Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

FY2025 MACC Sources Sought Notice This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The information provided in this notice is subject to ch... FY2025 MACC Sources Sought Notice This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The information provided in this notice is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract. The Government will not provide debriefs on the results of this research, but feedback regarding the decision to set aside or not set aside the procurement will be accomplished via pre-solicitation synopsis or solicitation for these services, as applicable. All information submitted will be held in a confidential manner and will only be used for the purpose intended. Points of contact listed may be contacted for the purpose of verifying performance. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified business sources; (2) whether the businesses are SBA certified HUBZone Small Businesses; SBA certified 8(a) Small Businesses; Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses; Woman-Owned Small Businesses; or Large Business and (3) the respective businesses size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. The Office of Research Facilities (ORF), The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking capabilities from all categories of businesses for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or Small Business subcontracting goals for a new requirement for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC). The MACC contract has an anticipated composite value of $3B. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220 (Commercial and Industrial Building Construction) and the small business size is $45 million. NIH anticipates awarding multiple contracts under the MACC for the future construction and design build requirements. All capable Small Business Contractors are highly encouraged to respond to this announcement, so that NIH can properly evaluate your capabilities and bonding limitation in order to properly develop our requirements. If the requirement is advertised as a partial small business set-aside, the resulting Solicitation/contract(s) will include FAR clause 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, which states that “The concern will perform at least 15% percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees.” BACKGROUND: As part of the U.S. Public Health Service under the Department of Health and Human Services, NIH is the Federal Government's primary biomedical research agency. The NIH Office of Research Facilities (ORF) is the steward of NIH facilities and is responsible for the planning, design, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation of NIH owned facilities, which includes: 1) NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, Maryland 2) NIH Animal Center, Poolesville, Maryland 3) Fort Detrick Campus, Frederick, Maryland 4) Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 5) Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), Hamilton, Montana 6) Epidemiology & Clinical Research Branch, Phoenix, Arizona 7) Bayview Campus, Baltimore, Maryland 8) Rental Facilities maintained by NIH DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIREMENT: The NIH anticipates awarding a MACC under a single solicitation utilizing a task order mechanism. Each IDIQ will be awarded for a five (5) year performance period with a cumulative maximum not-to-exceed dollar amount of $3B. The NIH seeks highly qualified credentialed contractors with capability to perform the MACC, which will include various simultaneous task orders. The selected contractors shall exhibit demonstrated experience, capability and resources enabling them to plan and construct projects of similar size and complexity with comparable clients, and most significantly with a proven track record of performing such projects with a high degree of customer satisfaction. Selected contractors shall have sufficient remaining individual and aggregate bonding capacity to perform new task(s) against the MACC. Contractors responding to this notice to perform the contract as small business joint venture shall use the procedure described at the Small Business Administration (SBA) web site. The SBA URL is: https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/joint-ventures. Responding contractors shall have current information with the System for Award Management (SAM), at www.sam.gov, and must not be excluded from Government Contract Award at the time of submission. The selected contractors shall perform both design-bid-build (DBB) and design-build (DB) construction methodologies, and shall provide all labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, and management necessary or incidental to provide planning, construction, alteration, and rehabilitation for NIH. The selected contractors must exhibit demonstrated experience, capability, and resources in projects of comparable size and complexity, with comparable clients. Most significantly, selected contractors shall have a demonstrated track record of performing such projects with a high degree of customer satisfaction. The selected contractors shall be responsible for, and capable of, performing all associated decommissioning, demolition, removal of hazardous material, and construction of projects. Work under the MACC shall be performed in the general construction category which may include, but not limited to maintenance, repair, painting, alteration, architectural (when done during design-build), mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating/air