CFLHD Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for Architect-Engineer Design Services

The Federal Highway Administration's Central Federal Lands Highway Division is soliciting qualifications for multiple Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts for full-service architect-engineer design services, with questions due November 13, 2026 and submissions due November 20, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time. The Set Aside line reads "No Set-Aside Used" and the notice states the acquisition is open to all business concerns, but the description references a partial small business set-aside and the RFQ summary reserves at least one award for small businesses, so confirm the set-aside status on SAM.gov before bidding.

Selection is qualifications-based under the Brooks Act, and price is not evaluated initially. Written submissions are evaluated first, followed by in-person interviews for short-listed firms in Lakewood, Colorado. The shared capacity is $60 million over five years, with up to three firm-fixed-price contracts and a $25,000 minimum order guarantee per contract.

CFLHD administers from Lakewood, Colorado, and performs work across Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, a jurisdiction that includes, but is not limited to, those states. Customers include the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal Governments, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Bureau of Reclamation. Projects are funded primarily through the Federal Lands Transportation Program and Federal Lands Access Program. Work involves low-volume roadways from 3R rehabilitation to full reconstruction in environmentally sensitive areas requiring context-sensitive design.

The prime must be a licensed and registered engineering firm, and the prime and subconsultants together must be licensed in each of the 14 states. Experience is evaluated across prime and subconsultant portfolios, but projects performed outside the CFLHD area are not considered relevant regardless of technical comparability. Deliverables must use formats including MicroStation DGN, HEC-RAS, OpenRoads Designer, and ESRI ArcGIS. Teaming agreements are not required at the initial SF330 submission unless submitting as a joint venture, and financial statements and bonding-capacity letters are not required initially.

The most recent Q&A, dated November 6, 2026, confirms the November 20 deadline with no extension granted. Proposals are submitted as PDF to CFLContracts@dot.gov, limited to 50 pages in Times New Roman (10-point body, 8-point tables). The RFQ is No. 6982AF26R000004. The NAICS code is 541330 and the PSC is C1LB.