Attachment 1: Section L

Management Capacity Study

Section L – Instructions to Offerors – Step One

1. Overview

1.1. This solicitation is a Two-Step competitive best-value procurement for a single-award contract for an assessment of the Architect of the Capitol’s (AOC) ability to successfully execute a large-dollar, complex capital program.
1.2. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in AOC Order 34-1, Section 9.1.11). Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should be clear and complete and contain the offeror's best terms from a price standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later deemed necessary. The Government further reserves the right to reject any or all offers if such action is in the Government's best interest. 1.3. Offerors may submit proposals as Joint Ventures (JVs). Joint Ventures shall clearly identify the managing member and shall provide a copy of the executed Joint Venture agreement with the Step 1 submission. For Joint Venture Offerors, prior experience of each JV partner may be submitted and will be considered, provided that the proposal clearly identifies which JV partner performed which portions of the work.

2. Proposal Information

2.1. Electronic Submission Only

2.1.1. All proposals shall be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist, Michael Hoover ([email protected]). Hard‑copy proposals will not be accepted. 2.1.2. All questions, RFIs, clarifications, and all other routine correspondence related to this solicitation shall be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist. 2.2. Procurement Schedule (Dates subject to change. If changed, they will be issued via amendment)

2.2.1. Pre-proposal Conference

2.2.1.1. There will be no pre-proposal conference held for this procurement.

2.2.2. Step One – Qualification Phase

2.2.2.1. RFI Deadline: 10/15/2026 by 5:00 pm (EST).
2.2.2.2. Step One Proposal Due Date: 10/29/2026 by 5:00 pm (EST). 2.2.3. Step Two – Competitive Proposal Phase
2.2.3.1. Step Two Solicitation Release: Approx. seven (7) calendar days after Step One Shortlisted Notifications are sent.
2.2.3.2. Step Two Proposal Due Date: Approx. 30 calendar days after Step Two solicitation is released.

3. Proposal Format

3.1. Proposal Structure

3.1.1. Proposal Proposals shall include the following components in the order listed, with each component and each Factor submitted as its own uniquely bookmarked section. All proposal files shall be text‑searchable PDFs generated from electronic source files. Scanned or