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The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, seeks proposal for Fire Life Safety (FLS) engineering and consulting services. The solicitation is set-aside 100% for small business. The work is divided into two separate Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs). The Government intends to award one or two contracts by either awarding both CLINs to one offeror, or by awarding one CLIN to two offerors. This award decision will be made at time of award on the basis of Best Value for each CLIN, after evaluation of proposals received. Offerors may submit proposals for one or both CLINs. Evaluation and Best Value determination will be conducted independently for each CLIN. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation and FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services . The resultant contract(s) will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with the ability to issue firm fixed price, labor hour, and time & material type task orders.

CLIN 0100 - FAA FIRE LIFE SAFETY ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SUPPORT

CLIN 0200 – NON-FAA FIRE LIFE SAFETY ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SUPPORT

See attached solicitation and attachments for complete details.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this action is 541330 - Engineering Services. The applicable Small Business Administration Size Standard for 541330 is $22.5 Million in annual receipts. Offerors must be a small business concern under the size stndard for the applicable NAICS Code to be considered for award.

The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue request for proposal (RFP) and amendments to RFP. Paper copies will not be made available. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available on the SAM.gov website: http://www.sam.gov. Paper copies of these documents are not available and no hard copies will be mailed. For questions regarding this solicitation, contact the Contracting Officer, Evan Coburn, in writing via email at evan.coburn@dot.gov.

All offerors must be registered in SAM in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at https://www.sam.gov to review and obtain information about the registration process.

Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the online provisions within the Representations and Certifications at the earliest within SAM. Applicable representations and certifications must be completed in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency.

AMENDMENT 0001 issued on 10 May 2023. The Amendment makes minor corrections to the solicitation and adds the answers to vendors' questions. The amendment does not extend the closing date and time of the solicitation.