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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/ SOURCES SOUGHT (SS) SYNOPSIS PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES (A&E) FOR GOVERNMENT OWNED/CONTRACTOR OPERATED FACILITIES (REVISION 5) THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME AND THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. This RFI/SS is being used solely to determine business interest and their capability. A Statement of Capability (SOC) is being requested in this RFI. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary to include the submission of a SF 330, if desired. The Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. Solicitation issuance is planned for late calendar year 2023. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 36 "Architect-Engineer Services" applies to this RFI/SS. The NAICS code is determined to be 541310, "Architectural Services" with a standard size established as $12.5M, and NACIS code 541330 "Engineering Services" with a standard size established as $25.5M. This RFI/SS is issued as a means to conduct market research to identify interested A&E business firms who are licensed, registered, and certified to provide a complete of A/E services, (aka: Title I and Title II services including incidental related work associated with design for new construction for nuclear and non-nuclear processing facilities and repair of real property, conceptual, preliminary and final design and construction phase design and engineering services) within the continental United States. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/SOURCES SOUGHT IS BEING USED TO ONLY DETERMINE THE CAPABILITY OF PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES. I. REQUESTED INFORMATION: A. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Costs incurred as a result of this Sources Sought shall be borne by the company and will not be charged to the Government for reimbursement. The Government will not release its findings but will use the input to derive an acquisition strategy for the identified requirement. 1. Statements of Capabilities (SOCs) shall not exceed ten (10) letter-size (8.5"x11") pages using 12-point font and 1-inch margins; any pages submitted in excess of ten (10) pages may not be reviewed. 2. SOC must be submitted electronically via e-mail to brandon.lewis@nnsa.doe.gov no later than 5:00 pm ET, July 31, 2023. Any SOCs received after this time and date may not be reviewed. NO QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED BY EMAIL OR PHONE. B. STATEMENT OF CAPABILITIES (SOC) Interested businesses are requested to submit a Statement of Capability (SOC) that includes the following information: 1. Company Name and Mailing Address 2. Point of Contact (name, title, telephone number, e-mail address). 3. Company DUNS number 4. Socio-economic category/status/class. 5. States licensed, registered and/or certified in with any expiration dates of licenses, registration, or certifications included and for which states. 6. If two or more business concerns plan a joint venture or teaming arrangement, identify each company and include each company's address, point of contract information, business size, and DUNS number. 7. A statement indicating what SAM.gov profile reflects for the size standard in accordance with the stated NAICS code identified in the first paragraph of this RFI/SS. 8. An overview on your company's technical capability for design services on large nuclear and non-nuclear projects for a five (5) year contract effort of a total anticipated value of $70M to operate anywhere in the continental United States, and its territories (see Section IV.A below for detail). to meet the requirements listed. If two or more business concerns plan a joint venture, identify the demonstrated capabilities of each business to perform the work described earlier and the roles and responsibilities of each business in the accomplishment of the requirements. 9. A summary of your company experience and past performance within the last 5 years as it relates to the requirements above, with a particular focus on implementing standardized approaches to the design and construction of commercial-like buildings. Each company's experience (government or commercial) summary should include: a) contract/project title and ID number; b) brief description of the project; c) client/customer point of contact (name, address, phone number and email); d) dollar value of the portion of the contract/project worked with total project value; e) period of performance of contractor; f) relevance of contract/project to the requirements; and g) past performance ratings demonstrating the capability of the firm(s). II. PROCUREMENT: If procured by the Government, the method of procurement will be determined upon completion of this market research, including if multiple awards will be anticipated as a result of a single solicitation. At this time, the Government anticipates, that projects will be through firm-fixed price (FFP) task orders awarded from an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a total performance period of five (5) years, inclusive of all options (option periods are at the sole discretion of the Government). III. BACKGROUND: The Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) operates sites which are highly secure installations with unique nuclear and non-nuclear processing facilities, many of which are associated with classified national security programs. The NNSA Office of Infrastructure, NA-90 has responsibility for the execution of capital line-item projects and general plant projects in support of these programs in accordance with DOE O 413.3B Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets and other requirements. IV. SCOPE: A. Location: While work may occur anywhere within the anywhere in the continental United States, much of the work is anticipated to occur for the following locations: California, New Mexico, Tennessee, Nevada, South