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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 03, 2003 FBO #0581
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for Architect and Engineer Services for various projects for the Northern Region Contracting Center, NRCC, Fort Lee, Virginia

Notice Date

7/1/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

ACA, North Region Contracting Center - Fort Lee, ATTN: ATZM-DC, 1830 Quartermaster Road, Fort Lee, VA 23801-1606
 

ZIP Code

23801-1606
 

Solicitation Number

DABJ01-03-R-0045
 

Response Due

8/1/2003
 

Archive Date

9/30/2003
 

Point of Contact

Trina Barnes, 804/734-4888
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to ACA, North Region Contracting Center - Fort Lee
(barnest@lee.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA The Northern Region Contracting Center (NRCC), Installation Division - Fort Lee Branch located at Fort Lee (Prince George County), Virginia intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity type contract for Architect and Engineer Services. The c ontract will be solicited on an unrestricted basis. Interested firms must possess the capabilities, knowledge and resources to meet the unique and demanding requirements of the Regional Tidewater Directorates of Public Works (DPW) or Directorates of Engin eering and Logistics (DEL) supported by the NRCC - Fort Lee Branch. The DPW/DEL's consist of various military installations that include Fort Eustis, Fort Lee, Fort Monroe, Fort Pickett and Fort Story. The requirement will be for Architect - Engineer (A-E) Services only and is not intended to function as a design-build contract. The following are examples of the types of services that have been previously completed and are anticipated under the proposed action: 1. Designs and/or Feasibility Studies of admin istrative, educational, industrial and warehouse facilities as well as barracks, army family housing and other existing facilities, 2. Various Designs/Studies utilizing disciplines such as Architectural, Mechanical, Structural, Civil, Land Surveying, Geo-t echnical (Soils Engineer), Environmental, and Electrical Engineers, as well as Estimating, Plumbing, Communication, Fire Protection and Energy Management Controls, 3. Design new and/or renovate existing facilities to accommodate various functions and use g roups, 4. Landscape design, 5. Master Planning documentation, 6. Installation design guides, 7. Marketing Brochures, 8. 1391 Preparation, 9. Design Charrette's and concept designs, 10. Construction Contract Administration (Quality Assurance (QA) Inspectors ), 11. Design renderings and presentations, 12. Virtual/Web based presentations, 13. Building condition Reports, 14. Rehabilitation of historic buildings and structures, 15. AutoCAD services, and 16. Environmental Surveys, Reports and Studies. The A-E firm shall maintain a staff of licensed and registered Architects and Engineers. The firm shall have the financial capabilities to successfully execute priorities; and handle workload surges of various scope and complexity for multiple Task Orders throughout the entire Tidewater Region. The government requests interested firms identify their interests and capabilities to meet the above requirements by submitting their Standard Forms (SF) 254 & 255. NOTE: If your firm previously submitted SF 254s and 255s and r esponded to the questions for the ASFI advertisement that closed on 1 May 03 it is not necessary for your firm to resubmit these documents in order to be considered eligible. The documents shall be submitted in hard copy format to the Northern Regional Con tract Center (NRCC), Installation Division - Fort Lee, ATTN: George Herndon, 1830 Quartermaster Road, Fort Lee, VA 23801-1606. Telephone (804) 734-4985 and email: herndong@lee.army.mil no later than (NLT) 2:00 P.M. local time, 1 Aug 03. In addition the fir ms shall answer the following questions: Unique capabilities of the A-E: Volume of Work: Due to the funding cycle of the Federal Government, the regional tidewater DPW/DEL's typically have the majority of their Operation & Maintenance Appropriation (OMA) d esigns (and construction) positioned and awarded during the 4th quarter (Jul-Sep) of the fiscal year. For example, of the over $1M average of design services prepared each fiscal year through the tidewater regional contract, over 70% of the Task Orders are awarded during the 4th quarter, thereby making the start and completion dates for such projects running concurrently with each other. 1. Question: How would your firm intend to handle a workload surge of such magnitude (i.e. numerous projects at different Installations) with start and completion dates all within the same time period? 2. Question: How does your firm intend to allocate/develop/ obtain the resource s required to execute approximately $1M of design work for multiple Installations at the same time? Responsiveness: Often, the Tidewater Regional DPW/DEL's require immediate assistance that demands instant responsiveness by the A-E (i.e., same or next day) to mission critical directives that might include a scope development meeting, investigation of a facility, concept design and cost estimate or some other action requiring A-E services. 3. Question: How would your firm respond to such an urgent request requiring immediate attention while maintaining ongoing project schedules? Please describe in detail how the Project M anagers, Architects and Engineers for on-going projects will be distributed to meet such requests. The Tidewater Regional A-E contract is a 3-year contract (1 Base Period + 2 Option Periods). Often, designs completed by the A-E are under construction while the A-E contract is ongoing, other times after the completion of the contract period. 4. Question: How does your firm view A-E liability during construction? Does your firm view it as a continuation of the design process or as a separate functional elemen t of the Construction contract? 5. Question: How would your firm respond to differing site conditions and/or design deficiencies discovered during construction involving a design completed under the subject contract? 6. Question: What would be the process for corrective action? 7. Question: What are the processes in place for reviewing submittals during construction? Experience: The Tidewater Regional DEL's typically execute (for construction) the designs completed under A-E contracts through various means. 8. Question: What is your firms' experience with designing projects to be executed through: a. Job Order Contracting (JOC)? b. Corps of Engineers? c. Installation Contracting Offices?
 

Place of Performance

Address: ACA, North Region Contracting Center - Fort Lee ATTN: ATZM-DC, 1830 Quartermaster Road Fort Lee VA

Zip Code: 23801-1606

Country: US
 

Record

SN00361488-W 20030703/030701213710 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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