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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 24, 2006 FBO #1763
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR FIRM-FIXED PRICE ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACT (1 YEAR/ FOUR OPTION PERIODS) FOR INLAND ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHART (IENC) UPDATE AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE U.S. INLAND WATERWAY SYSTEM

Notice Date

9/22/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541370 — Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) 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

W912P806R0243
 

Response Due

10/23/2006
 

Archive Date

12/22/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

FIRM-FIXED PRICE ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT. SOLICITATION W912P8-06-R-0243. THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Contract Specialist, Pamela Moody, (504) 862-1547, e-mail: pamela.s.moody@mvn02.usace.a rmy.mil. Contracting Officer, Eileen Darby, (504) 862-1996, e-mail: Eileen.m.darby@mvn02.usace.army.mil. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: a. This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. A firm wil l be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. b. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541370. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the Departm ent of Defense (DoD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR) via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or OCR 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 Application (ORCA). See FAR clauses 52.204-7 and 52.204-8 for requirement information. The website for ORCA is http://orca.bpn.gov. ORCA registration replaces some of the Representations and Certifications. c. A firm-fixed price Architect-Engineer 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. Contract value is approximate ly 1 to 2 million dollars over the 5 year performance period. Anticipated award date is in or about November 2006. The Government reserves the right to exercise the contract options before the expiration of the base contract period or preceding option per iod, 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 resulting contract must be at least equal to those determin ed relative to the employees office location (not the location of the work). This announcement is restricted to small business. d. The primary purpose of this proposed contract is to provide A-E services of Cartographic/Geographic Information System (GI S) support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Inland Electronic Navigational Charting Program. This contract will be used to provide services within the geographic boundaries of all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Districts. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: a. The contract requirement is to maintain a suite of USACE Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (IENC) cells in a continual maintenance update environment. The suite of approximately 50 IENC cells encompasses much of the U.S. Inland Waterway System, to include the Arkansas, Atchafalaya, Black Warrior, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Ouachita, Red River (LA), Tenn-Tom, and Tombigbee Rivers; as well as assorted special-purpose charts and Marine Information Object (MIO) IENC layers. All maintained chart p roducts shall comply with S-57 ENC specifications and USACE Encoding Guide rules. b. The USACE charts shall, via a monthly update cycle, be systematically revised to incorporate the latest information required for safe navigation in national inland waterw ays and harbors. The IENCs will be maintained through the periodic application of all new source material (both critical and non-critical source) primarily supplied by USACE or other approved reference sources. New source may include, but is not limited to, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, digital manuscripts, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) channel condition reports, construction permit blueprints and letters, construction completion letters, private source letters and blueprints, updated US Coast Guard (USCG) Light Lists, and routine USCG Notice to Mariners bulletins. Updating includes maintaining Chart History files/documents, manual/digital aud it trails for each IENC cell. There is a requirement for robust computer processing, data storage, data management, data archival and data recovery capabilities of government data and project data for life of project. Deliverables are providing monthly: ne w source review, reviewed/updated product(s) in form of monthly IENC Update file(s) and IENC New Chart Edition(s), monthly chart history updates, monthly status reports, and periodic MIO updates, as required. c. Other requirements include maintaining audi table work flows, evolving work plans, routine progress reporting, providing verifiable QA/QC processes, providing expert knowledge via attendance at meetings, development of technical white papers, and modification/update of IENC maintenance processes in tandem with evolving state of the art and new industry standards. No field data collection is required for this contract. However, participation in IENC field verifications may be required. d. The work may involve all of the following disciplines/services : Charting, Geography, Cartography, GIS, Geomatics, Hydrographic Science, Civil Engineering, Surveying, Computer Programming, and Computer Systems. e. The work may involve the following: (1) Compiling the field data into the appropriate digital format for use in IENCs; (2) Compiling and application of surveyed topographic and hydrographic data, requiring knowledge of riverine, coastal, and tidal datums; (3) Utilizing Chart Production Tools, GIS, CADD, MS Excel, MS Access, and other digital data source forma ts for use in IENCs; (4) Analyzing and preparing reports with photos and documentation of IENC update program and contractor actions. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in order of prec edence. Criteria (1) thru (7) are primary. Criteria (8) and (9) are secondary. (1) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm and its key personnel to perform IENC services and produce the products, documents, and services listed in paragr aph 2 above. (2) Professional qualifications of the key technical personnel, including relevant professional registrations/certifications in hydrographic science, geomatics, civil engineering, and surveying, available to work on this contract in the follow ing disciplines / services: Charting, Geography, Cartography, GIS, Geomatics, Hydrographic Science, Civil Engineering, Surveying, Computer Programming, and Computer Systems. (3) Capacity (personnel and equipment) to perform the work in the required time to perform monthly review and update of IENC suite using all of the latest versions of industry standard software and other related software packages utilized by USACE; produce IENCs; and provide the following minimum personnel: one Project Manager, two Cart ographer/Geographers, and three GIS/CADD/Cartographic technicians; with sufficient resources to accommodate peak workloads and continuity of operations. Key firm and production staff must possess or be able to obtain Confidential Clearance.(4) Demonstra ted skills and experience in producing IENCs/ENCs with full S-57 ENC compliance and application of computer cartography. (5) Quality Control Plan Outline. (6) Past performance on Department of Defense and other contracts with respect to cost control, quali ty of work and compliance with performance schedules. (7) Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone sm all 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 aff ecting an equitable distribution of DoD A-E contracts among qualified firms, including SB and SDB. (9) Location of the firm in the general geographical area of USACE New Orleans District and/or ERDC Topographic Engineering Center. 4.SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms, which meet the requirements described in this announcement, are invited to submit 6 copies of SF 330 (SF 330 replaced both SF 254 and SF 255 which are no longer accepted) for the prime firm and all subcontractors and consultants to the address below not later than 4:30 p.m. on October 23, 2006. Include the firm's DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) Number. Include an organizational chart in block 12 of SF 330 of all key staff, equipment requirements, the use of subcontractors or consultants, and describe the firm's process quality control plan, including coordination of subcontractors and con sultants. Each offeror/consultant listed within Part 1 of the SF 330 must submit Part II of the form with this package. In the SF 330, Part I, Section F, cite whether the experience is that of the prime (or joint venture) from an office other than that id entified in Block 21 shall be so labeled. The evaluation factors listed must be addressed in the appropriate sections of the SF 330 for the prime contractor as well as all subcontractors and consultants, and any other pertinent information. As some field activities may occur, an outline of safety plan is required. A complete Safety Plan will be required after contract award. Safety performance data (person-hours lost) must be submitted including data for any subcontractors. A detailed Quality Control Pla n 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-W, Room 184, New Orleans, LA 70118-1030. Th is is not a Request for Proposal. Refer to Solicitation No. W912P8-06-R-0243.
 

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
 

Record

SN01152270-W 20060924/060922221139 (fbodaily.com)
 

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