Worldwide Enviromental Engineering IDIQ - Pre-Solicitation Synopsis_Final.pdf

FY27 Worldwide Environmental Engineering Services IDIQ–

Pre-Solicitation Synopsis

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice – interested companies do NOT need to submit any documentation at this time. The solicitation for qualification packages will be posted on SAM.gov at a later date, please see below for further information.

The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Office of Global Acquisitions (GA), on behalf of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), Office of Facility

Management (OBO/CFSM/FMS), has a requirement for professional, licensed environmental engineering firms (prime or joint venture) to provide comprehensive environmental engineering services at Government-owned and leased facilities of the U.S. Department of State's foreign diplomatic posts worldwide, as well as domestic OBO offices in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

OBO is responsible for managing the design, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and security of approximately 285 U.S. diplomatic facilities in over

190 countries. These facilities house U.S. Government personnel who conduct diplomatic operations critical to U.S. foreign policy objectives and serve

American citizens overseas.

The professional environmental engineering services shall include, but are not limited to, the following: conducting asbestos inspection surveys and sampling of

DOS properties worldwide in accordance with U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) standards;

producing Post Asbestos Management Plans utilizing the DOS asbestos inspection database; performing Asbestos Industrial Hygiene oversight of DOS asbestos remediation projects; conducting lead inspection surveys and sampling of DOS properties; performing toxic and hazardous material assessments at DOS properties; performing air quality analyses to address potential environmental contaminants (e.g., radon, mold, heavy metals) in occupied work and residential locations; analyzing water from HVAC and domestic water treatment systems;

performing Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs); conducting ground and soil contamination analysis and remediation; performing radon investigation, mitigation, and remediation; conducting Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) investigations;

performing mold investigations and remediation; and providing EPA AHERA

Asbestos Inspector training and certifications for DOS personnel. The contractor shall employ competent project managers, engineers, and support personnel, including Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH), Certified Hazardous Materials

Managers (CHMM), and Certified Safety Professionals (CSP). The firm shall coordinate U.S. Government requirements and applicable laws, codes, and standards at overseas project sites. Services will be provided on a worldwide basis at various U.S. diplomatic posts as directed by the Contracting Officer through individual task orders, with work potentially requiring overseas travel to high-threat locations and compliance with stringent security requirements.

Contract Structure

The Government anticipates making a single award as a result of this solicitation.

The determination to make a single award is based on the highly specialized and interrelated nature of the environmental engineering services required, the worldwide operational environment of U.S. diplomatic facilities, and the relatively modest estimated contract value.

This acquisition will be structured as a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite

Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a base year plus four (4) one-year option periods, for a total potential contract period not to exceed five (5) years. The estimated total contract value is $4,500,000 (Base Year: $900,000;

Option Years 1–4: $900,000 each).

This acquisition will be conducted as a competitive small business set-aside under NAICS code 541330 – Engineering Services, with a small business size standard of $25.5 million. The procurement may be set aside, in some capacity, for small businesses, including Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), HUBZone Small Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), and other small business categories.

Award selection process/stages:

The upcoming solicitation will consist of three (3) stages using the Brooks Act, also known as the Selection of Architects and Engineers statute source selection

(FAR 36.6), as follows:

Stage 1 – Pre-qualification: Prospective offerors will be required to submit portfolios of qualifications that establish their environmental engineering capabilities, including the qualifications of the Lead Team and key discipline core team members responsible for execution of project task orders under this contract. Offeror submissions will be evaluated and scored by a Technical

Evaluation Panel (TEP) based on criteria provided in the Stage 1 announcement.

Offerors will be ranked, and a short-list of the most highly rated firms will be issued. Companies on the short list will be eligible for participation in Stage 2.

Stage 2 – Short List: The short-listed offerors will assemble their technical teams and submit detailed information regarding their proposed team, management plan, and past performance on relevant environmental engineering projects and submittals. Stage 2 submissions will be reviewed by the TEP. Short-listed offerors may also be required to make presentations to the TEP. The TEP will make a determination of the most highly qualified offerors consistent with the announced evaluation criteria and will recommend the most highly qualified offerors for selection to participate in Stage 3.

Stage 3 – Request for Proposal (RFP): The most highly qualified offerors as determined in Stage 2 will be issued a formal RFP to submit a pricing proposal.

The price proposal will be reviewed by the Contracting Officer for fair and reasonable pricing and compliance with the RFP. At the conclusion of successful negotiations and pending facility clearance confirmation, the resultant contract award(s) will be made.

Facility Clearance Requirement:

In order to be eligible for award, the successful offeror(s) must possess, or be eligible to obtain, a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)

Top Secret Facility Clearance (FCL), with Top Secret safeguarding capability, issued in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating

Manual, DOD 5220.22-M. Additionally, the successful offeror selected for contract award must possess, or immediately obtain, an Information System (IS) or standalone computer approved by DCSA for processing classified information.

Performance on the contract will require access to the Department's classified systems for receipt and transmission of classified information, and a DCSA-approved classified IS for processing classified information.

If an uncleared offeror from the Stage 2 short-list is recommended for selection, the Department of State will sponsor the uncleared firm for an FCL. Firms which form joint ventures must also comply with the above FCL requirements.

Sponsorship does not guarantee that the firm will receive the clearance.

Foreign firms are not eligible for FCLs. Only U.S. firms organized and operating in the U.S. or Puerto Rico, or a U.S. possession or trusted territory, are eligible for facility clearances. U.S. firms which are determined to be under Foreign

Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) are not eligible for an FCL unless actions (as directed and approved by DCSA) can be taken to effectively negate or reduce associated FOCI risks to an acceptable level.

Estimated schedule:

The solicitation, Stage 1 – Pre-qualification, is planned for release on SAM.gov in July 2026. The anticipated contract award date is March 16, 2027, with a period of performance from May 16, 2027 through May 15, 2032.

Additional Information:

All interested firms must have an active registration in the System for Award

Management (SAM.gov) and must not be listed on the Excluded Parties List.

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice only. Interested companies do not need to submit any documentation at this time. The solicitation for qualification packages will be posted on SAM.gov at a later date.

Point of Contact: Contracting Officer: Samantha N. Pakuwal

Email: PakuwalS1@state.gov mailto:PakuwalS1@state.gov