conditioning, civil, earthwork, fencing, structural, steel fabrication and or welding, roofing, building renovations, new building construction, demolition, United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in energy and Environmental Design (LEED) projects. Work may also include design/build projects as well as new construction for lab and hospital spaces. Most of the work will be done in occupied spaces. The selected contractors shall be capable of controlling dust and flying debris, protecting all adjacent areas (as the work area will be occupied is most instances), and following all NIH Fire and Safety Regulation and Procedures. All offerors submitting a proposal to the solicitation must be fully qualified and licensed and have qualified subcontractors (as applicable) for asbestos and hazardous waste abatement; be capable of supporting a field office as required by specific project at NIH Bethesda Campus. Failure to meet these qualifications may result in a determination of technical unacceptability. Utility shutdowns once scheduled shall be strictly adhered to as continuity of utilities is imperative. Projects may include, but are not limited to the following areas: 1) Renovation and new construction of clinical and patient care units and all related areas to include general and specialized hospital spaces, including surgical areas, training, and pharmacies. 2) Renovation of general or highly specialized biomedical research laboratory spaces and all associated support areas to include aseptic production and cGMP facilities. 3) Renovation and new construction of general or highly specialized animal spaces and all associated support areas. These areas shall be designed and constructed in strict accordance with the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) Requirements. 4) Renovation or retrofit and new construction of Biosafety Level (BSL)-3 and BSL-4 laboratory and animal spaces and all associated spaces. These areas shall be designed and constructed in strict accordance with the 5th edition of the Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL). 5) Renovation and new construction of office, administrative, public and all associated support areas. 6) Replacement, repair and relocation of both interior and exterior utility systems, HVAC systems, controls, substations, High/Low Voltage, fire protection, and communication systems. 7) Repairs, alterations, and new construction of Parking Garage, Data Centers, and Elevator 8) Installation of Medical and Research Equipment such as MRI, Electron Microscope, and Freezers. 9) Renovation and new construction of Building Envelope 10) Renovation and new construction of Central Utility Plant (CUP) SCOPE OF WORK - PLANNING SERVICES: When required by a task order, the contractor shall provide, but not limited to detailed surveying, site layout work, shop drawings, drawings and sketches using Building Information Modeling (BIM) if applicable, drawings detail expansion, engineering calculations, building commissioning plans, quality control, post construction activities and other related work as required to properly prepare and accomplish all work as required. The degree of difficulty of the work will vary depending on the complexity of individual projects. As part of every task order, record drawings shall be provided upon the completion of the work and shall be a condition of final payment. SCOPE OF WORK - CONSTRUCTION SERVICES: Construction services shall be provided in response to individual task orders. The work as described herein extends beyond the conventional, single project construction concept in that it may involve the planning, scheduling, coordination, procuring, and installation of a fluctuating series of unrelated tasks. The work may vary from routine general construction to renovating, retrofitting, or installing highly complex mechanical, plumbing, electrical, or structural systems that are used in biomedical laboratory and animal spaces to protect the occupant and the environment. Tasks will involve a variety of disciplines and trades and special expertise including, but not limited to, architecture, mechanical, electrical, structural engineering, biosecurity, commissioning, carpentry, road repair, roofing, excavation, medical gasses, HVAC, interior electrical, steam fitting, millwork, plumbing, sheet metal, painting and other finishes, demolition, concrete, masonry, welding, asbestos, and other hazardous material abatement. The selected contractors shall be responsible for, but not limited to the following services: 1) Planning Services 2) Design/Build 3) Design/Bid/ Build 4) Construction Services Construction inspection and construction support. Testing services, including construction material testing, factory witness testing, and field investigation and testing. Commissioning. Project Management. Cost Analysis. Schedule Development. Coordination (permits, document reviews) with NIH, local, State and Federal offices Decommissioning, asbestos, lead-based paint, PCB’s, and hazardous waste abatement projects relative to survey, inspection, testing, abatement, disposal and cost estimating. Evaluation of compliance with relevant codes and regulations including compliance with relevant environmental codes and regulations. Building Information Modeling (BIM) Evaluation of Historic Buildings and Structures Environmental Services Geo Technical Services POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE ATTACHED FORMS: 1. Sources Sought - Contractor Information Form 1.1 Complete the Sources Sought – Contractor Information Form a) If applicable, interested 8(a) Small Business firms shall state their current 8(a) certification data with the Small Business Administration b) If applicable, interested HUBZone Small Business firms responding must provide proof of their HUBZone certification status. 