SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- A&E Services, Mapping and Surveying IDIQ Contract
- Notice Date
- 9/18/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541370
— Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Memphis, Attn: CEMVM-CT, 167 North Main Street, Room B-202, Memphis, Tennessee, 38103-1894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 38103-1894
- Solicitation Number
- W912EQ-15-R-0008
- Archive Date
- 11/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Thomas E. Mercer, Phone: 901-544-3375
- E-Mail Address
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thomas.e.mercer@usace.army.mil
(thomas.e.mercer@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINTE QUANTITY (IDIQ) TYPE ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACT(S) FOR SURVEY ENGINEERING, MAPPING, AND RELATED SERVICES WITHIN THE MEMPHIS AND VICKSBURG DISTRICTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; BUT MAY ALSO BE USED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE GEOGRPAHICAL BOUNDARIES OR OTHER MISSIONS OF THE 6 DISTRICTS INCLUDED IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This pre-solicitation notice is for interested firms to submit their SF330 by 19 Oct 2015, 1330 hours. Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). The proposed procurement listed herein will be set aside for small business concerns and submittals from only small businesses will be considered. A firm is considered to be a small business concern if the firm's average annual receipts from the preceding three fiscal years do not exceed $15.0 Million. The services to be procured under this announcement are classified in North American Industry Classification System Code 541370. This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. More than one contract may be awarded as a result of this announcement. It is the district's intent to award at least two (2) IDIQ contracts to two (2) small businesses. Contracts may be awarded by Memphis and/or Vicksburg Districts. Work will be accomplished under separate Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Delivery Type Contracts NTE $5,000,000 with a performance period of not to exceed five (5) years for each contract. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. Allocation of task orders will be based on the following factors: specialized knowledge or expertise which would enhance execution, past experience or knowledge of the locality, availability of appropriate staff, performance on previous task orders, magnitude of task order relative to remaining contract capacity and equitable workload distribution. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E service capabilities are required for various civil works projects and support for other agencies. Work may be comprised of topographic surveys, hydrographic surveys, dredge material measurement surveys, monitoring surveys, construction layout surveys, geodetic control surveys, mobile laser scanning, boundary and cadastral surveys, GPS surveying and mapping. Firms with demonstrated specialized experience, competence and qualifications pertinent to survey engineering, geodetic surveying, land and boundary surveying, hydrographic surveying, mapping (Microstation and InRoads capability required) and related services are desired for consideration. The contract services performed under this contract may support the Government revetment construction project along the Mississippi River located in the Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans Districts. Work areas will normally be within the boundaries of the Memphis District (which includes portions of AR, IL, KY, MO, MS, and TN) but work assignments may be made in other Corps of Engineers Districts. The first contract is anticipated to be awarded on/about January 2016, with the contract period of service not to exceed five years from the contract award date, or expenditure of the contract amount, whichever occurs first. Award of any subsequent contracts will be based on projected District workload. Work to be performed is subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual task orders with no one task order to exceed neither $1,000,000 nor the accumulated total of task orders to exceed $5,000,000 during the five year term of the contract. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria will be based on the following considerations and are listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A through E are primary. Criteria F through H are secondary and will only be used as a quote mark tie-breaker, quote mark if necessary, in ranking the most highly qualified firms. (A) Specialized Experience: The selected firm shall have the capability to provide digital surveying and mapping data in readable and fully operational format on the District's Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) or GIS Systems. Data submission shall be required in native Microstation design files (.DGN), InRoads digital terrain model files (.DTM), InRoads alignment files (.ALG), and occasionally in GIS (.SHP and Personal Geodatabases) formats. Firms with demonstrated specialized experience, competence and qualifications pertinent to surveying are desired for consideration. Firms considered to be highly qualified will be required to furnish at least five fully equipped survey crews with four-wheel drive vehicles and approved electronic total station surveying instruments and related equipment. Additional crews may be required. Highly qualified firms shall be required to have both code and carrier phase L1/L2 GPS receivers. A firm will be considered if it can demonstrate the capability to provide these personnel and equipment by such means as an increase in staffing, subcontracting, or joint venture. At least two, with a possibility of four, fully automated hydrographic survey systems (single fathometer) operational on a boat not less than 21 feet in length equipped with Coast Guard Radio Beacon DGPS shall be required in addition to ground based crews. Each hydrographic and topographic party provided shall have the capability to collect and process each survey performed at the work site (plot cross sections, compute volumes, revetment re-designs, etc.). One electronic hydrographic sweep system (no booms) on a boat with a length no greater than 30 feet (trailerable) with Coast Guard Radio Beacon DGPS will be required either through in-house capabilities or subcontracting. Additional conventional hydrographic systems may also be required where GPS is unavailable. Firms considered to be highly qualified shall be required to show specialized experience in performing all types of surveys as stated above and subsequent data reduction and plotting utilizing state-of-the-art computer technology. (B) Professional qualifications: The prime firm and/or its subcontractor(s) (hereinafter referred to collectively as "firm") must have registered Professional Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors on staff. The firm should indicate professional recognition, professional associations, advanced training, certification, and specific work experience of key personnel. The firm should emphasize the qualifications and experience of its management personnel in survey engineering, hydrographic, topographic and geodetic surveying. (C) Capacity: Firms must demonstrate sufficient personnel in the disciplines necessary to conduct the required work in an efficient manner. (D) Past Performance: Performance evaluations on previous contracts with Government agencies, including DOD, and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules will be considered. Additional consideration will also be given to firms that have above average performance evaluations in the type of work described in (A) above. (E) Knowledge of locality: A firm's knowledge of the locality will be given consideration. The firm should demonstrate its knowledge of the geographical and topographical features of the area within the boundaries of the Memphis District, and its familiarity with the major rivers and tributaries of the area all as related to survey engineering, mapping, and related services. (F) Geographic proximity to Memphis, Tennessee, and/or Vicksburg, Mississippi. (G) Small Business Considerations: Extent of participation of Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business, in the proposed contract will be given consideration. Firms should list the total amount of the contract anticipated to be subcontracted, name and amount anticipated for small business, name and amount anticipated for small disadvantaged business and name and amount anticipated for women-owned small business. (H) Volume of DOD Work: DoD contract awards in the past 12 months. The greater the awards the lesser the consideration. In the final selection process, the most highly qualified firms will be interviewed. The contract will be awarded on or about December 2015. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities for this work must submit one paper copy and one electronic copy (in PDF format submitted on a CD) of SF 330 along with a copy of part II of each sub-consultant's SF 330 to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, ATTN: Thomas E Mercer, CECT-MVM, Memphis District, Corps of Engineers, Room 669, 167 North Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103-1894, no later than 13:30 PM (Central) 19 Oct 15. Include both the solicitation number and the company's DUNS number on all submittals. Note the following restrictions on submittal - Resumes of key persons, specialists and individual consultants (Section E) anticipated for this contract will be limited to a maximum of 20 typed pages. Pages in excess of the maximum of 20 will be discarded and not used in the evaluations. Additional information (Section H) will be limited to a maximum of 20 pages. All telephone calls should be directed to Mr. William Snapp, (901) 544-3237 or email at william.b.snapp@usace.army.mil. *** APPOINTMENTS WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT *** This is not a Request for Proposal. A fee proposal will be requested at a later date. **** NOTE: Contractors must be registered with the appropriate SBA Office.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE District, Memphis 167 North Main Street, Memphis TN 38103-1894 and various locations throughout the Mississippi Valley Division’s area of operations., Memphis, Tennessee, 38103, United States
- Zip Code: 38103
- Zip Code: 38103
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