$114.71 Assists in the preparation of engineering document deliverables and performance of site activities per the project contract.

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering.

Engineering Intern

$54.86 Assists in the preparation of engineering document deliverables as per the project contract.

Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering.

Administrative $85.78 Performs administrative support duties as required.

Bachelor’s Degree and/or 10 years’ administrative support experience.

Introduction to Questions & Solutions Engineering Questions & Solutions Engineering, Inc. (QSE) is a consulting firm serving facility owners and operators nationwide. QSE focuses on working with facility owners to achieve high performance from their new and existing building systems.

QSE offers commissioning program development, training, and project execution.

QSE provides existing building troubleshooting, energy audits, retro-commissioning, re-commissioning, and on-going commissioning services.

QSE consults with owners who need specialized Mechanical and Electrical system expertise when planning and implementing capital projects.

QSE offers LEED® facilitation services.

Whatever the assignment, QSE asks questions first and then offers customized solutions based on each owner’s unique facilities and organizational processes.

QSE is a member of the following industry organizations:

Building Commissioning Association (BCxA) United States Green Building Council (USGBC) AABC Commissioning Group (ACG)

QSE is a certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE) under several different certification programs:

QSE is a certified Woman’s Business Enterprise (WBE) with the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.

QSE is a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise/Women’s Business Enterprise/Small Business Enterprise (DBE/WBE/SBE) with the Minnesota Unified Certification Program of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Airports Commission and the Metropolitan Council.

QSE’s technical personnel have a combined 121 years of commissioning experience. Our professionals hold the following certifications:

7 Professional Mechanical Engineers 2 Professional Electrical Engineers 10 LEED Accredited Professionals 4 Certified Commissioning Professional 1 Commissioning Process Management Professional 2 Certified Commissioning Authority 1 Qualified Commissioning Process Provider 3 Certified Energy Managers 1 Certified Plant Engineer 1 Licensed Chief Operating Engineer with the State of Minnesota

QSE has a direct client list which includes, but is not limited to, the United States Department of State;

the South Dakota Office of the State Engineer; the City of St. Paul; the City of Minneapolis; the City of Rochester; Sherburne County, MN; Douglas County, WI; the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center; the Target Center; the Minnesota Twins Baseball Club; the University of Minnesota; the University of Pittsburgh; Carleton College; Luther College; the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN and Jacksonville, FL); the United States Department of State; J. Paul Getty Trust; the Walker Art Center;

General Dynamics; Opus; Hormel; and Boston Scientific.

QSE has proved commissioning services on a number of federal government facilities including Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Fort Greeley; Ellsworth Air Force Base; Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base; Binghamton Army Reserve Center; Grand Forks Air Force Base; and Minneapolis-St.

Paul Air Reserve Station. Half of QSE’s professionals worked together to commission the Pentagon Renovation and a number of facilities for the ground-based Missile Defense Program over the course of seven years.

Rebecca Ellis, President of QSE, is an instructor with the Energy Center of Wisconsin’s Energy Center University. She delivers training on retro-commissioning and new construction commissioning. She is also a trainer for the Midwest Energy Efficiency Association’s Building Operator Certification project, teaching HVAC system basics, controls, and retro-commissioning to facility operations, maintenance, and management personnel.

If you are interested in more information about QSE or would like to read 14+ years of monthly Engineered Systems magazine columns covering all aspects of facility commissioning written by Rebecca Ellis, we encourage you to visit our web site at www.QSEng.com.

Description of Services SIN 871 206 Building Commissioning Services New Construction Commissioning Commissioning Philosophy Commissioning is a process by which a design and construction team can proactively track progress towards achieving systems performance goals, and a fundamental prerequisite of the Commissioning process is a clear and verifiable definition of the owner’s requirements. There are many elements that can be included in “Commissioning,” most of which are determined by the facility owner’s priorities and goals for a project.

The roles and responsibilities for carrying out the various Commissioning activities are also unique to each individual project and project team. For the most part, the Commissioning process is a structure in which project team members, whether designers, contractors, construction managers, or the owner, perform their normal contractual responsibilities. Commissioning brings a level of coordination, communication, and documentation of integrated building systems over and above the normal project delivery process. Of course, it culminates in the testing of system and inter-system performance to confirm compliance with the owner’s requirements prior to the owner accepting the systems.

QSE’s approach to Commissioning is focused on planning and preparation for successful testing at the end of construction. To the greatest extent possible, we want the Project Team to have worked through all of the potential problems before that point in the schedule. We help facilitate that teamwork, identifying concerns early in design or construction is less likely to impact project schedule and budget.

As such, we believe the Commissioning process, as customized for each unique project, will enhance everyone’s success.

