1. CONTRACT REQUIREMENT: The anticipated contract, when solicited, will be procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on their ability to demonstrate competence and qualifications for all of the required work elements. This procurement will be conducted under North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) 541310, FSC/PSC Code C211; SIC Code 8712. The Small business size standard for this code is $4.5M. To be considered Small Business under this NAICS code, the respondents average revenue for the last three fiscal years cannot be more than $4.5M; if the average revenue for the last three fiscal (3) years is over $4.5M, the respondent is classified as Large Business. All respondents, in response to this notice, MUST identify their business size relative to the NAICS code. Respondents are required to state in their response whether the firm is classified as a small business, 8(a) Program participant, HUBZone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman Owned Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. All questions regarding this project or size standard should be directed to the Contract Specialist, Alicia Powell, at (916) 557-5138, fax (916) 557-7854, email Alicia.S.Powell@usace.army.mil. When the requirement is solicited, firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for all of the required work. The anticipated type of contract is a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), 5 Year/ $5M, IDIQ contract. If the contract is a Small Business set aside FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, will be included in the contract. This clause requires that at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. The Secretary of the Army’s Contractor Manpower Reporting (CMR) requirement will be incorporated into the anticipated contract. The annual CMR requirement will apply to each task order which is funded by Army dollars; supports an Army mission; which benefits or supports any Army military, civilian, or contractor personnel; or when the Army is the executive agency for the mission being supported. The A-E will be allowed to include their costs for compliance with the CMR requirement as a line item in their price proposal for each task order subject to the CMR requirement. Further information is available at https://cmra.army.mil.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The A-E services are to provide designs for a variety of alteration and repair projects and small new facilities. The projects may range in scope from a small study to a new project design of limited scope. The services required will be primarily architectural renovation, some of historical significance, for a variety of small projects and may also include design of new projects with limited scope. Input may be required by architects with a full complement of disciplines, civil/structural and mechanical/electrical engineering disciplines. Tasks may include maintenance and repair type projects and miscellaneous architectural and engineering services associated with military installations. Demolition of existing facilities may be required which will necessitate asbestos and /or lead based paint investigations with provisions for removal included in the design documents construction phase services may also be required. Qualified professional personnel in the following key disciplines: project manager/engineer, architect, civil, structural, electrical, mechanical and environmental engineer, landscape architect and certified industrial hygienist will be required. This work will include all Architectural-Engineering (A-E) and related services necessary to complete the assigned task orders for design. A specific statement of work will be issued with each task order. All work and services will be located at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

3. QUALIFICATIONS: All interested Small Business firms, including 8(a) Program participants, HUBZone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-owned Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business or Service Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business are encouraged to respond to this notice and may respond to this announcement by submitting a capability statement, which addresses the following key areas:

(a) TECHNICAL – Potential sources must submit a list of recent projects that demonstrate their knowledge and past experience relating to all the types of work described above. Submit only current and past clients (no more than 4 years previous). Also, include a brief description, identify if prime contractor, contract type (list by task order if IDIQ), contract or task order value, dollar value of work subcontracted, percent complete, if complete, date completed, customer POCs and current phone number. Identify the projects (list Federal Agencies and POCs and current Phone number) where the project management staffs have a good working relationship with Federal and or State agencies. The responses must be specific to each of the qualifications listed above to show that the respondent meets each qualification or has the skills and experience. If a response does not show that the respondent meets each of the qualifications and possesses the skills and experience, it will not be considered by the Government.

(b) MANAGEMENT (personnel/organizational staff experience, project management, etc.) – (1) The potential sources must identify their management staff in order to support the capability of concurrently managing over 20 open FFP task orders totaling approximately $1,000,000. (2) The management staff must be experienced in handling multiple complex environmental projects with a minimum of 5 years experience in work similar to that listed above. Identify which projects (submitted in (b)) where the management and technical staff have gained the experience.

4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. All interested Small Business firms, including 8(a) Program participants, HUBZone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-owned Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business or Service Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business are encouraged to respond to this notice and may respond to this announcement by submitting statements of qualifications by following the instructions below. The qualification statement is limited to 6 pages, single sided total; however, your certification of type of small business (for 8(a) and HUBZone only) is required with this submittal, but will not be counted in the total pages. If a one page transmittal or cover page is included it will not be counted in the total pages. Two (2) copies in their entirety need to be provided. The responses must be specific to each of the qualifications listed above to show that the respondent meets each qualification or has the skills and experience; if a response does not show that the respondent meets each of the qualifications and possesses the skills and experience, it will not be considered by the Government. Again this is not a request for proposals or quotation; there is no solicitation available at this time. A determination by the Government to proceed with the acquisition as a set-aside for 8(a) program, HUBZone, small business, etc. or unrestricted is within the discretion of the Government. All responses are due to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, and Attention: Alicia Powell, 1325 J Street, Room 878, Sacramento, CA 95814-2922, not later than 4 p.m. (local time) on the response date, listed above. A hard copy response by the response date and time; no electronic responses will be accepted.