U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District William S. Moorhead Federal Building, 1000 Liberty Avenue, Room 727 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-4186

T -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACT FOR BASIC SURVEYING AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL DACW59-95-R-0016 POC Michael S. DeStefano, Contract Specialist, (412)644-4953 or Gerald Barczyk, P.E., (412)644-5253. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, will require an Indefinite Delivery, Firm-Fixed Price, Architect-Engineer Contract for Basic Surveying and Related Engineering Services. Primary services to be provided include boundary, topographic, hydrographic, geodetic, precise, general construction and engineering type surveys. The location of services may be required anywhere within the boundaries or assignments of the Pittsburgh District in conjunction with various Civil Works and/or Military projects (may be outside District boundaries) assigned the Pittsburgh District. The contract amount will not exceed $245,000 and will consist of individual delivery orders not to exceed $150,000, issued during the duration of the contract. The contract will be in effect for one year with an option year at the discretion of the government. Pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration program established by PL 100-656, ''Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988'', this procurement will be unrestricted and any resulting award will be made pursuant to the above program. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The A-E contractor will be required to provide the appropriate personnel, materials and equipment necessary to perform all types of surveying to include but not limited to boundary, topographic, hydrographic, geodetic, precise deformation/movement, general construction and engineering type surveys, as well as computations and preparation of final products normally associated therewith. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion) are: A. Professional qualifications : (1) education, training and experience of key management and technical personnel necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services. (2) Firms must staff a Professional Land Surveyor having professional qualifications, specialized experience and licensed to perform the necessary surveying work as required by all federal, state and local laws. B. Specialized experience and technical competence, in (1) all types of land surveying to include but not limited to boundary, topographic, geodetic, precise deformation/movement, construction, and engineering type surveys using state-of-the-art technology such as global positioning system (GPS) and total stations. (2) Hydrographic surveys on rivers, reservoirs and other waterways including areas around locks, dams and other structures. (3) Producing quality final surveys, computations and final products compatible with Intergraph CADD/Surveying software. (4) Knowledge of the locality. C. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time: firms must have the capacity of quality personnel and equipment to operate a minimum of two field crews as well as a demonstrated history of multiple project management. As a minimum, firms must staff the following personnel: professional land surveyors, survey technicians, survey drafters, survey party chiefs, instrument operators and rod/chain person. Firms must also submit a list of all significant survey equipment available for use on this contract. Typical equipment requirements include directional theodilites/total stations, electronic data recorders, EDM's, precise leveling equipment, global positioning system equipment and hydrographic survey equipment. D. Past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules with respect to performance on Department of Defense contracts; firms must submit a quality control plan/procedures with the SF255, that is used to ensure accuracy of all surveys, calculations, drawings, maps or other products produced under this contract, including specific procedures for field and office checks. E. Geographic proximity. F. Volume of DOD contract awards during the last 12 months. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Architect-Engineer firms which satisfy the requirements of this announcement are invited to submit a current completed Standard Form 255, ''Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project'' and supplemental data documenting the required specialized qualifications. All responding firms which do not have a current (within the past 12 months) SF254 on file with this office must also furnish a completed SF254. SF254's and SF255's were revised (Revision 11-92) by Federal Acquisition Circular 90-16, effective 19 February 1993. The previous Revision 10-83 of these forms is obsolete and will not be used. Only the 11-92 edition of these forms will be accepted. Interested firms shall provide submittals to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Submittals after this date and time will not be considered for selection. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. For subcontracting and teaming opportunities, please contact the following: U.S. Small Business Administration, Attn: John Brown, 960 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412)644-2787.; U.S. Small Business Administration, Attn: John Renner, 111 Superior Avenue, Suite 630, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (216) 522-4180; U.S. Small Business Administration, Attn: Doug Smith, P.O. Box 1608, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26302-1608 (304) 623-5631. This is not a request for proposal. (0088)

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