AE Services to Support Construction Management Services (CMS)

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS and is NOT a solicitation announcement. The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, and Women Owned Small Business firms. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the government in making appropriate acquisition decisions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, anticipates a future Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) procurement to acquire Architect-Engineer (AE) Services under individual task orders for Construction Management Services (CMS). AE services will be performed primarily at federal and military installations throughout the Mobile District’s Area of Responsibility, which includes the southeastern states as well as Central and South America, within the South Atlantic Division (SAD).

Required AE Services will provide a full range of comprehensive support for the CMS program. Firms shall have experience with (1) Biddability and constructability reviews for building construction projects; (2) Preparation of contract related documents and analysis, such as construction cost estimates, project schedules, or network analysis systems, delay impact analysis, claims and change order analysis; (3) Review of contractor submittals; (4) Shop drawing reviews; (5) Quality Assurance (QA) Activities in connection to building construction inspection. The selected firms must have, either in-house or through partner or sub-consultants, the following disciplines, with professional registration required where applicable: (1) Project Manager; (2) Architect; (3) Civil Engineer; (4) Mechanical Engineer; (5) Electrical Engineer; (6) Structural Engineer; (7) Cost Estimator(s); (8) Construction QA Inspectors in (a) civil, (b) electrical, (c) mechanical, (d) structural; (9) Project Schedulers.

Sources are being sought for firms under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code of 541330 with a Small Business Size Standard of no greater than $16,500,000 average annual receipts over three years. Responses are requested with the following information:

1. Offeror’s name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and email addresses.

2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, Woman Owned or 8(a) shall be indicated on first page of submission.

3. Description of firm's capability to provide the AE services with necessary personnel; capability to manage the disciplines; and capacity to execute at least three (3) task orders under this IDIQ simultaneously.

4. Past performance/experience on IDIQ contracts of similar scope, describing no more than five (5) projects that are at 100% complete within the past five years of the issue date of this Notice. The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the CMS scope to demonstrate relevance to the proposed synopsis, the Offerors’ role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information (reference name, phone number and e-mail address). Prime Contractor experience is required. 

NO RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX OR MAIL. ALL RESPONSES MUST BE EMAILED to: Rosemary C. Hall, rosemary.c.hall@usace.army.mil. Submittals are due no later than 28 July 2021. Telephonic and hard copy responses will not be accepted nor considered. Please limit response to eight (8) pages or less.

Note 1: This is not a Request for Proposals, only a Request for Information. No award will result from this Sources Sought. Note 2: This sources sought synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. Note 3: Large Businesses need not respond. Note 4: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through https://sam.gov. Detailed information on this and other Mobile District projects are available on the internet at https://sam.gov.