SSN_A-E Services for Boulder.pdf

Request for Information/Sources Sought Notice for Multiple-Award Architect-Engineer Services

Notice ID: AMD-SSN-26-003

Contract Opportunity Type Sources Sought

Response Date: January 16, 2026

Product Service Code

C219—ARCHITECHT AND ENGINEERING – GENERAL: OTHER

NAICS Code 541330 – Engineering Services

BACKGROUND

This is a notice to request information from industry to help the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) determine the availability and capability of small businesses and other than small businesses to provide Architect-Engineer (A-E) Services to NIST-owned jurisdictions in Colorado and Hawaii.

This notice is strictly to request information for market research purposes to help NIST determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for this requirement. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation, an obligation, or commitment by the NIST.

OVERVIEW

The NIST has an ongoing need for professional services of an architect or engineering nature, which are required to be performed or approved by a person licensed, registered, or certified to provide such services. Reference FAR clause 52.236-25 Requirement for Registration of Designers (JUN 2003). NIST will require A-E Services needed for design of NIST owned properties in Colorado and Hawaii, operated and maintained facilities and/or for tenant build-out construction and renovation projects. NIST facilities consist of approximately 30 separate buildings totaling approximately 650,000 square feet and consist of scientific research laboratories and clean rooms, warehouses, machine shops, maintenance shops, a central utility plant, administrative offices, and conference/auditorium facilities, along with radio transmission sites; utilities including electrical systems, water and sewage systems, communications and security systems, plumbing systems, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; roads and trails; bridges; ramps; fences and gates, and recreational and visitor facilities. NIST may require professional services for interpretive exhibits to provide public information, architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, fire protection, security systems, geotechnical, and landscape architect capabilities including support related to these services. Services may include Title I, II and III services. See attached draft Statement of Work

(SOW).

ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

NIST anticipates that it will require services that are similar to those in the draft SOW beginning on July 1, 2026, and intends to conduct a competitive acquisition that consists of a base period of one year plus four 1-year options and the ability of a 6-month extension in accordance with FAR clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services.

INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES:

NIST invites industry sources to review this notice carefully and to familiarize themselves with the draft SOW. Thereafter, by the closing date of this notice, NIST encourages those sources to submit responses to julie.morris@nist.gov. Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in a response to this notice.

Responses should be submitted to contain the following, in Microsoft Word format or in .pdf format, use 12-point font, with a page limitation of ten pages (excluding cover page and excluding standard commercial pricing information):

1. Cover page, including:

• Sources Sought Notice number, title, and date of issuance

• Unique Entity ID

• Company name

• Company address

• Company website address

• Company point of contact and their phone number and email address

• Validation of company size status under NAICS: 541330, Engineering Services.

See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information.

• Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov.

2. Provide any suggestions for NIST to consider for the draft SOW, with the goal of improving the draft SOW in a way that makes it more clear and as competitive as possible.

3. Provide any suggested evaluation factors for award that your company believes would be meaningful for NIST to consider using for the forthcoming competitive acquisition.

4. If your company has standard commercial pricing information (e.g., “catalog pricing”) for its standard commercial products/services, or professional services as indicated by the SOW, please provide a copy of it and explain what it includes. NIST will consider standard commercial pricing information to help it estimate a fair market price for the upcoming acquisition.

• Your company may also provide an estimate for the draft SOW requirements if you would like to do so; however, do not include a proposal for the draft SOW requirements; a proposal submitted in response to this notice will not be considered.

5. Tell us about your company’s safety program and how it applies to products and services described in the draft SOW.

6. Tell us how your company ensures compliance with applicable U.S. Department of

Transportation and other applicable regulations.

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7. If your company is a small business for the NAICS code included in this notice, indicate whether your company can comply with FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022), if this acquisition were to be conducted as a total small business set-aside and provide supporting explanation. See https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_219_14 for the full text of this clause.

8. Indicate whether your company has a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract or other federal contract under which NIST would be authorized to place an order and, if so, provide a copy of that contract (including contract number, name and contact information for contracting officer, contract SOW, contract terms and conditions and contract prices).

9. Relevant Experience and Capabilities �������

• What A-E work has your company performed as a prime contractor at Federal research laboratories (e.g., NIST, DoD, NASA, DOE)?

• Describe your company’s experience, and capability, as a prime contractor with projects involving highly specialized, vibration-sensitive, or environmentally controlled laboratory spaces (e.g., for quantum computing, atomic clocks, or advanced metrology).

• Describe your company’s experience, and capability, as a prime contractor with projects involving hazardous material identification and remediation for industrial facilities.

• Describe your company’s experience, and capability, as a prime contractor working in a facility that required 24/7 operation requiring significant coordination for any disruptions including environmental, such as minor temperature fluctuations, etc.

• What is your company’s experience, and capability, as a prime contractor Master Planning, Concept Studies, or Feasibility Studies?

• What has been the average contract value and duration of typical A-E contracts/orders that your company performed as a prime contractor over the last three years?

• Does your company have a local physical presence in the Boulder/Front Range area? If so, how do you manage the logistics and security clearances for your company’s employees that work on-site in the Boulder/Front Range area?

• Does your company have established subcontracts or other agreements with companies in the Boulder/Front Range area? How do you manage the logistics and security clearances for those subcontractors for work that your Describe your company’s capability to ensure the integration of complex mechanical, electrical, structural, and IT systems when designing or renovating highly technical laboratory facilities.

• What is your company’s experience as a prime contractor with, and capability for, Building Information Modeling (BIM) or other advanced visualization/collaboration tools on Federal projects?

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• What is your company’s experience as a prime contractor with, and capability for, Pre-Construction Phase Services, Construction Phase services, and services such as studies and Program of Requirements development?

• Describe a design strategy that your company has used for facilities that required 24/7 operation requiring significant coordination for any disruptions including environmental, such as minor temperature fluctuations, etc.

Compliance and Safety:

• Describe your company’s experience with, and capability to perform, design and planning process to ensure compliance with security requirements (e.g., physical security, badging, facility access protocols) and local building codes.

• What experience does your company have as a prime contractor, and what is your company’s capability for, designing for Net-Zero requirements, sustainability, or LEED certification on federal facilities?

10. Business and Contract Details ����� Questions to gather market data for developing an acquisition strategy, including pricing and socio-economic considerations.

Task Order Execution:

• As a prime contractor, what is your company’s typical turnaround time for a Concept Study from Notice-to-Proceed to final report submission (e.g., for a 10,000 sq. ft. renovation)?

• As a prime contractor, what factors (e.g., type of study, required security clearance, required site access) have most significantly impact the cost and schedule of an A-E contract/order at a federal research site?

The NIST reserves the right to follow up on a one-on-one basis with respondents to request additional information or clarifications about information submitted.

Teaming Arrangements Firms seeking to respond to this notice as part of a team must include the above-requested information for each entity.

Disclaimer Industry sources must provide information in response to this notice voluntarily, and for fully authorized use without limitation by NIST. This notice does not obligate NIST to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to help NIST assess alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that NIST is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received and other market research, NIST may publish a solicitation on sam.gov or on GSA ebuy, depending on the approved acquisition strategy. Responses received after the closing date for this notice may not be considered for market research purposes.

541330 – Engineering Services