SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Architect and Engineering Services in Bahrain, Djibouti, UAE and Egypt
- Notice Date
- 12/11/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, NAVFAC Europe and Southeast Asia, PSC 817 Box 51 FPO AE, Naples, IT, 09622-0051, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N33191-07-R-0206
- Response Due
- 12/18/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/2/2007
- Point of Contact
- TRACI PICHLER, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, Phone 0011-39-081-568-7730, Fax 011-39-081-568-4342,
- E-Mail Address
-
pichlert@eu.navfac.navy.mil
- Description
- NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND: EUROPE AND SOUTHWEST ASIA (NAVFAC EURSWA) SYNOPSIS FOR SOLICITATION N33191-07-R-0206: INDEFINITE DELIVERY-INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES; BAHRAIN, EGYPT, DJIBOUTI AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) ****This synopsis reflects revised Government requirements originally outlined in the synopsis for Solicitation N33191-06-R-0203. The scope of work has been changed to reduce the Area of Responsibility for future task orders.**** General Information: NAVFAC EURSWA plans to award an IDIQ Contract for licensed architectural, multi-disciplined engineering and design (A/E) services for facilities demolition, repairs, alterations and/or new construction. This is not a Request for Proposal. This contract will be selected using Quality-Based Selection (QBS) procurement procedures, as mandated by the Brooks Act. Each interested firm?s Standard Form 330 (SF 330) will be evaluated using the stated selection criteria. Selection interviews will be held with a minimum of three firms and selection and contract award will be made to one or two most highly qualified firms. NAVFAC reserves the right to: award only to qualified firms, to award to one or two firms and to make no awards if none of the firms that submit SF 330s are qualified to perform the required services. The duration of the proposed contract(s) will be a base period of one year with four (4) option periods of one year each. The contract will have a maximum fee of $4,900,000 (USD), including the base and four option years. Whichever maximum is reached first, dollar value or duration, will apply. The contract will have a minimum guaranteed award amount of $25,000 (USD), which will be awarded in the base period. No additional amounts are guaranteed, in the event that option(s) are exercised. The estimated range of task order values is $50,000 - $500,000. Contract AOR Includes: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Djibouti and Egypt. Basic Requirements: Interested firms will be required to have an office located within one of the countries forming the AOR. This office will be where the work will be contracted and managed from. Interested firms will be evaluated on the extent of it?s capability to provide professional engineering services throughout the primary countries and the rest of the AOR and Africa. In some cases the firm may be required to hire a local consultant to design facilities in compliance with local codes and norms. In addition, interested firms will be required to have (1) a United States? (U.S.) Architect-Engineer as a consultant, (2) a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certified professional as part of the design staff and (3) a registered U.S. Fire Protection Engineer as part of the design team. As a part of its SF 330 submission package interested firms shall submit a list of proposed major consultants or joint venture partners, which should include an indication of licensure and countries of licensure for each major consultant or joint venture partner. Task Order Scope Expectations: Various taskings would be ordered under an indefinite quantity, firm-fixed price type contract for all types of new and existing facilities. This includes: 1) Project planning and development (Scopes of work); 2) Engineering Studies; 3) Project designs (including preparation of drawings, calculations, specifications using the SPECSINTACT system, and cost estimates); 4) Translations; and 5) All associated services for projects in the SWA AOR. These associated / additional services may include, but are not limited to: partial design packages; design-build RFP packages; repairs and alterations to existing facilities, collateral equipment lists; project preliminary hazard analysis; obtaining permits and regulatory approvals; surveys (topographic and boundary); soil investigations; seismic studies; sustainable design; comprehensive interior design; Post Construction Award Services (PCAS) such as: contractor submittal review, construction inspection, observation and consultation; Operations & Maintenance Support Information (OMSI); environmental assessments; anti-terrorism/force protection evaluation and design; designs for phased construction; development of 1391 and/or Mixed Commission Documentation; and as-built drawing preparation. Some projects will require design in the metric system. Firms must be able to accept project-related work that requires comprehensive asbestos/lead paint surveying and provide a design that will support the removal, demolition, and disposal of these and other hazardous materials in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Facility Categories may include: Residential- Barracks (Hotels, Apartments) Family Housing Lodges (Motels) Commercial/Office- Exchanges (Light Commercial) Commissaries (Super Markets) Administration Offices Chapels (Churches) Clubs Recreational Facilities- (Playing fields, Auto shops, Hobby Shops, Youth Centers, Gymnasiums) Institutional- Schools (Child Development Centers, Kindergartens) Dining