SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Indefinite Delivery Contract for Architect-Engineer Services for Civil Engineering, Hydrographic and Topographic Survey within the jurisdiction of the Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers.
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541310
— Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Engineer District, Norfolk, 803 Front Street, Norfolk, VA 23510-1096
- ZIP Code
- 23510-1096
- Solicitation Number
- W91236-06-R-0019
- Response Due
- 4/13/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/12/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: A-E services are expected to be required for a variety of projects, aerial surveying and mapping in nature. The type of contract proposed is an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC). These services are procured in accordance wit h PL 92-582 (Brooks A/E Act) and FAR Part 36. An Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) will be negotiated and awarded with a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period will not exceed $500,000.00. The option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. The cumulative value of all task orders, including the base year and two option per iods, will not exceed $1,500,000.00. This announcement is a SMALL BUSINESS set aside. This procurement is classified under SIC Code 8711. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22, 10) performing under these contracts must be at least equa l to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The project consists of engineering, design, preparation of plans and specifications, cost estimates, reports and possible development of Long Term Management Strategies ( LTMS ) for navigation project(s) within the jurisdiction of the Norfolk District. A-E services may include site investigations, topographic surveys, hydrographic surveys, development of LTMS for Dredged Material Placement Areas, preparation of plans and specifications for construction of minor projects and preparation of reports. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: (1) Demonstrated experience to handle a variety of civil engineering, hydrographic and topographic surveying work relating to maintenance and new work dredging of river and harbor projects. (2) Demonstrated experience in the application of the Dredged Material Research Program results in the design and implementation of dredging projects and long term disposal solutions. (3) Must show the capacity of performing extensive hydrogra phic and topographic surveys and producing charts and design documents meeting Corps of Engineers criteria. (4) Demonstrated experience and capability for ocean surveying with automated hydrographic surveying system. The ocean surveying may require syste ms with ranges of 30,000 to 40,000 feet for horizontal positioning. (5) Demonstrated experience and capability to sample dredge material, both grab and core samples, from channels ranging in depth from 6 feet to 40 feet. These samples must be obtained wi th accurate horizontal locations and depths. Firms are required to identify and describe equipment to be used for automated hydrographic surveying and positioning and the vessel in which the survey and positioning equipment will be mounted. (6) Computer Resources - firms must indicate in Block (h) of the Standard Form 330 the following items: (a) accessibility to and familiarity with the Construction Criteria Base (CCB) system. This shall include as a minimum, the SPECSINTACT specification system and the MCASES estimating system: (b) demonstrated CADD capability with capacity to produce output files in .dxf and either .pdf or .cal file format. B. Professional Qualifications: (1) The design team must possess currently registered professional personnel (i n-house) in the CIVIL ENGINEERING and SURVEYING disciplines and experienced personnel (in-house or by use of consultant) in ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. (2) A Project Team Management Plan including team organization and proposed method of carrying out to me et specific individual task order requirements and schedules. (c) CAPACITY: c(1) to accomplish the work in the required time: Firms must demonstrate ability of the design team to complete the project as scheduled. c(2) to respond to post-hurricane hydrog raphic survey needs of the Norfolk District in the e vent the District capability has been compromised. Firms must indicate their ability and capacity to respond to this need in accordance with Norfolk District Hurricane Plan, ANNEX. This Annex is located on the FedTeds website, www.fedteds.gov. d. Past Performance on Department of Defense (DoD) and other contracts: (1) Architect-Engineer Contractor Appraisal Support System (ACASS) evaluations (superior performance evaluations on recent completed project is advantageous; (2) Letters of evaluation/recogni tion by other clients; (3) Cost control and estimating performance as a percentage deviation between the final estimate and low bid on similar TYPE and SIZE projects. (4) On-time delivery of design for DoD and similar projects. e. Knowledge of the Local ity: as described in not 24. f. Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers. g. Volume of DoD contract awards in the past 12 months. Equitable distribution of contracts among qualified A-E firms, incl uding minority-owned firms, SB and SDB participation and firms that have not had prior DoD contracts will only be considered when used as a tie-breaker . Consideration may include: (1) ACASS retrievals, (2) Current workload as listed in Block H and (3) E quitable distribution of work among A-E firms (including minority-owned firms, SB and SDB participation and firms that have not had prior DoD contracts will only be considered when used as a tie-breaker . 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: All requirements of this announcement must be met for a firm to be considered for selection. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit a single SF 330 for the design team and single copies of cur rent SF 330 for the prime firm and all consultants, to the above address. Firms responding to this announcement by 4:00pm eastern standard time on April 13, 2006 will be considered. Submittals by facsimile transmission will not be accepted and will be cons idered nonresponsive. Forms may be obtained through GPO at {202)512-1800 or via the web site at http://www.gsa.gov/forms/zero. ALL FIRMS ARE ADVISED THAT REGISTRATION IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) DATABASE IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO AWARD OF A CONTRACT. Failure to be registered in the DOD CCR database may render your firm ineligible for award. All firms are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing the web site at http://ccr2 000.com. The SF 330 must also include the following: a. Block H: Distance (in terms of POV driving miles) from address of office to perform the work and the Norfolk District. b. Block H. include your Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and Commer cial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. c. Firms with more than one office -(1) Block C: this block should reflect the proposed project team, distinguishing, by discipline, between the number of personnel in the office to perform the work and the total num ber of personnel in the firm; (2) Block E: each key person's office location; d. Block E: registrations must include the year, discipline and state in which registered; e. Block F: Include a descriptive project synopsis of major items of work; f. Block F. Indicate fee in terms of thousands of dollars, not percentage of work completed. g. Describe demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design [FAR 36.602-1{a) (6)). Prior to the final selection, firms considered highly qualified to accomplish the work may be interviewed either by telephone or by formal presentation. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. SOLICITATION PACKAGES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, Norfolk 803 Front Street, Norfolk VA
- Zip Code: 23510-1096
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 23510-1096
- Record
- SN01005949-W 20060316/060314212339 (fbodaily.com)
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