SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- BOUNDARY SURVEYS
- Notice Date
- 6/17/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Louisiana State Office, 3737 Government Street, Alexandria, LA, 71302
- ZIP Code
- 71302
- Solicitation Number
- NRCS-22-LA-02
- Response Due
- 7/18/2002
- Archive Date
- 8/2/2002
- Point of Contact
- Patti Woods, Contracting Officer, Phone 318-473-7645, Fax 318-473-7682, - Ralph Broome, Contracting Officer, Phone 318-473-7781, Fax 318-473-7831,
- E-Mail Address
-
patti.woods@la.usda.gov, ralph.broome@la.usda.gov
- Description
- This is a solicitation of registered land surveyors capable of providing a Class D, Rural Survey as set forth by the Louisiana State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors in paragraph 2509. The following is the Scope of Services to be provided: 1. Contractor will provide: a. A legal boundary survey of the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) or Emergency Watershed Protection Floodplain (EWP-FP) easement area including the route of ingress and egress. Access shall be surveyed, but no monumentation is required. The surveyor must be a licensed registered land surveyor. The survey and the descriptions shall meet all requirements of Chapter 25. Minimum Standards for Property Boundary Surveys. Surveys shall meet the accuracy specifications and positional tolerances for a Class D, Rural Survey as set forth by the Louisiana State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors in paragraph 2509. The survey plat will show both the easement and the access route. Written legal descriptions shall be of the metes and bounds type. b. A geodetic (GPS) or state plane position on the corners of each survey. c. Topographic surveys, if requested. 2. The surveyor will contact the local NRCS District Conservationist, prior to beginning the survey. The DC will provide location maps of the easement area, written access, and other descriptive information as needed. The DC will arrange a meeting between the DC, surveyor, and landowner to ensure that the intent of the landowner is met. 3. The surveyor will provide an original copy (36X24) and four copies of the survey plat, 11 x 17 in size to the Contracting Officer (CO). The surveyor will forward one copy (36X24) to the local District Conservationist (DC), and one copy (1:660) to Steve Cruse, WRP Team Leader, P.O. Box 158, Columbia, LA 71418. The contractor is not to provide a copy of the plat to the landowner without the approval of the CO. All survey plats will contain one of the following statements: THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THIS SURVEY WAS DONE BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THAT THE SURVEY WAS DONE ON THE GROUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PROPERTY BOUNDARY SURVEYS, AS SET FORTH BY THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS, AND THAT THE ACCURACY SPECIFICATION AND POSITION TOLERANCE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RURAL AREA SURVEYS. Or THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THIS MAP OF SURVEY REPRESENTS AN ACTUAL FIELD SURVEY, PERFORMED UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF THE UNDERSIGNED, AND IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCURACY SPECIFICATION AND POSITION TOLERANCE FOR A CLASS D, RURAL SURVEY, AS SET FORTH IN THE MOST RECENT MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PROPERTY BOUNDARY SURVEYS BY THE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS, FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. SIGNATURE 4. The contractor will also include the name of the landowner and WRP/EWP-FP contract number in the legend area of the survey plat. 5. The surveyor will provide as Attachment A to the survey, a legal description of the easement property. Attachment B will include a description of the route of ingress and egress to the subject property. 6. Natural or manmade barriers, such as ditches, streams, creeks, bayous, or rivers are occasionally used as boundary lines in property descriptions. In those instances, in property descriptions where boundary lines are called for as being located at or along the centerline of a ditch, stream, creek, bayou or river, for purposes of defining the Wetland Reserve Program or Floodplain Easement, the surveyor shall traverse along top bank of all rivers, bayous or waters known to be navigable regardless of description calls. Where deed calls for centerline as boundary, make ties to centerline as required to calculate area between centerline and traverse on top bank. Show top bank traverse, ties to centerline, and area between centerline and top bank traverse on plat. Questions regarding these traverses shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. 7. Traverse around all encroachments. Show all fences. Show all fences that constitute an encroachment. Show bearings and distances for traverse of encroachment and area of encroachment on plat. 8. Survey along the toe of a levee or berm and set witness posts at every 500 feet along a straight tangent. 9. Exclude all structures, i.e. campsites, well sites, sheds, etc., areas from total area of WRP/EWP-FP tract. Show area and access for each on plat. 10. Exclude parish road R/W area from total area of WRP/EWP-FP tract. Show parish road R/W area on plat. 11. Number each corner on survey plat. Points should be numbered in a clockwise sequence starting at the Point of Beginning. 