Synopsis QUUG 10-1036 Reno Admin offices B106.pdf

Morón Air Base A-E Services Synopsis (Notice of Intent to Contract for A-E Services)

FA5575-R-22-0012

QUUG 10-1036 Reno Admin Offices, B106

1. DESCRIPTION & CONTRACT INFORMATION:

The 496th Air Base Squadron at Morón Air Base, Spain has a requirement for a stand-alone Architect-Engineer (A-E) Services contract to design a project to make renovation works for Bldg.

106. The award will be a Firm-Fixed- Price (FFP) to the contract.

No contract for construction of any project shall be awarded to the firm, subsidiaries, or affiliates that designed the project. Prior to contract award, the selected firm must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Failure to register may render the firm ineligible for award. If already registered, ensure representations and certifications in SAM are current.

Due to the overseas location of this solicitation, no Small Business set-aside will be used. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for this acquisition are 541330, 541310, and 541690.

NOTE: THIS REQUEST FOR CAPABILITIES IS INTENDED ONLY FOR LOCAL

SOURCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

5.202(a)(12). LOCAL SOURCES ARE THOSE SOURCES NORMALLY RESIDENT, LICENSED AND REGISTERED TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN SPAIN. OFFERS FROM

NON-LOCAL SOURCES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THIS

SOLICITATION.

“IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT OF DEFENSE AND COOPERATION

BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

ANY CONTRACT RESULTING FROM THIS NOTICE AND SUBSEQUENT

SOLICITATIONCAN ONLY BE ENTERED INTO WITH COMPANIES AUTHORIZED

TO CARRY OUT THESE ACTIVITIES IN SPAIN UNDER SPANISH LAW.

COMPANIES MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY SPANISH

LEGISLATION FOR EXECUTION OF GOVERNMENT WORKS. IN ADDITION, IN

ACCORDANCE WITH THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTIVES, SPANISH

MATERIALS, LABOR, AND EQUIPMENT MUST BE USED IF PERMITTED BY THE

REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS.”

2. SCOPE OF SERVICES:

An engineering firm shall be the prime consultant for this contract. A professional Engineer, licensed in Spain, shall stamp all Engineering drawings. A professional Architect licensed in Spain, shall stamp all Architectural drawings. Respective Engineering disciplines must stamp applicable drawings, i.e. Mechanical Engineers with mechanical sheets, Electrical Engineers, with electrical sheets, etc.

The general Statement of Work (SOW) for the contract will require firms to perform architectural and engineering services as defined by the Brooks Act in 40 U.S.C. 1102 and Public Law 92-582, commonly referred to as Title I, Title II, and other professional A-E services. Services included in the statement of work are services related to specific projects and consist of conducting field surveys and investigations to obtain design data and preparing contract plans, specifications, and cost estimates. These services include preliminary/concept designs, design development, technical specifications, project design analysis, preparation of preliminary and final construction packages, studies and surveys, facility assessments, and comprehensive design packages. Services may be required for primary disciplines, which include but are not limited to architectural, electrical, mechanical, civil, fire protection, landscaping, structural, anti-terrorism force protection criteria, environmental, and interior design. Other specific requirements may include geotechnical, soils, life health safety upgrades, asbestos and toxic waste abatement design, landscape design, corrosion control, sustainable design, building energy certification and/or audits, economic lifecycle design, etc. Other A&E Services are design and construction related but are not connected with a specific construction project which include a range of projects such as engineering studies, mastering plans, feasibility studies, technical reports, mapping, technical surveys, and environmental impact studies and statements. Registered Architect and/or Professional Engineer IAW host nation requirements (Spain) will be required in the performance of this contract (per discipline).

