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R -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY MODEL HYDRAULICS LABORATORY SOL DACW07-95-R-0002 DUE 041495 POC Betty Sanderson, Contract Specialist, (415)744-3306. For Technical Information, contact Lyn Hawkins, (415)744-3286. Work includes the operation and maintenance of a three diemensional physical hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Estuary. A delivery order for the initial twelve months of operation and maintenance will be awarded at the time of award of the Indefinite Delivery Contract. The operation and maintenance delivery order will require the Contractor to provide a minimum of three full-time staff members. Repair work will not be included in the operation and maintenance and if necessary will be awarded under separate delivery orders. Delivery orders may also be awarded for model testing as required. Work under these delivery orders will require the Contractor to develop and conduct sudies relating to the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta regions in accordance with a scope of services that will be included at the time a request for proposal is issued for a delivery order. Examples of tests that might be required by the delivery orders include steady-state salinity, dye-dispersion and dynamic tests. Interested firms will be requested to submit separate technical and cost proposals. Source selection will be based on technical merit and cost. Technical merit is considered more important than cost. Technical proposals will be evaluated on the following four factors which are in descending order of importance: (1) Experience in management, application and operation of hydraulic modeling facility including ability to develop and execute 3-dimensional physical hydraulic model studies related to river or estuary systems, (2) Qualifications of staff assigned to the project as demonstrated by education, experience, and technical publications, (3) Knowledge of state-of-the-art applied research hydraulic model laboratory and its application to engineering and environmental studies, and (4) Demonstrated experience of team members in maintaining and operating a hydraulic model. Solicitation will be issued on or about 15 March 1995. Requests for Solicitation Number DACW07-95-R-0002 should be submitted in writing to this office within 15 days from date of this advertisement. This is an unrestricted procurement. Cumulative total for all work orders will not exceed $1 million for the base year, $1 million for option year one, and $1 million for option year two. The Contractor is not obligated to honor any order in excess of $500,000.00. The contract term shall be for a one-year period from the date of contract award with options for two additional years. (0045)

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