29 Jan 2025 - This update is to notify the AE Community that the AENETZERO requirements are currently being evaluated to ensure consistency with recent administration policy directives. The Air Force still has a requirement for resiliency-focused design of vertical facilities and thus we will revise, as appropriate, the current requirement and continue to pursue an AE MATOC. Information and updates on this revised requirement will be posted to sam.gov in the next few weeks under a different program name, but still through this office with a FA8903 designator.

AE Community - We are opening up this sources sought again to see if there are any additional, interested, AE Firms that have the experience outlined in the sources sought below. If interested, please review the full contents below and respond accordingly by end of the day on Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 to the individuals listed below. Responses from Small Business Firms are highly encouraged.

If you already responded to the original sources sought, you do not need to respond again.

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This Sources Sought requests industry feedback on direct experience with Architect-Engineer (A/E) services with a vertical design focus.  Required services may include full or abbreviated multi-disciplinary planning, design, and construction phase design services to support construction of new facilities, as well as facilities sustainment, restoration, modernization (FSRM), and demolition of existing vertical facilities, which may include other studies and services on Department of the Air Force (DAF) and Department of the Army (DA) installations in the United States and outlying territories.  This effort will support new and existing DoD criteria and the goals of Executive Order (E.O.) 14057.
 
The purpose of this undertaking by the United States (US) Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC), United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and United States Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) is to address mission resilience by making climate-informed design and construction decisions that will aid in the transition to Net-Zero facilities. 

This sources sought shall not be construed as a formal solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Information provided to the Government as a result of this posting is strictly voluntary and given with no expectation of compensation, and provided at no cost to the Government. The information obtained from the responses to this sources sought will aid the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition strategy, to include whether this requirement will be set aside for Small Business and/or any applicable socio-economic small business category. Accordingly, responses from Small Businesses are highly encouraged. A synopsis will be executed and posted separately at a future date and is estimated to occur in the SECOND HALF of FY24.

AFICC/772 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron intends to solicit (synopsize) and award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Architect-Engineering Title I, Title II, and Other Design Services, with an estimated ceiling/capacity likely to exceed $2 billion, and orders expected to be issued by the Air Force, USACE, and IMCOM.  The number of anticipated firms to be awarded a contract will be dependent upon results of Market Research and finalization of Acquisition Strategy. While projects may be of any value, most design fees will range from approximately $500,000 to $4,000,000.   The Government must ensure it awards to A/E firms capable of designing and managing projects of this complexity and value.  

The NAICS code for this work is 541330 - Engineering Services with a size standard of $25.5 million. 

Goals of E.O. 14057.  The E.O. 14057 outlines a coordinated, whole-of-government approach, along with individual agency goals and actions, to transform Federal procurement and operations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and environmental impacts and secure a transition to clean energy and sustainable technologies. It establishes that the Federal Government will use its scale and procurement power and lead by example to achieve a carbon pollution-free electricity sector by 2035 and net-zero emissions economy-wide by 2050. Specific facets include projects that achieve:  
1.    Increased energy and water efficiency with an emphasis on maximization of passive design strategies prior to de