Design services (Title I) (not to exceed 6% of the estimated construction cost) may be required for programming, comprehensive planning, area development, design of new facilities; or the renovation, repair, and maintenance of residential, commercial, and industrial facilities; including building renovations and new building construction. Design services may include preliminary conceptual sketches; presentation drawings; final construction drawings. AutoCAD drawings;

specifications written in the Construction Specification Institute (CSI) format; economic analysis, construction cost and time estimates; engineering calculations, logs; and study reports. Projects may include various combinations of architectural, landscape architecture, structural, civil, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical, environmental and other engineering and technical disciplines. Investigative and Analysis services may include studies, reports, design analysis, constructability and peer reviews, surveys, and cost estimates. The selected firm will need to already be familiar with or become familiar with Air Force facility design standards, antiterrorism, and CAD Standards; as well as other Government codes that may be required for selective projects.

Construction Services (Title II) may be required for the supervision, inspections, review of submittals, responses to RFI’s (Request for Information), implementation of change orders which could involve cost estimates, specifications, justifications, along with revised drawings for any construction projects. When required by the “statement of work”, the A-E shall participate in the following pre-construction conferences:

a. Pre-proposal site investigation visit.

b. Pre-construction conference with the construction contractor.

Other A-E Services. Other professional services of an architectural or engineering nature or services incidental thereto (including studies, investigations, surveying and mapping, tests, evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning, program management, conceptual designs, plans and specifications, value engineering, construction phase services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation of operating and maintenance manuals and other related services) that logically or justifiably require performance by registered architects or engineers or their employees.

Design Liability & Errors: In accordance with FAR Parts 36.608 & 36.609-2, Architect-engineer contractors shall be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, and coordination of all services required under their contracts. A firm may be liable for Government costs resulting from errors or deficiencies in designs furnished under its contract. Therefore, when a modification to a construction contract is required because of an error or deficiency in the services provided under an architect-engineer contract, the contracting officer shall consider the extent to which the architect-engineer contractor may be reasonably liable. Additionally, during construction, A&E contractors shall be required to make necessary corrections at no cost to the Government when the designs, drawings, specifications, or other items or services furnished contain any errors, deficiencies, or inadequacies.

3. SELECTION CRITERIA:

Selection of the firm will be in accordance with FAR 36.602, Selection of firms for A-E contracts whereby discussions will be held with the most highly qualified firms. Upon completion of the selection process, negotiations will be conducted to establish desired A-E discipline’s hourly rates, direct, indirect, and general and administrative overhead rates, profit and other cost elements.

Firms are advised to review the referenced FAR Part and include a subsequent acknowledgement and statement of understanding of the requirement as the last item in the Standard Form 330 (SF 330), Part II, Block H. Failure to include this signed statement within the SF 330 will negate consideration of the firm for evaluation purposes.

The evaluation criteria listed below is how the Government will evaluate each potential contractor and assigns the numerical weights to each criterium.

(1) Professional qualifications of key personnel of the firm/teaming arrangement (25 Points) necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. The SF 330, Part I, Block E, should show brief resumes of key personnel of the firm/teaming arrangement. Responses will be evaluated to determine personnel: education, training, project experience and professional registration of key personnel.

(2) Specialized experience and technical competence (25 Points) (Refer to SF 330, Part I, Blocks F and G. For the SF 330, Part I, Block F, list only current projects or projects completed in the last 5 years.) in the type of work required, including, a) design excellence and quality of work (last five years); b) breadth and diversity of projects; c) design strength in Government specific factors e.g., security, anti-terrorism, DoD, Air Force, e.g., fuels, hazardous materials, air field lighting, data center cooling and air flow modeling, geothermal, energy analysis and study, central plant design and renovations, design of supplemental and auxiliary heating and cooling systems, competence in AutoCAD; ArcGIS, GPS and other technology to perform professional Engineering design, analysis, and contract document.; d) demonstrate design strength in Sustainable Design and/or Environmental Restoration; e.g. LEED certified design experience, energy conservation/efficiency and/or use of alternate energy sources, pollution prevention, waste reduction and use of recovered materials.

