U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-3390

C -- FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT FOR DESIGN OF ADMINSTRATION TYPE FACILITIES Contact, Robert M. Bencal, 215-656-6606. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcemnt amends the CBD of 6 March 95, proposals will be due 6 April 95. a. Nature of Work: A/E services are expected to be required for the design of up to ten (10) military administratioin type facilities. Contracts will be assigned by the North Atlantic Division of the Corps of Engineers. This will include but not he limited to the states of ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY, PA, NJ, MD, SV, DE AND VA. Basic A/E services may include site investigations, planning, engineering studies, concept design, with options for final design and options for construction phase engineering support. Administration buildings will be up to approximately 20,000 square meters. The A/E contracts are intended for award between May 95 and Sep 95. Concept designs will be completed within 3-6 months of contract award and final design completed within 6-9 months of concept design approval. b. Contract Award Procedures: This may be the only announcement for the design of new administration buildings assigned to the North Atlantic Division during the next 12 months. Separate firm-fixed price architect/engineer contract(s) will be awarded for a project or group of projects. A list of at least four most highly qualified firms will be selected using the criteria listed below. The firms will be ranked for order of negotiation using criteria listed below. When a directive for the first project of this type is received, negotiations shall begin with the top ranked firm. When a directive is received for a subsequent project, or if negotiations with a firm for a project are unsuccessful, negotiations shall begin with the next ranked firm that has not been offered a contract for negotation. If the list of ranked firms is exhausted, the negotiation cycle shall begin again with the top ranked firm. None of the projects have been authorized for design and funds are not presently available for any contracts (see FAR 52.232-18). This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected to negotiate a contract estimated to exceed $500,000 it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a small business (SB) and small disadvantaged business (SDB) subcontracting plan on that portion of the work it intends to subcontract. If a subcontracting plan is required, the goals are that a minimum of 40% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with SB, including SDB, and 8% be placed with SDB. The plan is not required with this submittal. In addition, the total amount of Federal Information Processing (FIP) work allowed under each contract including both the base and options is $300,000, pursuant to Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA) CENAP-95-005. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Administration facilities will include buildings up to 20,000 square meters. Estimated construction cost is from approximately $3,000,000 to over $10,000,000. A majority of the projects will be new construction. However some repair, alteration and additions to Administration Facility type projects may be included. The primary work will involve the design of aesthetically appropriate, functional, flexible administrative facilities which will include but not limited to conference rooms, auditoriums, classrooms or training areas, libraries, automatic data processing/computer areas. Other related areas of work will include but not be limited to meeting the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act, modular MVAC, control systems, audio/visual communications, fire protection, communications, security, landscaping, and may require extensive site work to include demolition and associates environmental, hazardous/toxic related work. As the individual project(s) are authorized for design detailed requirements will be provided. Primary services may include architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, interior design and landscape related to Administration Facilities. Other related services include: geotechnical, economic, life cycle analysis, permits, site investigations, planning, studies, reports and asbestos/toxic materials sampling, testing and abatement when required for design of administration facilities. The planning work may include preparation of DD1391's, and Project Definition packages. These contracts will require use of Automated Review Management System (ARMS), Computer aided drafting design (CADD capability), Federal Information Processing (FIP), Micro-computer-aided Cost Estimating System (MCACES) and SPECSINTACT by the selected A/E. Design will be in metric (SI) units. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant selection evaluation criteria in relative descending order of importance will include: (1) Specialized experience of the firm in the primary areas and other experience in related areas of work; (2) Professional experience of the proposed staff; (3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work within required time and within construction cost limitations; (4) Past performance, if any, with respect to the firm's performance on Department of Defense contracts; (5) 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; (6) Geographic proximity to the North Atlantic Division; (7) Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. As a part of this submittal, it is required that all responding firms clearly present billing amounts for all Corps of Engineers work as well as all other Department of Defense work for the 12 months preceding this announcement. As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor will submit for government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS; Interested firms having the capabilities to perform the work must submit one original and five (5) copies of the SF 254 and SF 255 revised 11/92 for the prime firms and SF 254 for each consultant, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of the original announcement 6 Mar 95. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include ACASS number in Block 3b. of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at 503-326-3459 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. All responders are advised that this requirement may be cancelled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, negotiation and/or final award process. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for work under this announcement will be made. (072)

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