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C -- ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES DURING CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A SLUDGE PROCESSING SYSTEM POC Contact Point, Moira A. Restall, Contract Specialist, (716) 879-4251 A/E Services are required to provide engineering and technical services during the construction, development of operating systems and integration, and the start-up phases for a sludge processing facility being built and integrated into the Town of Amherst's Wastewater Treatment Facility. This contract is open to all firms regardless of size. The contract will be firm-fixed price. The work will begin in Spring 1995 and run through to Summer 1996. The Sludge Processing Facility is being constructed and integrated into the Town of Amherst Wastewater Treatment Facility located at 455 Tonawanda Creek Road, Amherst, NY 14228. There are three (3) construction contracts for general construction, HVAC and electrical; and four (4) equipment contracts for sludge dryer and ancillary equipment, gravity belt thickener, digester mixing system and new digester covers, and pumps. The selection criteria in descending order of importance are: 1) Qualified and professional personnel in the following disciplines: environmental, electrical, mechanical, civil, software and systems engineering; construction inspection; drafting; computer operators and technicians; and, software systems installers and trainers; 2) Specialized and technical competence in: a) sewage treatment plant design and operation; b) sludge processing systems design and operation; c) integration of sludge processing systems into existing treatment plants; d) software design development capability; e) operator training capability; and, f) engineering and design during construction capability; 3) Capacity to perform the requested services within the required time frame; 4) Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to the quality of work, cost control, and compliance with performance schedules; 5) The extent of participation by small business; small-disadvantaged business and/or woman-owned business in performance of this contract, whether as a joint venture, teaming arrangement, prime or subcontractor; 6) Location of firm within 75 miles of the project location; and, 7) Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit a completed SF 254 for the prime firm and all subcontractors/consultants, and a SF 255. In Block 10 of the SF 255, describe the firm's design quality management plan, including coordination of subcontractors. Submittals must reach this office no later than thirty (30) calendar days after publication of this notice. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this contract will be made. This is not a request for a proposal. Responses should refer to: AMHERST SLUDGE. (0009)

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