SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- IDC M-317. General Architect Engineering services in support of Sustainment, Renovation & Modernization (SRM) projects and other non-MILCON work, primarily within New York and other Corps of Engineers locations within NAD/MSC Boundaries
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, New York, CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0090
- ZIP Code
- 10278-0090
- Solicitation Number
- W912DS-13-AE-0002
- Response Due
- 8/16/2013
- Archive Date
- 9/15/2013
- Point of Contact
- Matthew Lubiak, 917-790-8089
- E-Mail Address
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USACE District, New York
(matthew.lubiak@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is procured as a small business set-aside. The NAICS Code is 541330. The size standard is $14 million average annual receipts for preceding three fiscal years. The number one ranked small business firm will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. The length of the indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) is a maximum of 60 months and will not include optional time periods. The total capacity of the contract will not exceed $9,900,000. Task Orders will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders and will be issued under the terms and conditions of this IDC contract. The government guarantees a minimum payment of $4,000 for the basic contract. The selected small business firm A-E firm will need to demonstrate capability to perform at least 51% of the contract work listed below in accordance with EP 715-1, Chapter 3-8 c which can be found at http//www.usace.army.mil/pablications/eng.pamphlets/ep715-1-7toc.htm. In particular, in order to be awarded a small business contract the concern will perform at least 51 percent of the cost of the contract incurred from personnel with its own employees. quote mark Any subcontractor and outside associates or consultants required by the contractor (prime A-E firm) in connection with the services covered by the contract will limit to individuals or firms that were specifically identified and agreed to during negotiations the contractor shall obtain the Contracting Officer's written consent before making substitutions for these subcontractors, associates or consultants quote mark. If a substitution is necessitated by illness, death, or termination of employment for whatever reason, the selected A-E firm shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing within 15 calendar days after the concurrences of any of these events and provide the following information to the Contracting Officer: Required information for substitution necessitated by illness, death, or termination of employment for whatever reason: The contractor shall provide a detailed explanation of the circumstances necessitating the proposed substitution, complete resumes for the new proposed substitutes, and any additional information requested by the Contracting Officer. Proposed substitutes should have comparable qualifications or better qualifications to those of the persons being replaced. The Contracting Officer will notify the contractor within 15 calendar days after receipt of all required information of the decision on substitutions. Approximately award date: January 2014. The wages and benefits of services employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee's office location (not of the location of the work). The A-E firm selected for this contract will be responsible to utilize the Army Contractor Manpower reporting (CMR) system and will be required to report certain information to the Army CMR system. For additional information see https://contractormanpower.army.pentagon.mil. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E services may include but not be limited to the following: Non-Design Services Perform/Conduct Design Charrettes including Eco-Charrettes Studies (to include building, energy, life-cycle studies) Parametric Designs, to include development of DD Form 1391 preparation Geotechnical investigation Topographic surveys Technical specifications (demonstrate ability in using Specsintact) Wetland delineation and ability to prepare wetland mitigation plans. Preparation / Permit applications and obtain permits, e.g. Dam Safety, SWPPP (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan) Hazardous Materials/Field Investigation/Survey Sustainable Design/LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Interior Design (Comprehensive Interior Design and Structural Interior Design) Prepare Cold Weather Design (ASHRAE 90.1, Zone 6) Building Information Modeling (BIM) Construction phase services, including but not limited to design during construction, preparation of operation and maintenance manuals, shop drawing review, site visits, and commissioning and testing support Design Services Site work and Infrastructure construction design Development/preparation of RFP's for design-build contracts, and design of new construction and renovation of building/infrastructure projects for civil/military work and other non-military government agencies Antiterrorism/Force Protection Cost estimating using the latest version of M-CACES, PACES and MII [M2] software Preparation of CADD and GIS drawings. Deliverables in Micro station or AutoCAD format will be required. drawings shall be prepared in accordance with the Architectural/Engineering/Construction (A/E/C) Computer-aided standard version (CADD). Examples of potential projects include new and/or renovation of: Whole building renovation, repair or replacement of architectural elements Building seismic upgrades Anti-Terrorism and Force protection upgrades Repair or replacement of mechanical, electrical or fire protection/detection systems Asbestos and lead abatement services related to building renovation or demolition Renovation of historic structures Design for SRM projects Examples of facility types: Vehicle maintenance facilities Administrative facilities Research & design facilities (Armament, Munitions and Communications) Industrial facilities Ranges Training facilities Aviation facilities Munitions and Storage facilities Barracks/dormitories Dining facilities Academic Labs Academic Facilities Projects designed under these contracts may require designers to obtain security clearances as well as having physical security measures in place before a firm can do the work. Security clearances are not required at the time of selection or award of a contract. 3. 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 through e are primary selection criteria. Criteria f and g are secondary selection criteria and will only be used as tiebreakers among technically equal firms. Primary Selection criteria: a.Specialized experience and technical competence: 1.The experience of firm and its consultants in the design of projects previously listed in Section 2 Project Information of this announcement. 