N62478CON33FY2402.pdf

Sources Sought No. N62478CON33FY2402

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice to determine the capabilities of firms of any size for a potential contract.

This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposal (RFP) or promise to issue a solicitation announcement in the future, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This notice is only a request by the Government to collect information from Architect- Engineer firms for the purpose of Market Research used to make acquisition decisions. Not providing a response to this Sources Sought will not prohibit/exclude your company from participating in any future solicitations. No solicitation or technical scope of services is available at this time. Firms are strongly encouraged to review this SOURCES SOUGHT and submit according to the directions in this notice. Any information submitted to this Sources Sought is strictly voluntary. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Hawaii (NAVFAC Hawaii) will neither award a contract solely on the basis of this notice, nor pay for any information that may be submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought.

The A-E services will be for design and engineering services for projects at various locations under the cognizance of NAVFAC Hawaii. The A-E services is for Engineering Services (NAICS 541330), but may involve multi-disciplines. All work shall be performed in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local policy, guidance, regulations, and laws including, but not limited to, the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) requirements.

Please provide your response to the following.

(1) Offerors information.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Complete Attachment (1), Offeror Information.

(2) Offerors capabilities to perform based on the following criteria:

(a) Specialized Experience. Provide your firms specialized recent and relevant project experience in the design of Utility projects:

Each project/contract shall be $20 million or more for new construction or repair/renovation projects in estimated construction costs if the construction contract has not been awarded, or the awarded construction value if the construction contract has been awarded. The design shall be completed within the past ten (10) years and may be exclusive of Post Construction Award Services (PCAS) work.

Types of Relevant Projects: New construction and/or repair/renovation/alteration of water treatment and distribution systems including pump stations; wastewater collection and treatment systems including pump stations; storm drainage systems; exterior electrical primary distribution; utility substations; utility switching stations; power generation; secondary distribution systems; waterfront electrical system; alternative energy systems; and telecommunications systems for facilities.

Types of design and engineering services: Military Construction (MILCON) Project Documentation (DD Form 1391); Functional Analysis and Concept Development (FACD)/Concept Design Workshops (CDW)/Design Charrettes; Design-Build (D-B) Request for Proposal (RFP) construction documents; Design-Bid-Build (DBB)/Final Design construction documents; and Engineering Studies and Reports.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Complete Attachment (2), Specialized Experience. Provide no more than eight (8) projects completed within the last 10 years. Four (4) projects must involve water, wastewater or storm drain utilities and the other four (4) projects must involve electrical/telecommunication utilities as indicated above under Types of Relevant Projects. If more than eight (8) projects are submitted, the Government will only evaluate the first eight (8) projects in the order submitted. All projects must have been completed by the Firm, either as the Prime or sub-consultant; projects not meeting this requirement will be excluded from consideration in the evaluation. If the firm is proposing as a joint venture for this sources sought notice, projects performed by the joint venture should be submitted; however, if there are no projects performed by the joint venture, projects by each joint venture partner must be submitted. Projects designed and constructed for DoD facilities located in Hawaii and tropical environments similar to Hawaii, Guam and Pacific Ocean areas are desirable. Any additional information provided for this criterion outside of Attachment (2) will not be considered.

(b) Professional Qualifications. Provide key personnel’s U.S. professional license (include State and discipline), certification, registration, license and/or accreditation in appropriate disciplines, number of years of experience, firm name and location, education; and indicate their role (e.g. Principal, Civil Project Manager, etc.)

Provide specialized recent experience and technical competence of key personnel for projects involving new Recent Relevant Utility Projects as described above. Each project/contract shall be $20 million or more for new construction or repair/renovation projects in estimated construction costs if the construction contract has not been awarded, or the awarded construction value if the construction contract has been awarded; completed within the past ten (10) years; and in tropical environments similar to Hawaii. Types of design and engineering services include specialized experience in Military Construction (MILCON) Project Documentation (DD Form 1391); Functional Analysis and Concept Development (FACD)/Concept Design Workshops (CDW)/Design Charrettes; Design-Build (D-B) Request for Proposal (RFP) construction documents; Design-Bid-Build (DBB)/Final Design construction documents; and Engineering Studies and Reports.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Complete Attachment (3) for each key personnel in the Civil discipline from the Prime A-E only and Electrical sub A-E. Submit resumes for no more than five (5) Civil Engineers (CEs), including at least one (1) Principal-in-Charge and two (2) Civil Project Managers/Engineers and no more than four (4) Electrical Engineers (EEs). Resumes should indicate: professional registration, certification, licensure and/or accreditation in appropriate disciplines; cite recent (completed within the past 10 years) project-specific experience in work relevant to the services required; and indicate proposed role (not current position in the firm). Do not submit resumes for key personnel for other disciplines or from your sub-consultants. Provide no more than five (5) projects for each key personnel. Provide an Organization Chart indicating all major disciplines on your team (i.e. sub-consultant’s company names and their discipline).

Resumes or qualifications of these other disciplines should not be submitted. Any additional information provided for this criterion outside of Attachment (3) and the Organization Chart will not be considered.

(c) Capacity.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Provide a written narrative describing your firm’s present workload and availability over the next five (5) years to perform the following volume of work in the required time:

Large businesses: $200M – $300M Small businesses: $15M - $50M

Indicate your firm’s ability to accomplish multiple projects concurrently and ensure continuity of services. Task orders will generally be between $200,000 and $4,000,000. It is possible there will be several large and small task orders issued concurrently requiring quick turnaround.

Firms that do not have the capacity to perform on contracts within the ranges specified above should indicate what their realistic capacity (in dollar value) is in a given year. The Government may consider potential contracts with smaller or larger values depending on information obtained from this market research.

(End of criteria)

Your submission is limited to a total of approximately 25 pages. The format shall be electronic in PDF format. Use 8-1/2 x 11 paper format, typed with a minimum 10-point font size, one-inch margins all on sides when providing narratives for Criteria 2(c). Submit your qualification statement as one complete PDF file

(multiple files will not be accepted). Number each page of your submission.

Any information provided to the Government in response to this announcement will become U.S.

Government property and will not be returned. All proprietary or classified information will be treated appropriately. Please submit your qualification statement to Ms. Jennifer Lau, Contract Specialist, and Ms.

Alice Mende, Contracting Officer, via email at jennifer.m.lau2.civ@us.navy.mil and alice.s.mende.civ@us.navy.mil. Interested parties responding to this announcement by Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. H.S.T. will be considered.