SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- C-- Indefinite Quantity Contract for Preparation of Cultural Resources Plans, Documentation, & Related Professional Services Supporting the Navy NAVFAC MID-ATLANTIC.
- Notice Date
- 7/1/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- N40085 NAVFAC MID-ATLANTIC Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic Code AQ, 9742 Maryland Avenue Norfolk, VA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N4008508R2149
- Response Due
- 7/31/2008
- Archive Date
- 8/15/2008
- Point of Contact
- Brenda A. Perkins 757-444-0539 Carmella Speer, 757-444-0696
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- ALL INFORMATION NEEDED FOR INTERESTED PARTIES TO SUBMIT A STANDARD FORM (SF) 330, ARCHITECT ENGINEER QUALIFICATIONS IS CONTAINED HEREIN. THERE IS NO SEPARATE RFP PACKAGE TO DOWNLOAD. Design or Engineering Services are required for an Indefinite Quantity Contract for Preparation of Cultural Resources Plans, Documentation, and Related Professional Services Supporting the Navy. Projects can be categorized as design or engineering services projects and shall include, but not be limited to: preparation of cultural resources plans, documentation, and related professional services supporting the Navy's management and treatment of its historic built environment (historic buildings, structures, designed landscapes, fixed objects, and historic districts). The work on this contract will occur within the area of responsibility of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC MIDLANT). The MIDLANT AOR includes the entire mid-Atlantic and northern-Atlantic regions including, but not limited to Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The preponderance of the work under these contracts is anticipated to occur within the Hampton Roads, Virginia Area; West Virginia; and North Carolina, with the greater volume of work expected to be in the Hampton Roads, Virginia Area.; but may include the states of DE, PA, NY, NJ, MA, CT, RI, NH, ME and VT. Work could also be added in any other area of responsibility of NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic or NAVFAC Washington, D.C. including the District of Columbia and the states of MD, VA, NC and WV. Work performed will be in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, and implementing regulations under 36 CFR Part 800; the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (STANDARDS); and other applicable Federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidance documents. Taskings will include the following: preparation of technical drawings, specifications, and cost estimates for minor historic preservation projects, condition assessments and engineering evaluations; adaptive reuse and feasibility studies including economic analysis, historic structures reports, preparation of layaway and stabilization studies and plans; preparation of standard guide specifications for rehabilitation and restoration of character-defining features of historic buildings, measured drawings, photogrammetry, photography, design; and preparation of interpretive and educational materials for the Navy's architectural heritage (brochures, videos, exhibits, interactive computer based materials); State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO) required documentation such as the Virginia Department of Historic Resources' (VDHR) Data Sharing System (DSS), reconnaissance level and intensive level survey documentation, and West Virginia and North Carolina Historic Resource Survey Forms; Historic American Building Survey documentation, National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination forms, architectural survey and NRHP eligibility evaluations; Historic Preservation Priority Category (HPPC) assessments, architectural conservation studies and reports (for mortar analysis and mix design, masonry, metals, woods, roofing, finishes, etc., with appropriate testing and laboratory services); preparation of historic preservation maintenance plans; monitoring construction for compliance with the STANDARDS; small scale archaeological identification and evaluation surveys (i.e. less than 2 acres) associated with work related to built environment historic resources; preparation of Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plans (encompassing both built environment and archaeological resources); preparation of draft Memorandum of Agreements and Programmatic Agreements for historic aspects of the built environment, development of historic contexts, and archival research. SHPO and/or Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPO) having jurisdiction and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, as well as the Navy, may review deliverables produced under this contract. The contract requires that the selected firm have an on-line access to E-mail via the Internet for routine exchange of correspondence. The A&E must demonstrate his and each key consultant's qualifications with respect to the published evaluations factors for all services. Evaluation Factors (1) through (6) are of equal importance; factors (7) and (8) are of lesser importance and will be used as tie-breakers among technically equal firms. Specific evaluation factors include: 1. Specialized Experience: Prime and key consultants will be evaluated in terms of recent experience with regard to the services listed above, knowledge of cultural resources regulations, and experience in working with State Historic Preservation Officers located in the primary coverage area (Hampton Roads, Virginia Area; West Virginia; and North Carolina). 