Commissioning services, building 4 at USGS campus in Boise, Idaho

Commissioning services, building 4 at USGS campus in Boise, Idaho

The U.S. Geological Survey is building an approximately 8,000 gross square foot (GSF) office and laboratory building on campus of the Idaho Water Science Center at 230 N Collins Road in Boise, ID. The building will house approximately 28 staff in a mixture of private, shared, and open office workstations, and have approximately 2,500 net square feet (NSF) of laboratory space. Construction is underway with the foundation currently being excavated; substantial completion is expected in late March 2021. Slichter/Ugrin Architecture is the designer of record and is providing ongoing construction administration, and HC Company, Inc. is the prime construction contractor.

The scope of this effort is building commissioning of the following systems: HVAC components and equipment; HVAC systems, specifically the interaction of cooling, heating, and comfort delivery systems; building automation systems (BAS), specifically control hardware and software, sequence of operations, and integration of factory controls with BAS; lighting control systems and interface with daylighting; domestic hot water systems; and geothermal energy systems. The contractor is expected to perform necessary preliminary services to be ready to complete on-site building commissioning when required by the overall construction schedule, as revised, currently expected 02/15/21 through 03/05/21. We expect the work to be overseen by a commissioning professional certified in accordance with ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024. At the time of this release, that means one of the following: ACG Certified Commissioning Authority (CxA); ASHRAE Building Commissioning Professional (BCxP); and Building Commissioning Certification Board Certified Commissioning Professional.

We intend to solicit competitive quotations in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.5, "Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items." The applicable product/service code is H999, "Other Quality Control, Testing, and Inspection ¿ Miscellaneous" The applicable NAICS code is 541330, "Engineering Services," size standard $16.5M. This acquisition is set aside for participation by small business concerns.

Prospective contractors do not need to respond to this presolicitation notice. The request for quotations and statement of work are expected to be available the week of 08/24/2020. Questions or concerns should be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Jeff Caravelli, at jcaravelli@usgs.gov.

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