Inactive
Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Notice ID:6913G23R200002
The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, intends to issue a solicitation for Fire Life Safety (FLS) engineering and co...
The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, intends to issue a solicitation for Fire Life Safety (FLS) engineering and consulting services. The solicitation will be competed as a total Small Business Set-Aside (SBSA) to all qualified offerors. The work is divided into two separate Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) as described below. The Government intends to award one or two contracts by either awarding both CLINs to one vendor, or by awarding one CLIN to two vendors. This award decision will be made at time of award on the basis of Best Value for each CLIN, after evaluation of proposals received. Offerors may submit proposals for one or both CLINs. Evaluation and Best Value determination will be conducted independently for each CLIN. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation and the solicitation will be issued as an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the ability to issue firm fixed price, labor hour, and time & material type task orders. Requirements are summarized as follows: CLIN 0100 - FAA FIRE LIFE SAFETY ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SUPPORT CLIN 0100 is for engineering and consulting services to the Volpe Center for FLS support to the FAA, including at Headquarters and at regional offices throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. These FAA facilities have unique fire protection challenges that require specialized expertise (e.g., ATCT requirements, delayed egress, 24-hour operations, and emergency backup operations) and require familiarity with FAA-specific standards and practices. Anticipated support needs include, but are not limited to, the following areas: 1. Program Management, Policy Guidance Support, and Training; 2. Fire Protection Codes, Standards, Compliance Consultation, Equivalency Determinations, and Engineering Judgements; 3. Risk Assessments/Fire Hazard Analysis Program Implementation and Emergency Preparedness Planning; 4. Fire Protection Systems Design/Engineering Support; 5. Modeling, Testing, Research and Development; 6. Quality Acceptance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Inspections, and Construction Engineering Support; 7. Special Projects/Fire Protection Engineer (FPE) Ad Hoc Support. CLIN 0200 – NON-FAA FIRE LIFE SAFETY ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SUPPORT CLIN 0200 is for engineering and consulting services to the Volpe Center to support fire protection needs for individual facilities and transportation vehicles (including railway vehicles, ships, and other transportation vehicles) throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam, for agencies other than the FAA. Anticipated support needs include, but are not limited to, the following areas: 1. Program Management, Policy Guidance Support, and Training; 2. Fire Protection Codes, Standards, Compliance Consultation, Equivalency Determinations, and Engineering Judgements; 3. Risk Assessments/Fire Hazard Analysis Program Implementation and Emergency Preparedness Planning; 4. Fire Protection Systems Design/Engineering Support; 5. Modeling, Testing, Research and Development; 6. Quality Acceptance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Inspections, and Construction Engineering Support; 7. Special Projects/Fire Protection Engineer (FPE) Ad Hoc Support. A detailed Statement of Work will be provided at the time of solicitation issuance. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this action is 541330 - Engineering Services. The applicable Small Business Administration Size Standard for 541330 is $22.5 Million in annual receipts. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Please do not submit any proposal material until after the solicitation issuance. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and any documentation received will not be returned to the sender. The estimated release date of the solicitation will be on or about December 22, 2022. The solicitation close date will be provided in the solicitation. The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue request for proposal (RFP) and amendments to RFP. Paper copies will not be made available. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available on the SAM.gov website: http://www.sam.gov. Paper copies of these documents are not available and no hard copies will be mailed. For questions regarding the final solicitation, contact the Contracting Officer, Evan Coburn, in writing via email at evan.coburn@dot.gov. All offerors must be registered in SAM in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at https://www.sam.gov to review and obtain information about the registration process. Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the online provisions within the Representations and Certifications at the earliest within SAM. Applicable representations and certifications must be completed in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency.
