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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 27, 2005 FBO #1248
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract for Master Planning, Geographic Information Systems & Computer Aided Drafting and Design Services, Military Installations and Civil Locations, within the South Pacific Division and other locatio ns

Notice Date

4/25/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541330 — Engineering Services
 

Contracting Office

US Army Engineer District, Sacramento, 1325 J. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
 

ZIP Code

95814
 

Solicitation Number

W91238-05-R-0027
 

Response Due

5/25/2005
 

Archive Date

7/24/2005
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. T he A-E services are required for all aspects of Master Planning and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Department of Defense installations and bases, municipalities, cities and counties, other federal and state agencies. The primary area of service for this solicitation is within the South Pacific Division of the Corps of Engineers, but may include those installations under the responsibility of the Southwest Region Office (SWRO) and the Utah Offices of the Northwest Region Office (NWRO) of the Insta llation Management Agency (IMA). However, work may be awarded for projects located outside the above stated geographical boundary on an excepted basis as decided by the Contracting Officer. Services may include Planning, Project/Facility Programming, Engin eering Studies, Geographic Information Systems and Computer Aided Design and Drafting, NEPA activities related to BRAC and Master Planning, utility studies, Automated Mapping and Facility Management and Field Data Collection/Surveys. A specific scope for work and services required will be issued with each task order. This work will include all Architectural-Engineering (A-E) and related services necessary to complete the design and A-E services during the construction phase for these projects. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) is 541330, which has a small business size standard of maximum $4.0 million of average annual receipts for its previous 3 fiscal years. This announcement is open to all firms regardless of size. This announcement is in anticipation of the Defense Base Realignment and Closure FY 2005 and no funds are currently available. Firm-fixed price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts may be negotiated and will be awarded within one year after the r equired response date to this announcement. More than one contract may be awarded under this solicitation, with the highest ranking firm awarded first. If more than one contract is awarded as a result of this announcement for the same or similar work, se lection for task order awards will be made as follows: (1) All awardees will be given a fair opportunity to be considered for each task order award in excess of $2,500. (2) In making selection of the awardee to receive a specific task order, the Contract ing Officer will consider past performance of previous task orders, quality of previous task orders, timeliness of previous task orders, cost control, the firms strengths and previous experience in relation to the work requirements and geographical locatio n described in the scope of work for each task order. Details of the selection process will be included in the resultant contracts. The contract will be for maximum one-year base period from the date of award and will contain options to extend 2 addition al periods. The contract amount for the base period and any option period will not exceed $1,000,000 for each period. The total contract amount shall not exceed $3,000,000. Individual task orders shall not exceed the annual contract amount. 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 nor nearly exhausted. If the option is exercised prior to the one-year anniversar y of the contract award date, or the anniversary of exercising an option, the new option year rates will take effect on the anniversary date of the contract award. If the Total Estimated Price of the base year or any option year is not awarded within that years 12 month performance period and the Government has elected to exercise a subsequent option year, the remaining unused dollar amount may be added on to t he Total Estimated Price of the option period contract amount. All interested Architect-Engineers are reminded that in accordance with the provisions of FAR Sections 19.7, 52.219-8, 52.219-9 and equivalent DFARS Sections, they will be expected to place su bcontracts to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the efficient performance of this contract, with small and small disadvantaged business. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be a le ast equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employees office location (not the location of the work). If a large business is selected for this contract, it will be required to subm it a detailed subcontracting plan at a later date. 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. Sacramento Districts recommended goal for work intended to be s ubcontracted is 50.9% for small business. The goal further states that of the 50.9% to be subcontracted 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 busines s), 2.9% for HUBZone small business (subset to small business) and 0.5% is for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small business (subset to small business). If the selected firm submits a plan with lesser goals, it must submit written rationale of why the abo ve goals are not met. Firms should indicate personnel and subcontractors selected to work on the contract and state their management structure. To be eligible for contract award a firm or joint venture must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Reg istration (CCR). Register via the Internet Site at http://www.bpn.gov/CCRINQ or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414 and complete electronic annual representations and certifications at http://orca.bpn.gov. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Task Orders to be issued under these contracts may include preparation of U.S. Army and Air Force master plans, or other DOD, federal, state, city, municipality, and county agency master planning related documentation to include a erial photography, geographic information systems, preparation of miscellaneous engineering studies involving facilities, infrastructure, utilities and supporting studies related to the comprehensive planning process. Services may consist of preparation of utility analyses/plans, development of project programming documents to include DD Forms 1391s with backup justifications, cost estimates, Project Development Brochures, Requirements Analysis Management Plans, environmental assessments and/or environmenta l impact statements related to the master planning process, installation design guides and Economic Analyses. Work may also consist of evaluation of requirements for hardware and software, training, needs analysis, management of AM/FM/CADD/GIS systems, co ordination and sponsorship of related conferences and the integration of AM/FM/CADD/GIS functions with other engineering systems and analysis models. Work may also include collection of field data using Pocket PCs using GPS and field GIS software. Work m ay also include establishing Enterprise GIS (EGIS) at various Government locations. Work may include the digitization and/or scanning of maps, drawings, plans, photos and building plans with interior utilities. Work may also involve field surveys and dat a collection for existing buildings or facilities, installation or parcel boundary surveys, and preparation of written and/or the review of legal property descriptions. Services may be required to convert digital information to CD/DVD or other media for p resentation. The firm may be required to place employee(s) at installations or offices for varying lengths of time to provide on-site master planning services, tr aining on systems management, Field collections, updating and utilizations of AM/FM/CADD/GIS systems and interface of existing databases with other activities. The firm selected may be required to supply macros and user commands for various software packa ges, environments/languages in a documented format. Work may be performed in an AutoCAD, Microstation, and ArcGIS, ArcIMS or equal environment. GIS work may be field, desk top or Internet based. Firms may be required to develop Hyper-Text Mark-up Langua ge (HTML) as the project medium. The firms selected must have the capability to provide new aerial color photography and false color infrared photography, lidar, aerial surveys and photogrammetric products, including mapping and may be required to establi sh horizontal and vertical ground control using global satellite positioning or other techniques such as conventional surveying. A detailed list of the firms equipment including make, model and date of service must be included in the response. Firms wil l be expected to be accomplished in engineering and planning and have a sound knowledge of military and civilian master planning principals. Responding firms must show computer and Internet capability for accessing the Criteria Bulletin Board system (CBBS )http://cbbs.spk.usace.army.mil/index.html and the Design Review and Checking System (DrChecks) https://www.projnet.org. Estimates shall be prepared using Corps of Engineers Computer Aided Cost Estimating system (MCACES Second Generation MII)(software pro vided by Government) software. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria E through G are secondary and will only be used as tie-breakers among technically equal firms. A. Specialized Experience and technical competenc e in: (1) Preparation of U.S. Army and Air Force master plans, various miscellaneous engineering studies involving facilities, infrastructure and/or operational activities on military installations; (2) Development of Geographic Information Systems (field , desktop and Internet based) to support Master Planning and facility management; (3) Preparation of utility analyses/plans, development of project programming documents to include DD Forms 1391s with backup justifications, cost estimates, Economic Analyse s. (4) Evaluation of requirements for hardware and software, training, needs analysis, management of AM/FM/CADD/GIS systems, coordination and sponsorship of related conferences and the updating, utilization and integration of AM/FM/CADD/GIS functions with other engineering systems, databases and analyses models; (5) Capability to provide new aerial color photography and false color infrared photography, lidar, aerial surveys and photogrammetric products including mapping, and may be required to establish ho rizontal and vertical ground control using global satellite positioning or other techniques; (6) Ability to prepare paperless master plan utilizing the Internet World Wide Web (WWW) sites and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to access and display data sour ces from the WWW. B. Past performance on Corps of Engineers and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. C. Qualified professional personnel in the following key disciplines: Planners, Ge ographers, Geologists, Civil Engineers, Architects, Cost Engineers, Economists, Environmental Scientists (such as wildlife biologists), Environmental Engineers, at least one registered land surveyor, GPS technician, photogrammetrist, G.I.S. programmer, G.I .S. Systems technician, CADD technician, draftsman, aerial photography and labor technical. The evaluation will consider each individuals education, training, certification and registrations, overall relevant experience and longevity with the firm. D. Capacity to accomplish multiple simultaneous task orders at different locations. E. Volume of DoD contract awards in the las t 12 months as described below. F. Location of the firm in the general geographical area of the Sacramento District Office. G. Extent of participation of small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, historically black colleg es and universities or minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated efforts. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested Architect-Engineer firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit ONE (1) completed SF 330 (6/2004) US Government Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project for themselves and ONE (1) completed SF 330 Part II (June 2004 edition) for themselves and one for each of their subcontractors to the office shown above, ATTN: A-E Negotiations Unit. The SF 330 shall not exceed 100 pages, not counting any dividing page u sed to identify each SF 330 Section. In block E of the SF 330 provide resumes for all key team members, whether with the prime firm or a subcontractor; list specific project experience for key team members; and indicate the team members role on each liste d project (i.e. project manager, design engineer, etc). In block D of the SF 330, provide the quality management plan and organization chart for the proposed team. In block H of the SF 330 indicate the number and amount of fees awarded on DoD (Army, Navy , and Air Force) contracts during the 12 months prior to this notice, including change orders and supplemental agreements for the submitting office only. A task specific quality control plan must be prepared and approved by the Government as a condition o f contract award, but is not required with this submission. Responses received by the close of business (4:00 pm) the day of 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. POINT OF CONTRACT: Mr. Stanley Shibata (916) 557-7470. No other notification will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a reques t for proposals. All responsible sources may submit the required SF 330, which shall be considered by the agency.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Engineer District, Sacramento 1325 J. Street, Sacramento CA

Zip Code: 95814

Country: US
 

Record

SN00795250-W 20050427/050425212019 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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