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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 26, 2003 FBO #0729
SOURCES SOUGHT

C -- Architect Engineer Services for the Design of Clinic Replacement, Pope AFB, NC

Notice Date

11/24/2003
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, P.O. Box 889, Savannah, GA 31402-0889
 

ZIP Code

31402-0889
 

Solicitation Number

W912HN-04-R-0023
 

Response Due

12/23/2003
 

Archive Date

2/21/2004
 

Point of Contact

Linda Smulevitz, 912-652-5902
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah
(linda.l.smulevitz@sas02.usace.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA Technical Point of Contact is Glynn Richards at 912-652-5659; Contractual Questions: Nina Jodell at 912-652-5465; Questions concerning subcontracting plan: Gwen Parker at (912) 652-5340; Questions concerning SF 255; Lucie Hughes at 912-652-5645; 255's shou ld be mailed to: U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, ATTN: CESAS-EN-ES (Sherry Turner), 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401. **** 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requires the services of an Archite ct-Engineer (A-E) firm for a firm-fixed price contract. This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. A firm will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence for the required wor k. Firms will be required to submit their statements of qualifications (SF 255) for each announcement. Offerors are cautioned to read this announcement in its entirety. Contract awarded as a result of this announcement will be administered by the Savannah District for the design of FY-06, Clinic Replacement, PN 52362, Pope AFB, NC. A-E services are required for site investigations, concept design, final design, and construction phase services for the subject project. The A-E will be required to prepare plan s, specifications, design analysis, and cost estimates. The NAICS is 541333; size standard $4 million. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in March 2004 and design completed by August 2005. The Contract will have an option for Construction Phase Serv ices. This announcement is open to all businesses. Small businesses are encouraged to team with other businesses. Large business firms that intend to do any subcontracting must convey their intent to meet the minimum small business goals on the SF 255, Blo ck 6, by identifying subcontracting opportunities with small business. If selected, the large business offeror will be required to submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52-219.9 and DFARS Subpart 219.7as a part of the Request f or Proposal package. The following subcontracting goals are the minimum acceptable goals to be included in the subcontracting plan. OF THE SUBCONTRACTED WORK, 57.2% TO SMALL BUSINESS; 8.9% TO SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS); 8. 1% TO WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS); 3% HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS); 3% TO SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUISNESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS AND VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS). While the Savannah District does not have a specific target for subcontracting with Veteran-owned Small Businesses, this must be addressed in any subcontracting plan. Written justification must be provided if the minimum small business goals cannot be met. The small business subcontracting plan will be evaluated in accordance with AFAR 19.7, Appendix DD. The plan is not required with this submittal, but will be required with the fee proposal of the firms selected for negotiations. For additional information, contact Gwen Park er at (912)652-5340. NOTICE: All firms to include large businesses interested in consideration for this solicitation for teaming or subcontracting purposes please register on our website at http://ebs.sas.usace.army.mil/. Registration will NOT be used as a planholder's list. Registration shall include Company name, address, phone number, POC, Company type (i.e., Small Business, Woman Owned, Small Disadvantaged, Hub-zone, Veteran Owned or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, etc.) and company specialty (i.e., eng ineering specialty, architect, environmental, surveying, landscaping services, reproduction, etc.). Questions about this notice shall be directed to Gwennette Parker at the above phone number. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the DOD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the DOD Electronic Commerce Informatio n Center at 1-800-334-3414. **** 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Design of an approximately 65,800 sq ft multi-story primary care clinic to include flight medicine, Allergy/Immunization, Optometry, Family Practice, BEE/Public Health, Pharmacy, Radiology, Pathology , Administrative and Support space. The work will include all required utility and building systems. The facility will include force protection and antiterrorism measures. Site work will include ambulance canopy, entrance canopy, landscaping, side walks, curbs and gutters, storm drainage, erosion control measures, electric service, information systems, access roads, parking lot, antiterrorism/force protection measures, site improvements and demolition of buildings 457, 307, 307A, 305, and 513. Demolition design shall include asbestos and lead based paint surveys / abatement requirements. In addition, building 302 will be renovated to accommodate the relocated Office of Special Investigations (OSI) function currently located on the proposed project site. T he project shall be designed in accordance with criteria prescribed in MIL-HDBK-1191, the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards/Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines, and Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01. Comprehensive interi or design services are required. The estimated construction cost of this project is between $17,000,000 and $23,000,000. Cost estimates must be prepared using MCACES software. All drawing files must be delivered in the (*.dgn) and (*.dwg) formats. All draw ing files will be developed using the Tri Service AEC Standard as supplemented by the Savannah District instructions. The standards include naming convention, file and directory structure, line weights, levels, and color. Specifications will be produced in SPECINTACT using the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS). Responses to Government review comments will be provided on the Corps of Engineers Design Review and Checking System (DrChecks). **** 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria for t his project are listed below in descending order of importance. Proposals will be evaluated on each of the criteria factors listed below. Each factor will be assigned a rating from outstanding to unsatisfactory based on the risk to the government that the offeror will successfully perform the factor being evaluated. An overall consensus rating will be given to each submission. Award will be made to the firm determined to be most highly qualified. Factors listed below will be rated based on a relative weight ing as follows: Significantly More Important - means that the factor is at least two times greater in value than another factor. More Important - means that the factor is greater in value than another factor but less than two times greater. Equal - means t hat the factor is of the same value or nearly the same as another factor. For this solicitation, Technical Competence and Key Personnel are weighted equally and each factor individually is more important than Work Management and Past Performance and signif icantly more important than individual Factors 5-7. Work Management and Past Performance are weighted equally and each factor individually is more important than Small Business Utilization, Volume of DOD Contract Awards and Knowledge of Locality. Small Bus iness Utilization and Volume of DOD Contract Awards and Knowledge of Locality are weighted equally and will only be used as *tie-breakers* among firms that are essentially technically equal. Information on each factor should be submitted FOR THE OFFICE AND /OR EMPLOYEE PERFORMING THE WORK IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. It is recognized that for firms with multiple offices, a project team may be formed from personnel from more than one office. If more than one office is represented, this must be stated cle arly in the work management plan and the Selection Board will consider the performance risk associated with that team not being co-located and the geographical proximity to the supported projects. **** FACTOR 1 - SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE. The firm must demonstrate through specific data supplied in Blocks 7, 8, and 10 of the SF 255 specialized experience and technical competence in ** Design of similar Military and Non-Military Medical Facilities. ** Life safety and fire protection design of medical facilities. ** Use of automated design systems described above (M-CACES, CADD, SPECINTACT, and DrChecks). ** Producing quality designs based on evaluation of a firm's design quality management plan (DQMP). The evaluation will consider the management approach, coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, quality control procedures, and prior experience of the prime firm and any significant subco ntractors on similar projects. ** Sustainable design using an integrated design approach and emphasizing environmental stewardship, with experience in energy and water conservation and efficiency, use of recovered materials; waste reduction; reduction or elimination of toxic and harmful substances in facilities construction and operation; efficiency in resource and materials utilization; development of healthy, safe and productive work environments, and employing the SPiRiT/LEED evaluation and certificatio n methods. ** Accuracy in construction cost estimating and preparation of estimates using MCACES software. ** Technical competence will be judged based on a minimum of satisfactory performance and experience of the firm and its design team, longevity and p revious working relationships among the working parties on similar projects, and most recent firm and employee history of experience on similar projects. Interrelationships between Blocks 7, 8, and 10 of the SF 255 are encouraged. **** FACTOR 2 - KEY PERSO NNEL. Key personnel should be listed in Block 7 and should contain resumes with an indication of professional registration and office location. Key personnel presented in the SF 255 shall be the individuals who will routinely be involved in the actual prod uction of work under this contract. All key personnel shall be shown on the organization chart. Key personnel in disciplines that are required to be licensed, registered, and/or certified include the following: Architect (2), structural engineer (2), civil engineer (2), mechanical engineer (2), electrical engineer (2), fire protection engineer (1), land surveyor (1), and certified industrial hygienist (1). Resumes shall