PRESOL | C | IDIQ A-E Contract for Hydraulic Design and Engineering for Civil Works and Military Construction Projects for the Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division (SPD)

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 01, 2009 FBO #2652
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- IDIQ A-E Contract for Hydraulic Design and Engineering for Civil Works and Military Construction Projects for the Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division (SPD)

Notice Date: 2/27/2009
Notice Type: Presolicitation
NAICS: 541310 — Architectural Services
Contracting Office: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Engineer District, Sacramento, US Army Engineer District, Sacramento, 1325 J. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
ZIP Code: 95814
Solicitation Number: W91238-09-R-0022
Response Due: 3/30/2009
Archive Date: 5/29/2009
Point of Contact: Carolyn E Mallory, 916-557-5203<br />
Small Business Set-Aside: Total Small Business
Description: 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. One firm will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. A-E services required encompass all aspects of hydraulic design and engineering, hydrologic analysis, river engineering, floodplain analyses, sediment engineering, fluvial geomorphology, other engineering disciplines in support roles and construction phase services. These services are for use within the Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division, military boundaries (CA, NV, UT and AZ) and civil works boundaries (CA, NV, AZ, UT, and portions of OR, ID, CO, and WY), and for any South Pacific Division customers, as determined by the Contracting Officer. This work will include all Architectural-Engineering (A-E) and related services necessary to complete the assigned task orders for studies and designs. The end result of these projects will be design. A specific scope of work and services will be issued with each task order. This procurement will be conducted under FSC Code: C219; SIC Code: 8711; NAICS Code: 541330. The size standard for this code is $4,500,000.00. To be considered a Small Business under this NAICS Code, the respondents average revenue for the last three fiscal years cannot be more than $4,500,000.00. This requirement is a 100% small business set-aside. One contract will be negotiated and will be awarded within one year after the required response date to this announcement. A Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will be negotiated and is anticipated to be awarded in September 2009. The contract will be for a maximum of a one-year base period from the date of award and will contain options to extend 4 additional one-year periods. The contract amount for the base period and any option will not exceed $1,500,000 for each period. The total contract amount shall not exceed $7,500,000. The options may be exercised at the discretion of the Government. At the discretion of the Government, the option years may be exercised early if the Total Estimated Price is exhausted or nearly exhausted. If the option is exercised prior to the one-year anniversary of the contract award date, or the anniversary of exercising an option, the new option year rates will take effect on the anniversary date of the contract period. If the Total Estimated Price of the base year or any option year is not awarded within that years 12-month performance period and the Government has elected to exercise a subsequent option year, the remaining unused dollar amount may be added on to the Total Estimated Price of the option period being exercised. At the discretion of the Government, if an option year is exercised early and unused capacity is rolled over, the Government may extend the period of service to coincide with the anniversary date of that period. The minimum guarantee for the base year of the contract will be $30,000. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be a least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employees office location (not the location of the work). At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance must be performed by the small business firm selected for award in accordance with FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting. To be eligible for contract award a firm or joint venture must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the Internet Site at http://www.bpn.gov/CCRINQ or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414 and complete electronic annual representations and certifications at http://orca.bpn.gov. Contractor Performance Evaluations: In accordance with the provisions of Subpart 36.604 (Performance Evaluation) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), A-E contractors performance shall be evaluated throughout the performance of the contract. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) follows the procedures outlined in Engineering Pamphlet (EP) 715-1-7 to fulfill this FAR requirement. For A-E contracts awarded at or above $30,000,000, the USACE will evaluate contractors performance and prepare a performance report using the Architect-Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS), which is now a web-based system. After an evaluation (interim or final) is written up by the USACE, the contractor will have the ability to access, review and comment on the evaluation for a period of 30 days. Accessing and using ACASS requires specific software, called PKI certification, which is installed on the users computer. The certification is a Department of Defense requirement and was implemented to provide security in electronic transactions. The certification software could cost approximately $110 - $125 per certificate per year and is purchased from an External Certificate