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

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECT-ENGINEER PLANNING SERVICES AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES SOL DACW59-95-R-0023 POC Michael S. DeStefano, Contract Specialist, (412)644-4953 or George Gimera, P.E., (412)644-4170. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, will require an Indefinite Delivery, Firm-Fixed Price, Architect-Engineer Contract for Planning Services and Related Responsibilities. Primary services to be provided include investigations and the preparation of reports for a variety of activities pertaining to navigation, flood control, water quality, water supply, waste water treatment, recreation, acid mine drainage abatement, water resource planning in general, as well as other Corps of Engineers planning responsibilities including, but not limited to, flood insurance related studies and cultural resources investigations. The location of services may be required anywhere within the boundaries or assignments of the Pittsburgh District. The contract amount will not exceed $750,000 per annum and individual work orders not to exceed $150,000 which will be issued intermittently as needed for the duration of the contract. The contract will be in effect for one year with an option year to be exercised 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. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it plans to subcontract. The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The A-E contractor will be required to provide the appropriate personnel, materials and equipment necessary to perform items of work to be accomplished which will relate principally to reconnaissance investigations, preliminary design and/or evaluating the environmental, social, and economic impacts of recommended and alternative actions. Environmental studies will be accomplished in sufficient detail to support a decision on whether the preparation of an environmental impact statement is warranted. Items of work will consist, in general, of initial review of problem areas, the gathering of required data, necessary coordination, and the development, writing, incorporating of comments, and the reproduction of reports, or portions of reports, as identified by individual work orders. Desk-top computer graphics, publishing, CADD/GIS micro-stations, and PC support capabilities are required for data and information management and rapid response products. Principal fields of expertise include but are not limited to (1) basic engineering; (2) hydrology and hydraulics; (3) sociology, economics and demographics; (4) biology, chemistry, ecology, environmental and cultural resource studies; (5) landscape architecture and recreation resource planning. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria in descending order of importance: A. Professional qualifications: education, training and experience of key management and technical personnel necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services. B. Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in the type of work required. C. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time limits. 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. E. Adequacy and qualifications of any required subcontractors. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: A-E firms which satisfy the requirements of this announceemnt 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 current (within the past 12 months) SF 254 on file with this office must also furnish a completed SF 254. SF 254s and SF 255s 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 notifications 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, OH 44114 (216) 522-4180; U.S. small Business Administration, Attn: Doug Smith, P.O. Box 1608, Clarksburg, WV 26302-1608 (304) 623-5631. This is not a request for proposal. (0144)

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