Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 700, Oxon Hill, MD, 20745

C -- ARCHITECT/ENGINEERING AND PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST OFFICES IN THE NATIONAL OFFICE, HEADQUARTERS SOL TIRNO-00-R00033 DUE 091100 POC Sharon McPherson, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-283-1315, Fax 202-283-1513, Email sharon.mcpherson@irs.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www2.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=TIRNO-00-R00033&LocID=1764. E-MAIL: Sharon McPherson, sharon.mcpherson@irs.gov. Architectural/Engineering Services, The Internal Revenue (IRS) requires a complete range of architectural/engineering (A/E) and program support services to assist offices in the National Office (NO) headquarters, the operating divisions/functions and their associated territory, area and industry offices, ten (10) submission processing/customer service sites, several customer service/call sites, and three (3) computing centers and various posts of duty Servicewide in planning and implementing all projects and tasks affecting its_ real and personal property responsibilities supporting a Servicewide modernization of the IRS under the Business Systems Modernization (BSM) and the New Business Modernization (NBM) programs that have been set in place to support The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA _98). Servicewide the IRS occupies 25,000,000 square feet of space in approximately 800 locations. The IRS is currently _Modernizing_ by means of two programs that in part were mandated through the passage of The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA _98). The first program, Business Systems Modernization (BSM) will revamp business practices and implement new technology to enable the IRS to provide top quality service to the American taxpayer. This will be completed in part with new telephone access through call routing and new main databases that will give IRS employees access to updated account data. The second program, New Business Modernization (NBM), will restructure the IRS into new operating divisions/functions that will organize around customers_ needs. The IRS does not desire photographs, artwork, sketches, or any other such information be submitted in the response. Contract award will be contingent upon the availability of funds. This procurement is being issued as unrestricted. The anticipated contract start date is May 1, 2001. This is not a Request for Proposals. No Oral Communication will be accepted. A one-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, firm, fixed-price contract with four one-year renewal options is anticipated. The maximum to be obligated in each year will be $18,000,000.00, making the maximum value of this contract $90,000,000.00 over it_s life. The SIC Code for this requirement is 8712 with a small business size standard of $4.0 million. Contract work will be phased-in in conjunction with planning and implementation schedules of the Business Systems Modernization (BSM) and the New Business Modernization (NBM) programs. A/E related and program support services will be provided in the following support categories: 1. Architectural/Engineering Design Services, 2. Systems Integration & Telecommunication, 3. Project Monitoring, 4. Physical Facilities Analysis, 5. Construction Monitoring, 6.Operations and Maintenance Procedures, 7. Safety, Security, and Risk Analysis, and 8. Special Technical and Supplemental Studies. Architectural/Engineering Design Services primarily affect the operating divisions/functions and subordinate office, submission processing, customer service/call sites and computing centers, and include the full range of services supporting research, programming, criteria development, and design; the preparation of technical portions of solicitation and procurement documents in coordination with and through the General Services Administration (GSA); preparation of documents for alterations, repairs, and new acquisitions of real and personal property. Project Monitoring shall be provided to the IRS in operations planning, the technical requirements related to contract administration, controls, scheduling and performance. The A/E shall provide facility design, engineering site preparation and related planning and implementation assistance and support to IRS contractors on existing interim and modernized processing systems and local area and IRS-wide networks. The physical facilities analysis will primarily affect the submission processing/customer service sites, territory, area and industry offices regarding physical issues, interim and long-term improvements, expansions or new facility concepts or designs, and related issues supporting the NBM and BSM programs. The A/E will provide assistance to the IRS in the execution of the IRS_ responsibilities and for the technical aspects of construction management and post construction services. Development of operation and maintenance procedures/programs will also be required. The A/E shall also provide services related to operations programming, in safety, physical security and risk management areas. Task orders will involve active interaction with the IRS and daily contacts with individuals at IRS national and field offices, coordination with GSA, lessors, building developers and other A/E firms, and general contractors. Services associated with the development of special technical or supplemental studies shall also be required. A narrative statement (signed and dated by an officer of the firm), supplementing the SF-254 and SF-255 shall be submitted addressing the special qualifications and evaluation features listed below. Only those submittals, which clearly demonstrate that the Qualifications Criteria are met, shall be technically evaluated in accordance with the Evaluation Criteria. Firms whose submittal does not meet the Qualification Criteria will be advised of that determination. The firm shall meet the minimum requirements of the following Qualification Criteria: 1) Have successfully completed or be currently satisfactorily performing work on projects in building design, construction or construction management. This experience must exceed an average of $100 million per year in construction value awarded for the last three years combined and been performed in the name of the firm. 2) Have successfully completed or be currently successfully performing work on projects in which A/E related services in support of a client's mission or program have covered at least the following: Architectural/Engineering Design Services, Telecommunication, Project Monitoring; Physical Facilities Analysis; Construction Monitoring; and Special Technical and Supplemental Studies. 3) Have offices in at least four of the following geographic areas: Midwest (ID, MT, WY, UT, CO, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, MN, IA, MO, AR, WI, IL, TX), West Coast (AK, HI, CA, OR, WA), Southwest (NM, AZ, NV), Central and Ohio Valley (OH, MI, IN, KY, TN) Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA), Mid-Atlantic (PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, DC, WV) and Northeast (ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY). The evaluation criteria listed below are in descending order of importance (Note: Factors 5 and 6 are equal). 1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services. The qualifications, including experience, professional registration, and education for the key individuals (in support of this contract) proposed by the prime and subcontractors/consultants will be evaluated under this criteria. 2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required. Type of work includes Architecture/Engineering Design Services; Systems Integration and Telecommunication; Project Monitoring; Physical Facilities Analysis; Construction Monitoring; Operations and Maintenance Procedures; Safety, Security and Risk Analysis; Special Technical and Supplemental Studies; Other services as related to Business System Modernization and New Business Modernization (NBM); and where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials. The experience of the firms (prime and other team members) proposed will be evaluated under this criteria. Also evaluated will be the firm's previous experience with large, multi-task order nationwide contracts. 3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. This factor includes an evaluation of the firm's ability to respond to and process multiple task orders for various IRS offices in the geographic areas. This factor also includes an evaluation of the firm's current corporate management structure and the proposed organizational structure to execute the work under this contract to include assigned responsibilities, communication flows, and flow of authority lines within and between the organizations in the team. 4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. 5) Location of offices in the following general geographic areas: West Coast, Midwest, Southwest, Central or Ohio Valley, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. (Note: As indicated in the Qualification Criteria, firms must have offices in at least four of these areas. Geographic areas are as defined in the Qualification Criteria) 6) Firms indicating that subcontracting and outside consultants will be used in performing work will also be evaluated on compliance with previous subcontracting plans. Contract award will be contingent on the successful negotiation of a small business subcontracting plan. Selection may be based on the qualification statement and evaluation criteria, or interviews may be held. Responses will include 3 copies of the SF-254_s and SF-255_s for any consultants (dated and signed by an official of the consultant firm within the past twelve months). Responses must be received by 2:30 pm Eastern Time, September 11, 2000 at the following address: Internal Revenue Service, ATTN: Sharon McPherson, (A:P:O:B), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Room 700, Constellation Centre, Oxon Hill, MD 20745. If you have any questions you can reach me at (202) 283-1315, or via e-mail Sharon.McPherson@irs.gov. A draft of the statement of work will be provided upon request. SEE Note 24. Posted 08/10/00 (D-SN484612). (0223)

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