Notice for Architect and Engineering (AE) Services to Support the USACE South Atlantic Divison (SAD), Mobile District's Interagency and International Services (IIS) Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) Program

Set Aside for Partial Small Business. AE services to Support the IIS OCONUS Program include planning and design of facilities and infrastructure for construction which meets the definition of AE Services as defined in 40 U.S.C. 1101 and FAR 2.101. A-E firms will provide timely and cost effective responses to support the Mobile District IIS OCONUS Program. The selected firms must have the capability thru In-House staff or consultants to perform the following services, to include but not limited to: development of construction plans and specifications for horizontal construction projects with civil/site designs such as roads, grading, drainage, utility systems, aircraft parking areas, aircraft aprons, airfields, geotechnical investigations, foundation designs, topographic surveys, and other miscellaneous civil items including rehab, new construction, or a combination thereof; development of construction plans and specifications for vertical construction projects with architectural, mechanical, electrical, and structural design including rehab, new construction, or a combination thereof; development of construction plans and specifications for miscellaneous construction projects to include marine structures, pier structures, potable water projects, solar and prime power design projects; completion of ancillary environmental work; completion of partial designs to include cost estimates; development of construction plans and specifications for renovation/repair projects, such as, building renovations and additions; preparation of the technical portions of design-build solicitations; development of master and sub-area planning, base and expeditionary planning; preparation of project definition and programming documents, 1391 development; perform and support completion of charrettes, value engineering studies, environmental permit applications, facility condition assessments; perform surveying and mapping, geotechnical and subsurface utility investigations, water well investigation; perform hazardous material testing and abatement/remediation planning; be an extension of the project development team, involved in all major technical discussions, attend appropriate project internal quality control/assurance and review meetings; be responsible for accuracy and completeness of quantity calculations and analyses to support and develop cost estimates for all stages of the project including planning, programming, design, and construction; and perform Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Technical Assistance and Technical Review of engineering products. The vast majority of the work will be for the US Southern Command operations and associated international missions, to include other Department of Defense (DoD) entities, to include the Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6), the US State Department and other federal agencies. Work assignments include support for Foreign Military Sales, Counter Narco-Terrorism construction projects, Humanitarian Assistance Projects, Exercise Related Construction, Global Peace Operations, and projects of the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement and the United States Agency for International Development stationed in the various embassies in Latin America. Design drawings shall be produced in the AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit Building Information Modeling (BIM), Bentley BIM, or MicroStation format. The format will be specific to each project and will be specified in the AE scope of work for the specific project. If BIM is required for a specific project, all BIM models shall be delivered in their proprietary format along with exported IFC models, and 2D CAD drawings (construction documents). Technical specifications will be produced with SPECSINTACT software using Unified Facilities Guide Specifications, or industry standard specifications using international and Host Nation standards, as required by the individual task order. Responses to design review comments will be provided using the Government web-based Design Review and Checking System (DrChecks) located at www.projnet.org. The work will primarily be located within Central America and South America or the Caribbean Islands; however, work may be located in the southeastern United States or at any location within the Mobile District AOR.