PRESOL | C | INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT, GENERAL DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES, AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT. THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 21, 2006 FBO #1698
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT, GENERAL DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES, AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT. THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.

Notice Date: 7/19/2006
Notice Type: Solicitation Notice
NAICS: 541330 — Engineering Services
Contracting Office: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans, ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
ZIP Code: 70160-0267
Solicitation Number: W912P8-06-R-0204
Response Due: 8/18/2006
Archive Date: 10/17/2006
Point of Contact: Dianne Allen, 504-862-1120
E-Mail Address: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans
(dianne.allen@us.army.mil)
Small Business Set-Aside: Total Small Business
Description: INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT, GENERAL DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES, AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT. SOLICITATION NUMBER IS W912P8-06-R-0204. T HIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. PLEASE SEE NUMBERED NOTE 24. Contract Specialist, Kristine Stoehner, 504-862-1788, email:Kristine.G.Stoehner@Mvn02.usace.army.mil. Contracting Officer, Kelly Gele, 504- 862-1515. I. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contrac t 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. North American Industrial Classification System NAICS Code is 541330, which has a size standard of $4.0 million in average annual receipts. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the Department of Defense (DoD) Central Contractor Registration CCR via the CCR Internet site at htt p://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. ATTENTION: Effective January 1, 2005, all contractors who submit an offer/bid are required to register in the Online Representations and Certifications Ap plication (ORCA). The web site for ORCA is http://orca.bpn.gov. ORCA registration replaces some of the Representations and Certifications. An Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity IDIQ type contract will be negotiated and awarded with a base period not to exceed one year and four option periods not to exceed one year each. One contract will be awarded. Anticipated award date is on or about September 2006. Annual contract ceilings will not exceed $30,000,000 per year for the base and each of the four option years, for a five year total not to exceed $150,000,000. The minimum guarantee is $ 20,000.00 for the base period and $ 10,000.00 for each option year exercised. The Government reserves the right to exercise the contract options before the expirati on of the base contract period or preceding option period, if the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under the resul ting contract(s) must be at least equal to those determined relative to the employees office location (not the location of the work). This announcement is restricted to small business. The work will be awarded by negotiated task orders not to exceed the base contract amount. Task orders may be awarded as Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF), Labor Hours, or a combination thereof. This announcement is restricted to small business. The primary purpose of the proposed contract(s) is to provid e services for projects located within the geographic boundaries of the New Orleans District. II. PROJECT INFORMATION: 1. The work may involve investigations, comparisons, data evaluations, analysis, design, cost estimating, technical writing, and CADD dra fting for design reports, concept studies, plans and specifications or other engineering documents, Value Engineering, engineering during construction and construction management services. Surveying and the use of aerial mapping are required to support thi s work. 2. The work may involve the following disciplines: Structural, Civil, Geotechnical, Hydraulic, Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical and Cost Engineering; Construction Management (including contract document preparation, on-site inspection, materia ls testing, QA, submittal management, cost estimating, scheduling, safety and progress monitoring, etc); Architecture; Landscape Architecture and Surveying. 3. The work may involve the following types of projects, and work may involve new or existing struc tures: Hydraulic structures such as locks, floodgates, flood control structures, floodwalls, levees, navigation structures, drainage canals and structures, pre- stressed and post tensioned concrete structures, pumping stations; marine structures such as bulkheads, dolphins, fenders, guide walls, jetties; highway work such as roads, culverts and bridges; and buildings such as storage facilities, pump houses, or off ices related to the structures above. 4. The work may involve the following types of related work: site layout; real estate rights-of-way drawings; HTRW investigations; architectural treatments; landscaping; soil borings and soil tests to determine soil pr operties in accordance with the Corps` geotechnical criteria; pile capacity curves; soil pressures; seepage and dewatering analysis; stability analysis; surveys and the use of aerial photographic coverage to locate features and develop topographic maps, co ntour maps, profiles and sections, both land based and hydrographic. 5. The instrumentation and evaluation work may involve the following: a. Surveying and instrumentation data gathering for specific features of existing civil works structures such as surv ey cross sections and profiles, settlement mark readings, joint movement readings, joint alignment readings and piezometer readings. The surveys may include hydrographic, overbank, horizontal distances and control data. Firms must indicate their capability of utilizing Global Positioning Systems GPS and total stations with a data collector system. b. Compiling the field data into the appropriate digital format for use in various software e.g. government provided data collector program, government provided c ross section plot program, Excel spreadsheet with graphics; c. Producing CADD and Excel plots and plates from the compiled data; d. Analyzing the field data and preparing instrumentation evaluation reports with photos and documentation of the site visit by Engineers. III. SELECTION CRITERIA: See note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in order of precedence. Criteria 1 thru 5 are primary. Criteria 6, 7 and 8 are secondary and will be used only as `tie-breakers` among technically equal firms. l. Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm and its key personnel to perform the services and produce the engineering documents listed in paragraph 2 above. 2. Professional qualifications of the key design pers onnel, including professional registration in engineering, architecture, construction management and surveying, available to work on this contract in the following disciplines: Project Management, Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engine ering, Geotechnical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Cost Engineering; Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Surveying, CADD technology and Construction Management. 3. Capacity -personnel and equipment- to perform the work in the required time using all of the latest versions of commercial and Corps software packages utilized by the Corps; produce CADD drawings in the MicroStation format; produce specifications in SpecsIntact; produce cost estimates in MCACES (MII); perform so il borings and soil testing and analysis in accordance with the Corps` geotechnical criteria; perform land based and hydrographic surveys; and provide personnel in sufficient numbers to accomplish very large volumes of work within compressed timetables. 4. Knowledge of geographic /geological area within the limits of the New Orleans District. 5. Past performance on Department of Defense and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. 6. Location o f the design firm in the general geographical area of the New Orleans District. 7. Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned sma ll businesses, HUBZone small businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions on the proposed contract term as measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 8. Volume of DoD A-E Contract Awards in the last 12 months with the objective of affecting an equitable distribution of DoD A-E contracts among qualified firms, including SB and SDB. IV.SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Intereste d firms, which meet the requirements described in this announcement, are invited to submit 5 copies of SF 330 (dated 6/2004) - SF 330 replaced both SF 254 and SF 255 which are no longer accepted - for the prime firm and all subcontractors and consultants t o the address below not later than August 18, 2006, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans, LA time. Include the firms DUNS number in SF 330, Part II. 2a. Block H. In Block E of the SF 330, include an organizational chart, equipment requirements, and the use of subcontr actors or consultants and describe the firms design quality control plan, including coordination of subcontractors and consultants. Each offeror/consultant listed within Part I of the SF330 must submit Part II of the form with this package. In the SF330, Part I, Section F, cite whether the experience is that of the prime (or joint venture) from an office other that that identified in Block 21 shall be so labeled. The evaluation factors listed must be addressed in the appropriate sections of the SF330 for the prime contractor as well as all subcontractors and consultants, and any other pertinent information. Complete Safety Plan will be required after contract award. Safety performance data - person-hours lost - must be submitted including data for any su bcontractors. A detailed Quality Control Plan must be received and approved by the Government prior to contract award. For Overnight or courier deliveries, the physical address is U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, 7400 Leake Avenue, ATTN: CEMVN-CT- P, Kristine Stoehner, Room 163, New Orleans, LA 70118-1030. This is not a Request for Proposal. Refer to Solicitation No. W912P8-06-R-0204. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (19-JUL-2006); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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Place of Performance: Address: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267 New Orleans LA; Zip Code: 70160-0267; Country: US
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C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT, GENERAL DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES, AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT. THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.