Sources Sought Notice – Construction Inspection Services Program-HUD Office of Multifamily Housing – Program Support Services

Notice Type: Sources Sought Notice

Posted Date: 18-MAR-14

Office Address: Department of Housing and Urban Development; OCPO, Northern (Philadelphia) Field Contracting Operations; Chicago Operations Branch, NFNC; 77 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago IL 60604-3507

Subject: Construction Inspection Services Program-HUD Office of Multifamily Housing - Program Support Services

Classification Code: C - Architect and engineering services

Solicitation Number: DU205NC-14-CI-62865

Contact: Gene Hamilton Jackson, Branch Chief, Phone 3129138502, Email [email protected]

Description: Department of Housing and Urban Development

OCPO, Northern (Philadelphia) Field Contracting Operations

Chicago Operations Branch, NFNC

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND THIS NOTICE DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION OR AWARD A CONTRACT. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is conducting market research to determine the availability, adequacy, and capabilities of potential small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, or woman-owned small business concerns, interested in performing construction inspections. All responses must be solely in the form of information and materials. According to FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the government to form a binding contract. The government is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award a contract on the basis of this Request for Information (RFI). All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be the sole responsibility of the contractor. The government will treat all submissions as business confidential materials, will become government property, and will not return the submissions. HUD is contemplating issuing a single award Firm-Fixed-Price/Indefinite-Delivery contract, for the HUD Office of Multifamily Housing, in each of the geographical areas consisting of Area I (CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, VA, VW) Area II (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN), Area III (AR, IA, KS, LA, MO, NE, NM, OK, TX), Area IV (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, ND, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), and Area V (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI). The contractor will furnish the personnel, equipment, materials and transportation necessary to perform construction inspections for each geographical area. Each contract will require the services of construction inspectors who will conduct the required inspections and perform various construction inspection tasks, including reviewing change orders, payment requests, schedules, request for permission to occupy, etc. Inspections are made to evaluate the builder's and supervisory architect's performance, to obtain construction according to the construction contract documents, and to report on conformance with prevailing wages and other construction contract requirements. For HUD construction, inspection tasks, the contract inspectors will serve as HUD's construction representative for completing various portions of HUD forms, procedures and other related tasks. The contract inspector's work products will provide HUD with the field/site data necessary to make informed decisions regarding the construction phase of the HUD Section 232 mortgage insurance underwriting program. This notice seeks only those sources under Product Service Code (PSC), C219-Architect and Engineering-General, North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 541310, Architectural Services. The small business size standard for NAICS code 541310 is $7M. Source Sought Content: 1. The government is requesting SB concerns to limit their written responses to five pages (letter size) in length, single-spaced, 12 point font minimum. 2. SB concerns must submit a capability statement and demonstrate the ability, experience, and skill in conducting construction inspections (CI), consisting of, but not limited to the following: Reviewing of CI assignment documents; Maintaining of construction records; Conducting pre-construction conferences; Scheduling and participating in construction progress meetings; Conducting job-site inspections; Conducting wage interviews; Reviewing General Contractor's Monthly Requisition for Payment; Providing supervisory architect's services; Determining preliminary acceptability for proposed change orders; Monitoring the proper use of the Architect's Supplemental Instructions; and, Reporting serious construction problems.

3. SB concerns must provide a list of the States the SB concern is currently, or is able to conduct construction inspections. The SB concern must be able to provide a State Builders License, Construction Inspection Certificate, or Construction Certificate for each state they are able to conduct construction services. 4. SB concerns must provide proof (i.e. DUNS number, System for Award Management printout, certification letter from Small Business Administration, etc.) that your firm is a Small Business according to NAICS code 541310 (average receipts less than $7,000,000/year).

5. You must identify whether your firm is an 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concern (see www.sba.gov for additional information on small business concerns).

6. SB concerns please provide a narrative of your firm's prior relevant experience and a summary of past performance and a summary of relevant past performance. The narrative must address the salient features for each experience and include a client reference contact for each experience, including name, title, address, e-mail, phone, and facsimile number. Interested SB concerns should also provide a point of contact who can discuss the submitted material.

7. SB concerns must indicate whether you are capable of performing the services in one or more of the identified areas. Respondents who are not capable of performing all the services, or may be capable of partially servicing one or more of the identified areas, must indicate any performance constraints or limited service areas as part of your response. For example, contract Area V includes the states of IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. Interested sources who are only capable of servicing individual cities, counties, or states within Area V must indicate those specific areas that they are capable of servicing. If any Joint Venture or teaming arrangement, the Lead Contractual firm must qualify as a small business concern according to NAICS code 541310. All respondents are reminded that at least fifty percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel must be expended for employees of the concern according to FAR clause 52.219-14(b)(1)-Limitation on Subcontracting. Interested CI firms must e-mail their responses to this source sought notice, as the government will not accept mailed or facsimile responses. Scanned responses must be in Adobe PDF, MS Word, or a recognizable image format, such as JPEG.

Link/URL: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HUD/NF/NFNC/DU205NC-14-CI-62865/listing.html