Carolina, Missouri, Maryland, Washington DC and Texas B. Magnitude: The total capacity of this anticipated IDIQ (single or multiple award) is $70,000,000.00 over the five-year performance period. C. Portfolio: 1. Capital Line-Item Projects These large and complex capital line-item project portfolios include nuclear and non-nuclear processing facilities requiring sophisticated expertise and skills in engineering and design, procurement and construction. The active portfolio of 36 projects exceeds $35.7B with the vast majority executed to Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) quality programs. The portfolio contains eight projects greater than $750M with a total value of $26.1B; 25 projects between $100M and $750M with a total value of $9.4B and three smaller projects under $100M with a total value of $0.2B. Anticipated capital line-item projects may require multi-discipline engineering services in the design of these projects with nuclear and non-nuclear processing facilities and associated support buildings. Activities may include design of seismically qualified buildings and structures, gloveboxes, furnaces, processing units with nuclear materials, safeguards and security, cybersecurity, integrated safety management etc. 2. General Plant Improvements The scope of services may include some consolidation and modernization of office and administration buildings, light laboratory buildings, and parking facilities and the department is investigating the possibility of realizing cost and schedule savings through the development of common building designs based on standard commercial practices that will meet a variety of needs across its 8 sites in the continental United States. This group is the general plant projects. General plant project scope may require 20 buildings estimated to be 15,000 to 20,000 square feet within a five-year period of performance. Types of buildings include commercial office and administrative buildings, commercial light laboratory buildings housing laboratory and bench spaces without special building modifications, and parking garages. Design of buildings should be "standard" and scalable depending on specific site requirements with optional bays to be added as required. While location will be project/task order specific, anticipated location detail is in section see Section IV.A below of this notice. V. TYPES OF SERVICES Work may include miscellaneous general construction engineering and architectural services (architecture, nuclear, mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, sanitary, geotechnical, environmental, telecommunications, arctic/cold regions engineering and coastal engineering etc.). Other services that may be obtained are assessment of existing conditions, review of project designs, analysis of alternatives, sustainable design recommendations for cost effective alternatives, development of final designs, and construction contract documents. Work may take place in restricted and/or secure spaces where a Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) and/or security clearances may be required. The list of services for capital line-item projects to be performed under this acquisition may include: A. Feasibility Studies, Project Scoping and Conceptual Design: the Feasibility Study analyzes high-level pre-conceptual scopes of possible solutions for meeting a program mission need. It provides input to, and screening for, the Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) and supports the cost and schedule range estimate which determines the Project Management Executive authority level. Conceptual design is the exploration of concepts, specifications and designs for meeting the mission needs, and the development of alternatives that are technically viable, affordable and sustainable. The conceptual design provides sufficient detail to produce a more refined cost estimate range and to evaluate the merits of the project. Services may include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Prepare project descriptions including project mission justification documents. 2. Prepare reports and other project documents for Project Authorization and Critical Decision project plans for capital line-item projects (e.g., Project Execution Plans). 3. Establish preliminary scope, schedule, and cost for projects. 4. Establish the project codes and standards. 5. Conduct real property condition assessments. 6. Conduct site studies and code analyses. 7. Identify and evaluate project alternatives. 8. Assist in the preparation of National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) documents. 9. Conduct project risk assessments. 10. Investigate project permitting requirements. 11. Conduct engineering, space utilization and traffic/parking studies as well as site surveys. 12. Develop functional and operational requirements for the basis of the design as well as develop a design based on the site's functional, operational, and programming requirements. 13. Perform analyses of potential project hazards such as Preliminary Fire Hazard, as low as reasonably achievable (or ALARA) and Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) implications. 14. Strategize safety, safeguards and security, waste management, value engineering, and integrated safety management considerations and prepare associated reports. 15. Develop Class 3 estimate of design cost 16. Prepare conceptual designs. B. Preliminary Engineering Design Packages: The Preliminary Design stage initiates the process of converting concepts to a more detailed design whereby more detailed and reliable cost and schedule estimates are developed. Services may include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Conduct on-site iterative design sessions/meetings with site personnel, project stakeholders and decision makers to obtain client input, feedback and/or approval on reports, documents, and deliverables. Provide updated documents and deliverables based on client feedback/approval. 