FQ19172-General Architectural and Engineering Consultant (GEC) On-Call Design Services

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA, known hereinafter as the Authority) requires the services of professional on-call multi-disciplinary general architectural and/or engineering consultants ("Consultant") to provide services in support of the on-going capital improvement program and maintenance program, conduct special complex engineering/architectural studies, provide engineering and architectural support for recovery from urgent, emergent and emergency conditions, and provide design support for new capital rail construction, for bus system projects, for joint-development projects, for adjacent construction- related projects, for project and technology development projects, and for additional projects and services as required.
The selected Consultants shall assist the Authority by providing certain professional engineering, architectural and surveying services associated with new construction and the renovation, repair and maintenance of Authority facilities, assets and systems located in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. The Consultant shall assist the Authority by providing architectural and professional engineering services associated with Design, Staff Augmentation, and Engineering Support Services.
Architectural and Engineering
The successful Consultants may provide architectural and engineering design, staff augmentation, and a full-range of engineering support services under the wide array of capital and maintenance program needs of the Authority through future competitively-solicited Task Order requests. For RFP No. FQ19172, WMATA has elected to review proposals and will award multiple on-call, contracts within four technical categories:
•Power
•Systems and Vehicles
•Facilities
•Rail, Yards, and Infrastructure
An expanded definition of the design and support services included in each of these technical categories is provided in the Instructions and Scope of Work included within this RFP.
In addition, WMATA plans to award multiple Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Set-Aside contracts within each of these four categories. Further definitions and requirements to compete for the SBE contracts are provided in the Instructions and Scope of Work.
Engineering Support Services
The successful Consultants may also be asked to provide other critical support functions to the engineering and construction programs through future competitively-solicited Task Order requests. These support functions may include, but are not limited to: document management, business process development and configuration, performance analysis, animation and graphics, drafting and development of engineering standards, Quality Control (QC) programs, and associated training in all the above as required.
Refer to the attached solicitation documents..