SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Fire Protection Engineering Services
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 922160
— Fire Protection
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- SAQMMA13RFIREPROTECTION
- Archive Date
- 10/24/2013
- Point of Contact
- Sonya C. Fields,
- E-Mail Address
-
fieldssc@state.gov
(fieldssc@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This is not a solicitation or request for proposals. (a) As prescribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.209(c), The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought notice or to otherwise pay for the information requested except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this sources sought, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This Sources Sought is issued for the following purpose: The U.S. Department of State, Office of Logistics Management on behalf of the Overseas Buildings Operations, is seeking firms that are capable of providing fire protection engineering services worldwide. The projects will be fire protection engineering design, construction progress inspections, and acceptance testing of fire protection systems/equipment for facilities which support our mission worldwide. The following services related to fire protection, fire alarm/detection and life safety will be required: plan and specification review; shop drawing submittal review; hydraulic calculation review; fire alarm/detection system design; progress inspections of building construction to determine code/contract compliance; fire pump testing at factory prior to shipment overseas; final acceptance tests for fire/life safety systems, fire protection code analysis, fire modeling, exit modeling and custom programs. Tasks will involve travel to diplomatic posts, conducting facility, utility and infrastructure assessments. Some task may involve work in OBO offices in Rosslyn, VA Sought services include the following disciplines, at a minimum: Fire Protection Engineer. It is requested that firms provide the following information: 1) Qualifications of team members, with an emphasis on those in key roles. Please include applicable licenses, registrations, and certifications, as well as other indicators of high quality professional performance. 2) Specialized experience and technical excellence in fire protection. 3) Examples of the ability to conceive, develop, and deliver projects of outstanding quality simultaneously. IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT, interested offerors, including all entities which comprise a joint venture, and the joint venture itself, must possess or be able to obtain a Defense Security Service (DSS) Top Secret facility clearance (FCL) with Secret safeguarding capability, issued in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), DoD 5220.22-M. Offerors already possessing a Top Secret FCL must submit their appropriate Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code with the required qualification documentation. Uncleared firms selected for contract award will be sponsored by Department of State for an FCL at the Top Secret level. Secret cleared selected firms will be sponsored for an upgrade to TS. Sponsorship does not guarantee that the firm will receive the clearance. A period of six (6) months from the date of sponsorship will be allowed for selected firm(s) to obtain an Interim or Final Top Secret FCL. After this period, the Government may, at its discretion, consider not awarding the contract to a selected but uncleared offeror. Contract award cannot be made until the selected firm(s) have been granted a Top Secret FCL. Due to time constraints, the Government will not delay award of contracts to selected firms already in possession of Top Secret FCLs. Contractor personnel requiring access to classified information or Controlled Access Areas (CAA) must possess Secret or Top Secret personnel security clearances issued by DSS prior to performance on the contract. This Sources Sought incorporates provision 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) as prescribed by 15.209(c) Requests for clarification must be submitted, in writing, to Ms. Chrissie Fields, no later than 12:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on September 25, 2013. The e-mail address to submit clarification questions is Fieldssc@state.gov Informational material must be received by 2:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on October 9, 2013. Your material may be submitted via e-mail at Fieldssc@state.gov, via U.S. Postal Service to Ms. Chrissie Fields, US Department of State, A/LM/AQM/FDCD/AEB, SA-6A Room 400, 1735 N. Lynn Street, Arlington, VA 22219 or via courier (Federal Express, UPS, etc) to: Ms. Chrissie Fields, U.S. Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, SA-6A, 1735 N. Lynn Street, Arlington, VA 22209. NOTE: This office is located on a secure floor so please schedule delivery of your submission in advance if you plan to hand deliver your submission (703) 516-1960. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Worldwide, United States
- Record
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