SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Indefinite Delivery Contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, South Atlantic Division in Support of the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), Department of Defense (DOD), and other Federal Health Systems.
- Notice Date
- 3/12/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, Mobile, P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602), Mobile, AL 36628-0001
- ZIP Code
- 36628-0001
- Solicitation Number
- W91278-10-R-0064
- Response Due
- 4/14/2010
- Archive Date
- 6/13/2010
- Point of Contact
- Terricka D. Leonard, 251-441-6500
- E-Mail Address
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USACE District, Mobile
(terricka.d.leonard@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS MRS. MARY F. BRELAND. SUBMIT QUESTIONS VIA E-MAIL TO mary.f.breland@usace.army.mil. This notice is posted in its entirety and hereby serves as the official solicitation for this project. CONTRACT INFORMATION: A-E services are required for an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, South Atlantic Division in Support of the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), DOD, and other Federal Health Systems worldwide. This contract will be primarily for Healthcare Planning and Architectural- Engineering design and related services. This announcement will result with at least six (6) awards being made in a combination from Small-Business Set-Aside, and Unrestricted basis. It is the intent of the Government to initially award four (4) contracts from the Unrestricted selection, and two (2) from the Small-Business Set-Aside. In the event that a contract cannot be awarded in the small business category, two (2) contracts of $8,000,000 in IDIQ contract capacity will be awarded to other highly qualified firms in the unrestricted category. The contract term for the Unrestricted and the Small Business Set-Aside will not exceed a total of five (5) years. All firms responding to this solicitation MUST identify in which category they are submitting. All firms must state the words UNRESTRICTED, or SMALL BUSINESS after the solicitation number in PART I, A. Block 3 of form SF 330. The Small Business size standard is a maximum of $4.5 million of average annual receipts for its preceding 3 fiscal years. A separate response (SF 330) MUST be submitted for each category in which the firm wants consideration. Only firms considered highly qualified will be awarded a contract. There is a possibility that additional contracts may be awarded on this solicitation. No one firm will receive more than one award as a result of this solicitation. Rates will be negotiated for each 12-month period of the contract. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. Work under this contract to be subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual task orders, with the total IDC contract value not to exceed $8,000,000 over the five-year life of the contract. Selection of A-E firms is not based upon competitive bidding procedures, but rather upon the professional qualifications necessary for the performance of the required services. All interested Architect-Engineers are reminded that, in accordance with the provisions of PL 95-507, they will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the efficient performance of the contract with small and small disadvantaged firms. The subcontracting goals for this contract are as follows: a minimum of 70%of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), 6.2% be placed with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), 7.0% be placed with women-owned small businesses (WOSB), 9.8% be placed with HUB Zone small business, 3.5% be placed with Veteran-Owned Small Business, and 2.0% be placed with Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. If a large business firm is selected for this contract it will be required to submit a detailed subcontracting plan during contract negotiation. If the selected firm intends to submit a plan with lesser goals, it must submit a written rationale in the plan explaining why the above goals can not be met. A firm fixed price contract will be negotiated. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 541330. PROJECT INFORMATION: The selected firm must have capabilities for programming, planning and design of healthcare projects in the following areas (examples of type of support within each area are representative and not all inclusive): (1) Master Planning: Healthcare Planning; Space Evaluation and Programming; Military Construction (MILCON) Project planning for expansions and repairs to existing medical facilities and related support facilities, and new medical facilities and related support facilities; and Medical Equipment Planning. (2) Design: Design of expansions and repairs to existing medical facilities and related support facilities, and design of new medical facilities and related support facilities to include architectural, infrastructure systems, and medical equipment plans. Design of new medical facilities and related support facilities typically is limited to the O&M Statutory Limitation of $750,000. (3) Assessment/Studies: Identification of code deficiencies; Development of Statement of Conditions and Plans for Improvement for compliance with the Joint Commission (TJC) requirements; Facility Condition Assessments; Environmental assessments; Economic Analysis of potential projects; Seismic evaluations; Maintenance and Operational Programming; etc. (4) Project Support Services: Construction Phase Services (submittal review, transition planning, commissioning, etc.); Project Development (preparation of scopes of work, site analysis, assistance with development of draft information for approval documents, etc); on site Quality Assurance inspections; Preparation of reports, record drawings, and other facility documentation. The majority of the work will be located in the Continental United States; however, work may be located worldwide at locations as supported by MEDCOM/DOD/VA. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A thru D are primary. Criterion E is secondary and will only be used as a tie-breaker among technically equal firms. A. Professional Qualifications: The selected firm must have, either in-house or through consultants, the following disciplines, with registration required where applicable: (1) Project Manager; (2) Architect (must demonstrate at least ten years experience in the planning and/or design of healthcare facilities); (3) Health Care Planner (must demonstrate at least 3 years experience in the use of the following systems: Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System (MEPRS), Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS), Managed Care Forecasting and Analysis System (MCFAS), and M2 Information Systems; (4) Mechanical Engineer (must demonstrate experience in medical gas systems); (5) Electrical Engineer; (6) Structural Engineer; (7) Fire Protection Engineer (must demonstrate four years experience with all current nationally recognized codes such as NFPA and IBC, must demonstrate special emphasis on NFPA 101 Life Safety, and must demonstrate at least two years experience in the design of sprinkler fire protection systems); (8) Civil Engineer; (9) Technical Writer; and (10) Cost Engineer or Estimating Specialist. (The firm's cost engineering specialist(s) must be certified by a professional firm, such as AACE, ICEC, PCEA, etc.) The professional qualification evaluation will consider education, registration, relevant experience in healthcare facilities in the type work required, and longevity with the firm. The resumes shall clearly demonstrate the number of years of applicable experience, where a specific requirement is included in the discipline descriptions above. Resumes (Block E of the SF 330) must be provided for these 10 disciplines. In the resumes under Project Assignment, use the same discipline nomenclature as used in this announcement. B. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence in: (1) Master Planning for Health Care Facilities in the last five years from the date of this announcement; (2) Design for the repair/restoration of medical facilities in the last five years from the date of this announcement; (3) Planning/programming of potential healthcare repair/construction projects; (4) Design of new medical facilities in the last five years from the date of this announcement; (5) Surveying medical facilities for NFPA 101 and related TJC deficiencies, and preparation of deficiency reports and equivalency studies; (6) Economic analysis for Health Care planning; (7) Functional review of layout of Medical Facilities; (8) Department of Defense Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), UFC 4-010-01; (9) Seismic evaluation and rehabilitation of buildings in accordance with FEMA 273 Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings and TI 809-05 Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Buildings; (10) Construction phase services; (11) Medical equipment planning; (12) Preparing cost estimates utilizing MCACES estimating software; 13) Planning and design of veterinary and medical research laboratory facilities in the last five years from the date of this announcement.(14) In Block H of the Standard Form 330 describe the firm's quality management plan, quality assurance, cost control (including designing to cost), coordination of the in-house work with consultants, and prior experience of the prime firm and any significant consultant(s). C. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: The capacity to accomplish at least three (3) $300,000 individual task orders simultaneously. D. Past Performance: Past performance with respect to cost control (including both control of design costs, and success in designing within the project's programmed funding), quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. Evaluations will be based on established ACASS ratings and other credible documentation included in the SF 330. E. Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business and Women-Owned Small Business Participation: Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested Architect-Engineer firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit one (1) completed and bound paper copy of their SF 330 (Architect-Engineer Qualifications) to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, CESAM-EN-DW, ATTN: Mrs. Mary F. Breland, 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602. SF 330, 6/2004 edition, must be used, and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office or from the following web site: http://contacts.gsa.gov/webforms.nsf/22f268ed0a398629852569a4006ed7cc?OpenView&Start=30. All firms responding to this solicitation MUST identify in which category they are submitting. All firms must state the words UNRESTRICTED, or SMALL BUSINESS after the solicitation number in PART I, A. Block 3 of form SF 330. Include DUNS number in SF330 PART I, Section B, Block 5. A firm located within the United States may obtain a DUNS number by calling Dun and Bradstreet at 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet at http://www.dnb.com/us/. If the firm is located outside the United States, the local Dun and Bradstreet office should be contacted. A maximum of ten (10) projects including the prime and consultants will be reviewed in PART I, Section F. Use no more than one page per project. When listing projects in PART I, Section F, an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with multiple Task Orders as examples is not considered a project. A task order executed under an IDC contract is a project. In Block G-26, along with the name, include the firm with which the person is associated. PART I OF THE SF330 SHALL NOT EXCEED 60 PAGES. Blank sheets/Tabs separating the sections within the SF 330 will not count against the maximum page count for PART I. All fonts shall be at least 10 pitch or larger. Pages shall be 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches. The Organization Chart required in Section D and the Matrix required as Section G, PART I of the SF330 may be presented on a sheet up to 11 inches by 17 inches. If an 11 inch by 17 inch sheet is used it shall be neatly folded to 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches, bound in the SF330 at the proper location, and counted as one page. A Part II is required for each branch office of the Prime Firm and any Subcontractors that will have a key role in the proposed contract. Submittals must be received no later than 3:00 P.M. Central Time on 14 APRIL 2010. Regulation requires that the Selection Board not consider any submittals received after this time and date. Late proposal rules in FAR 15.208 will be followed for submittals received after 3:00 P.M. Central Time on the closing date specified in this announcement. This is not a request for proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided. The A-E Evaluation Board (Selection Board) is tentatively scheduled to commence on or about 19 APRIL 2010. As required by acquisition regulations, interviews for the purpose of discussing prospective contractors qualifications for the contract will be conducted only for those firms considered most highly qualified after submittal review by the selection board. Interviews will be conducted by telephone and will most likely occur the same week that the Selection Board convenes. Phone calls to discuss the solicitation are discouraged unless absolutely necessary. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this solicitation are not allowed. To verify your proposal has been delivered, you may e-mail Mary Breland at: mary.f.breland@usace.army.mil. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration database. For instructions on registering with the CCR, please see the CCR Web site at http://www.ccr.gov/.
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- Address: USACE District, Mobile P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602) Mobile AL
- Zip Code: 36628-0001
- Zip Code: 36628-0001
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