SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Indefinite Quantity (IDQ) Contract for Architectural Design and Engineering Services for Projects at U.S. Marine Corps Installations in North Carolina
- Notice Date
- 8/19/2008
- 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
- N4008508R1421
- Response Due
- 8/18/2008
- Archive Date
- 11/18/2008
- Point of Contact
- Tonja D. Jenkins (757) 322-8282 Sharon Taylor, (757) 322-8258<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ALL INFORMATION NEEDED FOR INTRESTED PARTIES TO SUBMIT A STANDARD FORM (SF) 330, ARCHITECT ENGINEER QUALIFICATIONS IS CONTAINED HEREIN. THERE IS NO SEPARATE RFP PACKAGE TO DOWNLOAD. Engineering and Design Services are required for an Indefinite Quantity Contract for Architectural Design and Engineering Services for projects at U.S. Marine Corps Installations in North Carolina. The preponderance of work will be at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, MCAS New River, and Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Major new facilities projects can be categorized as architectural in nature and shall include, but is not limited to: personnel housing facilities (Bachelor Enlisted Quarters [BEQ] and Bachelor Officers Quarters [BOQ]); office facilities; training facilities (operational, maintenance and classroom); and industrial maintenance facilities (Vehicle maintenance Shops, Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activities, Aircraft Maintenance Hangars, Public Works Shops, and Warehouses). Work may also include: (a) General building renovation work (i.e. repair/replacement of roofs, windows, doors, ceilings, floors, restrooms, and exterior and interior building finishes); (b) Minor building additions and construction of minor new facilities; and (c) Conduct Life Safety Code Studies and interior space planning/design studies. Architect-Engineering and Engineering Services that may be required under this contract include DD Form 1391 documentation, plans, specifications, preparation of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for design/build projects, cost estimates, related studies, surveying, soil borings, hazardous material identification, energy computation, life safety code studies, interior space planning/design, other associated engineering services, shop drawing review, as-built drawing preparation, Operation and maintenance Support Information (OMSI), sustainable engineering design practices, and construction inspection and engineering consultation services during construction. The DD Form 1391 documentation is prepared in the Navys Electronic Procurement Generator (EPG) and includes cost valuation surveying, concept sketches, site sketches with utility points of connections; and may require enhancement of previously prepared basic documentation, including economic analysis and recommendations for potential utilities impacts and sustainable features. Firms are required to prepare cost estimates utilizing the SUCCESS estimating system in Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), specifications in the SPECINTACT program, Design/Building RFPs utilizing NAVFAC DB masters, drawings in AutoCAD format, and sustainable engineering documentation following guidelines set by USGBC. Firms will also be required to provide documents in pdf format. Final documents will require electronic signature. Some projects may also require design in the metric system. The contract requires that the selection firm have on-line access to E-mail via the Internet for routine exchange of correspondence. As defined by paragraph 1-6 of UFC 3-100-10N, the services of a practicing, certified or registered interior designer will be required for this contract. The A&E must demonstrate his and each key consultants qualifications with respect to the published evaluation 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: (a) past experience with regard to the design of the type of work listed above; (b) Experience with designing facilities using the metric system of measurement as required by the NAVFAC metrication conversation Polity for Design, planning and Design Criteria, NAVFAC Guide Specifications, and Design/Build RFPs using the Whole Building Design Guide 6 part format; (c) Firms experience in providing construction phase services (shop drawing review, as-built drawing preparation, construction inspection services, and OMSI); (d) past experience in the preparation of design/build RFPs; and (e) Knowledge of local codes, laws, permits and construction materials and practices of the contract area. 2.Professional Qualifications and Technical Competence of the Individual Design Team members: (a) Active professional registration; (b) Past experience in the type of work required or evidence of similar relevant experience (with present and other firms) and roles of staff members specifically on projects addressed in Evaluation Factor 1; (c) Capability to provide qualified backup staffing for key personnel to ensure continuity of office management as evidenced by management approach (management plan for contract), and personnel roles in the organization. 3.Sustainable Design: Firms will be evaluated in terms of their knowledge and demonstrated experience in applying sustainability concepts through an integrated design approach and designing in accordance with the U.S. Green Building Council, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Green Building Rating System. Identify examples indicating concepts employed, LEED certification awarded and LEED Certified Professional proposed for this contract. 4.Ability to perform the work to schedules and capacity to accomplish as many as 7 taskings each year (show current and projected workload with a plan and schedule on how you propose to accomplish the work). Firms will be evaluated in terms of impact of this workload on the design staffs projected workload during the contract period. 5.Past Performance: Firms will be evaluated on past performance with respect to work quality, compliance with schedules, and cost control (with emphasis on projects addressed in Evaluation Factor 1). Firms should include any Letters of Commendation or awards. 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 (provided that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the contract). 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 option periods. The total amount that may be paid under this contract (including option years) will not exceed $15,000,000 for the entire contract term. The minimum guarantee for the entire contract term (including 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 October 2008. 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 which meet 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 architect or engineer (i.e., State registration number). Responses are due no later than 2:00 p.m. EST, 18 September 2008. Responses should be sent to the following address: Regular Mail: Commander, Naval Facilities Mid-Atlantic, North Carolina IPT (ATTN: Tonja Jenkins); 6506 Hampton Blvd., Building C, Room 1036; Norfolk, VA 23508. Electronic submissions of the Proposals will not be accepted. Questions or comments regarding this solicitation may be addressed to Tonja Jenkins either by email at tonja.jenkins@navy.mil or by phone (757) 322-8282. Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. 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 include solicitation number and title.
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