Presolicitation_Synopsis;_SB1341-17-RQ-0193.pdf

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Acquisition Management Division 325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80305-3328

Solicitation Number: SB1341-17-RQ-0193

Notice Type: Presolicitation / the notice is posted in accordance with FAR 5.2 and 36.213-2.

Synopsis

The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) A&E design services contract, which is 100% set aside for small business firms. In Accordance with (IAW) FAR 4.1102, System for Award Management (SAM), contractor(s) shall be registered in SAM prior to award.

Offerors may obtain information on registration at https://www.sam.gov. Contractors that are

Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment are excluded from receiving contracts.

Agencies also shall not consent to subcontract with these contractors.

The NAICS code is 541620 and the small business size standard is $15M. The procurement is entitled: Ground Water Study located on the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Boulder, CO campus as follows:

The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, and materials to perform a hydrologic investigation on the areas to the north and east sides of the Building 1 entryway to determine the causes of the excess water in the area and recommend engineered solutions to mitigate detected problems to comply with current standards on the National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST) site cited within the performance work statement. The work will include, but not limit to the following:

Research of available information, to include historical documentation, topology, geologic and hydrologic data for the site

Installation of monitoring devices for ground or surface water as needed

Interpretation of subsurface conditions based on research, data collected from device installation and site observations

Evaluation of existing ditches potential for leakage

Assessing potential for water loss from underground water lines, irrigation systems, sanitary and storm sewer lines.

Provide a report summarizing the analysis of collected data, conclusions drawn from same and recommendations for corrective/remedial actions to mitigate the excess water at the affected site

Provide rough order of magnitude cost estimates for the corrective/remedial actions recommended as a part of the report

Provide copies of the report in written and electronic format https://www.sam.gov/

Work is to be completed IAW the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and contract drawings.

Any amendments issued to this solicitation will only be available on the FBO website

(www.fbo.gov). Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all amendments.

Note: No hard copy documents will be available. All project information is available free of charge on the www.fbo.gov website.

Completion time is approximately 180 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP).

Note: No offeror’s mailing lists are maintained with the Contracting Officer. IAW FAR 36.204, Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the amount for this project is less than

$25,000.00. All questions must be submitted in writing, addressed to: Ken Helgeson, Contracting Officer, at kenneth.helgeson@nist.gov or Contract Specialist, Marc Zurasky, at marc.zurasky@nist.gov no later than February 16, 2017, by 02:00 P.M. Mountain Standard

Time. No telephone calls will be returned. The solicitation will be issued on/about February 23, 2017.

A pre-proposal meeting / walkthrough will be scheduled and listed in the solicitation.

Attendance is not mandatory, but is strongly encouraged.

FAR 36.209 Construction contracts with architect-engineer firms.

No contract for the construction of a project shall be awarded to the firm that designed the project or its subsidiaries or affiliates, except with the approval of the head of the agency or authorized representative.

Contracting Office Address:

NIST Campus

Bldg. 111

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80305

United States

Place of Performance:

NIST Campus

Bldg. 2

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80305

United States

Primary Point of Contact.:

mailto:kenneth.helgeson@nist.gov mailto:marc.zurasky@nist.gov

Name: Ken Helgeson, Contracting Officer

Email: kenneth.helgeson@nist.gov

Fax: (303) 497-6320

Secondary Point of Contact:

Name: Marc Zurasky, Contract Specialist

Email: marc.zurasky@nist.gov

Phone: (303) 497-3246

The current status is Pre-Solicitation and it is a Category C – Architectural and engineering services