Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) for General Architect and Engineering (A-E) Services in Norway and Denmark for USACE Europe District

The Synopsis/Solicitation is now posted as an Amendment. Revised Point of Contact is the Contract Specialist Robert Corkrum at [email protected] and the Contracting Officer remains the same David Neal at [email protected] Proposal sumittal dat eis 6 March 2019 at 1300hrs Central European Time. _______ This announcement seeks information from industry which will be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this announcement. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. 1. AGENCY: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District (NAU) 2. NAICS: 541330, Engineering Services 3. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Norway and Denmark 4. ACQUISITION INFORMATION: NAU anticipates soliciting and awarding a target of four General A-E Services IDCs to be procured in accordance with Public Law (PL) 92-582 (the Brooks Act) and Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 36. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought or any follow up information requests. Projects will be for work located in both Norway and Denmark, which is not inclusive of Greenland for the purposes of this contract. Total Value of Contract: The contract shall not exceed $35,000,000.00 across the base and all option periods. All Task Orders will be negotiated and awarded as Firm Fixed Price (FFP). No one Task Order shall exceed $11,000,000.00. Because the Government anticipates military construction funded projects to be issued against the resultant contract, all contracts shall be awarded to a United States (US) firms or a joint venture of US and host nation firms. This is in accordance with DFARS 236.602-70, Restriction on award of overseas A-E contracts to foreign firms, contracts funded by military construction appropriations that are estimated to exceed $500,000 and are to be performed in any NATO country shall be awarded to a United States firms or a joint venture of United States and host nation firms. Host Nation/US JV firms are encouraged to submit capabilities for planning purposes. For information purposes, joint ventures between US/Norwegian firms will not be able to participate in projects within Denmark and joint ventures between US/Danish firms cannot participate in projects with Norway. Performance Period: The contracts will have a total base-ordering period, not-to-exceed (NTE) five (5) years. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business requirements are waived for this project due to its location in Europe. The Government reserves the right to award an additional contract from the solicitation within one year from the first contract's award date. 5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The general scope of work includes, but is not limited to: preparation of design criteria, creation of design-build, and design-bid-build requests for proposals, architectural engineering designs, specifications, design-related analyses and studies and cost estimates for military facilities. The contracts may also include environmental documentation, permits, special studies, and other environmental activities as required by federal, state and local laws and regulations; feasibility studies, UXO survey, other special studies, geotechnical investigations and topographical mapping services, programmatic support services, as-built, and engineering and design during construction. Additionally, support may also include planning services such as comprehensive master plans, installation real property master planning, infrastructure assessments, planning & design charrettes, CAD/GIS mapping, and systems analysis of existing facilities and infrastructure. Also, services may include general commissioning. Also, the A-E services may include construction inspection services, and certification that the construction is in conformance with the design in accordance with host nation requirements. The design requirements shall need to consider US and host nation design codes and standards for Norway and Denmark. Interested firms must be able to demonstrate that they can certify design in accordance with host nation requirements and serve as the Designer of Record in the host nations. Security Requirements: Security requirements will be addressed per Task Order. From time-to-time there will be projects that are of a secure nature. 6. SOURCES SOUGHT: The purpose of this sources sought is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of A-E Firms who have the capabilities to complete and perform contracts of this magnitude in the listed countries, and to address any questions, recommendations or concerns from Industry. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought announcement. 7. RESPONSES: The Capabilities Statement for this sources sought is not intended to be a Request for Proposal nor Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. It is to request statements regarding the company's ability to demonstrate existing-or-developed expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material may also be submitted with the Capabilities Statement. Submission of Capabilities statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the USACE in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities. This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. 8. SUBMISSIONS: Offerors response to this Sources Sought shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information (Clarifications and or questions shall be submitted in a separate word document and will not count towards the 5 page limitation): Offeror's Name, address(es), English speaking point of contact, phone number and e-mail address Offeror's interest in proposing on the solicitation when it is issued Offeror's Cage Code and DUNS number. Offeror's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include offeror's capability to execute A-E services, comparable work performed within the past ten (10) years, brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project) provide at least 3 examples that demonstrate: o capability to work in Norway and Denmark (please identify whether the capability is in house or not) o experience working in Europe, specifically in Norway and Denmark Offeror's Joint Venture information or Teaming Arrangements o Include Cage Code or System for Award Management (SAM) information/registration, if available Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material does not count towards the page limit. Clarifications and or questions shall be submitted in a separate word document or emailed and will not count towards the 5 page limitation. 9. ANTICIPATED PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT & AWARD: Should the acquisition proceed, USACE NAU anticipates posting the Synopsis in December 2018 and an award of the contract(s) in March 2019. 10. RESPONSES DUE: All interested contractors should submit responses via email by 14:00 hours Central European Time on 26 November 2018. Submit responses and information to Contract SpecialistRobert Corkrumat [email protected] and David Neal at [email protected]. No hard copies will be accepted. 11. QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this Sources Sought Announcement may be directed to Contract Specialist Contract SpecialistRobert Corkrumat [email protected] and Contracting Officer David Neal at [email protected].