U.S. Army Engineer District, Detroit, 477 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48226

C -- GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES POC Mr. Michael Ciaciuch (313)226-6432. Collect calls are not accepted. 1. Services Required: The work and services relate to geotechnical engineering investigations and will include the following: soil drilling and sampling by split spoon, undisturbed and other sampling methods; performing field strength tests including standard penetration, cone penetrometer, vane shear, and other methods; ground water monitoring and sampling, installation of water sampling wells, and rock and concrete coring. All of the above may be done on land, in areas of difficult access, or over water from the decks of barges or other floating plant. Also included is laboratory testing of soil and rock samples for their engineering properties; analysis and interpretation of geotechnical data; preparation and compilation of geologic and geotechnical engineering reports. The selected firm(s) will enter into negotiations for an indefinite delivery type contract with the government for a term of one year, with total cost not to exceed $750,000.00. The contract will provide an option for the government to extend the contract for one additional year, cost not to exceed an additional $750,000.00. The proposed services will be negotiated and obtained through the issuance of delivery orders during the term of the contract. Each delivery order is not to exceed $150,000.00. 2. Work Locations: The work is to be performed at various locations throughout the Detroit District. Two contracts will be awarded, Area I (Lower Michigan and northern Indiana), and Area II (Upper Peninsula of Michigan and adjacent areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota that drain into the Great Lakes). 3. Required Qualifications: Potential contractors must demonstrate in their submissions the ability to meet the following requirements: a) Professional qualifications and technical competence necessary for the satisfactory completion of the required services stated in 1. above, and capability to provide certification of all work by a professional engineer registered in the state in which the work is performed. (Area 1 MI & IN; Area 2 MI, WI & MN) b) Specialized experience including: investigation and testing of concrete, earth or rock dam/dikes (024 or 025); harbors, piers or revetments (042); flood control or drainage (092 or 056); soils and geologic studies (097); and environmental drilling (207); off -shore drilling and sampling, knowledge of and experience working in the subsurface geology of the Great Lakes Region. Experience, capability and training necessary to work on designated HTRW (superfund) sites. Experience in the use of CADD systems (Computer Aided Design and Drafting (019), including the ability of furnish output files in Intergraph IGDS format. c) Availability of specialized personnel and equipment including: drilling equipment necessary to work in rough or swampy terrain, drill holes to depths of 150 feet or more, and obtain adequate recovery of samples of all types of rocks and woil, including up to 5'' diameter undisturbed samples of cohesive soils; equipment necessary to perform laboratory tests on soils and rock samples including Q (consolidated-undrained with pore pressure measurements) tests; equipment necessary to install groundwater monitoring/sampling wells, piezometers, and othr related instrumentation, and perform pumping tests. The minimum available in-house staff shall consist of the following: Solis Engineer or Geologist (2-min), Draftsperson/CADD Operator (22-min), Surveyor (1-min) with crew, Drille (1-min) with crew, Laboratory Director (1-min), and Laboratory Technical (1-min). d) All field sampling activities will be under supervision of an experienced graduate geologist or soils engineer. e) Quality assurance program, experience of QA/QC personnel, and laboratory procedures and equpment must be certified or capable of passing inspection by the Government in accordance with ER-1110-1-1261, ``Quality Assurance of Laboratory Testing Procedures'', dated 28 November 1986. f) Location in the general geographic area of Detroit District and knowledgeable of the locality of the projects. 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. (Small Business 8% Goal, Disadvantaged Business 5% goal, Women Owned Business 2% goal) h) The volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense. EVALUATION CRITERIA: Submittals will be evaluated against the specific required qualifications stated above and the general criteria in Note 24 in order of importance as listed. 5. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit two copies of Standard Form 255 and two copies of Standard Form 254 for the prime and all consultants 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 dealine is the next business day. Personal visits to discuss this project will not be scheduled. This is not a request for proposal. Information to include in the SF 255: area or areas desired for consideration; specialized experience and equipment available to perform the above tasks. See Notes 1 & 24. This Procurement is UNRESTRICTED. (102)

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