RAES

The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Civil Engineer Center (with participation expected from AFICC, USACE, and IMCOM) has a requirement for Title I, Title II, and Other Design Services specific to new construction and repair to vertical facilities, where design services address mission resilience by making climate-informed design and construction decisions.

Solicitation Summary

The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Civil Engineer Center (with participation expected from AFICC, USACE, and IMCOM) has a requirement for Title I, Title II, and Other Design Services specific to new construction and repair to vertical facilities, where design services address mission resilience by making climate-informed design and construction decisions.

Solicitation in a Nutshell

Item

Details

Agency Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Civil Engineer Center
Solicitation Number FA8903RAES
Status Pre-RFP
Solicitation Date 03/2026 (Estimate)
Award Date 08/2026 (Estimate)
Contract Ceiling Value $2,650,000,000
Competition Type Small Bus Set-Aside
Full and Open / Unrestricted
Woman Owned Small Business Set Aside
Partial Small Bus Set-Aside
Type of Award  IDIQ – Agency Specific
Primary Requirement  Architecture & Engineering Services
Duration TBD
Contract Type  Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity,Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC)
No. of Expected Awards 11
NAICS Code(s):
541330

Engineering Services
Size Standard: $25.5 million annual receipts except $47.0 million annual receipts for Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons and Contracts and Subcontracts for Engineering Services Awarded Under the National Energy Policy of 1992 and Marine

Place of Performance:
  • United States
Opportunity Website: https://sam.gov/opp/9d45c2999b4144cfbb7b32158d2ef84e/view

Background

N/A

Original Requirements (subject to change)

Required services may include full or abbreviated multi-disciplinary planning, design, and construction phase design services to support the construction of new facilities, as well as facilities sustainment, restoration, modernization (FSRM), and demolition of existing vertical facilities. This 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.

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 would aid in the transition to Net-Zero facilities.

The A/E services planned for this MATOC included Title I, Title II, and Other Design Services (as defined below), specific to new construction and repair to vertical facilities, where design services complied with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS):

  • Title I services for engineering and engineering-related services, included services such as conducting field surveys and investigations to obtain design data, preparing contract plans, specifications, cost estimates, and estimated construction periods of performance. Title I services may have included all aspects of design such as preparation and/or review of contract plans, specifications, scheduling, cost estimates, Building Information Modeling (BIM), design-build conceptual designs, interior design for furniture and equipment, energy modeling and Life Cycle Cost Analyses, seismic retrofit design, building commissioning services, and preparation of operating and design manuals.
  • Title II construction services related to a specific construction project consisted of supervision and inspection of construction. Title II services may have included all aspects of construction quality assurance and oversight of facility and infrastructure construction/renovation projects and may have included oversight of incidental environmental projects associated with primary requirements. Title II Services included construction phase credentialed architectural and engineering support services that encompassed a full range of disciplinary expertise and services to include on-site construction oversight assistance, design reviews, quality assurance inspections, adherence to applicable specifications, construction schedule analysis, material submittal reviews, claim reviews, and other standard construction submittal reviews.
  • Other Services included design and construction-related services that were not connected with a specific construction project. These included services of an architectural or engineering nature or services incidental thereto (including studies, investigations, surveying and mapping, tests, evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning, program management, conceptual designs, plans and specifications, value engineering, soils, geotechnical engineering, drawing reviews, preparation of operating and maintenance manuals, development of design criteria, and other related services) that logically or justifiably required performance by registered architects or engineers or their employee.

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