MD_AE_5.0_Sources Sought_9Jan24.pdf

Missile Defense Architect-Engineer Indefinite Delivery Contract (MD AE) Architect-Engineer Services

SOURCES SOUGHT

The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541330, Engineering Services. The small business size standard is $25.5M.

This notice is for market research purposes only and is not a request for proposals (RFP) and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. This notice is open for responses from both small and unrestricted businesses. Responses will be used to determine if this requirement, or a portion of this requirement, can be set-aside for small businesses.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government does not intend to rank responses or provide any reply to interested businesses and responses will not be returned. The information discovered in the sources sought will not be used to make contractor selections. A response is appreciated regardless of how well a firm meets the requirements.

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (CEHNC) is seeking capability statements from firms interested in proposing on an Indefinite Delivery (IDC) type service contract for Architect-Engineer (AE) design services in support of the DoD’s Missile Defense Architect-Engineer (MD AE). Support is primarily provided to U.S. Army customers but may also be used to support U.S. Air Force and other DoD components on an as-needed basis. Any contracts awarded are being procured in accordance with (IAW) the Selection of Architects and Engineers, as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 36.6 and Engineering Pamphlet

(EP) 715-1-7.

CEHNC anticipates awarding an MD AE IDC, with a 36-month base period and two 24-month options for a total ordering period of 7-years. The estimated procurement value is $400M. CEHNC anticipates award of up to six AE IDCs to include both small and large firms; however, reserves the right to award more, less, or none at all.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION:

This contract will provide technical support for the design of new facilities and sites in support of the deployment of missile systems sites for the Government. This support is for the development and rehabilitation of tactical, tactical support, and non-tactical facilities supporting the Missile Defense and Operations mission including missile control buildings, industrial workshops, power plants, communications facilities, administration buildings, ancillary structures, new and rehab road work, utility work, and building systems work, and various other facilities as needed to meet the mission. To successfully complete these projects requires specialized engineering services including, but not limited to, High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP), Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM), and Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analyses (FMECA) design and analysis. These designs require firm experience in radar, missile launch and command and control facilities, communications infrastructure in support of command control and battle management systems, tactical support facilities, non-tactical facilities and various other facilities that may be required to support the mission.

Specific requirements are expected to include, but will not be limited to the following:

Design of facilities and sites including the preparation of design criteria, A&E designs, specifications, design-related analyses, and studies.

Economic analyses and cost estimates.

Additional support may include the following: environmental documentation;

permits; special studies; other environmental activities as required by federal, state, and local laws and regulations; feasibility studies, geotechnical investigations and topographical mapping services, programmatic support services, as-builts, and engineering and design during construction.

This acquisition will require the firms to have the capability to respond to multiple task order requests for work for diverse locations throughout the Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, US Territories and possessions; USACE Transatlantic Division (TAD), North Atlantic Division (NAD), and Pacific Ocean Division (POD) such as Europe, Asia, Australia, Joint Region Marianas; and other locations with Missile Defense and Operations systems. Excluding site visits for fact-finding, consultation, and information gathering, all work for locations Outside of the United States and Outlying areas (as defined in FAR 2.101) will be at the Firms’ United States Place of Performance.

3. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Interested businesses are requested to reply to this notice by submitting a response to the Capability Questionnaire (Attachment 1). The questionnaire provides the Government information about your firm that describes relevant experience and qualifications.

If no experience or capabilities are associated with a particular question, please indicate that within the questionnaire.

Submissions SHALL be received NO LATER THAN 2:00pm Central Standard Time, February 9, 2024; and should not exceed ten (10) one-sided, 8.5” X 11” pages using no smaller than 12 sized font. Graphs, photos, and other charts will not be considered in page length. Computer files must be compatible with Microsoft Word 2017.

NO HARD COPY OR FACSIMILE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc.) will not be considered.

Submit responses to ALL of the following addresses to ensure receipt by the Government:

CEHNC-MDAE5.0@USACE.ARMY.MIL

JENNIFER.M.FORD@USACE.ARMY.MIL

Responses to this notice should use the following subject line in the submission email for ease of identification:

MD AE IDC Capability Questionnaire - BUSINESS NAME

Office visits or site visits to meet with USACE personnel for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled.

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

All questions regarding this Sources Sought or this requirement shall be emailed to

CEHNC-MDAE5.0@USACE.ARMY.MIL

JENNIFER.M.FORD@USACE.ARMY.MIL

TERRY.L.HERBERT@USACE.ARMY.MIL

Any businesses with questions concerning this notice should use the following subject line in the email: MD AE Sources Sought Questions - BUSINESS NAME

Contracting Office Address:

U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center CT-Pre-Award-BOE Attention: Jennifer Ford PO Box 1600 Huntsville, AL 35807-4301

USACE HNC Points of Contact:

Terry Herbert, Contracting Officer Jennifer Ford – Contract Specialist mailto:CEHNC-MDAE5.0@USACE.ARMY.MIL mailto:JENNIFER.M.FORD@USACE.ARMY.MIL mailto:CEHNC-MDAE5.0@USACE.ARMY.MIL mailto:JENNIFER.M.FORD@USACE.ARMY.MIL mailto:TERRY.L.HERBERT@USACE.ARMY.MIL

NOTE: Interested parties are responsible for monitoring modifications to this notice

ATTACHMENT 1: CAPABILITIES QUESTIONNAIRE

Please respond to all questions, with as much information as possible without exceeding the 10-page count limit in this notice.

Use this form to provide contractor’s general information. The box at the bottom of the form may be used to clarify any requested information. Please respond to all questions as completely as possible and neatly print or type the requested information.

