The Office of Research Facilities, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana intends to post a solicitation on or about 7 November 2023 for Construction Quality Management (CQM) Services to support The Office of Research Faculties, Division of Construction Management with the construction of the RML Comparative Medicine Center (Building J, Microscopy & Administrative), NIH/RML, Hamilton, MT 59840. The solicitation will be set aside for competition among Small Businesses. The NAICS Code is 541330, and the Small Business Size is $25.5 million. Interested offerors must await the solicitation posting under this solicitation number which will provide proposal submission instructions.

The NIH seeks qualified contractors with the capability to perform this contract. The selected contractor must exhibit demonstrated experience, capability and resources enabling them to provide CQM services on projects of comparable size and complexity, with comparable clients, and most significantly, with a demonstrated track record of performing such projects with a high degree of customer satisfaction.

NIH has contracted separately with an A/E firm to design and provide post design contracting support services. The successful CQM shall assist the NIH Project Officer in overseeing the performance of the A/E and the construction contractor. The contract vehicle for this CQM service shall be a firm fixed price base contract to perform the CQM services for a Base Year (12 months) and two (2) Option Periods (if/when exercised) to perform the services. The intent of this procurement is to cover the entire duration of construction project. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing Construction Quality Management services described in the Statement of Work of this solicitation.