(3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time (20 Points), complete projects within the established time limits, meeting project dollar threshold, and current workload. Within the SF 330, Part I, Block H, each firm shall detail their current workload, size of the firm and number of potential partners/subcontractors that are available to them. In addition the firm shall demonstrate how they will manage, coordinate and administer the work within the prime and among any teaming partners. SF 330, Part II shall only be provided for key personnel from the specific prime office expected to lead this effort and key personnel from the teaming partners proposed to perform the work. Signed teaming agreements should be included in proposals on any work not to be completed organically. Should an Offeror require a different sub-contractor after contract award, new signed teaming agreements are to be submitted with task order proposals on any work not to be completed organically.

(a) Licensed professionals in the listed fields;

(b) capacity to perform work in-house and with teaming members;

(c) ability to manage, coordinates, and administers work within prime and among teaming members.

(4) Past performance with Government agencies and private industry (15 points) (Refer to SF 330, Part I, Block H) in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; Past performance of the A-E firm (and their subcontractors) will include quality control/quality assurance program to assure coordinated technically accurate. Documents, plans, specifications, and construction cost estimates for the Air Force or other Governmental agencies;

Past Performance Information Retrieval Systems (PPIRS) will be queried for all prime firms to be assessed. If Offerors do not have past experience with the U.S. Department of Defense, consider requesting letters of recommendations from comparable Government agencies or private sector clients. Letters of recommendation should consider overall history of quality, schedule, and discussions on final project cost. Additionally, Offerors are to submit a standard design QC worksheet. This worksheet should document how QC will be performed by the Offeror for task orders and will be requested during the execution of task orders.

(5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project (15 points). Evaluated considerations will include the location of the firms main office and sub-consultant offices that would be used for any resultant contract and the firm’s ability to ensure timely response to requests for on-site support.

4. REQUIRED SUBMITTALS:

1. Cover letter company name, point of contact information to include phone number, email, DUNS number, and CAGE code (if acquired). A DUNS number and CAGE code is required prior to negotiations.

2. SF 330 Part I & II for the Prime Contractor/each proposed sub-consultant.

5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Interested firms shall submit credentials in English, for both the Primary Firm and for Key Consultants, of all the information pertinent to the selection criteria. three (3) bound copies of the SF 330 and one (1) copy of all volumes in electronic format, using re-writable CDs/DVDs, at no cost to the Government, by 17 August 2022 at 11:00 hours local time.

Firms that have submitted SF330’s to our office in the past six (6) months DO NOT need to resubmit the same information again. The Government will take into account the 330’s on file for the selection process.

Offerors are cautioned that the hard copy form of the offeror's submission shall take precedence if any inconsistencies or discrepancies exist between the offeror's hard copy submission and the documents submitted on electronic media.

6. DELIVERY METHODS:

Email, FAX, and mail proposals WILL NOT be accepted and will be considered non-responsive.

Volumes and their copies may be delivered only via hand-delivery only to:

496 ABS/LGC

Attn: Elia Portz Base Aerea de Morón Ctra Sevilla-Moron s/n 41530 Morón de la Frontera, Sevilla, Spain

496 ABS/LGC is located on an Air Force installation and all access to the installation is controlled by the Spanish Air Force. An escort may be required as access will not be granted based solely on the need to submit a response. Furthermore, the Air Force may be conducting random exercises which may require the closure of the main entrance gate and the utilization of an alternate base entry. Any delay based on access will not be accepted as a reason for late receipt of the submission by the Government.

There is no page limit for the SF 330 Part II. However, Firms shall keep the total page count of SF 330 Part I to no more than 30 pages (front and back is two pages) of text/figures/tables. The cover letter, title page, and tabs for the SF 330 are excluded from the page count. Page text shall be a minimum of 12 point font and page size shall be be A-4. All submittals shall be bound.

Solicitation packages (specifications, plans, bidders list etc) are not available. This is not a Request for Proposal.

To be considered by the A&E selection board, firms must be licensed to perform work in the Kingdom of Spain.

POINT OF CONTACTS:

Primary: Alternate:

Elia Portz Christian Cuevas, SSgt Contracting Officer Contracting Officer elia.portz_cueli.1.es@us.af.mil christian.cuevas@us.af.mil

+34 955 848 017 +34 955 848 858