Authorities (ECA) vendor. Current information about the PKI certification process and for contacting vendors can be found on the website: http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil. If the Contractor wishes to participate in the performance evaluation process, access to ACASS and PKI certification is the sole responsibility of the Contractor. The Secretary of the Armys Contractor Manpower Reporting (CMR) requirement will be incorporated into this contract. The annual CMR requirement will apply to each task order which is funded by Army dollars; supports an Army mission; which benefits or supports any Army military, civilian, or contractor personnel; or when the Army is the executive agency for the mission being supported. The A-E will be allowed to include their costs for compliance with the CMR requirement as a line item in their price proposal for each task order subject to the CMR requirement. Further information is available at https://cmra.army.mil. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The A-E services are for hydraulic designs and analyses, hydrologic analysis, river engineering, floodplain analyses, sediment engineering, and fluvial geomorphology, as applicable, to the Corps of Engineers Civil Works and Military Construction mission areas. These designs, analyses, and services are required within the Sacramento and San Joaquin River drainage basins and at other locations within the South Pacific Division Military and Civil boundaries, or with any South Pacific Division customers, as determined by the Contracting Officer. Capabilities in other disciplines, such as Geographical Information Systems (GIS), groundwater studies, Computer Aided Drafting Design (CADD), topographic and hydrographic survey, and MCACES Cost Engineering are also important elements of the proposed contract. Project support efforts including site reconnaissance, environmental and wetland assessments, wildlife and habitat assessments, and historical assessments in accordance with NEPA and SHPO are included as potential project requirements. Task orders under this contract may include hydraulic design support for the design of small single purpose dams to large multipurpose dams, hydraulic design associated with rivers, creeks, and flood control levees and channels; hydraulic design and analysis of structures, rivers, and creeks for any purpose including pipelines, sediment yield, sediment transport for rivers, flood control channels, alluvial fans, fluvial geomorphology studies; groundwater studies; analysis of channel and wetland restoration, bio-technical channel stabilization, and floodplain analyses. Contract requirements will also include hydrologic studies, computer aided design, GIS, hydraulic, or hydrographic field data, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, cost estimating and construction phase services. The contractor shall be responsible for designs and drawings using computer aided design and d rafting (CADD) and delivering the two or three-dimensional drawings. The Government will only accept the final product for full operation, without conversion or reformatting. Work may be performed in the AutoDesk AutoCAD release 2008 or Bentley MicroStation V8.5 or higher environment, although the majority of work shall be prepared in the MicroStation environment. GIS work may be field, desktop or Internet based. All final text files generated under this task order shall be furnished to the Sacramento District in Adobe Acrobat (PDF), with a working copy in Microsoft Office MS Word. Drawing files and as-built drawings shall be submitted in AutoCAD or MicroStation, in the same environment as designed, in accordance with the? Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (A/E/C) CADD Standard, Release 3.0 https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/CAD. The target platform is a Pentium 3.0 GHz, 512 MB Ram and 40 GB Hard Drive with Windows XP Professional operating system. Drawings files produced by scanning documents or records or containing photographic images shall be delivered in a raster format compatible with the specified target platform electronic digital format. Drawing files shall also be delivered in Portable Document Format (PDF). The specifications will be produced in SpecsIntact with the Extensible Markup Language (XML) using the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS). Specification files shall also be delivered in PDF electronic digital files. Additionally, the contractor shall have the ability to deliver two or three-dimensional drawings in the AutoCAD software released 2008, or in MicroStation V8.5 or higher. The Government will only accept final documents found to be fully operational without conversion or reformatting on the target platform specified.. Responding firms must show computer and Internet cap ability for accessing the Criteria Bulletin Board System (CBBS) http://cbbs.spk.usace.army.mil/index.html and the Design Review and Checking System (DrChecks) https://www.projnet.org. Estimates shall be prepared using Corps of Engineers Computer Aided Cost Estimating system (MCACES Second Generation MII)(software provided by Government) software; however training to use this software and the current pending Cost Book library will require purchasing by the Contractor. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Interested firms must have the capability to perform, and a must have a minimum of five years of experience, in the following essential areas of expertise: (1) Hydraulic numerical modeling, steady and un-steady open channel flow; (2) Civil design work to produce Plans & Specifications, i.e. quantities, construction drawings, cost estimates using MCACES, and produce specs using SPECSINTACT; (3) Sediment transport numerical modeling and analysis; (4) Hydraulic design and analysis of spillways, outlet works, energy dissipaters, and water control structures; (5) Topographic and hydrographic surveying, both aerial and field surveyed cross-sections, to produce detailed topographic mapping for floodplain and river analyses and designs; and (6) Geotechnical engineering in a support capacity. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria (a) through (d) are primary. Criteria (e) through (g) are secondary and will only be used as tie-breakers among technically equal firms. A. Specialized Experience and technical competence in descending order of importance are listed below. When applicable, significant expertise for work within the Sacramento District boundaries will be considered in determining the most highly qualified firms. (1) Hydraulic design and analyses utilizing the one dimensional HEC-RAS numerical model in steady state and unsteady state modes, and UNET, a one dimensional, unsteady-state numerical model; and hydraulic design and analyses expertise utilizing multi-dimensional numerical models such as RMA-2, FLO-2D, SMS, CCHE2D, and HiVeL2D. (2) Sediment yield expertise and sediment transport analyses expertise (utilizing HEC-6 and SAM); and fluvial geomorphic analysis capability with investigators well educated in the fields of geology, hydrology, and hydraulics. (3) Experience and expertise in Risk Analysis following Corps of Engineers evaluation criteria for same and in the application of pertinent software including HEC-FDA. (4) Hydraulic design and analysis of spillways, outlet works, energy dissipators, dams, and other water control structures including weirs and various gate configurations. (5) Hydraulic design and analyses for small single watershed hydrology and hydraulics efforts. (6) Topographic and hydrographic surveying capabilities for water resource related studies. (7) Flood plain analyses and delineation for rivers and smaller streams and alluvial fans, with experience and expertise in applying FEMA criteria for preparing same. (8) Hydrologic analyses expertise utilizing numerical models such as HMS, WMS, HEC-1, ResSI M, and FFA. (9) MicroStation and Inroads software. (10) Familiarity with Corps of Engineers Civil Works and Military procedures and regulations. (11) Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (12) Geotechnical data collection and analysis pertinent to sediment, fluvial, geomorphology, and channel stability analyses. (13) Design and analysis of culverts, in pressure and open channel flow applications. (14) Numerical modeling of groundwater recharge. (15) Experience and capability with physical modeling of hydraulic structures and channels. b. Past performance on Corps of Engineers and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedule. c. Qualified professional personnel in the following key disciplines: Project Management; Civil Engineer; Hydraulic Engineer; Cost Engineer; Hydrologist; Meteorologist; Surveyors; Mapping and Digital Ortho Imaging Technicians; GIS Specialists; GIS Technicians; CADD Designers; CADD Technicians; CADD Operators; Geotechnical Engineer, and Hydro Geologists. The evaluation will consider education, training, registration, overall relevant experience and longevity with the firm. d. Capacity to accomplish the work within the required timeframe including professional qualifications of firms staff and subcontractors to be assigned to the projects which are necessary for satisfactory performance in the required time; and capacity to accomplish work in multiple locations simultaneously. e. Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described below. f. Location of the firm in the general geographical area of the Sacramento District. g. Extent of participation of small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, HUBZone small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, historically black colleges and universities or minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested Architect-Engineer firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit THREE (3) completed SF 330 (6/2004) US Government Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project for themselves and THREE (3) completed SF 330 Part II (June 2004 edition) for themselves and one for each of their subcontractors to the office shown above, ATTN: A-E Administration Section. The SF 330 shall not exceed 100 pages, not counting any dividing page used to identify each SF 330 Section. In block E of the SF 330 provide resumes for all key team members, whether with the prime firm or a subcontractor; list specific project experience for key team members; and indicate the team members role on each listed project (i.e. project manager, design engineer, etc). In block D of the SF 330, provide the quality management plan and organization chart for the proposed team. In block H of the SF 330 indicate the number and amount of fees awarded on DoD (Army, Navy, and Air Force) contracts during the 12 months prior to this notice, including change orders and supplemental agreements for the submitting office only. A task specific quality control plan must be prepared and approved by the Government as a condition of contract award, but is not required with this submission. Responses received by the close of business (4:00 pm local time) the day of the closing date will be considered for selection. If the closing date is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next business day. POINT OF CONTACT: Mr. Stanley Ho (916) 557-6677. No other notification will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposals. All responsible sources may submit the required SF 330, which shall be considered by the agency.
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