Architect and Engineering Services North - Single Award IDIQ

This is a pre-solicitation notice ONLY.  It is ANTICIPATED that this requirement will be solicited as a Small Business set-aside, but final determination will be made when the solicitation is officially released.

The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has a requirement for a Single-Award Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for Architect-Engineering Design and Construction Management/Administration Services for repair and maintenance, alteration, and/or new construction projects (including greenhouses and specialized farm buildings) for its research laboratory facilities located throughout the Plains Area (PA) - North.  The Plains Area - North includes facilities in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

Services under the contracts will include, but are not limited to, energy-related studies, environmental site assessments and studies, building and/or site investigations/studies, feasibility and conceptual studies, geotechnical investigations, radon testing, asbestos and other hazardous materials abatement, life cycle cost analyses, engineering design criteria development, statements of work/program of requirements development, design analyses, designs, construction drawings, specifications (including specifications for design-build), detailed cost estimates and analyses, bidding phase services, construction management/administration (including on-site construction management/administration, bid evaluations, shop drawings and submittals review and approval), construction inspection and/or monitoring, design review, technical consultation, field surveys, engineering reports, and computer-aided drafting.

The contracts shall be for a five (5) year ordering period from date of award. Firm-fixed-price task orders will be issued for each individual project. The cumulative amount of all delivery/task orders will be a minimum of $1,000 and will not exceed an estimated $20,000,000.00 over the life of the contract.

The Government will award a single Indefinite Quantity Contract. Individual funded requirements will be awarded through the issuance of firm-fixed-price Task Orders; however, no project exist currently. 

A solicitation may be issued before 15 December 2022.