PRESOL | C | T. IDIQ Contract Hydrographic and Topographical Surveys, Aerial Photography and Photogrammetric Mapping for USACE San Francisco Civil Works projects within the geographic boundaries of the South Pacific Division (SPD)

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 05, 2005 FBO #1195
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- T. IDIQ Contract Hydrographic and Topographical Surveys, Aerial Photography and Photogrammetric Mapping for USACE San Francisco Civil Works projects within the geographic boundaries of the South Pacific Division (SPD)

Notice Date: 3/3/2005
Notice Type: Solicitation Notice
NAICS: 541370 — Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
Contracting Office: USA Engineer District, San Francisco, ATTN: CESPN-CT, 333 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-2195
ZIP Code: 94105-2195
Solicitation Number: W912P7-05-R-0003
Response Due: 4/2/2005
Archive Date: 6/1/2005
Small Business Set-Aside: N/A
Description: T. IDIQ Contract Hydrographic and Topographical Surveys, Aerial Photography and Photogrammetric Mapping for USACE San Francisco Civil Works projects within the geographic boundaries of the South Pacific Division (SPD)U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, ATTN: CESPN-CT, Linda Hales, Chief of Contracting, 333 Market Street, 9th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105-2197 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. A-E services are required for Hydrographic and Topographic Surveys, Aerial Photogr aphy and Photogrammetric Mapping for USACE San Francisco Civil Works projects within the geographic boundaries of the USACE, SPD. A specific scope of work and services required will be issued with each firm fixed price task order. The NAICS code is 54137 0 and the SIC code is 8713, with a small business size standard of maximum $4 million of average annual receipts for its preceding 3 fiscal years. The Districts area of responsibility covers approximately 40,000 square miles. Most of the territory paral lels the Northern California coastline for approximately 600 miles from the Oregon border to just south of Monterey, CA. The District also has responsibility for the Klamath River Basin in southern Oregon. The primary purpose of this proposed contract is to provide A-E services for projects located within the geographic boundaries of the USACE San Francisco District. Secondarily, the contract may be used to provide services within the geographic boundaries of the USACE, SPD. Firms will be selected based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. It is anticipated that at least two contracts will be awarded. The first contract to be awarded will be set-aside for small business only. Subsequent contracts awarded from this synop sis will be on an unrestricted basis. If more than one contract is awarded as a result of this announcement for the same or similar work, selection for task order awards will be made as follows: (1) All awardees will be given a fair opportunity to be cons idered for each task order award in excess of $2,500. (2) In making selection of the awardee to receive a specific task order, the Contracting Officer will consider past performance of previous task orders, quality of previous task orders, timeliness of p revious task orders, cost control, the firms strengths and previous experience in relation to the work requirements and geographic location described in the scope of work for each task order. Details of the selection process will be included in the resul tant contracts. Firm-fixed price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts will be negotiated and the first is anticipated to be awarded in May 2005. All contracts awarded from this solicitation must be awarded no later than one year from the da te that the responses to this synopsis are due. The Small Business set-aside contract will be for a one-year period not-to-exceed $1,000,000 for the base year and four one-year options, each not-to-exceed $1,000,000, for a total not-to-exceed contract amo unt of $5,000,000 for the life of the contract. The unrestricted contract awards will be for a one-year period not-to-exceed $1,000,000 for the base year and two one-year options, each not-to-exceed $1,000,000, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $3,000,000 for the life of the contract. The options may be exercised at the discretion of the Government. At the discretion of the Government, the option years may be exercised early if the Total Estimated Price is exhausted or nearly exhausted. All p ricing schedules (base year, and all option years) will be effective for one full year regardless of the early exercising of options. If the Total Estimated Price of the base year or any option year is not awarded within that year's 12-month performance p eriod and the G overnment has elected to exercise a subsequent option year, the remaining unused dollar amount may be added on to the Total Estimated Price of the option period being exercised. Task Orders shall not exceed the annual contract amount, or as otherwise stat ed in this announcement. All small business firms responding MUST state in their response their intention to participate in the unrestricted contract as well as the small business set-aside contract. If a small business is silent on this issue, the small business will be considered only for the small business set-aside selection and will NOT be considered in the unrestricted selection. No one contractor will receive more than one award. All interested Architect-Engineers are reminded that in accordance with the provisions of FAR sections 19.7, 52.219-8, 52.219-9 and/or equivalent DFARS Sections, they will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the efficient performance of the contract, with small and small dis advantaged businesses. If a large business is selected, it must comply with FAR 52-219.9 regarding the requirement to subcontract. The price of any single task order shall be at least $5,000.00, but shall not exceed $800,000.00. The guaranteed minimum s hall be $10,000 for the base period only. There shall be no guaranteed minimum for the option periods, if exercised. The contractor will have the right to refuse orders for services, which extend more than 150 miles outside the geographic boundaries of t he San Francisco District. