Fire Suppression Testing

Architect-Engineering (A-E) Services for Design Services for Hangar Fire Suppression Systems Design and Review

This is a Sources Sought notice and should not be construed as a solicitation announcement. The submission of this information is for planning purposes only. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any services, nor does the Kansas City District intent to award a contract on the basis of this request for information or otherwise pay for the information solicited.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District has been tasked to solicit for and award Architecture and Engineering (A-E) services in support of the United States Air Force aircraft hangar fire suppression systems.

The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to determine if there are adequate qualified A-E firms to provide adequate competition to compete and perform for a multiple award task order contract (MATOC) to perform the following services.

The A-E will provide expertise in fire protection engineering in order to accomplish individual design reviews (concept definition thru 100%), and acceptance tests of United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft hangar fire suppression systems in support of AFCEC at applicable project locations.

The A-E will review each submittal of contract documents, plans, specifications, cost estimates, and design analysis and verify the design is in compliance with the fire protection UFC and all applicable criteria. The A-E will review calculations supporting all fire suppression and fire alarm/detection systems for the project. As applicable, the A-E will provide services to review calculations for systems, features, or elements other than fire suppression or detection. The A-E will review cost estimates with the appropriate level of detail as required by that particular submittal. The A-E will report corrective action recommendations for critical calculations, design errors, interference checks, and omissions that may result in significant impacts to the project execution and costs.

Furthermore, the A-E will provide services for completion of additional summary evaluations to identify systemic weaknesses in AF criteria, project programing, design/construction practices, and provide recommendations to improve overall AF hangar fire suppression system sustainability and reliability to reduce nuisance suppression system activations as needed.

The NAICS code applicable to this acquisition is 541330 Engineering Services with a small business size standard is $15M.

Offerors response to this source sought shall be limited to 8 pages and include the following information:

1. Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and email address.
2. Firm's interest in submitting their SF330 when the synopsis is issued - i.e. prime, sub-consultant, etc.
3. Firms type of business and business size.
4. The AE shall submit up to three examples of experience in fire suppression design and design reviews of large body hangars for the Air Force including the Contract Number and the firm's level of effort for the requirement.
5. The AE shall submit up to three examples of experience in conducting Pre-Final (PAT) and Final Acceptance Tests (FAT) for large body aircraft Hangars for the Air Force including the Contract Number and the firm's level of effort for the requirement.
6. The AE shall submit up to three examples demonstrating experience in doing 3rd party testing and code analysis for Air Force fire protection and ancillary systems, including the Contract Number and the firm's level of effort for the requirement.
7. The AE shall submit a short narrative explaining their staffing ability to support multiple reviews and multiple FATs at the same time.
8. The AE shall submit a short narrative describing their experience, if any, performing Air Force fire suppression design, design reviews, Pre-Final (PAT), and Final Acceptance Tests (FAT) for large body hangars in OCONUS locations, including the Contract Number and the firm's level of effort for the requirement.

Interested firms shall respond to the Sources Sought Synopsis no later than September 7 at 11:00 AM (CST). E-mail your response to Kyle Street, Contract Specialist E-mail address: Kyle.P.Street@usace.army.mil. E-mail is the preferred method when receiving responses to this Sources Sought notice.

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