RFI - OAA-26-00205.pdf

Department of Labor - OSPE Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice

New Healthcare Building Model Development and Cost Updates

SPECIAL NOTICE: SOURCES SOUGHT & REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice does not represent a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for information received as a result of this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and any follow-up information requests to include an invite to further explain/demonstrate aspects of their proposed approach. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Information provided in response to this RFI is submitted voluntarily and is not being requested as part of a solicitation for actual pricing.

PURPOSE OF RFI:

The purpose of this RFI is to gather information about potential vendors who can perform the services described in the scope below. If your firm can provide Healthcare Building Construction model and cost data, please respond to this RFI with a rough order of magnitude for market research purposes. The primary objectives are:

1. Identify a specific project (one for each of the four major Census regions) that best reflects the “average” or typical Healthcare building project within that region relative to size, and any other characteristic deemed relevant as demonstrated by data gathered for the specified time frame. BLS will provide plans and specs to the vendor for up to five preselected projects for each of the four Census regions separately on a flow basis. Vendor will need to rate the plans and specs provided for quality to develop a model based on the quality and detail provided in the plans and specs to be able to develop a cost model for the building. BLS will finalize the model selection for each Census region based on the vendor’s ratings.

2. Develop four detailed regional Healthcare building cost models. Each model shall reflect the known characteristics of the project selected as the “average” for the region.

3. Develop and implement a methodology to update the material, labor, and installation costs for the four regional models on a quarterly basis.

Responses to this RFI will be reviewed by DOL for their applicability to the Government’s need and determined to be “Relevant” or “Irrelevant” to the above problem. Offerors of “Relevant” responses may be requested to demonstrate their approach and/or product to a Government panel of Subject Matter Experts to help DOL determine the best approach.

BACKGROUND:

BLS began the nonresidential building construction initiative to develop output price indexes for the nonresidential building construction sector of the U.S. economy in the late 1990s. This initiative requires the BLS to purchase data and services on the US nonresidential building construction.

SCOPE

Data and services required include everything necessary to re-specify the current BLS Healthcare building models for the four major Census regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West) and maintain continuous calculation of BLS indexes.

This work specifically includes:

1. Development of four (1 per major Census region) new Healthcare building cost models that reflect the current marketplace trends.

2. Development of a methodology to update the material and installation costs in the four regional Healthcare building models on a quarterly basis reflecting market price movement within each of the regions. This methodology shall also allow BLS to select up to four assemblies (as defined in Attachment B) in each region for which specific research will be performed by the vendor.

3. Aid BLS on an ‘as needed’ basis to understand the make-up of the Healthcare building cost models and to evaluate any future updates to the models due to significant changes in ‘typical’ construction practices.

4. Delivery of ongoing quarterly cost updates for each of the four regional Healthcare building cost models.

RFI QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Company description, discussion of company capabilities, and general summary of approach to accomplishing the requirements listed in the Draft Statement of Objectives

(SOO).

2. Historical information (description and length of time providing this service, as well as under what North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) XXXXXXXXX) to the public and other federal agencies.

3. Describe your type of business, (i.e., small, small disadvantaged, woman-owned, HUB Zone, serviced-disabled veteran-owned small business, large business, etc.), under NAICS XXXXXXXXX, which contains a size standard of XXXXXXXXXXX.

4. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range and scope of these requirements? If not, please list which requirements your company can provide?

5. Has your company performed this type of effort or similar type effort (to include size and complexity) in the past, if so, provide Contract Number, Point of Contact (POC), e-mail address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort?

6. What is the source and scope of prices anticipated for the ongoing quarterly material and installation cost updates?

RESPONSES TO RFI

RFI responses shall conform to the format below and provide the following information:

1. Cover Letter – The cover letter must include the following information:

• Company name

• Company point of contact, telephone number and email address

• Date submitted

2. Offerors shall respond to each of the general questions.

3. If the offeror chooses not to respond to a question, indicate “no response.”

4. Submit a capabilities package that include the above considerations that demonstrate capabilities and expertise related to the information outlined. As part of the market research associated with this RFI, we are also seeking pricing information. Any pricing information received is to be Rough Order of Magnitude, and is solely for information-gathering and planning purposes.

5. Marketing and/or reference materials, if included, shall be placed at the end of the response, in an appendix.

6. Responses shall not exceed 30 pages, and should be submitted in Microsoft Word .doc or .docx formats, Times New Roman 11-point or 12-point font, with 1-inch margins minimum all around.

RFI SCHEDULE

Responses to the RFI shall be submitted via email to DeCarlo Coleman coleman.decarlo@dol.gov by 10:00 AM EST on Monday, March, 23, 2026.

Contracting Officer – Rachael Vargas

Questions regarding this RFI shall be e-mailed to the above point of contact by 10:00 AM EST on March, 19, 2026. Questions and answers shall be posted as an amendment to this RFI. The Government reserves the right to edit any questions as needed to protect the identity of the source, but absent this consideration, the Government intends to quote each submitted question verbatim in its response.

DISCLAIMER

mailto:coleman.decarlo@dol.gov

This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for information received in response to this RFI. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Information provided in response to this RFI will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for determining how to proceed in the acquisition process for an agency-wide asset management system and may lead to the development of a Performance Work Statement for the system. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS

REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND

OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made.

Questions regarding this RFI shall be e-mailed to the above point of contact by 10:00 AM EST on March, 19, 2026. Questions and answers shall be posted as an amendment to this RFI. The Government reserves the right to edit any questions as needed to p...