Cover_Letter_SOL-294-15-000006.pdf

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

Solicitation Number: SOL-294-15-000006

Date Issued: December 16, 2015

Questions Due: January 4, 2016

Responses Due: January 8, 2016

RFQ Due: January 29, 2016

Subject: Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Solicitation for “West Bank & Gaza (WBG)

Architecture and Engineering Services Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity

(WBG A&E Services IDIQ)

Pursuant to the authority in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, the U.S. Agency for

International Development (USAID) West Bank & Gaza Mission requests qualifications from professional architect-engineer (A-E) firms eligible to provide design, construction supervision and related services to be performance by U.S. licensed A&E professionals. Offerors under this

RFQ must be registered under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Code 541330 – Engineering Services. In addition, offerors must be eligible in accordance with the authorized geographic code for this procurement which is 937.

USAID WBG anticipates the maximum ordering limitation of the contract resulting from this

RFQ will be $150,000,000, over the 5-year ordering period. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to all contractors cannot exceed this contract ceiling. There is no guarantee on the number of Task Orders that will be issued or the amount of money beyond the minimum order guarantee set in the RFQ. Resulting Task Orders will be Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee or

Firm, Fixed-Price.

USAID WB&G anticipates awarding one (1) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract.

The terms of this RFQ are included with this cover letter as Attachment 1, the Description of

Design/Architecture and Engineering Services, and Attachment 2, Instructions to Offerors and

Selection Process. Attachments 3 and 4 are Contractor Performance Report and Subcontracting

Plan, respectively, and Attachment 5, the list of RFQ acronyms.

Any resulting award from this solicitation will be administered in accordance with the applicable provisions and clauses from the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and USAID Acquisition

Regulations (AIDAR) as well as USAID WBG Special Provisions. In addition, policies and procedures from USAID’s Automated Directive System (ADS) will be applied as applicable.

Questions regarding this RFQ must be submitted via e-mail to Ms. Hourig DelDelian, Sr.

Contracting Specialist, at wbgocminfrastructure@usaid.gov, indicating “WBG A&E Services

IDIQ Questions” in the subject line of the email, no later than the deadline for questions specified in this Cover Letter. Unless otherwise notified by an amendment to this announcement, USAID WBG will only answer written questions submitted to the above email address by the deadline. Offerors must not submit questions to any other USAID staff, including the technical office.

Answers to all questions received by the deadline indicated in this Cover Letter will be communicated through an amendment to this solicitation that will be posted on www.fbo.gov.

This RFQ in no way obligates USAID WBG to award a contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal. USAID WBG reserves the right to reject any and all offers received. Final award of any resultant contract cannot be made until funds have been fully appropriated, allocated, and committed through USAID’s internal procedures. USAID WBG bears no responsibility for data errors resulting transmission or conversion processes.

Offerors are encouraged to sign up as an interested vendor to receive notifications as all amendments to this solicitation will be issued and posted on www.fbo.gov.

Sincerely, /S/

Dale Lewis

Contracting Officer

USAID/West Bank and Gaza http://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.fbo.gov/