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the emplo yees office location (not the location of the work). All interested A-Es are reminded that in accordance with the provisions of FAR sections 19.7, 52.219-8, 52.219-9 or equivalent DFARS Sections, they will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the efficient performance of the contract with small and small disadvantaged businesses. If a large business is selected, it must comply with FAR 52-219.9 regarding the requirement to subcontract. The recommended goal for the work intended to be subcontracted is 50.9% for small business. Out of the 50.9% to small business, 8.8% is for small disadvantaged business (subset to small business), 7.2% is for small business/woman owned (subset to small business), 2.9 for HUBZ one small business (subset to small business) and .05% is for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small business (subset to small business). Any large business firm selected for this contract will be required to submit a detailed subcontracting plan at a later date. If the selected firm submits a plan with less than the Corps recommended goals, it must submit, in writing, an acceptable rationale why the recommended goals cannot be met, which rationale indicates that at the time the selected firm submitted its SF330 there was genuine belief that the goals would be virtually met and planning proceeded accordingly. The Corps will negotiate the goals if it deems appropriate, and will vacate the selection if it deems the firm was disingenuous in representing itsel f as committed to high small business subcontracting goals at the outset. A detailed plan is not required to be submitted with the SF 330; however, the plans to do so should be specified in Block H of the SF 330. To be eligible for contract award a firm or joint venture must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the Internet Site at http://www.bpn.gov/ccr or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Register to provide annual R epresentations and Certifications electronically via the BPN website http://orca.bpn.gov. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: This work will include all A-E and related services necessary to perform various surveys, including but not limited to: A. Hydro-surveying: Shall be conducted during high tide, unless otherwise indicated in individual task orders: a. Dredging measurement and payment Surveys; b. Plans and Speci fication Surveys; c. Pre- and Post-dredging Surveys; d. Project Condition Surveys; e. River Stabilization Project Surveys: For coastal areas charted by NOS, critical submittal requirements are detailed in ER 1130-2-520, EP 1130-2-520 and Section 554 of WRDA 2000, (Water Resource Development Act of 2000). f. Underwater Obstruction or Condition Surveys; g. Coastal Engineering Surveys; h. Reservoir Sedimentation Surveys; i. Inland Navigation Charting Surveys; j. Wetland Surveys. B. Topographic Survey s: a. Three Dimensional Surveys: Topographic surveying to determine the planimetric location and topographic relief of features in three dimensions. Surveys may be used to produce Digital Elevation Models (DEM); b. Large Scale Site Plans: Typically 1 inch = 10 feet to 1 inch = 200 feet; c. Digital Spatial Data: Digital mapping, generation of Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) systems and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Land Information System (LIS), Automated Mapping/Facility Management (AM/FM) and other spatial databases; d. Ground survey control support. If datum conversions are required, conversions will be provided by district or contractor will submit proposed conversions to district for approval prior to use, as dictated by task o rder. The software program Vertcon cannot be used for converting between datums without special, written approval from the district. C. Aerial Photography and Photogrammetry Mapping Surveys: All aerial photography and surveys shall be conducted during low tide unless otherwise indicated in individual Task Order. a. Aerial Photography; b. Photogrammetric Mapping; c. Digital Spatial Data; d. Ground survey control support; e. Standard Line Mapping. D. Boundary Surveys: A Boundary Survey will indica te the extent of any easements, burdening the locus parcel, such as an utility line easement crossing the subject property to a neighboring property or appurtenant to the locus parcel. E. CADD and GIS Data: Rather than representing a surface as a collec tion of point elevations, CADD and GIS represent features as geometries: points, lines or polygons. The geometries have attributes (properties) such as these. Feature- i.e vegetation; polygon; road; and Attributes vegetation type; width, name; and heig ht, address. GIS is preferable for attributed data or for vector data that is to be processed or analyzed geospatially. CADD is preferable for unattributed line and polygon data and is the default choice unless otherwise specified in an individual task or der. 3.0 Standards - Unless superceded by specifications given in an individual task order, all deliverables must conform to the following standards: 3.1 Hydrographic Surveys: a. Hydrographic Surveying, EM 1110-2-1003, 1 June 2002, USACE; Technical stan dards established by state boards of registration, especially on projects requiring licensed surveyors or mappers, shall be followed when legally applicable. b. Unless specifically stated otherwise in an individual task order, all hydrographic surveys shal l run tie lines every 500 feet along the survey line. 3.2 Topographic Surveying: a. Topographic Surveying, EM 1110-1-1005, 31 August 1994, USACE. b. Recommended standard is the ASPRS Accuracy Standards for Large Scale Maps. c. Unless specifically state d otherwise in an individual task order, all topographic surveys shall run a closed traverse of all temporary and permanent bench marks used in the survey. d. These five other industry standards can be used for specifying spatial mapping products and resu ltant accuracy compliance criteria. 