2.Experience with Historical Preservation Projects completed before April 2008 will not be considered. In the event, the experience is not available; a firm shall demonstrate in the proposal how they will obtain experience. 3.Experience in the ability to provide a QA/QC plan indicating how the prime plans to manage their team to ensure that quality products are prepared. Demonstrate ability to produce quality designs. Evaluation will be based on the firm's design quality management plan (DQMP) and will consider the management approach, coordination of disciplines, management of subcontractors and quality control procedures. 4.Demonstrate capability to execute multiple task orders simultaneously b.Professional Qualifications: Consideration will only be given to firms that assemble a team of in-house and/or sub-contractors/consultants with a professional staff consisting of the following disciplines. NOTE: Senior project personnel for each key discipline are required to be licensed/ registered. Resumes must be provided for each discipline, except where noted below. 1.Project Manager (P.E. required) 2.Quality Assurance Manager (based on the firm's QA/QC Plan) (P.E. required) 3.Architecture (Registration required) 4.Structural Engineering (P.E. required) 5.Civil Engineering (P.E. required) 6.Mechanical Engineering (P.E. required) 7.Electrical Engineering (P.E. required) 8.Fire Protection Engineering (P.E. required) 9.Cost Engineering 10.Geotechnical Engineering (P.E. required) 11.Licensed Interior Designer 12.Accredited LEED specialist (Can be covered by one of the disciplines listed above) 13.Certified Value Specialist (CVS) Resumes for the following disciplines are not required with this submittal. Resumes will be required at a later date. 14.Historical Architect 15.Lead/Asbestos Abatement Inspector 16.Land Surveyors (P.L.S) The evaluation will consider education, registration, and training and overall and relevant experienced using information from Section E of the SF 330 includes a matrix in Section G showing experience of the proposed lead designers on the projects listed in Section F of the SF 330. Requirements for Fire Protection Engineers are shown in the United Facilities Criteria UFC 3-600-01, http://62.204.17.188/report/doc_ufc.html. Use the latest publication of UFC 3-600-01 as of the posted date off this announcement. Licensed Interior designers are required to pass all 3 sections of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) Examination. State Historical Preservation Office experience is acceptable from any state. c. Past Performance with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules, as determined from references, other sources and ACASS. Letter of recommendation from customers addressing your firms cost control, quality or work and schedule compliance capabilities may be included in Section H of the SF 330. Letters should be for projects of a similar nature and shall be no older than three years to be considered. d. Capacity: In an effort to expedite the selection process the A-E's are required to demonstrate how they will complete the work within the time parameters of the project given the employee capacity of the team. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel in all key declines. The evaluation will look at numbers listed in Part II of the SF330 to evaluate the overall capacity of the team. Include a Part II form of the SF 330 for each firm and each office of each firm that is part of the proposed team. e. Knowledge of the locality in the general geographical area of North Atlantic Division boundaries. The evaluators will look at the specific experience of the listed key discipline lead designers (one per discipline) as stated in Section E of the SF 330. Secondary Selection Criteria: f.Extent of participation of Small business, Veteran-owned small business, service-disabled small business, HUBZONE small business, small disadvantaged small business and woman-owned small business in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated contract effort as indicated as follows: Small Business (including ANCs and Indian Tribes) 50%, Small Disadvantaged Business (including ANCs and Indian Tribes) 17%, Women-Owned Small Business 18%, HubZone Small Business 10%, Veteran-Owned Small Business 4%, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 4%. g. Geographic Proximity in relation to New York District boundaries. h. Volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense, with the object of effecting an equitable distribution among qualified A/E firms, including small business, Veteran-owned small business, service-disabled small business, HUBZONE small business, small disadvantaged small business and woman-owned small business and minority institutions and firms that have not had prior DoD contracts. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Cover letters shall be limited to no more than 3 pages. Interested prime firms having the capabilities to perform these services must submit three (3) copies of a comprehensive SF 330 (06/2004 edition), which includes all sub-consultants information. The SF 330 can be found on the following GSA web site: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/home.do?tabId=0 The forms can be downloaded into a.pdf file type. Each key office on the team should indicate a DUNS # in Block 4 of Part II of the SF330 For ACASS information, call (503) 808-4590. The total number of pages for the entire SF 330 is limited to 90 pages. Section E is limited to 40 pages. Each page shall be numbered. Section dividers don't count towards overall page limit. Submittals not following these instructions, may not be evaluated by the Board. Only 10 example projects are to be listed in Section F of the SF330. Supplemental information on the SF 330 is posted on the New York District USACE website: http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/BusinessWithUs/ContractingOpportunities.aspx You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive a contract award for any Government solicitation. For information visit the (SAM) website at http://www.sam.gov. Submit three (3) completed SF330's to: Attn: Stephen DiBari, P.E., CENAN EN M Room No. 2037 US Army Corps of Engineers, NY District, 26 Federal Plaza New York, NY, 10278 Submittals will not be accepted after 4:00 pm on the original response date shown in the advertisement in the FedBizOpps. The response date will move to the next business day, if the original response date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal Holiday. Facsimile transmissions of the SF330 will not be accepted. Due to heightened security around 26 Federal Plaza, be prepared to leave ample time to gain entry into the building.
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- Address: USACE District, New York CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York NY
- Zip Code: 10278-0090
- Zip Code: 10278-0090
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