This is a pre-solicitation notice ONLY. It is ANTICPATED that this requirement will be solicted as a HUBzone setaside, but final determiantion will be made when the solicitation is offically released. The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has a requirement for a Single-Award Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for Architect-Engineering Design and Construction Management/Administration Services for repair and maintenance, alteration, and/or new construction projects (including greenhouses and specialized farm buildings) for its research laboratory facilities located throughout the Plains Area (PA) - South. The Plains Area - South includes facilities in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Services under the contracts will include, but are not limited to, energy-related studies, environmental site assessments and studies, building and/or site investigations/studies, feasibility and conceptual studies, geotechnical investigations, radon testing, asbestos and other hazardous materials abatement, life cycle cost analyses, engineering design criteria development, statements of work/program of requirements development, design analyses, designs, construction drawings, specifications (including specifications for design-build), detailed cost estimates and analyses, bidding phase services, construction management/administration (including on-site construction management/administration, bid evaluations, shop drawings and submittals review and approval), construction inspection and/or monitoring, design review, technical consultation, field surveys, engineering reports, and computer-aided drafting. The contracts shall be for a five (5) year ordering period from date of award. Firm-fixed-price task orders will be issued for each individual project. The cumulative amount of all delivery/task orders will be a minimum of $1,000 and will not exceed an estimated $20,000,000.00 over the life of the contract. The Government will award a single Indefinite Quantity Contract. Individual funded requirements will be awarded through the issuance of firm-fixed-price Task Orders; however, no project exist currently. A solicitation may be issued before November 2022. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.
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