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

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CAD SERVICES (CURATION FACILITIES) Sol DACW43-95-R-0730 and DACW43-95-R-0731. Contact Point, John A. Gaal, 314-331-8301, Contracting Officer, T. M. Laws, 314-331-8500. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Services of qualified Architect-Engineer (A-E) firms are sought to provide architectural and engineering design and computer-aided drafting (CAD) for two indefinite delivery negotiated fixed price contracts. Each contract will have a maximum monetary limit of $750,000.00 with a minimum of $2,500.00 guaranteed, against which individual delivery orders up to $150,000.00 may be written. The period of service for the contracts will be for one year beginning approximately August 1995 and may include an option for a second year. 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 that it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for these contracts are that a minimum of 25% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), including small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and 5% be placed with SDB. This plan is not required with this submittal. PROJECT INFORMATION: The services will be applicable to the design of archaeological curation facility projects, museums and visitor center buildings and small projects such as recreational, administrative and maintenance facilities. Firms to be considered must have a full range of design experience for these types of projects. SELECTION CRITERIA. See Note 24 for the general selection process. The selection criteria, in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion), are: a. Specialized experience and technical competence: (1) archaeological curation building, museum and visitor center building design; (2) sophisticated HVAC system design and selection; (3) electrical control system and computer control system design; (4) preparation of Corps civil works constructon contract plan using CAD; (5) preparation of Corps civil works construction contract specifications; (6) compatibility of CAD system and ability to interface with the St. Louis District's Intergraph and microstation system. b. Professional qualifications: Registered architects and registered professional engineers in the specialties of building design structural, civil, soils, mechanical and electrical; registered landscape architects; engineering technicians and architectural technicians. c. Capacity to accomplish the work: (1) building design; quality management procedures of pre-design, schematic design and plans and specifications; (2) ability to meet overall project and phase schedules; (3) ability to accomplish up to three major delivery orders simultaneously; (4) current workload; (5) number of proposed subcontractors. d. previous performance on curation building design, museums and visitor center buildings. e. past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to quality of work, cost control and compliance with schedules. f. proximity to the St. Louis District. 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. h. volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested 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 this 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 other notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). (058)

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