Region 01 and 02 Facilities Design AE Pre-Solicitation.pdf

USFS Region 1 and Region 2 Architectural and Engineering (A&E) Facilities Design Services

The USDA Forest Service Northern Region (Region 1) and Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) have a requirement for A&E Facilities Design Services. These services will be procured and established using an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantities (IDIQ) contract. Engineering Firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit responses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes are 541330 and 541310 each with a small business size standard of $25.5 million and $12.5 million respectively.

Firms eligible to perform services under either or both NAICS codes are invited to respond to this announcement.

Following an initial evaluation of the qualifications and performance data submitted, the most highly qualified firms to provide the type of services required will be chosen for negotiation. It is anticipated that approximately up to 14 firms will be selected from this announcement. Selection of firms for negotiation shall be through an order of preference based on demonstrated competence and qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the type of professional services required that include:

(1) Professional qualifications

(2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required

(3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time

(4) Past Performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry

(5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project where applicable

Architect & Engineer Facilities Design services and related work include, but is not limited to architecture, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, geotechnical and landscape survey and design, inspection services, and construction management services.

Projects will primarily involve providing new construction, maintenance, and renovation needs of the Forest Service, such as buildings, roads, landscape, site development, facilities, mechanical, and electrical systems at Forest Service recreation and administration sites. Typical projects include designing for a variety of repair, rehabilitation, and new facility construction projects and may include a variety of landscaping or reconstruction needs for office buildings, laboratory buildings, warehouses and other industrial buildings, residences, garages, picnic shelters, campground recreation buildings, other real property, and landscapes.

Projects may be for total project design, or only segments of the work such as building, mechanical, plumbing, landscaping, civil, HVAC, fire protection and alarm system, geotechnical, or electrical projects. The work may include A/E services professional support for in-house Forest Service designs as well.

The Government intends to award multiple IDIQ contracts. The contract will be issued as a five-year ordering period effective from date of award. Task orders will be issued as needed to accomplish the work. Contract time will vary with each individual task order.

The Architect-Engineering firm must demonstrate its, and each key subcontractor's, qualifications with respect to the published evaluation factors for all services. Contractor qualifications will be assessed using the criteria outlined below. Evaluation factors are in accordance with FAR 36.602-1. Specific evaluation factors include:

1. Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services.

The Offeror will address the qualification criteria listed in SF 330.

2. Specialized experienced and technical competence in the type of work required under this contract. The required expertise and engineering disciplines include, but are not limited to:

• Total Project Management.

• Architect.

• Civil Engineering.

• Surveying.

• Structural Engineering.

• Environmental Engineering.

• Geotechnical Engineering.

• Electrical Engineering.

• Mechanical Engineering.

• Landscape Architecture.

• Interior Design Services.

• Archival and Curation Services.

• Construction Support Services and Testing.

• Construction Inspection expertise with materials, equipment, methods and systems on typical Forest Service projects.

• Historic Preservation and Architectural expertise, including expertise to comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation.

• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional(s) with history of completed LEED certified projects.

• Certified Green Globes Professional (GGP) within 1 year of award of this contract. Certified individuals must have experience in project management as well as commissioning of buildings and knowledge of all documentation requirements.

Surveying and Boundary Survey.

3. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. The Offeror is to provide information regarding team ability and capacity to perform multiple tasks over a broad geographic area in a short field season. Offerors demonstrating the ability to efficiently mobilize and respond to a broad variety of services located on multiple Forests will be rated higher than those having to travel considerable distances or have limited manpower resources for the field investigation and inspection portions of these services. Offerors may be required to provide services in a very short turnaround window to meet construction or other critical deadlines.

4. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. Please submit records of satisfactory performance in providing similar services to Federal and State land management agencies in the regional locations as identified in the section below during the past 3 years.

Offerors are required to provide a list of references that will be randomly checked by the Government. Firms demonstrating a track record of customer satisfaction for similar work in similar conditions will be rated higher than firms that have not performed to customer satisfaction. Firms that do not have any available past performance information will be assessed a neutral rating.

5. Region 1 and Region 2 Locations

Areas of coverage shall include NTDP, RMRS and any other USDA facility located within the Northern Region and Rocky Mountain Region boundaries. The Northern Region (Region 1) of the USDA Forest Service includes Montana, North Dakota, portions of Idaho, Washington, and South Dakota. The Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) includes Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. In addition, Task Orders under this contract may be issued for RMRS projects anywhere within the boundaries of the State of Idaho. Facilities, National Forests, and National Grasslands within these boundaries, include, but are not limited to:

• Regional Office Facilities

• Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS – Facilities located within Regions 1 and 2 as well as the entirety of Idaho)

• National Technology and Development Program (NTDP – Missoula location only)

• Bitterroot National Forest

• Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

• Custer Gallatin National Forest

• Dakota Prairie National Grasslands

• Flathead National Forest

• Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

• Idaho Panhandle National Forest

• Kootenai National Forest

• Lolo National Forest

• Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest

• Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests & Pawnee National Grassland

• Bighorn National Forest

• Black Hills National Forest

• Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland

• Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands

• Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands

• Rio Grande National Forest

• San Juan National Forest

• Shoshone National Forest

• White River National Forest

• Any other USDA Unit within the Forest Service Northern Region and Rocky

Mountain Region in Idaho, Montana, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas.

The proposed contract is being solicited as Small Business Set Aside. All contractors are advised that registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to register initially in the SAM Database may render your firm ineligible for award, and failure to update your registration yearly may render your firm ineligible for option year awards. For more information, check the SAM Website at: http://www.sam.gov. Solicitation packages are not available. Contractors must submit qualifications to the listed specific evaluation criteria, if not contained within the SF330s. These qualification statements must not exceed 20 pages in length. Firms responding to this notice are required to submit one

(1) copy of the qualification statement along with SF330s.

This is not a Request for Proposal.

ALL correspondence for this requirement must be labeled ‘Region 1 and Region 2 AE Facilities Services’ in the subject tab and shall be sent to the following email address:

gilbert.chonje@usda.gov

Solicitation questions are due at 1600 Eastern Time on Monday May 25, 2026, late questions will not be accepted. The government anticipates responding to all questions via sam.gov by close of business on May 29, 2026.

Final submissions are due no later than 1600 Eastern Time on Monday June 15, 2026. Late responses will be handled in accordance with RFO 52.215-1.

mailto:gilbert.chonje@usda.gov