1) Office of Management and Budget United States National Map Accuracy Standards. 2) American Society of Photogrammetry, S pecifications for Aerial Surveys and Mapping by Photogrammetric Methods for Highways. 3) U.S. Department of Transportation Surveying and Mapping Manual Map Standards. 4) American Society of Civil Engineers Surveying and Mapping Division Standards. 5) U. S. National Cartographic Standards for Spatial Accuracy. 3.3 Aerial Photography and Photogrammetry Mapping Surveys. a. Photogrammetric Mapping, EM 1110-1-1000, 31 July 2002, USACE. b. A recognized industry standard for accuracy compliance criteria is the : Federal Geographic Data Committee. Geospatial Accuracy Standards, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Accuracy (1998), which is an update of Office of Management. c. The USACE accuracy standard for photogrammetric mapping applies two standards. I. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Accuracy Standards for Large-Scale Maps (31 March 1993). The ASPRS, as it is applied to USACE projects, is explained in EM 1110-1-1000. II. Part 4 of the FGDC Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards (1998). 3.4 Boundary Surveys. The A-E Contractor shall perform a Boundary Survey in accordance with the Technical Standards of the California Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors. 3.5 CADD and GIS Data: All projects shall inclu de metadata fully compliant with the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC-STD-007-1998, EM 1110-1-2909. a. The Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment is the USACE data content standard, and delivered CADD and GIS data (i.e., vector data) must conform to this standard. b. FGDC Geospatial Accuracy Standards, Part 4: Standards for A/E/C and Facility Management (2001). The contractor shall be responsible for designs and drawings using computer-aided design an d drafting (CADD), per the A/E/C CADD Standard (see https://tsc.wes.army.mil/products), and delivering the three dimensional drawings in the Bentley MicroStation software, V8 2004 Edition or higher, electronic digital format. The Government will only acce pt the final product in full operational status, without the need for conversion or reformatting, in the Bentley MicroStation format V8 2004 Edition or higher format on the target platform specified herein. The target platform is a Pentium 3.0 GHz, 512 MB Ram, and 40 GB Hard Drive with Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP operating system. Advanced application software used in preparing drawings shall be delivered in versions compatible with MicroStation V8 2004 Edition. Drawings produced by scanning drawings of record or containing photographic images shall be delivered in a raster format compatible with the Raster Reference Manager built into MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, or Bentleys IRAS/B Version 8.1 or higher electronic digital formats. Drawing files shall also be delivered in Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistic Support (CALS) CCITT Group 4 raster format. The specifications will be produced in SPECSINTACT with Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) using the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS). In addition to the format specified above, specification files shall also be delivered in Abode Acrobat Portable Data Format (PDF) or Postscript electronic digital format. Documents provided by the contractor to the Government must be compatible with MS Word 2000 or 2003 on the target platform. Spreadsheet products provided by the contractor to the Government must be compatible with Excel 2000 or 2003 on the target platform. Responding firms must show computer and Internet capability for access ing the Criteria Bulletin Board system (CBBS), (see http://cbbs.spk.usace.army.mil/index.html) and the DrChecks review comment management system (See https://www.projnet.org). 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria (1) through (5) are primary. Criteria (6) through (10) are secondary a nd will be used as tie-breakers among technically qualified firms. Firms shall provide examples of work shall be documented for review, as well as a description of the type work performed on SF-330 Part I. These work descriptions will be evaluated based on documented complexity of work performed. (1) Professional Qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance either in-house or through association with any qualified consultant(s) Management and key personnels relevant science/engineering degrees , registrations, certifications, training and extensive experience personnel. (2) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence in the type of work required Relevant work experience on (a) Hydrosurveying projects; (b) Topographic surveying projects; (c ) Aerial Photography and Photogrammetric Mapping projects; (d) CADD and GIS projects. (3) Have the necessary multi-use, multi purpose survey vessels and equipment to perform the necessary surveys such as near breakwaters, jettys, harbor entrances, surfzone s and shallow water surveys. (4) Firms shall have the capacity to process and provide digital surveying and mapping data in both ASCII format and as a digital elevation model that is readable and fully operational in either Autocad or MicroStation V8, In R oads, In Roads Survey, Hypack, and/ or Hysweep software as applicable. Specific submittal requirements will be identified with each task order. All GPS data (static, kinematic, RTK, etc.), in