SECTION 1. GENERAL

DUNS: _______________ CAGE Code: ____________ UID:____________________

A. Business Name: (Insert Business Name)

B. Business Address: (Insert Business Address)

C. Is your firm registered under the NAICS code 541330 - Engineering Services (Yes or No).

If not, what NAICS code do you propose for this requirement and why?

D. Responsible Point of Contact:

Name: (Insert Name) Telephone: (Insert Telephone Number) Email: (Insert Email Address)

SECTION 2. TYPE OF BUSINESS: (check all that apply)

8(a) small business, Service-disabled veteran-owned small business Veteran-owned small business HUB Zone small business Women-owned small business Small Disadvantaged business Small business Other Than Small Business (Insert Type)

Experience:

• Number of years/months in business executing Architect-Engineer (AE) Contracts: ________years ______ months

• Number of years executing missile defense and systems AE contracts?

________years ______ months

• Number of years executing federal contracts: ______years_______months

• Has your firm been awarded a federal AE contract within the last 3 years?

Yes or No

• What is your firm’s highest dollar valued AE contract?

CONTRACTOR ARRANGEMENT

Our firm will most likely be proposing on this project as a:

Joint Venture with (Insert business name, business size, and cage code).

Refer to FAR subpart 9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements, as well as 8(a)Program regulations described in 13 CFR 124.513, HUBZone Program regulations described in 13 CFR 126.616, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Program regulations described in FAR 19.1403(c) and 13 CFR 125.15(b).)

Sole Contractor, self-performing 100% of the work Prime Contractor (Small Business), self-performing at least 50% of the work Prime Contractor (Small Business) performing at least 50% of the work with the following team member subcontractor(s) (Insert business name, business size, cage code, and work which will be subcontracted) (IAW FAR 52.219- 14(e)(1), dated Sept 2021) Subcontractor, performing less than 50% of the work for (Insert business name, business size, cage code, and work which will be done) Other – explain_________________________

SECTION 3. CAPABILITY

Potential sources for performance of the support services shall be fully qualified in providing AE services related to pre-design engineering studies and design, commissioning, planning services, and construction phase services to support new construction, renovation, additions and alterations of energy systems.

If no experience or capabilities are associated with a particular requirement, please indicate.

I.The potential sources must demonstrate in their response to this sources sought that they have the capability to perform the following:

a. The contractor shall have established a satisfactory record of completion of similar contracts and will demonstrate sufficient equipment, personnel, organizational, financial, and technical capability to ensure satisfactory completion of the contract.

b. The contractor will have at the time of submission a facility secret clearance and approval to store and process classified material in accordance with Executive Order #13526 and the ability to obtain employee secret clearances.

c. The contractor shall demonstrate experience in design of facilities and ancillary structures and systems for the assembly, preparation, handling and storage of missiles.

c. The contractor shall demonstrate the capability to provide architectural and engineering disciplines necessary (Architecture, Mechanical, Structural, Civil, Electrical, Power, Fire Protection, Geotechnical, Seismic, and Cost) to design multiple $50 million plus construction cost (CC) military construction projects concurrently for construction in multiple and diverse geographic locations.

d. The contractor shall demonstrate the ability to design critical defense facilities and develop Failure Mode Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA), and Reliability, Availability and Maintenance (RAM) analyses,

d. The contractor shall demonstrate knowledge and experience incorporating High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) protection in the design of facilities.

e. The contractor shall demonstrate knowledge and experience designing facilities that will be located in areas of high seismic activity according to current Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) requirements.

f. The contractor shall demonstrate knowledge of explosive safety and blast effects and prior experience designing facilities to accommodate explosive environments to include preparing submittals to the Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board (DDESB).

f. The contractor shall demonstrate ability and experience to design facilities to operate in harsh environmental areas such as corrosive conditions, arid environments and in areas of extremes in temperature and humidity such as encountered in the arctic and the tropics.

g. The contractor shall demonstrate knowledge of electronic and physical security design including but not limited to miscellaneous security studies, access/entry control, site security, antiterrorism protection, and design to protect facilities against Chemical, Biological, and Radiological (CBR) agents.

h. The contractor shall demonstrate knowledge and experience with federal standards and criteria associated with the cybersecurity of facility related control systems.

II.Is there any reason why your firm could not support projects that may require travel outside the contiguous United States? Yes or No

III.Indicate the approximate number of professional architects and engineers that are currently employed by your firm. ____________

IV.Does your firm have any professional conflict of interest that would prevent you from submitting a proposal for this acquisition? Yes or No

V.How many design projects valued at $1M (in AE fees) is your firm capable of performing per 12-month period? (i.e.. 0, 1-2, 3-5, 6-10 ,11-20, 20+)

VI.How many projects valued at $1M (in AE fees) is your firm capable of performing simultaneously? (i.e.. 0, 1-2, 3-5, 6-10 ,11-20, 20+)

VII.What is the maximum capacity your firm can adequately perform for any single task order (project) is: (use whole numbers - dollars in AE fee, not construction project value)

VIII.What is the maximum number of task orders your form can perform simultaneously?

IX.What is the maximum aggregate contract capacity your firm can adequately perform in a five-year period? (use whole numbers - dollars in AE fee, not construction project value)

X.What is the total AE fee value of the largest design project your firm has performed in the last five years?

XI.As it is currently written, does this SOW create any risk for firms to propose on this IDC or execute work off of this IDC?

XII.As it is currently written, is there anything in the SOW that would cause a firm that would normally be interested in this type of contract to choose not to propose?

XIII.Check the States, U.S Territories and Outlying Areas where your firm has the capability/interest to perform work.

☐ All 48 Contiguous States as well as Alaska and Hawaii ☐ Only the following States: __________ ☐ All U.S Territories and Outlying Areas ☐ Only the following U.S Territories and Outlying Areas: __________ ☐ All mentioned countries outside the U.S.

☐ Only the following countries outside the U.S: __________