U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, ATTN: CENPA-EN, P.O. Box 898, Anchorage, AK 99506-0898 (Physical Address: Bluff & Plum Streets, Building 21-700 (Rm 200), Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-0898)

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES CONTRACT FOR GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN AND RELATED SERVICES, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, ALASKA SOL DACA85-95-R-0017 POC Administrative Inquiries: Ms. June Kedney, 907/753-5624 or Technical Inquiries: Mr. Jerry Raychel, 907/753-2685, Contracting Officer: Ms. Gail West 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. All responders are advised that this project may be canceled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation and final award. The contract shall be an indefinite delivery firm fixed price. The limit for each delivery order shall be $150,000.00 with a contract limit of $750,000.00 for a 1 year period. The contract may include an option for an additional year and an additional $750,000.00. Contract(s) award is anticipated for Jul 95. More than one firm may be selected. Responding firms must address each discipline, clearly indicate which shall be subcontracted, and provide a separate SF254 and SF255 for each subcontractor necessary. The contractor shall employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract work in the State of Alaska, individuals who are residents of the State, and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills to perform the contract. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The AE selected would be required to have sufficient staff, flexibility, and capability to be available on an as-needed basis. Typical types of services to be provided may include planning of geotechnical investigations at contaminated or uncontaminted sites, conducting office studies and supervising field geotechnical investigation using Government furnished drilling personnel and drilling equipment, furnishing of sampling supplies and instrumentation, shipping of samples to testing laboratories, design of foundations and embankments, groundwater studies, geophysical studies, aerial photo interpretation, material source evaluations and preparation of plans and specifications for geotechnical projects. LOCATION: Various Locations, Alaska. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The following selection criteria headings are listed in descending order of importance: (a) professional personnel in the following disciplines: (weighted equally) (1) minimum in-house requirements are 2 civil engineers with at least 5 years geotechnical experience and at least 1 engineer being a registered professional, 1 engineering geologist with a at least 5 years experience, 2 field geologists or engineer technicians trained in hazardous site work in accordance with 29 CFR 1910; (2) disciplines which may be subcontracted: minimum of 2 field chemists with at least 1 year field sampling experience and trained per 20 CFR 1910, 1 hydrogeologist, and 1 geophysicist; (b) specialized experience and technical competence in: (weighted equally) (1) planning and carrying out geotechnical site investigations, (2) preparing geotechnical designs, (3) evaluation of material sources, in particular, rock quarries; (c) capacity to maintain schedules and accomplish required work on three simultaneous delivery orders; (d) past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with schedules; (e) location of the firm in general geographical area of the projects and knowledge of locality: availability of AE staff to meet frequently with Corps personnel in the Alaska District Corps of Engineers' office in Anchorage and ability to mobilize staff to Alaskan project sites on relatively short notice; (f) volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24; and (g) extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms submitting SF 255s (1 copy only) should include: (1) organization of proposed project team, (2) responsibilities and authority of key project personnel, (3) relationship of project team to overall organization on of the firm, (4) a quality control plan, and (5) in block 8c of the SF 255 include a POC and phone number. Submittals must be received at the address indicated above not later than COB (4:00 pm Alaska time) on the 30th day from the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. No additional information shall be provided, and no faxed submittals shall be accepted. This is not a request for proposal. (0047)

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