WALLA WALLA DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BLDG 614, WALLA WALLA WA 99362-9265

C -- A-E SERVICES FOR ONE OR TWO INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE (IDT) CONTRACTS FOR COST ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE WALLA WALLA DISTRICT SOL DACW68-95-R-0019 DUE 040395 POC Contract Specialist, Charlene Duncan, 509-522-6809 This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. Point of contact is Charlene Duncan. Prior to 24 March 1995 she can be reached at 509/522-6809. After 24 March 1995 she can be reached at 509/527-7207. If a large business is selected for this contract, 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 this contract are that a minimum of 60.3% of the contractor's intended subcontracted amount be placed with small businesses (SB), including 9.8% with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) and 2.9% with women-owned small businesses (WOB). The plan is not required with this submittal. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this acquisition is 8711. The small business size standard is that average annual receipts for its preceding 3 fiscal years must not exceed $2.5 million. This competitive acquisition is being conducted under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers specific agency delegation from the General Service Administration's exclusive procurement authority for Federal Information Processing (FIP) resources. Professional cost engineering services include, but are not limited to, cost engineering, cost estimating, program and project management, planning and scheduling, cost and schedule performance measurement and change control, and value engineering. These services are required to support the COE HTRW and civil works projects and also required to support projects for the Department of Energy (DOE) environmental restoration (ER), waste management (WM), decontamination and decommissioning (D&D), and Office of Site Services (OSS). Knowledge and experience will also be required to complete required work in the use of micro-computer cost estimating system M-CACES Gold computer software (latest version), COE and DOE work breakdown structure, activity based estimating (ABC) techniques, baseline cost estimating and scheduling techniques, and other related skills. The majority of the services provided through this indefinite delivery order contract will be performed in support of DOE. The COE will administer this contract to provide these services. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. Professional qualification, experience, and capability are required to provide cost engineering services from the planning phases through final project completion. The selection criteria in descending order of importance are: a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence, as follows: (1) Experience with COE HTRW and civil works project cost engineering (2) Experience with DOE ER, WM, D&D, and OSS operation, maintenance, and construction cost engineering (3) Technical knowledge and experience in the use of COE regulations and publications that support the cost engineering services required (4) Technical knowledge and experience in the use of DOE regulations and publications that support the cost engineering services required. b. Professional Capabilities: For satisfactory performance of work required under this contract or work performed by individual delivery order, professional qualifications of firm's staff and consultants assigned to this project will be required. c. Demonstrated capability and capacity of the firm to perform the above work to meet short suspense dates. d. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Geographical location and knowledge of the locality of the project, provided that application of the criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project. f. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, WOB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. g. Volume of DOD contract awards in the previous 12 months, as described in Note 24. As many as two indefinite delivery contracts may be awarded, not to exceed $5 million total for one year and $1 million maximum per individual delivery order. Proposed contract shall be for a period of one year with the option to extend four (4) additional years. Interested architect-engineer firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit three (3) copies of Standard Form (SF) 254 not already on file at the COE ACASS Center in Portland, Oregon, and three (3) copies of SF 255 for the prime and all consultants to the above address not later than the close of business on 3 April 1995 or within 30 calendar days after publication date of this notice, whichever is later. Only the 11/92 edition of the SF 254 and SF 255 are acceptable. If submitting SF 254 and SF 255 prior to 24 March 1995, send to the above address. If submitting after 24 March 1995, send to: Walla Walla District COE, ATTN: Charlene Duncan, 201 N. Third, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Personal visits to discuss this project will not be scheduled. This is not a request for proposal and no other general notification will be made. (0059)

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