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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 30,1995 PSA#1314

OICC, BOX 368113, Navy Public Works Center, 2730 McKean Street Suite 1, San Diego, CA 92136-5294

C -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING (A-E) SERVICES FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS INVOLVING CIVIL DESIGN-SITE WORK, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SAN DIEGO, CA SOL SSCIVDSG-95-2 DUE 050195 POC CONTACT JANET BARBOT, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, (619) 556-1442. The Navy Public Works Center, San Diego, CA is currently seeking sources for services for Civil Design - Site Work with associated architectural-engineering (A-E) support services. An Indefinite Quantity firm fixed price type contract will be awarded to the selected, most qualified firm responding to this announcement. The Indefinite Quantity contract shall be for $1,500,000. The contract shall be for one year or until the $1,500,000 limit reached. The proposed contract includes a second year option for additional $1,500,000. The services required may include, but not be limited to, all or part of the following: (1) preparation of technical reports including conducting engineering investigations and concept studies; (2) special project documentation; (3) preparation of preliminary and final designs; (4) preparation of contract drawings and specifications; (5) preparation of cost estimates and sketches; (6) providing engineering advice during construction (i.e. office consultation and verification, and/or value engineering); and (7) construction inspection and other Title II services. The types of design projects involve primarily repair, alteration and installation of the following types of facilities although some minor new construction (less than $300,000 per project) is possible: (1) Slope and channel stabilization (eg. retaining walls, seawalls, revegetation, and irrigation); (2) Erosion control; (3) Site improvements; (4) Security and non-security fencing; (5) Recreational fields; and (6) Land surveying. If asbestos or hazardous material is present, the A-E will be required to identify them and provide for their disposal or treatment in construction plans and specifications in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. When the indefinite quantity contract is awarded, the fee for any individual negotiated work order is NTE $500,000 with a cumulative total of all work orders NTE $1,500,000 during a one year period. Commencement and completion of work is subject to the requirements of individual work orders. Firms which design or prepare specifications for a construction contract or procurement of supplies cannot provide the construction or supplies. This limitation also applies to subsidiaries and affiliates of the firm. A-E selection criteria is listed in descending order of importance as follows: (1) professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services (identify all personnel who would be performing design work under this contract, and include their qualifications in Block 7); (2) Recent (1990 to present) specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in the type of work required; (3) capacity to accomplish the work in the required time (i.e. staff availability, status of current workload, plan to manage multiple, concurrent delivery orders); (4) past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of (a) cost control effectiveness (i.e. project estimates versus the initial construction contract award price and the final total construction cost including change orders; provide a minimum of ten specific examples for projects similar to the types of work advertised), (b) quality of work (i.e. results of past projects performed and list of awards, commendations, and performance evaluations; also briefly describe internal quality assurance/quality control procedures), and (c) compliance with performance schedules (i.e. scheduled/contractual completion date versus actual performed completion date); provide a minimum of 5 specific examples; (5) geograhical locations and knowledge of the locality of the project (local site conditions and design requirements), provided that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; (6) list the small or disadvantaged or women-owned business firms as primary consultants or as subcontractors; and (7) value of DOD contract awards within the last 12 months. Failure to respond fully to the above criteria will result in firm being disqualified. Evaluation criterion (1) through (4) are the primary evaluation factors in the determination of the most highly qualified firm. Criterion (5) through (7) are secondary factors that will become a consideration in the event that all firms are considered equal on factors (1) through (4). For the definitions of ''small business'', ''small disadvantaged business'' and ''emerging small business'', please refer to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 19. Architect-Engineer firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are required to submit the following: current SF 255, U.S. Government Architect-Engineering Qualifications, including an organizational chart of key personnel to be assigned to the projects, a current SF 254 Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and any Consultant/Subcontractor's current SF 254. Supplemental information regarding specialized experience should be incuded on the SF 255: Block number 8(c) shall include the title, brief description and a client point of contact with phone number for each project cited as specific experience. Block number 10 must be specifically structured to respond to the selection criteria as listed in this announcement. Block number 10 of the SF 255 must alson include the responding firm's clear and concise identification of the types of services and projects in which they have specific expertise. To alleviate duplication of effort, specific items identified in block number 10 may cross reference to specifically cited items in block number 8(c). Responding firms are required to identify the office responsible for work under this contact and Block 4 of the SF 255 should reflect that office only. If multiple offices will be utilized, then each office's responsibilities and personnel should be clearly described. Responding firms are required to clearly identify tasks to be performed in-house and those to be subcontracted. Firms must submit the names and supporting qualifications data of all subcontractors. The dollar value of all work for DOD and Corps of Engineers for the past five years must be clearly stated in block 9 of the SF 254. Firms must indicate in Block 4 of SF 254 whether they are small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned business, or emerging small business. Firms must have specsintact to prepare plans and specifications and the abilility to provide Computer Aided Drafted drawings (0087)

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