2. Conduct design studies, including alternate design approaches, estimated utility requirements, energy conservation evaluations, and analysis or review of ESH factors. 3. Establish a technical change control process for screening and approving technical changes 4. Define Configuration Management for the design activity and references a configuration management plan that applies to it. 5. Conduct field investigations to confirm routing of existing utilities/infrastructure and project constructability. Assess existing systems, facilities and/or infrastructure for adequacy to complete the project. 6. Review/update design criteria/calculations to develop greater detail and incorporate design adjustments from engineering studies resulting from the conceptual design. 7. Prepare preliminary design drawings along with alternatives in sufficient detail to establish design features of each approach and to allow for preparation of a preliminary construction cost estimate. 8. Conduct, review and update relevant analyses (e.g., Safety, Fire Hazard, safeguards and security, energy conservation, etc.). 9. Develop and submit preliminary construction cost and schedule estimates based on the proposed preliminary design and any other estimates required to support alternate designs. 10. Outline descriptions/specifications for equipment procurements and long-lead items requiring separate procurement actions. 11. Formulate and revise quality assurance criteria and implementation plans. 12. Prepare and submit design reports and address comments from stakeholder design reviews. 13. Develop phasing/impact documents/plan for construction documents to mitigate or eliminate the impact of construction activities on site operations. 14. Prepare/update reports and other project documents for Project Authorization and Critical Decisions for capital line-item projects (e.g., Project Execution Plans). C. Value Engineering: value Engineering provides an analysis of the functions of a program, project, system, product. item of equipment. building, facility, service, of supply of an executive agency, directed at or improving performance reliability. quality, safety, and lifecycle costs. Services may include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Perform functional analyses. 2. Perform systems analyses. 3. Conduct lifecycle cost and cost saving analyses. 4. Develop technical evaluation criteria. 5. Provide quantitative, qualitative, and intangible analyses (i.e., value or worth of measured in dollars when possible and appropriate). 6. Prepare and provide value-engineering reports with recommendations. 7. Prepare and provide implementation plans and incorporate government approved value-engineering proposals into design specifications. 8. Complete alternative studies that address alternatives to the scope, schedule, risk, and or cost of the project (alternative analyses). 9. Evaluate lessons learned from similar projects which had value management studies or value enhancing investigation performed for utilization. D. Final Design Packages for Construction: final design is the completion of the design effort and production of all the approved design documentation necessary to permit procurement, construction, testing, checkout and turnover to proceed. Services may include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Prepare and submit project calculations, specifications, detailed drawings, and backup documents, including but not limited to the definition of applicable codes and standards, estimated construction schedule, final construction cost estimate, test and inspection plan, equipment lists, etc. 2. Incorporate changes from the preliminary design phase. 3. Prepare/provide ESH and quality assurance reports in addition to design associated analyses that impact final deliverables. 4. Perform field investigations and verify the accuracy of the drawings and specifications for actual conditions. 5. Participate in design reviews with site personnel, other subcontractors, project stakeholders and decision makers to obtain client input, feedback and/or approval on reports, documentation, and deliverables. Respond, in writing, to third party review comments and incorporate required items into the final design packages. 6. Coordinate final deliverable features, such as utilities, site furnished equipment, and portions of the project or related projects being designed as necessary. 7. Develop Class 2 or 3 cost estimates 8. Prepare reports and other project documents for Project Authorization and Critical Decisions for capital line item projects. 9. Prepare 2D and 3D modeling. E. Procurement Phase Services: procurement phase refers to incidental services to the procurement including long-lead item procurements that are performed for the benefit of the Government (i.e., Seller's client for the applicable project at a site, and not the procurement / construction contractor) alone. Services may include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Assist government acquisition officials in preparing procurement solicitations including long-lead procurement items, as well as amendments to those solicitations. 2. Support government acquisition officials conducting pre-proposal/pre-bid meetings for procurements 3. Assist in responding to vendor questions on solicitations related to design documents released for procurement. 4. Participate in procurement status meetings. 5. Assist in the preparation or review of responses to Requests for Information (RFI) from the vendor. 6. Interpret plans and specifications used for procurement and provide consultation to government federal project directors. 7. Support the Government's efforts to validate vendor submittal accuracy and compliance to the design documents 8. Assist in the review and response of subcontractor deviation disposition requests, design change notices, non- conformances, etc. 9. Prepare cost estimates for changes submitted by vendor. 10. Assist in evaluating the reasonableness of ve The Method of Contractor Selection has not been determined at this Time.