District of Columbia, Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration, Attention: Ms. Deidre A. Saunders, A/E Liaison, Office of Engineering Services, 5000 Overlook Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20032-5397

C -- REQUEST FOR A/E QUALIFICATIONS STATEMENTS FOR UPDATING OF QUALIFIED A/E LIST AND FILES The District of Columbia, Department of Public Works, requests the submittal of qualifications statements from consulting engineering firms, and submittal of updated statements from firms who have previously submitted, who are interested in providing professional engineering and related services required for projects in the Water and Sewer Utility Administrations's (WASUA) 6-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP). Services will involve planning, design and construction phase engineering, startup assistance and operations and maintenance manual preparation. Construction phase work may include both detailed inspection of construction and management of selected construction contracts. Additionally, the Department may elect to contract for basic engineering services on a ``task order'' basis, both in and outside of the Capital Improvements Program for utility engineering including systems planning and analysis, design phase, and construction phase services. An active database of all A/E firms expressing interest is required by law under Title 27 D.C. Municipal Regulations, Chapter 26, Section 2625, and will be updated annually within the Office of the Administrator, WASUA. Firms seeking award must submit both SF 254 and SF 255 forms. Statements should indicate the makeup of local staff and include the firm's Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. Statements must clearly indicate the engineering disciplines and type of services for which the firm wishes to be considered, using the established ``Experience Profile Code Numbers'' associated with Standard Form 254 (GSA - Fed. Proc. Reg. 41 CFR 1-16.803). Further, statements should also clearly indiate not more than four (4) areas of specialization for which the firm has an established background and proven expertise, and include Standard Form 255 demonstrating the background and expertise claimed. To be eligible for consideration, a firm must furnish evidence of its authority to render a professional engineering services in the District of Columbia or furnish a certification of their commitment to obtain such authority prior to award of any resulting agreement. Prospective respondents to this request are referred to the D.C. Code which specifies legal requirements pertaining to providing professional engineering services in the District of Columbia. Title 2, Chapter 23, ``Professional Engineer's Registration Act'' in particular is pertinent. Firms selected for services will be required to utilize engineers maintaining valid registration in the District of Columbia in the appropriate engineerng disciplines. Any resulting agreement will have, as a goal, the performance of 35 percent of the agreement work (based on dollar value) through the use of 30 percent disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) and five percent women-owned business enterprises (WBE) holding currently valid certificates of registration under any state's minority, women's, or other disadvantaged business enterprise certification program in accordance with 40 CFR Part 33.240. A copy of a valid MBE/DBE/WBE certificate must be submitted with the qualification statements for the prime firm. Work under any resulting agreement is also subject to compliance with Mayor's Order No. 92-138 pertaining to ``Employment Agreement Goals and Objectives for the Department of Public Works Construction and Service Contracts'' to the extent feasible and consistent with applicable federal law. This order contains the following basic goals and objectives: (a) At least fifty-one percent of all jobs performed on the contract are to be performed by employees who are residents of the District of Columbia; (b) At least fifty-one percent of new hires for work on the DPW contract must be residents of the District of Columbia, preferably referred from the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services; and (c) One hundred percent of all apprentices employed for work on the DPW contract shall be residents of the District of Columbia, registered in programs approved by the D.C. Apprenticeship Council of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services. Qualifications will be evaluated in accordance with the process and criteria specified in 40 CFR Section 35.937-3 and 27 DCMR (District of Columbia Municipal Regulations) Sections 2620 through 2623. The most highly qualified firms will be requested to submit technical proposals for further consideration. Qualifications and proposal evaluations will be based upon: (a) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services; (b) Specialized experience, technical competence in, and familiarity with, the type of work required; (c) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (d) Past performance on contracts with the District, other governmental entities, and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; and (e) Acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria including avoidance of personal and organizational conflicts of interest. (f) Location of the firm and commitment to the District's goals concerning the employment of District residents, minorities and disadvantaged businesses, to the extent allowed by Federal and District law. Proposal evaluations will be conducted by an architect-engineer evaluation board composed of members who, collectively, have experience in architecture, engineering, construction, and District and related procurement matters. Members of the evaluation board will include highly qualified professional employees of the District and may include private practitioners of architecture, engineering, or related professions. No firm shall be eligible for award of an architect-engineer agreement during the period in which any of its principals or associates is participating as a member of the awarding evaluation board. The Department of Public Works has established an overhead rate ceiling for architect-engineer and consultant contracts. In accordance with Departmental Order No. 85, the maximum allowable rate for indirect costs (overhead) shall be 140 percent. All work under the proposed agreement will be subject to this limit. Firms ultimately selected from this list for the performance of engineering services will be required to submit cost and pricing data in accordance with the District of Columbia ``Procurement Practices Act of 1985.'' Any agreement resulting from this request for qualification statements may be funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and will be subject to regulations contained in 40 CFR Sections 35.936, 35.937 and 35.939. Neither the United States nor the Environmental Protection Agency is, nor will be, a party to this request or any resulting agreement. To be considered, six (6) copies of qualification statements must be received by 4:00 p.m. on March 17, 1995 at the following office: District of Columbia, Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration, Attention: Ms. Deidre A. Saunders, A/E Liaison, Office of Engineering Services, 5000 Overlook Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20032-5397. The manager for this project, Ms. Deidre Saunders may be contacted on (202) 645-6281 concerning any questions prospective respondents may have. (038)

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