2. Professional qualifications and technical competence in the types of work addressed in evaluation factor (1). The proposed team shall be multi-disciplinary and shall demonstrate appropriate disciplines to perform the types of work addressed above. Firms will be evaluated in terms of their staff's active professional registration as may be applicable to their respective disciplines and their staff's professional qualifications relative to the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation Professional Qualifications (Federal Register, June 20,1997 (Volume 62, Number 119)) for Historical Architects, Historic Preservation Planners, Historic Preservationists, Architectural Historians, Conservators (architectural), and Archaeologists (primarily historic). 3. Ability to perform the work to schedules. Firms will be evaluated in terms of their capability to provide qualified backup staffing for key personnel to ensure continuity of services and ability to surge to meet unexpected project demands (up to 3 concurrent taskings). 4. Past Performance: Firms will be evaluated based on past performance/ratings on Government and private industry contracts in terms of quality of work, cost control, and compliance with performance schedules. 5. GIS and CADD: Firms will be evaluated on their knowledge of and ability to use GIS and CADD. 6. Quality Control Program: Firms will be evaluated on the acceptability of their internal quality control program used to ensure technical accuracy and discipline coordination of plans and specifications - list key personnel responsible. 7. Firm location and knowledge of the locality of the contract (provided that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the contract). Firms will be evaluated on their location with respect to the general geographical area of Hampton Roads, Virginia Area, which is expected to be the primary area of performance. 8. Volume of Work: Firms will be evaluated in terms of work previously awarded to the firm by DOD within the past 12 months with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of DOD A&E contracts among qualified A&E firms, including small and small disadvantaged business firms and firms that have not had prior DOD contracts. The duration of the contract will be for one (1) year from the date of an initial contract award with four (4) additional one year periods. The total amount that may be paid under this contract (including option years) will not exceed $3,500,000 for the entire contract term. The minimum guarantee for the entire contract term (including 4 option years) will be satisfied by the award of the initial Task Order. The options may be exercised within the time frame specified in the resultant contract at the sole discretion of the Government subject to workload and/or satisfaction of the A&E performance under the subject contract. There will be no dollar limit per task order and no dollar limit per year. No other general notification to firms for other similar projects performed under this contract will be made. Type of contract: Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Quantity Contract. Estimated start date is January 2009. THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT IS BEING SOLICITED AS 100% SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. All contractors are advised that registration in the DOD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to register in the DOD CCR Database may render your firm ineligible for award. For more information, check the DOD CCR Website: http://www.ccr.gov. Architect-Engineer Firms meeting the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 330. If the SF 254/SF 255 is submitted for this solicitation, it will not be reviewed or considered. The SF 330 should be typed and one sided. As an attachment, provide an organization chart of the proposed team showing the names and roles of all key personnel listed in Section E with the associated firm as listed in Section C. Please include your DUNS, CAGE, and TIN numbers in Block 30 of the SF 330. Provide evidence that your firm is permitted by law to practice the professions of architecture or engineering, i.e., State registration number. Responses are due on 31 July, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Responses should be sent to the following address: Mailing Address: Commanding Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast IPT, Attn: Brenda Perkins, OPNEAQ, 9742 Maryland Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23511-3095. Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Competitive Acquisition (Jan 2004). Hand carried responses will not be accepted. Electronic (E-mail, facsimile, etc.) submissions are not authorized. Firms responding to this advertisement are requested to submit only 1 copy of the qualification statement. Inquiries concerning this project should include solicitation number and title, and must be in writing, i.e., email to contract specialist: brenda.a.perkins@navy.mil. No material will be returned. Respondents may supplement this proposal with graphic material and photographs that best demonstrate capabilities of the team proposed by the project.
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