Worldwide AE Support Services

The Department of State Office of Acquisition Management is preparing to solicit an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for worldwide architectural and engineering support services, with Stage 1 qualification packages expected on SAM.gov in July 2026.

Work encompasses planning, design, construction, facility rehabilitation, system replacement, security upgrades, and building maintenance at Foreign Service posts and OBO offices in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and worldwide. Required disciplines include architecture, historic preservation, landscape architecture, interior design, electrical, mechanical, fire protection, structural (blast/seismic), civil/geotechnical engineering, planning, cost estimating, data analytics, facility management, project management, building envelope specialist, and construction management. Services include facility assessments, maintenance plans, architectural and engineering studies, master plans, design specifications, cost estimates, construction management, data integration, BIM/CADD services, building forensics, and limited physical and technical security design services.

All successful offerors must possess or be eligible to obtain a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Secret Facility Clearance with Secret safeguarding capability. If uncleared at selection, the Department will sponsor the firm with a 180-day period to obtain clearance. Foreign firms are ineligible for facility clearances; only U.S. firms organized and operating in the U.S., Puerto Rico, or U.S. possessions and territories are eligible unless Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence risks are mitigated. Firms must be determined eligible as "United States Persons."

The procurement proceeds through three stages using the Brooks Act source selection process. The resulting IDIQ will include on-ramp and off-ramp procedures to add or remove contractors based on performance and workload demands. The pre-solicitation synopsis notes that the procurement may include a small business set-aside.