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C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES - RIGHT OF WAY SURVEYING AND MAPPREPARATION SOL SF-254/255 due 031095. POC Robin L. Claymore, Contract Specialist, (605) 226-7567, Ronda M. Longbrake, Contracting Officer. Indefinite quantity type contract to provide water service line right-of-way surveying including mobilization, location of the required horizontal control points, completion of pre-construction legal surveying, preparation of plat maps, and completion of post construction field monumentation at various locations within the Minot OEH Engineering district. This district encompasses sites located on the Fort Berthold and Fort Totten Indian Reservations of North Dakota and the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of North and South Dakota. The surveying and drafting is to be performed by a qualified surveying firm with in-house state of the art surveying equipment and in-house registered professional engineers and land surveyors. The selection of the A&E Firm will be based on evaluation of the following criteria: Qualifications of professional staff including professional engineers currently registered or capable of obtaining registration prior to award in the states of North and/or South Dakota. Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in the type of work required, capability of the firm to accomplish the work in the required time; location of the firm in the general geographical area of the projects and knowledge of the locality of the project. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of quality work and compliance with performance schedules. Those firms that meet the requirements described in this annoucement and wish to be considered are required to submit SF-254's and SF-255's. This acquisition is totally set-aside for award up to 100% Indian owned firms in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 47 the Buy Indian Act. Duration of the contract will be for one (1) year after notice to proceed, with four (4) year option periods. Responses to this synopsis must be received in this office no later than 3:00 P.M. CST on March 10, 1995 to be considered for selection. (038)

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