SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Architect Engineer Services for TWO Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts for the Design of Various Civil and Military Projects within the Great Lakes and Ohio River division Mission Boundries
- Notice Date
- 7/9/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville - Military, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Place, Room 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230
- ZIP Code
- 40202-2230
- Solicitation Number
- W22W9K-3163-4766
- Response Due
- 8/12/2003
- Archive Date
- 10/11/2003
- Point of Contact
- Debra Bruner, 502-315-6208
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville - Military
(debra.c.bruner@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA ARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES FOR TWO INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACTS FOR THE DESIGN OF VARIOUS CIVIL/MILITARY PROJECTS WITHIN THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION MISSION BOUNDRIES GENERAL CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The proposed services, which will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract, are for a variety of Architect ?????? Engineer services for various mili tary/civil projects primarily within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Mission Boundaries. Projects will be awarded by Individual Task Orders not to exceed $1,000,000 with the maximum contract value being $3,000,000 for the contract. The estimated c onstruction cost per project is approximately between $100,000 and $20,000,000. The contract period is cumulative and ends three years from date of award. If a large business is selected to negotiate a contract, the firm will be required to present an acc eptable Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507 prior to award of the contract. The current subcontracting goals are 71.1%to Small Businesses, 10.6% to Woman Owned Small Business, 10.2 % to S mall Disadvantaged Business, 3%to Veteran Owned Business, and 3% to HUBZone Small Business. These percentages are applied to the total amount of subcontracted dollars. Significant emphasis will be placed on the A/E??????s quality control procedures, as the District will perform the Quality Assurance role only. Estimated start date is August 2003. To be eligible for award, a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database, via the CRR Internet site at http://ccr2000. com or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. If multiple contracts are awarded the following factors will be used in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate task orders: performance and quality of deliverables under the current contract, current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, and equitable distribution of work among the contractors. The top ranked firm will be awarded the first contract and t he second ranked firm will be awarded the second contract. If necessary, secondary selection criteria (e-g listed below) will be used as a tiebreaker after evaluating criteria(a-d). 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Projects may consist of A/E services for horizontal and vertical military or civil works projects. A/E services may consist of complete designs; concept level designs; development of design/build requests for proposal; site invest igation of existing conditions; engineering services during construction/construction management services; demolition; hazardous materials survey, analysis, and abatement methodology; sustainable design; construction cost estimates and schedules; and techn ical studies/analysis in support of design for new construction and renovation projects at various locations. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The specific selection criteria (a through d are primary and e though g secondary) in descending order of importance are as follows and must be documented with resumes in the SF 255: a) Professional Qualifications: A designer and checker with education, training, and specialized experience in the following fields; architecture; civil; geotechnical (soil engineering); stru ctural (independent of civil); mechanical; environmental; and electrical engineering are necessary with at least one in each field professionally registered in the relevant professional field as an engineer or architect. At least one civil engineer must b e registered in the states of Tennessee and Kentucky. Additionally at least one professional qualified by education, registration, certification, and/or training is required in each of the following fields; interior design, landscape architecture, fire pr otection, life safety, and haz ardous material inspection and abatement methods. The Interior Designer must be certified by the National Council of Interior Design Qualifications (NCIDQ), a registered Interior Designer, or a registered architect with five years of experience and traini ng in interior design. The fire protection engineer shall be a registered professional engineer with a minimum of five years dedicated to fire protection engineering, AND meet one of the following conditions: (a) A degree in Fire Protection Engineering f rom an accredited university; (b) passed the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveys (NCEES) fire protection engineering examination; OR (c) registration in an engineering discipline related to fire protection engineering. The hazardous m aterial inspector must have successfully completed an EPA approved course for building inspectors and asbestos management planner. The evaluation will consider education, certifications, training, registration, overall and relevant experience and longevity with the firm. b) Specialized Experience and technical competence in the expected activities identified above, to include experience on: design/build projects, projects utilizing ??????Sustainable Design?????? (using an integrated design approach and emphasizing environ mental stewardship, with experience in energy and water conservation and efficiency; use of recovered and recycled materials; waste reduction, reduction or elimination of toxic and harmful substances in facilities construction and operation; efficiency in resource and materials utilization, development of health, safe and productive work environments; and employing the SPiRiT and LEED evaluation and certification methods), anti-terrorism and force protection measures, design of projects to eliminate combin ed sewer overflows (CSO), construction cost estimating using MCACES, electronic drawing development utilizing a CADD system (Intergraph Microstation is the preferred format), and design charrettes) as evidenced by the resumes of the personnel assigned to t his project. Only resumes identifying the professionalism and specialized experience of the design group is necessary. Other available personnel may be specified in paragraph 10 of the SF255. In addition, a brief Design Quality Management Plan including an explanation of the firm??????s management approach, management of subcontractors (if applicable), quality control procedures (for plans, specifications, design analysis and electronic documents), firm??????s procedures to insure that internal resources are not over committed, and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors) must be included in paragraph 10 of the SF255. In Block 10 also indicate the estimated percentages inv olvement of each firm on the proposed team. c) Capacity to complete the work in the required time with the understanding that this contract will require multiple design teams to work individual task orders at various locations simultaneously; d) Past perfo rmance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality work, and compliance with performance schedules; e) Superior performance evaluations on recently completed DoD contracts;f) Knowledge of the locality of the project; g) Volume of DoD c ontract awards in the last twelve months listed in Block 9 of the SF 255. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIRMENTS: SEE NOTE 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one copy of the SF 255 (11/92 edition), and one copy of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants. Any firm with an electronic mailbox responding to the solicitation should identify such address in the SF255. Please identify the ACASS number of the office performi ng the work in Block 3b of the SF255. ACASS numbers may be obtained by contacting Portland Corps of Engineers website at: http://nwp.usace.ar my.mil/ct/i or by contacting Portland Office at 503-808-4591. The SF 255 will be no longer than 125 pages in length (excluding the SF254??????s) and Block 10 will be 20 pages or less in length. Front and back side use of a single page will count as one p age. Release of firm status will occur within 10 days after approval of any selection. All responses on SF255 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. local time on 12 AUGUST 2003. a) It is requested that interested firms list the f ee amount and date of all DoD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in Block 9 of the SF255; b) Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally all responding firm s that do not have a current, (within 12 months) SF254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers must also furnish a completed SF254. If a SF254 is included only the 11-92 edition on the form will be accepted. The NAICS code is 541330. c) No other information including pamphlets of booklets is requested or required: d) No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made. Facsimile transmissions will not be accepted. Solicitation packages are not pro vided and no additional project information will be given to firms during the announcement period. Submit responses to US Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Debra Bruner at 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Pl., Room 821, Louisville, KY 40201.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville - Military 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Place, Room 821, Louisville KY
- Zip Code: 40202-2230
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 40202-2230
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