be provided for the above for only the number indicated in parentheses. One resume each shall be provided for other key personnel as follows: Project manager, medical facility planner, medical equipment planner, communications engineering, interior designer, cost estimator, and landscape architect. Registration/certification for all is encour aged. The fire protection engineer shall be a registered professional engineer, have a minimum of five year s experience dedicated to fire protection, and one of the following: (a) a degree in Fire Protection Engineering from an accredited university, or ( b) have passed the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveys fire protection engineering examination. Other personnel should be shown on the organization chart by the total number available for utilization on work assigned under this contra ct. Please disregard the *to be utilized* statement at Block 4 of SF 255. Rather, in Column 4 (B), IN-HOUSE PERSONNEL, only indicate the number of personnel located in the specific office submitting the SF 255. All others, including personnel from branch o ff ices in other locations, are to be indicated as consultants in Column 4 (A). **** FACTOR 3 - WORK MANAGEMENT Capacity to submit the concept design (35% complete) by 30 June 2004 and complete the final design by April 2005. The evaluation will consider t he experience of the firm and any consultants in similar projects, and the availability of an adequate number of personnel in key disciplines. Please disregard the **to be utilized** statement in Block 4 of the SF255 and show the total strength of each discipline, however, in Column 4. (B), IN-HOUSE PERSONNEL, only indicate the number of personnel located in the specific office submitting the SF 255. All others, including personnel from branch offices in other locations, are to be indicated as consultants in Column 4 (A). **** FACTOR 4 ?????? PAST PERFORMANCE The Selection Board will evaluate the firm's past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to q uality of work, compliance with performance schedules and cost control. Indication of favorable performance ratings, awards, and repeat clientele in Block 10 of SF 255 is recommended. **** FACTOR 5 - SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION. Degree of participation o f all types small business as prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner. ALL OFFERORS (except small businesses) who plan to subcontract portions of the work are required to provide a narrative discussion of their plan for utilization of sma ll and small disadvantaged businesses. As a minimum, the narrative shall discuss: (a) Goals for subcontracting acting with small and small disadvantaged businesses in sufficient detail to allow government evaluators to determine that these goals are realis tic, justifiable, positive, and in accordance with the government's policy to maximize opportunities for these types of businesses. (b) The extent to which small disadvantaged businesses, and where appropriate, historically black colleges and universities/ minority institutions (HBCU/MI) have been identified for participation as part of the offeror's team. (c) The offeror's past and present commitment to providing subcontracting opportunities and encouragement to small and small disadvantaged businesses. *** * FACTOR 6 - VOLUME OF DOD CONTRACT AWARDS. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. **** FACTOR 7 - KNOWLEDGE OF LOCALITY. Knowledge of locality as it pertains to design and construction methods of military projects in the geographic area where work is anticipated to be accomplished. **** 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Responses on file from previous announcements will not be evaluated. ALL FIRMS desiring consideration MUST SUBMIT a NEW response. Firms shall submit one (1) hardcopy of SF 255 (11/92 edition) and one (1) CD (Word or Adobe) copy of the SF 255 to the following address: U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, ATTN: CESAS-EN-ES (Sherry Turner), 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401. The SF255 SHALL NOT EXC EED 50 PAGES, INCLUDING 10 PAGES FOR BLOCK 10, PRINTED ONE SIDE (OR 25 AND 5 PRINTED DOUBLE SIDED PAGES). FONT S IZE SHALL BE 10 OR LARGER. THE CD SHALL NOT EXCEED 6 MEGABYTES AND SHALL BE COMPOSED OF ONLY ONE FILE. FIRMS MUST INCLUDE THE ACASS NUMBER FOR THE OFFICE OF THE FIRM PERFORMING THE WORK IN BLOCK 3B OF THE SF 255. For ACASS information, call (503) 808-4591. FACSIMILE SUBMITTALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc.) will not be considered. Firms selected wil l be required to submit a design Quality Assurance Plan concurrently with their fee proposal. Information on what is to be contained in this plan will be furnished upon notification of selection. Firms responding to this announcement are requested not to t ransmit this plan with their SF 255. DATE AND TIME FOR RESPONSE IS 23 DECEMBER 2003 AT 4:00 P.M. PHONE CALLS ARE DISCOURAGED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. PERSONAL VISITS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED. SOLICITATION PA CKAGES ARE NOT PROVIDED AND NO ADDITIONAL CONTRACT INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO FIRMS DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENT PERIOD. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah P.O. Box 889, Savannah GA

Zip Code: 31402-0889

Country: US
 

Record

SN00476061-W 20031126/031124212235 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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