Facilities Training Facilities Hospitals Industrial- Repair Facilities Hangars Warehouses Expeditious Contingency Structures (K-Spans, Sprung, SEAHUTS) Helicopter Pads Taxiways Utility Systems (water, steam, sewer, gas, electric, communication, etc.) Selection / Evaluation Criteria: The A-E team must demonstrate its qualifications with respect to the published evaluation factors for all services. Evaluation factors (1) through (4) are of equal importance; factor (7) is of lesser importance and; factors (5) through (6) are of significantly lesser importance and will be used as ?tie-breakers? among otherwise technically equal firms. The evaluation factors are: (1) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence in the type of work required ? Firms will be evaluated in terms of: (a) past experience with the design of the types of facilities listed above; (b) the firm?s experience in providing construction phase services (shop drawing review, as-built drawing preparation, Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) preparation, construction inspection services, and OMSI); and (c) experience with local codes, laws, permits and construction materials and practices of the contract areas within the Southwest Asia AOR; (2) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services: Firms will be evaluated in terms of: (a) management approach (management?s staffing plan for these projects) including the planned use of a U.S. Architect-Engineer firm and U.S. registered Fire Protection Engineers to assure that designs are compatible with U.S. standards and codes, as applicable; (b) active professional registration of the design staff members; (c) experience of staff members (with present and other firms) and roles of staff members on projects submitted for evaluation factor number one; (d) capability to provide qualified backup staffing for key personnel to ensure continuity of services and ability to surge to meet unexpected project demands; and (e) experience of staff members with SPECSINTACT system format, and AutoCAD compatible format. (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time: Firms will be evaluated in terms of impact of projected workload on the design staff?s existing workload during the contract period; (4) Past performance in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. Past Performance will be evaluated with emphasis on projects submitted on the SF 330s for factor number one. (5) Quality Control Program ? Firms will be evaluated on the acceptability of their internal quality control programs and assigned key personnel to ensure technical accuracy and disciplined coordination of plans and specifications. (6) Volume of Work ? Firms will be evaluated in terms of work previously awarded to the firm by DoD with the objective of affecting an equitable distribution of DoD contracts among qualified A-E firms; and (7) Knowledge of the Location - Extent of capability to provide professional engineering services throughout the primary countries, the remaining SWA AOR, and Africa. The contract requires that the selected firm have E-mail access for routine exchange of correspondence. Firms are required to prepare cost estimates utilizing an electronic format provided by the Government. Specifications shall be prepared in the SPECSINTACT system format, and all drawings shall be submitted in an AutoCAD compatible format. Final design packages shall be in compliance with the Electronic Solicitation (ESOL) Manual of Policies and Procedures. Submittal Instructions: No other general notification to firms for other similar projects performed under this contract will be made. Architect-Engineer firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to electronically submit (pichlert@eu.navfac.navy.mil) a completed Standard Form 330 to NAVFAC Europe and Southwest Asia, Attn Traci Pichler, Contract Specialist; Centro Renato Bonifacio, Via Louis Bleriot, 80144, Capodichino, Napoli, Italia. Firms responding to this announcement by email no later than 1000 Central European Time on 18 December 2006 will be considered. Late submittals will be processed under FAR 15.208 (Submission, modification, revision and withdrawal of proposals). Additional information requested on the SF 330 of applying firms: indicate solicitation number in block 2b, Dun & Bradstreet number in block 3, Fax number and email address in block 3a., and summarize why the firm is especially qualified based on the selection criteria in block 10. The SF 330 must clearly indicate the office(s)? geographical location(s) where the work on the contract will be performed. The SF 330 page limit (including narrative, charts, graphs, photographs, and all other material, excluding the front and back cover and letter of transmittal, is forty (40) pages. Each printed side of double sided pages will be counted as one page. Each printed side of paper larger than standard letter size (8.5 X 11 inches) will be counted as 2 or more pages. Only the first forty pages of the submittal will be evaluated. This is not a request for proposal. All interested firms must obtain a Dun & Bradstreet number for administrative purposes. The Dun & Bradstreet number can be obtained at: http://www.dnb.com/duns_update. Questions?: All correspondence must be submitted in English. Please direct any inquiries to Traci Pichler, Contract Specialist, at 081.568.7730, or via email at pichlert@eu.navfac.navy.mil.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Djibouti, Egypt, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain
- Country: BAHRAIN
- Country: BAHRAIN
- Record
- SN01194542-W 20061213/061211220857 (fbodaily.com)
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