USDA, Custer National Forest, 2602 1st Avenue North, Billings, MT 59103

R -- PROFESSIONAL SURVEY SERVICES. Sol R1-08-95-07 due 060195. Contact Point, Contracting, Kathleen Benson, (406) 657-6361. Indefinite quantity contract for control surveys; section subdivision; monumentation of new and/or lost corners; retracement of H.E.S.; mineral surveys; and PLSS surveys marking and posting of National Forest Boundary; maintenance of line; plats; Certificates of Survey and Certified Corner Recordations (See R-1 Cadastral Survey Contract Specifications for Incidental Specifications to the above items). These services are to be provided on a firm fixed price task order basis for the following Forests, Lewis & Clark, Helena, Custer, Beaverhead/Deerlodge, and Gallatin National Forests, they are located in Eastern Montana and North Dakota and parts of South Dakota. The performance period shall be for one year beginning on the date of award with two pre-priced optional years. Competent firms suitably staffed are invited to submit SF 254, Architect-Engineer Questionnaire and SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for a Specific Project. It is anticipated that more than one contract may be awarded based on locality. In evaluating proposals, the following criteria will be applied: (1) Professional qualifications and experience of key personnel as necessary for the satisfactory performance of required services; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in the type of work required; (3) Capability of the firm to accomplish the work (including any specialized services) in the required time; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the project locality. See Note 24. (102)

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