1.2 Interested firms may include a Capability Statement as an attachment to the Sources Sought – Contractor Information Form. Capability Statement shall be no longer than ten (10) pages. Potential sources’ experience shall demonstrate and document the following the Capability Statement: a) NAICS Code(s) b) Evidence of the ability to work in occupied space. c) Evidence of the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously. d) Evidence of the ability to perform the work described in the Sources Sought – Project Data Form section below. e) Current bonding capacity. f) Experience Modification Rating (EMR) for the preceding 3 years. g) Self-performance capability (Contractor shall self-perform at least 15% of each task order). h) Building Information Modeling (BIM) capability. i) LEED capabilities. 2. Sources Sought – Project Data Form 2.1 Complete the Sources Sought – Project Data Form for no more than five (5) example projects performed within the last five (5) years, or in progress, which best demonstrates your firm’s specialized experience providing construction on projects of similar type, size, and complexity to the NIH requirement, as defined below. Each completed Sources Sought – Project Data Form shall not exceed three (3) pages and shall contain at a minimum the following types of project experience: One (1) Utility Infrastructure / Utility generation /distribution system projects One (1) Biomedical Research Lab; and One (1) Healthcare / Hospital project. [Note - An Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with multiple Task Orders is not considered a project. Each individual Task Order executed under an IDIQ contract is considered a project.] 2.2 Project Experience Requirements: A) Type - Specialization Category/Facility types such as: Interior & Exterior Utility Infrastructure and Utility Generation & Distribution Systems - To include interior & exterior utility infrastructure and systems for Office / Public facilities; Animal Care facilities; Biomedical Research laboratories; Healthcare /Hospital facilities; and general-purpose facilities such as parking structures and warehouses. Biomedical Research Laboratory Facilities - To include, but not limited to, general and specialized biomedical and animal research laboratories and laboratory support spaces. Projects related to Lab facilities in this contract will include general and Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) laboratories. Health Care Facilities - To include, but not limited to patient care units; outpatient clinics; intensive care units; surgical suites with catheterization laboratory; radiology, nuclear medicine, and MRI suites; pharmacy; rehabilitation; transfusion medicine; cyclotron; radiation oncology; medical gas services; pediatrics; and hospital support services. Office/Public Space Facilities - To include, but not limited to offices; conference facilities (including the Natcher Conference Center); libraries (including the National Library of Medicine); child development centers; residences and lodging; commercial shops & food service; wellness centers/gyms & exterior recreational facilities; facilities for ancillary services such as fire and police, parking structures; and exterior improvements such as roadways, sidewalks, and landscaping. Animal Care Facilities - To include, but not limited to, facilities for housing, care, and use of animals in experimental testing, research, and training as related to biomedical research. Animals used at NIH for research include but are not limited to mammals of all sizes, including primates, and aquatic animals. B) Complexity - Special design/construction considerations such as: Physical security requirements Adjacencies to occupied space(s) restrictions/ limitations Limited access restrictions Vibration / noise limitations Joint Commission (for hospitals) requirements (i.e. Special / Interim Life Safety measures, Construction Risk Assessments) Implementing Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria Special MEP features - i.e. designed for infectious or immune compromised areas within a hospital space. Historic Preservation requirements Storm Water management and erosion & sedimentation control Use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) Net Zero Emission requirements For all patient care support spaces: compliance with The Facilities Guidelines Institute (FGI) for healthcare projects and most current healthcare facility “Statement of Conditions” (SCO). NIH Design Requirements Manual (DRM) C) Size - Contractors shall have the experience, capability, and resources necessary to perform simultaneous/concurrent construction projects of varying size and complexity, as described above. All qualified interested firms are requested to submit an electronic copy of their completed Letter of Interest, Qualification Statement, and Capability Statement (in one combined PDF format), via email, to the Contracting Officers, Ms. Magan Miller at: magan.miller@nih.gov and Ms. Linda Liu at: linda.liu@nih.gov. The submission shall be received on or before by 12:00 noon, EST on Monday, DECEMBER 30, 2024. The email subject line shall read: Sources Sought 2025 MACC Qualification Statement for Construction, Alteration and Rehabilitation services. Inquiries shall be submitted via e-mail to Magan Miller at: magan.miller@nih.gov and Linda Liu at linda.liu@nih.gov. Electronic Mail inquiries and submissions will only be accepted.