Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)Architect-Engineer (A-E) Civil Design Services Contract, Albuquerque District, USACE, New Mexico

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; a market survey for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Albuquerque District has been tasked to solicit for and award an IDIQ contract civil design services, and is seeking qualified, experienced sources capable of performing this requirement. The contract will primarily involve A-E studies and design on flood risk management, ecosystem restoration and erosion protection purposes within the Albuquerque District Corps of Engineers (COE) boundaries, which include Southern Colorado, New Mexico and Southwest Texas. The Contractor may be required to work outside this area. The successful firm may be utilized to complete projects or in support of in-house efforts. Services during construction may include construction inspection, shop drawing review and as-built drawing preparation. This contract will be solicited and awarded in accordance with FAR Part 36 and the Brooks Act (Public Law 92-582). The type of set-aside decision to be issued will depend upon the responses to this synopsis.

The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors.

The anticipated range of task orders off of this contract is between $24,000 and $500,000, with the total amount of the contract not to exceed $6,000,000.00.


Minimum capabilities required for this IDIQ contract include:

a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: Firms must have, and demonstrate experience in:

1) Preparation of studies, designs, plans and specifications, design analysis and construction cost estimates for structural flood risk management measures (dams, levees, basins and channels) and non-structural measures (elevation, dry flood proofing, wet flood proofing, small berms, small levees or walls, relocation, flood warning, acquisition), streambank stabilization, streambed grade control, ecosystem restoration measures, roads, parking areas, bridges and design of utility improvements.
2) Bridge inspections.
3) Engineering analysis of fluvial systems.
4) MicroStation InRoads software.
5) The ability to accomplish construction cost estimates utilizing M-II software.
6) The ability to create drawings in MicroStation V8, and narratives compatible with MS Word format.
7) Implementation of a Design Quality Management Plan.
8) Energy conservation, pollution prevention, the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction.

b. Qualifying Capabilities:

1) Firms must be able to provide registered professionals assigned in the positions for Project Management, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering and Structural Engineering. The Project Manager must have experience managing design of COE Civil Works type projects. The design team must be familiar with relevant COE design criteria.
2) The firm must also be able to provide Civil Engineering Technicians and CADD Operators/Drafters experienced with InRoads and the Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) CADD Standards Release 3.0.
3) The firm must be able to provide a cost estimator with M-II Version 4.2 Build 3 experience. Cost Estimators formally trained in using M-II software is advantageous.
4) Knowledge of the Locality: The firm's knowledge of the area encompassed by the Albuquerque District boundaries will be a consideration.
5) Past performance on DOD and other contracts in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules shall be evaluated.
6) The firm must demonstrate the capacity to accomplish two concurrent delivery orders.
7) Location of the firm's office to accomplish the work with respect to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
8) Volume of DOD contract awards in the previous 12 months considering equitable distribution of work among A-E firms including small and small disadvantaged firms that have not had prior DoD contracts.
9) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions, women owned, and HUB zoned business in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. In-house capabilities will be weighted heavier than subcontracted work in the evaluation process. The selected firm must be able to accomplish at least 50% of the work. Joint Venture Firms will be considered as having capabilities in-house. Joint Venture Firms that include a large business within the Joint Venture are ineligible for this procurement.

The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 541330 which has a small business size standard of $15 Million. The Federal Supply Code is C211.

Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting that they must perform at least 50% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with their own employees for general services-type procurement.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis.

Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about 3 February 2015, and the estimated proposal due date will be on or about 5 March 2015. The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov.


Firm's response to this Synopsis shall be limited to 10 pages and shall include the following information:

1. Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.
2. Firm's experience on projects of similar magnitude that include the civil design services listed in this Sources Sought Notice (include firm's capability to execute comparable work performed within the past 5 years:
2a. Brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project) - provide at least 3 examples.
3. Firm's experience with the eight (8) listed specialized experience and technical competencies and the nine (9) qualifying capabilities included in this Sources Sought Notice
4. Firm's Business Size - LB, SB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, EWOSB/WOSB
5. Firm's Joint Ventures (existing), including Mentor Prot g s and teaming arrangement information is acceptable

Interested Firm's shall respond to this Sources Sought Synopsis no later than 02 December 2014, 2:00PM MST. All interested firms must be registered in SAM to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Mail your response to Kathleen Mayer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, 505-342-3223. Responses can be emailed to kathleen.mayer@usace.army.mil.

Firms responding to this sources sought synopsis who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested will not be used to assist the Government in the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought synopsis.

NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN IT IS FORMALLY ADVERTISED, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS.

If inadequate responses are received, this solicitation may be issued for full and open competition.