SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Indefinite Delivery Contract for A-E Services for Surveying and Related Services Within the Charleston District
- Notice Date
- 12/15/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corp of Engineers, Charleston, 69-A Hagood Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403-5107
- ZIP Code
- 29403-5107
- Solicitation Number
- W912HP-04-R-0001
- Response Due
- 1/15/2004
- Archive Date
- 3/15/2004
- Point of Contact
- Rose Smalls, 843-329-8086
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to US Army Corp of Engineers, Charleston
(rose.smalls@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NA The primary purpose of this proposed contract is to provide surveying and related services within the boundaries or assignments of the Charleston District. The selected firm will be responsible for performing various types of surveys and services which ma y include, but not necessarily limited to, the following: (1) topographic; (2) traverse and triangulation (2nd and 3rd order GPS capabilities); (3) levels for vertical control (2nd and 3rd order); (4) route location (5) quantity surveys; (6) land surveys (7) construction layout surveys; (8) hydrographic surveys; (9) geodetic surveys; (10) Computer-Aided Drafting (CADD) services as needed; (11) electronic data base; and (12) metadata development. This announcement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The con tractor must have the ability to perform the work for the Government in addition to his own existing workload without sacrificing quality or timeliness to the Government. Contractors must address the following on their SF 255: (1) The ability to perform basic horizontal and vertical control surveys to GPS standards including but not limited to: topographic, traverse, triangulation, route location, earth work quantity, property, construction layout, plane table topography and transfer all field-gathered d ata into final drafted plan or map form. (2) The contractor shall have computer-aided drafting capability that is absolutely compatible with the Intergraph IGDS System format. The recording of all final survey into a documentation computer file is requir ed. (3) The selected contractor must demonstrate experience and have in its employ personnel with experience in performing the various types of the above-listed surveys. (4) The contractor must have a certified land surveyor??????s license in the state ( s) where the surveys will be performed. The contractor must have at least three years?????? experience in hydrographic surveying of navigation channels. Modern electronic horizontal positioning and depth-finding equipment shall be available for the survey s to be performed. Typical information that will be required, as a minimum, includes the name, model and year of manufacturer??????s stated positioning accuracy and capability. In addition, the contractor must provide information that safe and suitable v essels are available for operation in the waters where the surveys are to be performed and that experienced staff are available for the operation of the vessels, as well as the electronic positioning and depth-finding equipment. An indefinite-delivery typ e contract for services based on firm-fixed unit prices is contemplated with two (2) option years. The cumulative amount of the contract shall not exceed $1,350,000 ($450,000 each for the base year and two option years), and no one-task order shall exceed $450,000. Funds will be obligated upon the issuance of each task order. A purchase request has been generated in the amount of $9,000, 2% of the base year amount, to the proposed undefined task order. This is the minimum amount that the A-E contractor, who is awarded the contract, will receive the first year. If the option year is activated, $4,500 (1% of each option year amount) will be committed as the minimum amount that the A-E firm will receive for the option year. The Government reserves the rig ht to exercise the contract option periods before the expiration of the base contract period or previous option period, if the contract amount for the base/option period has been exhausted or is nearly exhausted. All work is subject to the availability of funds. Funds will be obligated upon the issuance of each delivery order. The contract is expected to be awarded no later than 15 July 2004 and the period of services will be for one year from the date of contract award with an option for the Government to extend the contract for two additional years. See Note 24 for general selection process. Evaluation factors in their order of importance shall be as follo ws: (1) Professional capabilities as outlined above; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence as outlined above; (3) Past performance with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules; (4) Knowledge of loca lity such as geographical area of projects and (5) Capacity to accomplish work in the required time. Secondary Criteria: (6) Location of firm; and (7) Volume of work previously awarded to a firm by DOD. Contractors desiring consideration shall address t he above requested data and submit as described in Note 24 to be received in the office shown above not later than the close of business on 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadli ne is the close of business of the next business day. SF 255 (11/92 edition) in single copy only is required. Include the firm??????s ACASS number and business size in Block 3 of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at 503-808-4591 to obtain a number. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 54136 and a size standard of $4.0 Million. To be considered a Small Business under this NAICS Code, a firm cannot have more than $4.0 Million in average annual gross revenue over the last three (3) fiscal years. See Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19 for more information on size standards. Firms having a current (Less than 12 months) SF 254 on file with the North Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, O regon, need not submit a SF 254 (11/92 Edition) with their SF 255. All Department of Defense contracts awarded to the firm and all affiliates (except consultants) during the last twelve months, the total dollar value of each award, and point of contact mu st be listed in Block 10 of the SF 255. Failure to include the aforementioned data will reflect negatively upon the firm during the evaluation process. This is not a request for proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided. Cover letters and unnece ssary elaborate brochures, or other presentations beyond those sufficient to present a complete and effective response are not desired. Phone calls and personal visits are discouraged. See Numbered Note 24.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corp of Engineers, Charleston 69-A Hagood Avenue, Charleston SC
- Zip Code: 29403-5107
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 29403-5107
- Record
- SN00489894-W 20031217/031215212322 (fbodaily.com)
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