Commissioning Process The first step of the Commissioning process for any project is to define how Commissioning will be customized for that particular project and document it for all project team members. Commissioning will be different for each project for all the same reasons that each building, each design and construction team, and each project delivery process is different. As such, the Commissioning Plan and communication is critical for the project team to understand their roles and responsibilities.

The following is a generic Commissioning process flow diagram representing some, but not all, possible Commissioning activities and how they fit into the standard phases of a major design and construction project. Each project is likely to have a unique set of Commissioning activities and unique project team roles and responsibilities for executing those activities.

Design Phase

Construction Phase

Testing & Training Phase

Warranty Phase

Commissioning Scope Development QSE specializes in assisting facility owners with “right sizing” the Commissioning process to their unique priorities, procedures, project delivery approach, etc. It is our intention to provide the best Commissioning value available within each project’s budget. There is no one-size-fits-all commissioning scope. Scoping discussions between QSE and the facility owner will include:

Which systems will be Commissioned?

Levels of rigor for Commissioned systems:

• Full commissioning review and dynamic system testing facilitated by the commissioning professional.

• Design review and third party commissioning oversight of testing planned and conducted by others.

• Design review and equipment/component installation observation and verification; with no dynamic system testing after installation.

How early in the project will Commissioning begin?

In how many design reviews will the Commissioning professional participate?

What involvement, if any, will the Commissioning process have in the training of building operators?

What involvement, if any, will the Commissioning process have in the development and review of operations manuals and as-built drawings for the building owner?

What, if any, Commissioning activities will extend into the warranty period?

How much site presence does the owner expect of the Commissioning professional during construction?

How will the Commissioning process fit as seamlessly as possible into the planned project delivery method, e.g., traditional Design-Bid-Build; Design-Build; Fast Track with multiple bid packages; phased construction and phased occupancy; etc.?

Existing Building Retro-Commissioning Retro-Commissioning Philosophy QSE’s core business is analysis and troubleshooting of building mechanical, electrical, and life safety system operation. We do this at any stage of a facility’s life; through new construction commissioning, retro-commissioning older systems, and troubleshooting acute performance problems at any time. A building owner will typically call QSE about retro-commissioning for one of two primary motivating factors:

Performance: Building systems which are not meeting the owner’s needs and expectations.

Energy Conservation: Building systems which are using more energy than expected.

Regardless of the primary motivating factor, however, the Retro-Commissioning process will result in both energy savings and improved system performance.

Retro-Commissioning Process QSE’s existing building Retro-Commissioning approach is as follows:

Start with a clear definition of the owner’s performance expectations for each system.

Evaluate current system capacities and operation through document review, operator interviews, and hands-on field testing.

Identify the gaps between current performance and the owner’s desired performance for each system.

Recommend solutions to the root causes of those gaps.

Assist the owner, as needed, in implementing the low-cost/no cost recommendations as soon as practical.

Assist the owner in planning for longer term energy conservation projects requiring more intensive planning and investment.

Confirm successful implementation of the recommendations through measurement and verification.

Retro-Commissioning Scope Development Similar to new construction Commissioning, existing building Retro-Commissioning can be as extensive, rigorous, and lengthy as the owner deems appropriate for their facility. Scoping discussions between QSE and the facility owner will include:

Which systems will be included in the Retro-Commissioning process?

Will the building automation system (BAS) be used for trend log analysis?

Will portable data loggers be used for trend log analysis?

Will a test, adjust, and balance (TAB) contractor be used to measure current airflows, water flows, and system pressures?

How many climate seasons will the Retro-Commissioning analysis cover?

What role will the building’s operations and maintenance staff have?

SIN 871 207 Energy Audit Services QSE’s Energy Audit Services are focused solely on energy savings for existing building owners. Energy Audits tend to be limited to hardware and operational details observable during site inspections. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

HVAC equipment efficiencies and operating hours Lighting efficiency and operating hours Process equipment efficiency and operating hours Building envelope composition and condition Use of controls to match equipment operation to building needs (e.g., variable frequency drives, temperature resets, etc.)

Most of QSE’s Energy Audits begin with brief building operator interviews and an initial facility walkthrough. This allows QSE to perform a high level assessment of energy savings potential which will lead to a recommendation to proceed (or not) into a more detailed audit and engineering analysis.

As the first step of a more in-depth Energy Audit, QSE will develop a customized energy use profile to identify the systems using the most energy. This will help ensure that our audit efforts are focused on those systems with the most potential for meaningful savings.

In addition to our technical evaluation of a building’s systems, QSE’s Energy Audits include utility billing and rate structure reviews in order to help facility owners minimize unit energy costs and take advantage of utility-sponsored savings programs.

Commissioning Scope Development

SIN 871 207 Energy Audit Services