IDCs for General A-E Services in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary

Sources Sought Announcement for Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) for General Architect and Engineering (A-E) Services in ROMANIA, BULGARIA, AND HUNGARY for USACE Europe District

This announcement seeks information from industry which will be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this announcement. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.  No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Sources Sought or any follow up information requests.

AGENCY: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU)

NAICS:  541330, Engineering Services

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary

ACQUISITION INFORMATION:  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District, intends to solicit and award a target of three Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) for General Architect and Engineering (A-E) Services in Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary; to be procured in accordance with Public Law (PL) 92-582 (the Brooks Act) and Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 36, under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 541330, Engineering Services. The amount of work for the contracts shall not exceed $27,500,000.00 in combined capacity which will be shared among the awardees. All Task Orders will be negotiated and awarded as Firm-Fixed Price (FFP).  It is anticipated that 15% will be open to United States (U.S.) and foreign firms and 85% will be open to a U.S. firm or U.S./Host Nation Joint Venture. This acquisition is needed to support the continued and growing NAU missions in Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary. 

Because the Government anticipates military construction funded projects to be issued against the resultant contract, at least one of the contracts shall be awarded to a U.S. firm or U.S./Host Nation Joint Venture. This is in accordance with DFARS 236.602-70, Restriction on award of overseas architect-engineer contracts to foreign firms, contracts funded by military construction appropriations that are estimated to exceed $500,000 and are to be performed in Japan, any NATO country or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, shall only be awarded to United States firms or a joint venture of United States and host nation firms.

Non U.S. or Host Nation/U.S. Joint Venture firms are encouraged to submit capabilities for planning purposes.

Performance Period:  The contracts will have a base ordering period of five years.

Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location in Europe.

The Government reserves the right to award an additional contract from the solicitation within one year from the first contract’s award date.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Multi-disciplined A-E services are expected to include, but will not be limited to the following. The Project Information is not listed in order of importance, but the primary focus of the anticipated work is noted.

Primary: Design of military facilities in the stated countries. The design requirements shall need to consider both U.S. design codes and host nation specific design codes and standards, as well as NATO requirements.

Developing Request-For-Proposal packages for design/build and design/bid/build horizontal and vertical projects.

Preparation of design criteria, architectural engineering designs, specifications, design-related analyses and studies, and cost estimates for military facilities.

Environmental documentation preparation, permits, special studies, and other environmental activities as required by U.S., NATO, and host nation laws and regulations.

Preparation of feasibility studies, other special studies, geotechnical investigations and topographical mapping services, programmatic support services, as-builts, and engineering and design during construction.

Planning services such as comprehensive master plans, installation real property master planning, infrastructure assessments, planning & design charrettes, CAD/GIS mapping, and systems analysis of existing facilities and infrastructure.

Construction inspection services, and certification that the construction is in conformance with the design in accordance with host nation requirements.

SOURCES SOUGHT: The purpose of this Sources Sought is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of A-E firms who have the capabilities to complete and perform contracts of this magnitude in the listed countries, and to address any questions, recommendations or concerns from Industry. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this Sources Sought announcement.

RESPONSES: The Capabilities Statement for this Sources Sought is not intended to be a Request for Proposal nor Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. It is to request statements regarding the company's ability to demonstrate existing-or-developed expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material may also be submitted with the Capabilities Statement. Submission of Capabilities statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the USACE in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities. This Sources Sought is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.

SUBMISSIONS: Offerors response to this Sources Sought shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information (Clarifications and or questions shall be submitted in a separate word document and will not count towards the 5 page limitation): 

Offeror’s Name, address(es), English speaking point of contact, phone number and e-mail address;

Offeror’s interest in proposing on the solicitation when it is issued;

Offeror’s Cage Code and DUNS number;

Offeror’s Joint Venture information or Teaming Arrangements.  Include Cage Code or System for Award Management (SAM) information/registration, if available;

Offeror’s capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include offeror’s capability to execute A-E services, comparable work performed within the past ten (10) years, brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project) provide at least 3 examples that demonstrate:

capability to work in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary (please identify whether the capability is in house or not); and,

experience working in Europe, specifically in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary.

Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material do not count towards the page limit. Clarifications and or questions shall be submitted in a separate word document or emailed and will not count towards the 5 page limitation.

ANTICIPATED PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT & AWARD: Should the acquisition proceed, USACE NAU anticipates posting the Synopsis in February 2020 and an award of the contracts in June 2020.

RESPONSES DUE: All interested contractors should submit responses via email by 14:00 hours Central European Time on 5 December 2019. Submit responses and information to Contract Specialist Shawna West at shawna.m.west@usace.army.mil.  No hard copies will be accepted.

QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this Sources Sought Announcement may be directed to Contract Specialist Shawna West at shawna.m.west@usace.army.mil and Contracting Officer Chris Brackett at christopher.brackett@usace.army.mil.  

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