Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) for Military projects within the region of the South Texas Area Office (STAO), Fort Worth District (SWF)

C - Architect-Engineer Services General Information Document Type: Presolicitation Notice Solicitation Number: W9126G-18-R-0111 Posted Date: 16 July 2018 Original Response Date: 22 August 2018 Current Response Date: 22 August 2018 Archive Date: N/A Classification Code: C -- Architect and Engineering (A-E) Services Title: Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) for Military projects within the region of the South Texas Area Office (STAO), Fort Worth District (SWF) (Unrestricted) Contracting Office Address U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Fort Worth; P.O. Box 17300; 819 Taylor Street; Room 2A17; Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300. Description 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcement is an unrestricted procurement of one (1) A-E Services Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC), in accordance with Public Law (PL) 92-582, formally known as the Brooks Act, as implemented in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 36.6. Firms must demonstrate competence and qualifications for the required work, stated in this synopsis, for selection for negotiation. The contract is anticipated to be awarded on or about December 2018. The award of this IDC will provide Fort Worth District (SWF) A-E Services to support projects on the military installations within SWF's South Texas Area Office (STAO) area of responsibility. The core installations within this area are Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base, Camp Bullis, Randolph Air Force Base, Camp Stanley, Laughlin Air Force Base, and Corpus Christi Army Depot. This announcement is open to all firms regardless of size. One (1) firm-fixed-price contract will be negotiated. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal, but will be required with the fee proposal of the firm selected for negotiations. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541330 (Engineering Services), which has a small business size standard of $15,000,000. The awardee will be subject to the requirements of FAR Part 52.219-14 "Limitations on Subcontracting". The IDC will consist of one (1) one-year base ordering period and four (4) one-year option periods, for a total of five (5) years maximum. The value of all task orders issued under this IDC will not exceed $28,000,000. Work will be issued by negotiation of firm-fixed-price task orders under the requirements of the awarded IDC. The awardee has the option to decline an individual task order that exceeds an amount of $10,000,000. A minimum guarantee amount of $2,500 will apply to the base ordering period only. The award of task orders under this IDC will be subject to the requirements of DFAR 219-5. Eligibility for the IDC award requires registration of the offeror with the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Register via the SAM Internet site at https://www.sam.gov/. NO STATE-LEVEL certifications will be accepted. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The services necessary for each requirement will be negotiated and awarded as individual task orders. No specific projects or tasks are identified at this time and therefore funds are not presently available for individual task orders under this solicitation. Future task orders may include but are not limited to the following multi-disciplined design support and consultant services: military construction programming, planning, studies, preparation of documents for design-build and design-bid-build requests for proposals (RFPs), cost estimating (utilizing MII), topographic and boundary survey, energy studies and audits, independent technical reviews, construction management services, site investigations, commissioning, value engineering services, subsurface geotechnical investigation, testing, and reports, environmental studies, testing, and reports, hazardous materials testing and abatement plans, and other design services. The design-build and design-bid-build projects include new construction and demolition, renovation, and repairs to existing facilities. The A-E shall furnish all services, materials, supplies, and supervision required to fully complete each task order. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria a-e are primary. Criteria f-h are secondary and will only be used to rank the contractors among the technically qualified contractors. In this synopsis the term "recent" means A-E tasks orders or contracts completed within the last ten (10) years of the synopsis closing date. Older projects will not be considered. (a) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. Ensure that all specialized experience requirements are reflected on appropriate personnel resumes in Section E and example projects in Section F, Part I of the SF 330. For criteria listed below, recent experience of subcontractors may be submitted to demonstrate applicable experience and competence provided the nature and extent of all team arrangements are identified and disclosed. Offerors should describe the nature and extent of prior teaming experience with the proposed subcontractors. The firm must demonstrate expertise in the following: (1) In Section E, Part I the relevant projects provided shall show recent experience performing studies and developing the documents required for design-build and design-bid-build projects (scopes of work, drawings, specifications, current working estimates, and design analyses) for military type facilities and infrastructure (for example a civilian motel is similar to a military barracks). More weight will be given to design-bid-build projects and to projects designed within the past five (5) years. (2) In Section F, Part I provide project examples that best illustrate the proposed team's experience for this IDC. More weight will be given to design-bid-build projects designed within the past five (5) years. The project examples shall: i. Include the project name and location. ii. Provide three (3) project examples minimum. At least two (2) project examples shall have a design fee of $2M or greater. The remaining project examples shall have design fees of not less than $300,000. The total design fees stated shall be the actual amount performed by the firm. For example, if the firm performed $100,000 for mechanical design on a $2M project, state the amount of design/A-E Services as $100,000, not $2M. (3) In Section E and F, Part I demonstrate the team's capability to design projects in accordance with the latest DOD Force Protection/Anti-Terrorism criteria, UFC codes, LEED certification, DOD Guiding Principles Compliance, EISA 2007 Section 438, commissioning, and ASHRAE 90.1 requirements. (4) In Section E and F, Part I demonstrate the team's ability to prepare drawings using computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software. All drawings produced for these contracts shall be in compliance with the Architect/Engineering/Construction CADD standards as issued by the CADD/BIM Technology Center https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/CAD. The Government will only accept the final products, without conversion or reformatting. The A-E must have the capabilities to provide cadd drawings using MicroStation and AutoCAD. The A-E must also have the capabilities to provide 3D Building Information Models using Bentley BIM and Autodesk Revit. (5) In Section E and F, Part I demonstrate the team's experience editing UFGS specifications using the SpecsIntact software. (6) In Section E and F, Part I demonstrate the team's ability to prepare construction cost estimates. Experience using the MII program, latest version, is preferred. (b) Professional Qualifications. The offeror shall demonstrate that all expertise requirements are met on key personnel resumes in section E, Part I of the SF330. When a minimum number of years/experience is listed, it is within the past ten (10) years from the closing date of the synopsis. The following is a list of the key personnel, minimum requirements and the minimum number required for the IDC under this acquisition. These minimum requirements can be met utilizing in-house or consultants/subcontractors. Do not list a subcontractor as your firm's employee, as this will be cause for rejection of the SF330. Additional personnel other than the required will not be evaluated. Two (2) Project Managers; Three (3) registered Civil Engineers; Two (2) registered Landscape Architects; Three (3) registered Structural Engineers; Three (3) registered Architects; Three (3) registered Electrical Engineers; Three (3) registered Mechanical Engineers; Two (2) registered Fire Protection Engineers (to qualify: the person shall be a registered professional engineer, with a minimum of five (5) years' experience dedicated to fire protection engineering, and have ONE of the following: (a) a…