Federal Bureau of Prisons, Construction Contracting Section 320 First Street, NW - Room 5006, Washington, DC 20534

C -- ARCHITECT/ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED AT GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA SOL X00-0231 DUE 022495 POC Eleanor LaTorraca Contracting Officer 202-307-1299. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) seeks to negotiate a firm fixed price contract for Architect-Engineer (A/E) services for federal correctional facilities to be located on portions of George AFB near Victorvile, California. Required services will be for architectural, engineering and related services to include boundary and topographic surveys; soil borings; goetechnical analysis of a site or sites; site planning; the development of design and construction documents for the proposed facilities; construction observation and administration services, including construction testing services and the possibility of one or more on-site representatives during construction; and other related services. (Construction Management support services will be performed under a separate contract.) The proposed project is currently planned to provide a new medium security federal correctional institution and a satellite minimum security camp. Site master planning will be required for a future high security institution. The institution will include a group of one, two and four story buildings in a ''campus plan'' arrangement. The major construction is estimated to include up to approximately 500,000 square feet of buildings at a cost of over 40 million dollars. Required A/E services are scheduled to begin in the Spring of 1995. Selection of the A/E firm will be based on consideration of the following criteria: FIRM'S CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY (30%): Size and make-up of firm and any consultants; available personnel by discipline; and production and quality control systems and techniques; PROPOSED PROJECT TEAM AND ORGANIZATION (40%): Key personnel proposed by the firm and any consultants - professional qualifications and relevant experience, individually and as a team; and the firm's orginization and management plan; EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE (30%): Experience by the firm, proposed key personnel and the project team and any consultants, including: experience with projects of comparable size and complexity; knowledge of the general project locality; experience and performance demonstrated by description of recent projects by the firm, proposed key personnel and the remaining project team and consultants; narrative and visual evidence of the firm's ability with respect to functional and aesthetic quality of past projects, cost and schedule control; and the conciseness, clarity and completeness of the firm's submittal. Experience with correctional facilities is not mandatory for consideration. Consideration will be limited to firms having an existing major active office, which will have responsibility for performing the announced work, located within the State of California. Joint ventures will be considered only if the principal or lead firm of the joint venture has an existing major active office, which will have responsibility for performing the announced work, located within the State of California. The design of architectural and engineering features of the project shall be accomplished or reviewed and approved by architects and engineers registered to practice in the particular professional field involved in the State of California. Responses shall be made by completion and submittal of Standard Forms, SF 254 and SF 255, and pertinent supplemental data. Completion of Standard Forms must be in accordance with the instructions for filing which are a part of each form. SF 255's must be current and accurate for the firm or joint venture including all outside key consultants or associates submitting the form and for the specific office identified which will have responsibility for performing the announced work. Data must be concise and address the specific criteria. Submittal shall be limited to a total of fifty (50) pages. NOTE: The successful offeror will be required to submit a subcontracting plan for this procurement regarding the utilization of small, small disadvantaged, and small women-owned businesses. The plan will be incorporated into and made a material part of the Contract. A minimum of 20% of the A/E firm's total available subcontracting dollars must be performed by small business concerns. The 20% requirement include the following: (a) a minimum of 10% of the proposed total subcontractng dollars shall be peformed by small disadvantaged businesses and/or small women-owned businesses, and (b) a minimum of 5% of the proposed subcontracting dollars shall be performed by small disadvantaged businesses. All small businesses (regardless of socioeconomic status) must meet the definitions cited in FAR Part 19. Total available subcontracting dollars are defined as work other than that performed by the lead A/E firm's forces. Submittal should be mailed to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Construction Contracting Branch, 320 First Street, NW, Rm 5006, Washington, D.C. 20534 and must be received by 3:00 PM on February 27, 1995. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Telephone requests will not be accepted. No collect calls will be accepted. (0025)

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