its native format, must be compatible with InRoads, InRoads Su rvey, Hypack and Hysweep. All metadata in its native format must be compatible with ArcGIS version 9. Firms must have direct full time availability of necessary equipment to accomplish required work, including, but not limited to, dual-frequency Global P ositioning equipment with NGS calibrated antennas (i.e., phase centers modeled and published at www.ngs.noaa.gov/ANTCAL/), fixed-height tripods, 1 second theodolites, digital data collectors, levels, electronic distance measurement instruments, 1 second el ectronic total station devices, computational and plotting equipment capable of plotting an E sized drawing, 20-30 foot hydrographic survey boat with cabin and trailer , fathometers, motion sensors, multibeam, automated hydrographic system utilizing GPS, g round penetrating radar, etc. Firms must be capable of submitting all datasets on CD ROM or DVD. Firms must own and operate, or otherwise have access and control of a dedicated FTP server with a dedicated high-speed internet line capable of transferring large datasets and image files. The submittal shall include an itemized equipment and applicable software list containing all pertinent information regarding each item, such as manufacturer, model, version, license, ownership (explicitly state name of fir m or leasing company), maintenance agreement, etc. Firms must state a willingness to purchase, update and transfer software licenses to the Government and train Government employees on the acquired software. Firms also shall update their software and equ ipment as required throughout the duration of the contract. (5) Past Performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules: Past performance on DOD and/or other contracts in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules will be evaluated; (6) Capacity to perform work in the required time: Demonstrate the capacity to accomplish multiple task orders concurrently within requ ired time and cost limitations. (7) Location in the general geographic area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project. Knowledge of the Locality: Geographical location and knowledge of environmental regulations of the states of Californi a and Oregon. Geographic Location: The location of the firm and its subcontractors with respect to the location of the San Francisco District; (8) Volume of wo rk awarded by the Department of Defense in the past 12 months: The total dollar amount of all DOD contract awards in the last 12 months will be considered as described in FedBizOpps Note 24; (9) Performance evaluations on recently awarded DOD contracts; ( 10) Utilization of small or disadvantaged businesses. Small and Small Disadvantaged Business Participation: The extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions, women owned, Hub Zone and service d isabled veteran related business in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort will be considered. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested A-E firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit TWO (2) completed SF 330 Part I (6/2004 edition) US Government A-E Qualifications for Specific Project for themselves and TWO (2) complete d SF 330 Part II (June 2004 edition) for themselves and TWO (2) for each of their subcontractors to the office shown above, ATTN: A-E Negotiations Unit. The SF 330 shall not exceed 100 pages. In block E of the SF 330 provide resumes for all key team memb ers, whether with the prime firm or a subcontractor; list specific project experience for key team members; and indicate the team members role on each listed project (i.e. project manager, design engineer, etc). In block D of the SF 330, provide the quali ty management plan and organization chart for the proposed team. A task specific quality control plan must be prepared and approved by the Government as a condition of contract award, but is not required with this submission. Responses received by the cl ose of business (4:30 pm) on the closing date will be considered for selection. If the closing date is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next business day. No other notification will be made and no furthe r action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposals. All responsible sources may submit the required SF 330, which shall be considered by the agency.. The Pre-Solicitation Notice for this acquisition will be available on the San Francisco District Contracting Divisions Internet Home Page at http://helium.spk.usace.army.mil/SFEbs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp for viewing. Any future amendments to the Notice will also be available for viewing from this web site. If you experience problems registering for the plan holders list or have problems with viewing the Notice or amendments please contact Tim Boyd at916-557-5226. It is important that you first go to this website, click on the advertis ed Notice/Solicitation you are interested in. Go to Plan Holder Registration. This will require you to establish a user name and password. Keep the user name and password and share it with anyone else in your organization that is responsible for registe ring your firm on plan holders lists. With our new system you only have to do the full registration one time. If you have your user name and password you can always go back into the system and register for other jobs without having to go through the enti re registration process. However you can only do this by using your initial user name and password. In order to receive notification on any amendments to the Notice/Solicitation you are required to register for the plan holder list. Please complete all requested information. POINT OF CONTACT: Joe Viola, (415-977-8505).
Place of Performance: Address: USA Engineer District, San Francisco ATTN: CESPN-CT, 333 Market Street San Francisco CA; Zip Code: 94105-2195; Country: US
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