Architect and Engineer Services

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is soliciting Architect and Engineer (A-E) services to support its headquarters building at 441 G Street NW in Washington, DC, and eleven field offices located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Dayton, Denver, Huntsville, Los Angeles, Norfolk, Oakland, and Seattle. Services include engineering studies, investigations, surveying and mapping, soils engineering, comprehensive planning, conceptual designs, full design plans and specifications, value engineering, preservation surveys, restoration designs, and construction phase support activities. The RFQ will be evaluated using qualifications-based selection criteria under the Brooks Act (FAR Part 36), with primary evaluation factors including professional qualifications and key personnel experience (minimum ten years in specific disciplines), work management approach, capacity to accomplish the work (at least four simultaneous $150,000 task orders for unrestricted firms; two for small businesses), and past performance on relevant contracts, with geographic location serving as a secondary tiebreaker. All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), possess appropriate professional licenses, and submit detailed qualifications documentation. The proposal deadline is February 18, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. EST, with submissions required via email only.

This solicitation is a full and open competition with no set-aside designations for small businesses or other designated groups. The GAO intends to award approximately four (4) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a combined ceiling of $25,000,000 over a base year plus four one-year option periods, running from August 8, 2026, through August 7, 2031. Each task order will be fixed-price with rates negotiated annually, subject to a guaranteed minimum of $1,000 per task order. Large business awardees will be required to submit detailed subcontracting plans during contract negotiations. The primary place of performance is the GAO headquarters building in Washington, DC, with regional project managers preferably located in their respective field office cities, and payment will be made electronically through the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) with payments not exceeding 85 percent of contract value until final release is provided.