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This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of Small Businesses (e.g., 8(a), Service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, Small disadvantaged business, Veteran-owned small business, and Women-owned small business) under NAICS code, 541330, that have the capability, experience, and expert knowledge to provide architectural design services: This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of Small Businesses (e.g., 8(a), Service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, Small disadvantaged business, Veteran-owned small business, and Women-owned small business) under NAICS code, 541330, that have the capability, experience, and expert knowledge to provide architectural design services: The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) is a Research & Development (R&D) facility with 52 buildings located on 232-hectare (578-acre) site in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The NIST site has approximately 3,424,353 gross square feet (GSF) of floor space including R&D, office, and service areas. The majorities of the building are brick exterior in construction and are approximately 50 - 60 years old. A&E Services performed for NIST generally include, but are not limited to, evaluation, renovation, repair, modification/reconfiguration, replacement and/or a building addition to campus building spaces and scientific laboratories, post construction award services, construction management services. The work may include, but is not limited to, field investigation, surveying, and document preparation, shop drawings and submittal review/approval, construction inspections, construction RFIs analysis, participate in HVAC equipment commissioning, bid evaluations. Documentation may include, but is not limited to, engineering studies, conceptual design, survey reports, construction inspection reports, punch list of incomplete construction items, RFI responses, as-built record drawings in AutoCAD and pdf formats, bridging documents, full contract drawings and specifications (including performance of requirements for design-build), design calculations, cost estimates and project schedules as defined by each Statement of Work. The expertise and qualifications will include evaluation and refurbishment of mechanical/electrical and plumbing (MEP) utility systems, laboratory specific specialty gasses and environmental controls, building envelope and interior structure of a comparable size and type of the NIST Gaithersburg Campus. Civil and structural engineering services are included in the AE services. Location of the firm must be within the general geographical area of NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland campus, which is considered 50 miles as defined by a nationally recognized on-line mapping program. How to respond to this sources sought notice: If your company has recent experience with projects that are similar in scope to what may be required by the upcoming procurement for General A/E services, please provide the following information (12 pages maximum) The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.