Unrestricted Architect-Engineering (A-E) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contact (MATOC) to Perform General Engineering and Design Services

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - New England District (CENAE) plans to award up to five (5) separate A-E Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to comprise one (1) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for A-E services to perform General Engineering and Design Services for Larger or More Complex projects. These contracts are being procured in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Part 36. The total shared capacity of the MATOC is $180,000,000. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330. Work will primarily be performed within the boundaries of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England District (ME, MA, NH, CT, VT, RI, and NY), but could also include other states and districts covered by the USACE North Atlantic Divisions (NAD) mission areas (PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, WV, and the District of Columbia). The contracts will be negotiated and awarded with a five-year ordering period. Award of contracts to the selected firms is anticipated in May 2027. The minimum guarantee amount per firm over the life of each contract is $10,000. Upon identification of a need for A-E services within the scope of these contracts, selection for a specific task order will be in accordance with USACE Alert 21-013, Updated Procedures for the Selection of Task Orders on Architect-Engineer Indefinite Delivery Contracts dated 14 April 2021 (USACE Alert 21-013) and can be found attached (Attachment A). The selected firm will subsequently be issued a request for proposal with the intent of negotiating a fair and reasonable price for a firm-fixed-price task order. Any other-than-small business that is ultimately selected must comply with FAR 52.219-9 Alt II, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (FEB 2026) and submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan. This is only required of firms selected for negotiations and is to be provided in response to a future Request for Proposal. The Small Business Subcontracting Plan will contain small business goals for all of the Small Business Programs (Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and HUBZone Small Business). The Subcontracting Plan must be reasonable, attainable, and challenging.2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work includes, but is not limited to, various engineering, design, and/or construction services for larger or more complex projects. Larger or more complex projects include A-E Services related to projects such as: new construction projects valued at greater than $15M; construction projects authorized under Military Construction ? Army (MCA) and Air Force (MCAF) with A-E fees expected to exceed $1M; complex or specialized facilities such as those in support of medical or research facilities; and/or construction of new civil works flood risk reduction facilities. Work to be performed may relate to, but is not limited to, the following: the design of new and renovated structures; military building and site design; design of any other unique structure; sustainable design and commissioning; general site engineering; military master planning; planning and design for civil works infrastructure including projects related to the development of water resources; environmental engineering and compliance; value engineering; project scheduling; modeling of coastal and inland waterways; diagnostics, assessments, site investigation and other data collection tasks for general architectural or engineering use; and/or historical preservation. Architect-Engineering Services that may be required under this contract include the preparation of: design drawings, technical specifications, construction cost estimates, design and construction schedules, design analyses, engineering calculations, design-build requests for proposal, conceptual designs, planning studies, engineering studies and other technical reports, LEED project documentation, commissioning reports, and/or value engineering (VE) studies. Services may also include all architectural and engineering tasks necessary to develop the documents listed above to also include: developing models, economic analyses, topographic surveying, aerial and other types of surveying, development and use of GIS systems, and construction phase services to include shop drawing review, as-built drawing preparation, preparation of O and M manuals, and/or engineering consultation services.Design documents to be prepared by the A-E for Construction procurement may be for either design-bid-build (DBB) or design-build (D-B) procurements. DBB submittals would include plans, specifications, design analysis, construction cost estimates, and construction phasing plans and schedules for a design charrette/concept (15%) design, schematic (35%) design, design development (65%), draft construction document (95%) and final construction document (100%) submittals. D-B submittals would include plans, specifications, basis of design, construction cost estimates, and construction phasing plans and schedules for a design charette/concept (15%) design, schematic (35%) design submittals, and draft final and final D-B Request for Proposal (RFP) submittals. Products shall be produced to Corps of Engineers guidelines and specific formats set forth under the base contract and/or by individual task order. The firm shall be required to: provide design drawings in Microstation or Autodesk CADD software (latest version); use Autodesk Revit Building Information Modeling (BIM) software; use Corps computer-based specification software for the development of Specifications (SPECSINTACT); use the latest version of MII (cost engineering software as provided by the Government and licensed to the firm) for the development of construction cost estimates; use Primavera P6 for developing detailed construction schedules and use MS Project for more basic design and constructions schedules; and utilize ProjNet (DrChecks) (https://wwwprojnet.org) for comment resolution of design review submittals.3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria and each sub-criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria (a) through (f) are primary factors. Criteria (g) (h) and (i) are secondary factors and will only be used as tie-breakers among firms that are essentially technically equal. Note that in the criteria below, reference to firm refers to the prime A-E firm and its proposed team unless otherwise indicated.(a) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. Firms should demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence in the following: (1) Development of DBB or D-B documents for vertical construction projects for the federal government with estimated construction costs greater than $15M;(2) Development of DBB or D-B documents for military construction (buildings and site work); (3) Development of DBB or D-B documents for new Civil Works flood risk reduction facilities with focus on coastal and riverine structural alternatives (such as those involving pump stations, flood walls, and gate structures);(4) Development of DBB or D-B documents for large, complex, and/or specialized facilities such as those in support of medical or research facilities; (5) Commissioning of Buildings and Systems in accordance with ASHRAE standards;(6) Use/knowledge of MII for development of construction cost estimate and SPECSINTACT for specifications development.Information contained in the SF330 Part I, Section F will be the primary basis for evaluation against this criteria, though Section H will also be used. See Section 4 below for specific instructions on project information to be included in Section F. Projects in which the firms primary work (planning, full design as the A-E for a DBB procurement or the Designer of Record (DOR) on a D-B contract, or development of the RFP for a D-B procurement) was completed within the last 10 years will be given greater consideration and those projects in which the firms primary work has not yet been completed will be given less consideration. Projects shall be listed in order of relevance to the work to be done under this contract as determined by the firm (see Section 3.d below).(b) Professional Qualifications. The evaluation of Professional Qualifications will consider education, training, professional registration, certifications, and relevant experience of personnel to accomplish the work specified above. Any past design and/or planning experience on USACE-managed projects should be identified. Information contained in the SF330 Part I, Section E will be the primary basis for evaluation against this criteria, though Sections D and H will also be used. (1) Resumes are required for the following key personnel. Resumes should clearly indicate which role listed below is being filled by each individual…