Officer in Charge of Construction, Bldg 198, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow CA 92311-5050

C -- FIRE PROTECTION INSTALLATION/REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE, BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA Sol N68711-95-R-8077. Contact Contract Specialist, Susan Welch, 619-577-6421, or Contracting Officer, SF Reeves, 619-577-6453. This is an Indefinite Quantity/Firm Fixed Architect-Engineer Contract. The contract covers the furnishing of design and engineering services for preparation of plans, specifications and cost estimates for the purpose of bidding and construction of various fire protection systems projects at the Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California. Projects will include the installation of fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems inside industrial buildings. The Government will require preparation of specifications using the ``SPECSINTACT''. The duration of the contract will be for 365 days from the date of the initial contract award or until $99,000 limit is reached. After the first 365 days, the government has the option to extend the contract for an additional 365 days or until an additional $99,000 is reached. No single delivery order will exceed $50,000. If the government exercises the option to extend the contract, the total amount of the contract shall not exceed $198,000. The estimated start date is July 1995. The estimated completion date is July 1996, with an option available to the government to extend the contract for one additional year until July 1997. Selection will be based on the following criteria which are numbered in order of importance: (1) Professional qualifications of the staff to be assigned to this project, including consultant staff, in the performance of fire protection work on industrial buildings. A professionally registered fire protection engineer is required. (2) Specialized experience of the firm in the performance of fire protection work on industrial buildings. (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Indicate the firm's present workload and the availability of the project team (including consultants) for the specified contract performance period, indicate specialized equipment available and prior security clearance. (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. Indicate by briefly describing internal quality control, cost control procedures and indicate effectiveness by listing preliminary owners budget estimate, A-E revised preliminary estimate, final A-E estimate, construction award amount and percentage differential and construction change order rate for up to five projects. List any recent performance evaluations or awards reeived (do not submit copies). (5) Locations in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project. (6) List volume of work previously awarded by the Department of Defense (DoD) to the firm in the last 12 months with the objective of effecting equitable distribution of contracts among qualified Architect-Engineer firms, including minority-owned firms and firms that have not had prior DOD contracts. List the small or disadvantaged or women owned firms used as primary consultants or as subconsultants. Those firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement and wish to be considered, must submit a SF 255. One copy of the SF 255 is to be received in this office no later than 3:30 pm Pacific time, the 30th calendar day after the date of appearance of this announcement in the Commerce Business Daily. Should the due date fall on a weekend or holiday, the SF 255's will be due the first workday thereafter. SF 255s received after this date and time will not be considered. Submit a SF 254 only if your have not done so in the past year. Additional information requested of the applying firms: Indicate contract number in Block 2b, CEC Code (formerly Duns) and TIN Numbers in Block 3, telefax number (if any) in Block 3a, prior names your firm has used in the past three years, including parent company, branch offices, affiliates, associates and subsidiaries in the apparent block, amount and date of all DOD fees awarded during the last two years in Block 9; and discuss why th firm is especially qualified based on the synopsized selection criteria in Block 10 of the SF 255. Use Block 10 of the SF 255 to provide any additional information desired. Personal interviews may not be scheduled prior to selection of the most highly qualified firm. SF 255 shall not exceed 30 printed pages (doubled sided is two pages/organizational charts and photographs excluded, exception: photographs with text will be considered as a page). All information must be included in the evaluation process). Firms not providing the requested information in the format (i.e. listing more than a total of 10 projects in block 8, not providing a brief description of the quality control plan, not listing in block 8, etc) directed by this synopsis may be negatively evaluated under selection criteria. (4). Firms which design or prepare documents 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. The proposed contract listed here is unrestricted. This is not a request for proposal. Telegraphic and facsimile SF 255s will not be accepted. Site visits will not be arranged during the submittal period. (114)

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