Full Engineering Design Services, GSA-PBS Region 3

PROJECT DESCRIPTION This anticipated acquisition will be procured in accordance with the Brooks Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. This Sources Sought Notice pertains to an anticipated ID/IQ for engineering services for a base period of one (1) year with four (4) one-year option periods. SCOPE OF WORK The projects contemplated by this notice involve engineering design services for Repair and Alterations, renovations and modernizations of federal facilities, and may require Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Protection, Structural, incidental architecture, and energy-related design services. Projects may also include the incorporation of sustainability, security, and incidental Interior Design services with sensitivity towards historic buildings. The projects entail engineering services for repair and alteration work in federal facilities and will generally be for projects up to $5 million in construction costs. Most projects will also involve occupied buildings, many of which are historically significant. The scope of engineering services include, but are not limited to the following: programming; pre-design; the preparation of feasibility studies; the preparation of Request for Proposal packages for Design-Build projects; job-site investigation; complete engineering and design services - such as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, structural, fire protection, vertical transportation, life safety, security, historical, code compliance, and incidental architectural); cost estimating; building commissioning; procurement support; post-construction award services; and other related supplemental services if so requested by the Government. Hazardous materials such as incidental asbestos and lead may be encountered in some existing facilities. The firm’s Industrial Hygienist will be required to identify and quantify the types and locations of hazardous materials that may be abated during construction and will be required to provide abatement recommendations. Furthermore, knowledge of airborne pathogen concerns and associated mitigation are required. Certain projects may be designed and constructed in metric, System International (SI) units in accordance with Public Law 100-576, the Omnibus Trade & Competitive Act of 1988, the Metric Conversion Act, and Executive Order 12770. The contractor will be required to ensure that projects meet any applicable agency comprehensive programming and design criteria, including, but not limited, to the latest revision of U.S. Courts Design Guide, DOJ Publication 64, and Facilities Standards For Public Buildings Service (GSA P100).