AWARD
C -- IDIQ, Outdoor Recreation and Park Planning, Ladscape Architectual Services, GIS and Spatial Data Analysis within the Limits of the Mississippi Valley Division
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2009
- Notice Type
- Award
- NAICS
- 541320
— Landscape Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Engineer District, New Orleans, ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
- ZIP Code
- 70160
- Solicitation Number
- W912P808R0089
- Archive Date
- 6/7/2009
- Point of Contact
- Chris Nuccio, (504) 862-2704
- Award Number
- W912P8-09-D-0041
- Award Date
- 5/8/2009
- Awardee
- URS Group, Inc.3500 North Causeway Blvd.Metairie, LA 70002-3542
- Award Amount
- $2500000
- Line Number
- W912P8-09-D-0041
- Description
- A-E INDEFINITE QUANTITY(IDIQ) CONTRACT(S), OUTDOOR RECREATION AND PARK PLANNING, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, INTERPRETIVE PLANNING AND DESIGN, COMMUNITY PLANNING, GIS AND SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract(s) is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541320. This is an UNRESTRICTED solicitation. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. Offers from large business firms must comply with FAR 19.7 and FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a subcontracting plan. The US Army Corps of Engineers FY 08 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 70%; Small Disadvantages Business, 6.2%; Women-Owned Small Business, 7.0%; Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business,.9%;Veteran Owned Small Business, 3% and HUB Zone Small Business, 9.8%. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the Department of Defense (DoD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR) via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov 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 is 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 web site for ORCA is http://orca.bpn.gov. ORCA registration replaces some of the Representations and Certifications. An Indefinite Quantity, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), 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. Multiple contracts may be awarded. Contract ceiling will not exceed $2,500,000 or 5 years in duration whichever comes first. $10,000 is guaranteed for the original contract period, and $5,000 per year for each additional option year. The Government reserves the right to exercise the contract options before the expiration of the base contract period or preceding option period, 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(s) must be at least equal to those determined relative to the employees office location (not the location of the work.) Work will be assigned by negotiated task orders. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan for work it plans to subcontract. The plan is not required with this submittal. The primary purpose of this proposed contract(s) is to provide services for projects located within the geographic boundaries of the Mississippi Valley Division. Secondarily, this contract(s) may be used to provide services within the geographic boundaries of any other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District. The contractor will have the right to refuse orders for services to be performed outside the geographic boundaries of the Mississippi Valley Division. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: a. The work may involve investigations, comparisons, data evaluations, analysis, design, technical writing, geotechnical design, CADD drafting for design reports, feasibility studies, plans and specifications or other engineering documents and engineering design support during construction (EDC). EDC responsibilities include attending the pre-construction conferences; responding to the Contractors Requests for Information and Clarifications; reviewing submittals from the construction contractor; performing bi-weekly site visits with the objective of witnessing construction practices, observing conditions, and documenting from the designers perspective the implementation of the designers product. The A-E shall be responsible for all engineering, plans and specification revisions required during construction of the projects which are necessitated by different site conditions, inadvertent errors and omissions in original contract documents or a project feature design change. The A-E shall also be responsible for coordination of all design changes with the Government and the local sponsor. All information shall be submitted to the Government in an expeditious manner to avoid delays to the construction Contractor. Surveying and the use of aerial mapping are required to support this work. b. The work may involve the following disciplines: Structural, Civil, Geotechnical, Hydraulic, Mechanical, Electrical, Cost Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Engineering, Biology, Computer Programming, and Surveying. c. The work may involve the following types of projects, and projects may be at any stage, may involve new or existing structures: Hydraulic structures such as locks, floodgates, flood control structures, floodwalls, levees, navigation structures, drainage canals and structures, prestressed and post tensioned concrete structures, pumping stations; marine structures such as bulkheads, dolphins, fenders, guide walls, jetties; highway work such as roads, culverts and bridges; buildings such as warehouses, pump houses, or offices related to the structures above; flood control and hurricane protection projects; freshwater diversion projects and other multi-purpose projects. d. The work may involve the following types of related work: site layout, development of real estate rights-of way drawings, architectural treatments, landscaping, perform soil borings, soil testing to determine soil properties and provide boring logs in accordance with the Corps New Orleans District geotechnical criteria, pile capacity curves, soil pressures, seepage and dewatering analysis, stability analysis, surveys and the use of aerial photographic coverage to locate features and develop topographic maps, contour maps, profiles and sections, both land based and hydrographic. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in order of precedence. Criteria (a) thru (d) are primary. Criteria (e) is secondary and will be used only as tie-breakers among technically equal firms. a. PAST PERFORMANCE. b. TECHNICAL COMPETENCE of the firm and its key personnel to perform the services and produce the engineering documents listed in paragraph 2 above. c. PERSONNEL EXPERIENCE of the key design personnel, including professional registration in engineering, architecture and surveying, available to work on this contract in the following disciplines: Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Cost Engineering; Architecture, Surveying and CADD technology and Environmental Engineering. d. PROJECT MANAGEMENT to perform the work in the required time using all of the latest versions of commercial and Corps software packages utilized by the Corps; produce georeferenced CADD drawings in the MicroStation format; perform land based and hydrographic surveys; and provide the following minimum personnel: three structural engineers, three civil engineers, two geotechnical engineers, one hydraulic engineer, one cost engineer, one electrical engineer, two mechanical engineer, one architect, one registered land surveyor and one micro station CADD technician, two 4-person survey parties and one environmental engineer. e. KNOWLEDGE OF GEOLOGIC area, within the Limits of the Mississippi Valley Division. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (08-MAY-2009); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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