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THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. ALL INFORMATION NEEDED TO SUBMIT

STANDARD FORM 330 DOCUMENTS IS CONTAINED HEREIN. NO SOLICITATION

PACKAGE, TECHNICAL INFORMATION, OR BIDDER/PLAN HOLDER LIST WILL BE

ISSUED.

DESCRIPTION:

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) seeks qualified professional multi-disciplined Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms capable of providing A/E services to meet the needs of the judiciary nationwide. The Government intends to award at least three Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for each of the domain listed below. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of the company's capability and experience. The basis of the Government’s evaluation is the information offerors present in their Standard Form (SF) 330’s.

The AOUSC prefers firms with judicial/court experience at the federal, state or local levels but will consider firms with other federal government agency and private industry experience within the last 5 years from date of SF 330 submission. Firms proposing judicial/court experience will be rated more favorably for Factor 4, Past Performance. Work will be awarded via a task order process for individual projects.

STATEMENT OF WORK:

The projects will involve a variety of purposes including, but not limited to participation in the

1. Pre-design Services;

2. Construction Management and Capital Project;

3. Facilities Planning;

4. Interiors and Space Planning;

5. Asset Management Planning (APM): Long-Range Plans and Related Support;

6. AMP Process Model Development and Related Support;

7. AMP Process Caseload and Personnel Forecasting and Related Services;

8. Security; and

9. Technology Support for Project Delivery; and will require architectural, mechanical, electrical, structural, security and interior design and review capabilities, with a sensibility toward historic buildings.

Firms should be capable of providing overall design and review services as well as project management in house from an established office within the continental United States of America.

A/E firms shall demonstrate proficiency in design, cost estimating and review of construction at various phases of project planning, design, specification, documentation, and construction, as actually developed by the General Services Administration (GSA) and their design A/E, against judiciary guideline standards, technical and policy criteria, and other agency and GSA policies, specifications and regulations.

On rare occasions, the contractor may be required to travel with 24-hour notice to any state, territory or possession of the United States of America.

The estimated annual expenditure under the contract will not exceed $10,000,000 for all tasks per firm. Each awarded contract will have a $5,000 minimum guarantee per firm. Firms are not guaranteed work more than the stated minimum guarantee.

The period of performance for each resultant contract will be for five years with a possible six-month extension from date of award starting on or about September 23, 2019. Each contract will include hourly rates for all anticipated disciplines of various levels within the firm and any subcontractors, for use in negotiating firm-fixed price task orders with payments on each deliverable.

Guide to Judiciary Policy; Volume 14 Procurement – Section 530 Architect-Engineer Contracts procedures (Brooks Act) apply to this requirement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541330.

Firms that design or prepare specifications for construction projects and task orders issued under the resultant IDIQ contract are prohibited from providing the subsequent construction. This limitation applies to affiliates of the selected firms.

SELECTION CRITERIA and SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Selection of offerors will be based on the criteria listed below.

Evaluation Factors - The following evaluation factors are of equal importance.

1. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE and technical competence in the type of work required:

The specialized experience of a firm with planning and design projects, especially projects involving judiciary clients at the federal and state level, and the technical capabilities, including long range facility planning, cost estimating, developing programs of requirements, assessment and renovation of historic buildings, interior design, technical assessments of facilities and project packages (structural, mechanical, civil, architectural, etc.) of the prime firm and any subcontractors. The effectiveness of the proposed project team (including management structure; coordination of disciplines, offices and/or subcontractors; and prior working relationships) will also be examined.

2. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services. Address professional qualifications such as education, training, registration, certifications, overall and relevant documented specialized experience of key personnel in the discipline of planning, design and construction, engineering and project management.

3. CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH the work in the required time. Discuss ability to meet the potential of working on multiple task orders at one time. Examples will be evaluated to determine whether, and the extent to which, the Offeror demonstrated a capacity to accomplish awarded task orders within the time outlined in the scope(s) of work. Address your ability to sustain the loss of key personnel yet accomplish the work within required times. Address your management approach, organizational flow chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components, management and coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, and quality control procedures.

4. PAST PERFORMANCE in the type of work required including on federal, state and/or local courts contracts. Past performance must be relevant and recent. Relevant past performance is defined as federal, state and/or local court experience and recent is defined as work performed within the last 10 years from date of SF 330 submission.

The Government intends to evaluate the offeror's past performance record based on references submitted for relevant and recent work similar in scope and complexity to that identified in this notice. This evaluation will be an assessment on how well the offeror has satisfied its customers in the past and will take into consideration the customer's satisfaction with cost controls, quality of work, compliance with performance schedules responsiveness, ability to manage subcontractors and overall customer satisfaction.

It is the Offeror's responsibility to complete the offeror section of the Past Performance Questionnaire (see Attachment 1) and forward it to the reference for completion. Offerors must include a copy of the completed offeror section for each reference along with their submitted SF330.

If no references are submitted, the Offeror will be evaluated for the items that are submitted. The Government reserves the right to use reference sources the Government is aware of, or becomes aware of, even if not submitted by the Offeror.

Past Performance Questionnaires must be submitted directly from the reference to the Contracting Officer no later 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, June 28, 2019 via email at linda_williams@ao.uscourts.gov.

Examples will be evaluated to determine whether, and the extent to which, the Offeror demonstrated a satisfactory record of the following:

• Conforming to contract requirements and to standards of good workmanship.

• A satisfactory record of forecasting and controlling costs.

• A satisfactory record of adhering to contract schedules, including the administrative aspects of performance.

• A satisfactory history of reasonable and cooperative behavior and commitment to customer satisfaction; and, generally, evidence of a business-like concern for the interest of the customer.

Submission Requirement: The SF 330 is limited to 45 single-sided pages, 8.5 x 11 inches using a font no smaller than 12-point Times New Roman or Arial type. Information submitted more than the page limitations identified for each quote section will not be considered or evaluated. Drawings or other graphics shall be reduced only to the extent legibility is not lost. A page printed on both sides will count as two (2) pages. Do not submit any materials not required by this notice (such as brochures or marketing materials). This page limitation does not include past performance questionnaires.

Offerors must submit up to five (5) reference surveys along with pictures of completed projects of similar size and scope and complexity that have been completed within the past seven (7) years along with the required SF 330. If subcontractors are being proposed for the purposes of experience, then past performance questionnaires must be submitted for the subcontractor as well.

SELECTION OF FIRMS:

SF 330s will be evaluated to determine the most highly qualified firms based on responses to the evaluation criteria. Only the most highly qualified firms will be invited to submit price proposals.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Firms meeting the criteria set forth above and having the capability to perform the services described herein are invited to respond by submitting a cover letter and three complete copies of the following no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 28, 2019 to the address detailed below:

• SF 330;

• a proposed organizational chart;

• resumes/bios for proposed key personnel;

• pictures and/or drawings for completed projects; and

• one digital CD of all submitted documents.

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Procurement Management Division, Attention: Linda M Williams, One Columbus Circle, NE, Suite 3-250, Washington, DC 20544. Walk-in deliveries are not allowed. Questions regarding this notice shall be submitted to Linda M. Williams, Contracting Officer via email at linda.willians@ao.uscourts.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 17, 2019. No questions will be answered via the telephone.

This notice does not obligate AOUSC to release a solicitation or award a contract nor does it commit the Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of an SF 330. In addition, final award cannot be made until funds have been fully appropriated, allocated, committed, and internal AOUSC procedures have been completed.

END OF NOTICE