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Sole Source A&E Update for Security Forces Center Renovation (Building 540)

This opportunity is a sole source procurement by the Air Force Reserve Command at Youngstown Air Reserve Station for professional Architect and Engineering (A&E) services: - The requirement is to update plans and specifications for Project ZQEL 21-0004, which involves renovating Building 540, the Security Forces Center. - The update must ensure compliance with current building codes and standards. - Only the original A&E firm is eligible due to their professional liability for the design and exclusive access to native BIM files and engineering data. - Awarding to a different firm would require a complete redesign, increasing cost and time. - No specific OEMs, products, or part numbers are involved; this is strictly for professional services. - The procurement is being handled by the 910th Airlift Wing Contracting Office in Vienna, Ohio. - This is a justification for a sole source award, not a competitive solicitation.

Key Details: - Buyer: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, 910th Airlift Wing - Location: Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Vienna, Ohio - Requirement: A&E update services for renovation project - Sole source rationale: Professional liability and proprietary design files - No product procurement; service only

Description

This requirement includes updating plans and specifications for Project ZQEL 21-0004 Renovate B540 Security Forces Center which was originally completed in October 2021. The plans and specifications need to be updated to meet current codes. An Architect and Engineering firm needs to review the current plans and specifications.

The original A&E firm holds professional liability for the design. A new A&E firm cannot legally sign and "stamp" (certify) another firm's design drawings without conducting an exhaustive, independent, top-to-bottom redesign to assume that liability. The original A&E firm holds the native Building Information Modeling (BIM) files and Building Systems engineering data. A new contractor would require significant ramp-up time and potentially duplicate efforts to reconstruct these models. Competing this requirement would force the government to pay a new firm to completely recreate the baseline engineering calculations, site surveys, and structural/electrical load models that were already completed and paid for in October 2021.

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