Dept. of the Army, St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63103-2833

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT SERVICES FOR MISCELLANEOUS HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC DESIGN AND RELATED WORK Sol DACW43-95-R-0710. Contact Point, John A. Gaal, 314-331-8301, Contracting Officer, T. M. Laws, 314-331-8500. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Engineering services of qualified architect-engineer firms are sought to handle a variety of small hydrologic and hydraulic design type projects. The work may involve special reports, feasibility studies, development of design criteria, preliminary or final designs of portions of hydraulic structures, operational studies, and preparation of portions of contract plans and specifications. Work will be accomplished under an indefinite delivery contract with each delivery order limited to $150,000.00 and the total accumulative contract amount limited to $750,000.00 for a one-year period with an option to renew for one additional year. The approximate award date for the contract will be June 1995. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for these contracts, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for these contracts are that a minimum of 40% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), including small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and 8% be placed with SDB, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Minority Institutions. The plan is not required with this submittal. SELECTION CRITERIA. See Note 24 for the general selection process. The evaluation factors shall include, in descending order of importance: a. Professional Qualifications; (1) Firms considered must have at least three professional and highly skilled engineers, with expertise in hydrology/hydraulics. b. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence; (1) Hypothetical and historical flood analysis through watershed modeling, flow frequency analysis, backwater computations, reservoir routing/operational studies, sediment analyses, hydraulic design of structures, computer programming, water data management, using HEC-DSS, and report preparation. (2) In-house computer facilities to operate hydrologic/hydraulic programs. (3) Personnel required for this work may include hydraulic/hydrologic engineers, hydrologists, sedimentation engineers, computer programmers, technicians and draftsman. c. Capacity of firm to furnish equipment and personnel to accomplish the work as required to maintain delivery of a quality product on a timely schedule; d. Past performance on similar Department of Defense contracts and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; e. Geographical location of the firm with respect to where services are required; f. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions in the proposed contract team measured as a percentage of the estimated effort; g. Volume of DOD contracts awarded in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Firms having capabilities to perform this work and desire to be considered must submit a completed SF 255 (11/92 Edition) and appropriate data as described in Note 24. Only SF 255's received in this office within 30 calendar days from the date of notice will be considered. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. If an SF 254 is not on file with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a current SF 254 should also be included. Multiple copies of the SF 254/SF 255's are not required. No notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a Request for Proposal. (052)

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