U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, PORTLAND DISTRICT, P.O. BOX 2946, PORTLAND OREGON 97208-2946

C -- A/E, IDTC FOR GEOLOGIC AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL DACW57-95-R-0021 DUE 030695 POC CONTRACT SPECIALIST, LESLIE CONKLIN, 503/326-6418 The Corps of Engineers, Portland District, proposes to contract for geologic and geotechnical engineering services. The contract will be an Architect-Engineer (A-E) Indefinite Delivery Type contract for $750,000 with each delivery order not to exceed $150,000. The contract period will be for one year, with an option to extend the contract for one year. TYPICAL SERVICES: Typical geotechnical engineering services will be as follows: a. Evaluation and Analysis. Evaluation of soil and rock conditions and properties, slope stability analysis, ground water studies, seismic studies. b. Foundation and Embankment Design. Including seepage, settlement, bearing capacity, stability, and seismic design. c. Geologic Mapping. d. Instrumentation Installation and Maintenance. Including inclonometers, pressure meters, monitoring wells, and piezometers. e. Explorations. May include geophysical explorations, groundwater and water well investigations, landslide investigations, marine investigations, drilling sampling and logging of soils and rock, and insitu testing. f. Other Services. The following services may be required under the contract, but won't be a basis for selection. SF 254/255s need not include information on these items, however, the firm selected for negotiation may be required to furnish these services. (1) Report Preparation. Including site studies, planning reports, design reports, and plans and specifications. (2) HTW Investigations and Analysis. Conduct field investigations, site characterization, analysis and evaluation for remedial actions, and subsurface explorations, including HTW material handling, and disposal. (3) Support. Including cost estimating, CADD (see paragraph 4 below), and other engineering and scientific disciplines. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection for this project will be based upon the following criteria, shown in descending order of importance: a. Specialized Experience. Demonstrated technical competence with respect to the typical services to be performed as described in 2.a, 2.b, 2.c, 2.d, and 2.e above. b. Professional Qualifications. Personnel to be provided for this contract must be experienced in disciplines which would enable performance on a wide variety of projects. Specifically required will be engineering geologists or geoscientists and geotechnical engineers registered in Oregon or Washington. c. Familiarity with Local Conditions. Personnel must be familiar with local soil conditions, geology, and geomorphology based upon personal work experience. d. Past Performance. Past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Current Workload. The firm's current workload with regard to their capacity to accomplish the work within the required time. f. Small Business Rating. In the event of a tie, the firms standing as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Woman-Owned Small Business, and the extent to which those firms, as well as Historically Black Colleges, and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI's) participate in subcontracting. g. Volume of DoD Work. In the event of a tie, the volume of DoD work awarded to the firm within the last twelve months will be considered. h. Location. In the event of a tie, the general geographic location of the firm with respect to other firms, and Portland District, will be considered. 4. CADD COMPLIANCE. The selected firm must be able to provide engineering drawings on a computer aided design and drafting (CADD) system and provide design drawings on 8mm 2.3GB cartridge tape, or high density floppy disks. These design drawings must be fully compatible with the Portland District Intergraph Computer-Aided Design System which utilizes an Intergraph UNIX InterServe 6505, Intergraph UNIX workstations running MicroStation 32 and DOS based PC's running MicroStation PC. This includes, but is not limited to, such items as smoothing of curves and arcs, full 63 level assignments, color tables capable of supporting 256 colors, and be capable of supporting 20 fonts. The design files must be delivered in MicroStation file format. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE. A-E firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit an SF 254 (A-E and Related Services Questionnaire) and an SF 255 (A-E and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project). Only those responses received by Portland District Contract Division prior to 4:00 PM local time on the date indicated above to the procurement office shown. This procurement is open to both large and small business concerns. The small business size standard, for which is a concern, including affiliates, with average annual receipts over the past three years of $5 million or less. Technical questions should be directed to Richard Hannan at (503) 326-6456. Administrative questions should be directed to Leslie Conklin (503) 326-6418. This is not an RFP. SIC 8999 (0011)

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