12. The surveyor shall install monuments and witness posts at the time the survey is completed and prior to delivery of the plat of survey and legal description. Monuments and witness posts shall be installed at each corner. Concrete monuments will be placed at principle corners as designated by the NRCS Contracting Officer. Witness posts with sign shall be installed every 500 feet along a straight tangent. Monuments are not required along top bank traverse. However, witness posts with boundary signs will be set on top bank traverse at intervals of approximately 500 feet and shall be so noted on plat. Acceptable monuments are: a. Four-inch square concrete posts with a brass or bronze cap with centerpoint and markings to be provided at time of task order. (As a minimum, the letters USDA-NRCS, WRP or EWP-FP Easement, the year completed, the corner number as shown on the plat, and landowner Contract Number). Concrete posts shall be 36-inches long. The post shall project 6-inches above the ground. Again, concrete monuments will be placed at principle corners as designated by the NRCS Contracting Officer b. A 4-inch diameter PVC pipe, 36 inches long, with 1/2-inch rod, concrete filled with bronze cap with appropriate markings. Except for concrete posts, all monuments will be set flush with or below the ground surface and witnessed with a witness post. Witness posts must be driven into the ground not less than 18 inches. Acceptable witness posts are: 1. "T" shaped steel fence post 1 3/8" X 1 3/8" X 1/8" or heavier. Minimum length shall be seventy-eight inches. Fence posts color shall be green or orange. 2. ?U? shaped metal sign post, seventy-eight inches long, 1.12 lbs. per foot. Color shall be green. 3. Other metal posts proposed by the contractor, with prior approval of the Contracting Officer. 13. The contractor is required to attach a WRP/EWP-FP boundary sign, 5X7 to the top of the witness post using a galvanized nut and bolt or lag screw. A wire attachment is not acceptable. The sign has two 3/8 inch drilled holes on 5-inch centers. The contractor will be required to pick up the signs at the local District Office. 14. Upon completion of boundary work, the surveyor shall contact the local NRCS DC and allow the local DC the opportunity to set up a meeting with the surveyor and the landowner to determine that the intent of the landowner has been met. Once this has been accomplished the DC will certify that the work has been completed in accordance with NRCS specifications. This certification will accompany the invoice for surveying services. The Contracting Officer must receive both the invoice and the certification before any disbursements or payments will be made. A Contractor will not survey an easement property for a spouse, children, partners or business associates, nor have a financial interest in the real estate to be covered by the proposed easement. The required delivery schedule will be provided for each Task Order and enforced in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. PRE-SELECTION CRITERIA is based on the firm having 1) one or more licensed registered surveyors in the State of Louisiana with a minumum of 5 years experience in boundary surveys; 2) ability to field three (3), 3-man survey crews experienced and capable of performing boundary surveys (3) performed at least 20 Boundary Surveys in Louisiana in accordance with Chapter 25 Minimum Standards for Property Boundary Surveys within the last two years. (4) ability to perform GPS surveys. SELECTION will be based the following criteria (weight values are expressed as percentages after each criterion: 1) Professional Qualifications 15%)- registration and license of land surveyor to perform work; survey party personnel, their knowledge of and experience in survey requirements; the qualifications and experience of key personnel who will be responsible for administering the work required. 2) Specialized Experience & Technical Competence (25%)- Evaluation will be based on experience and technical competence in boundary surveys in accordance with Minimum Standards for Property Boundary Surveys as set forth in Louisiana statues. Consideration will be given to those firms with past experience with WRP easement boundary surveys; Samples of work should be provided. 3) Capacity (20%)- Evaluation will be based on the firms' current work under contract, scheduling processes, availability of qualified personnel, and ability to accomplish the work required within the established performance period. Past Performance (30%)- Evaluation will be based on previous experience on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of quality of deliverables, cost control, compliance with the required delivery schedule, and the contractors' experience with providing expert testimony regarding boundary surveys; Consideration will be given to those firms with past experience with WRP easement boundary surveys. References with telephone numbers must be provided. Previous work samples will be evaluated based on quality and complexity of work demonstrated. 5) Location (10%) - Evaluation will be based on the proximity and knowledge of the locality of the easement areas. Consideration will be given to those firms with offices throughout the primary area of concern. Work may be located throughout the State of Louisiana, but will be primarily in the Northeast and Central region of the state. The government may select up to the top six ranked firms to award an indefinite-delivery, multiple award contract with a five-year option to extend the term of the initial contract. Individual task orders will be competed among the selected firms. Award of each task order will be based on the contractors' past performance in terms of quality of deliverables, cost, and compliance with the required delivery schedule. A minimum of $2,500 per year is guaranteed under this contract, with a maximum of $1,000,000 per year award limitation. Firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit 4 copies of a Standard Form 254, Architect Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire; and 4 copies of a Standard Form 255, Architect Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for a Specific Project, and any other supplemental information deemed relative to the selection criteria, and samples of work. Interested firms must submit their SF254s and SF255s not later than July 18, 2002, 2 p.m. CST. to the attention of the Contracting Officer. Only those firms responding by that time will be considered for selection. After an initial evaluation, which takes approximately 45 days, the six most highly qualified may be chosen for discussions. The most highly rated firms selected will then be asked to submit a proposal. This is not a Request for Proposal. Any questions should be addressed to the Contracting Officer.
- Place of Performance
- Address: LOUISIANA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN00094456-W 20020619/020617213156 (fbodaily.com)
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