South Atlantic Area IDIQ

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA, has a requirement for an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for Architectural and Engineering (A-E) services for repair/maintenance, alteration, and new construction projects in the South Atlantic Area (SAA) that covers Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, the territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and on a very limited basis for the remaining states where ARS has research facilities. Firms will be required to provide professional services in the disciplines of architecture, structural, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering for pre-design, design, and post design services in support of the Agriculture Research Facilities including laboratories, offices, head houses, greenhouses, animal breeding and rearing facilities, barns, aquaculture and other agriculture related facilities. The A-E services shall include, but are not limited to: energy-related studies, environmental assessments and studies, building and/or site investigations/studies, building commissioning, recommissioning and retrocommissioning services, feasibility and conceptual studies, surveys, investigative reports, geotechnical investigations, radon testing, asbestos and other hazardous materials abatement, life cycle costs analyses, design criteria development, statements of work/program of requirements development, designs, design review services, drawings, specifications (including specifications for design/build), detailed costs estimates and analyses, bid evaluations and bidding phase services, submittal review and approval, shop drawing review and approval, construction monitoring and inspections, technical consultation, field surveys, engineering reports, computer-aided drafting and other related tasks as required. The Government may award multiple IDIQ contracts for the South Atlantic Area. The contract terms will be for a 1-year base period with 4, 1-year optional periods. The Government agrees to a guaranteed minimum of $1,000 of professional services for the contract. The maximum dollar value of services to be obtained under the contract shall not exceed $2,000,000 per year.
Evaluation of firms will be made on the following criteria (all factors being of equal weight):
(1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services;
(2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required to alter or
repair facilities in support of agriculture research in laboratory and field settings, including where
appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the
use of recovered materials; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work within the required time
frames and to handle multiple delivery orders simultaneously; (4) Past performance on similar
contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality
control, compliance with performance schedules, and demonstrated ability to successfully
coordinate work with all subcontractors. (5) Location in the general geographic
area of the project and knowledge of special design requirements due to locality of the project.
Evaluation of the location of the principle office will be scored based on the firm's
proximity to the South Atlantic Area Office which is located in Athens,
GA.

This requirement is a 100% set aside for small businesses that are qualified and responsible A-E firms. The NAICS codes are 541310/541330 - Architect-Engineering Services, and the small business size is $4.5 million or less in average annual receipts for three of the previous years.
Firms meeting the requirements are invited to submit four (4) copies (one (1) original and three (3) copies in hard copy format only) of completed Standard Form (SF) 330 Architect-Engineer Qualifications, with appropriate data, by 4:30 p.m. EST, January 20, 2011. Offerors are encouraged to submit their proposals via overnight/express mail to: Erik Young, Contract Specialist, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail Stop 5124, Beltsville, MD 20705. ELECTRONIC NOR IMAGE DOCUMENTS (PDF, TIFF, GIF, ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this requirement are strongly discouraged and will NOT be scheduled. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.