USDA APHIS Nationwide A-E Services 2021

PROJECT INFORMATION: Nationwide A/E services will include Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Environmental, Fire Protection, Civil, and Structural work for the preparation of contract drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and possible associated services such as: LEED design services, NEPA documentation and environmental assessments, designer of record services, value engineering, design (peer) review, master planning, laboratory planning, facility inspection for deficiencies, obtaining various required permits, construction management, geotechnical investigations, surveying, life cycle analysis, commissioning, testing adjusting & balancing (TAB) and performing Special Inspection and Material Testing services and Construction Inspection Contractor (CIC) services. Commissioning, TAB, Special Inspection services and CIC services may or may not be related to work designed by said firm if or when used. Projects will cover a variety of building types nationwide, such as offices, laboratories, animal and plant inspection stations, quarantine stations, and general utility buildings. Some work may involve only one or two disciplines, i.e., Mechanical/Electrical, where repair and/or remodeling are involved and other types of work might include incinerators, fumigation hoods, compressed gas facilities, water and sewer mains, and water treatment facilities that may or may not require the services of one or more disciplines. Some of our major facilities are in Edinburg, TX; Ames, IA; Newburg, NY; Fort Collins, CO; Miami, FL; and Beltsville, MD. New buildings generally will be in the $100,000 to $5,000,000 cost range. Repair and remodeling work varies from a few thousand to $500,000. In the selection process, firms may be chosen for interviews prior to making the final selection.