The General Service Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service (PBS) has a continuing requirement for Full Service Architectural and Engineering Services throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region (Region 3) of the General Service Administration.

These contracts are intended to be aligned geographically, with one contract primarily used for the “West” – Western Pennsylvania (west of Harrisburg) as well as West Virginia, one primarily used for the “East” – the remainder of Pennsylvania, along with Delaware and the southern counties of New Jersey (from Trenton south), and the last primarily used for work in the “South” – Virginia (excluding the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and the cities of Fairfax, Falls Church and Alexandria) and Maryland (excluding the counties of Prince Georges and Montgomery). However, work from any of the geographical area may be added to either of the contracts at the discretion of the Government

• Projects under this contract are for full architectural and engineering services for repair and alterations, renovations and modernizations of federal facilities, and may require architectural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and energy related design services. Projects may also include the incorporations of sustainability, security and interior design services with sensitivity towards historic buildings. In addition, projects are expected to include workplace modernization for reduce space and increased flexibility. Anticipate services in this area include programming, full service architectural design services, FFE design specifications, and move coordination services
• Projects under this contract are generally for projects up to $5.0 million in construction costs. Most projects will involve occupied buildings, many of which have historically significant. The scope of architectural and engineering services under this proposed contract include, but are not limited to the following: programming, predesign, the preparation of feasibility studies, the preparation of Request for Proposal packages for Design-Build projects, site investigation, completed design services (space planning, interior design, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, structural, fire protection, vertical transportation, life safety, security, historical, and code compliance), cost estimating building commissioning, procurement support, post-construction award services, related supplemental services if so requested by the Government.
• Hazardous materials such as incidental asbestos and lead may be encountered in some existing facilities. The A/E’s Industrial Hygienist will be required to identify and quantify the types and locations of hazardous materials that may be abated during construction and will be required to provide abatement recommendations. Furthermore, knowledge of airborne pathogen concerns is required
• Policy and Drawing Analysis Program (DAP) will be incorporated as requirements into the awarded contract(s). The DAP is a software utility that generates reports (both tabular and graphical) that are used to aid in the identification of some (but not all) GSA CAD standards compliance issues. The Detailed CAD Deliverable Policy may be accessed on the internet at http://www.gsa.gov/midatlanticcadpolicy
• In addition, certain projects may be designed and constructed in metric, System International (SI) units in accordance with Public Law 100-576, the Omnibus Trade & Competitiveness Act of 1988, the Metric Conversion Act, and Executive Order 12770. GSA’s CAD Deliverables Policy and Drawing Analysis Program (DAP) will be incorporated as requirements of the awarded contract(s)