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R -- STRUCTURAL ENGRNG SVCS FOR 1 INDEF. DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR NONLINEAR, INCREMENTAL STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MAJOR NAVIGATION STRUCTURES WITHIN THE LOUIS. DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OF IL, IN, KY AND OH POC Contact Mrs. Sharon Evans, (502) 582-6208 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract. The maximum amount of the contract shall not exceed $750,000.00, and no individual delivery order shall exceed $150,000.00. The contract period is one year from date of award, with an option to extend one additional year with an additional ceiling amount of $750,000.00. Before award of this contract, the firm (if not a small business concern) shall be required to present an acceptable Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507. To meet the current subcontracting goals, 69% of the total subcontracted dollars must go to small business firms, 6.3% must go to small disadvantaged business firms, and 2.9% must go to woman-owned firms. The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Expected project activities would involve nonlinear, incremental structural analysis (NISA) of massive concrete hydraulic structures founded on soil, rock or piles and of construction, transportation and service loads of floating precast, prestress or post tension concrete structures using two dimensional and three dimensional models. Massive concrete hydraulic structures would be cast in place concrete, specialized precast concrete shells with concrete in fill, tremie concrete, roller compacted concrete and pre-placed aggregate concrete or similar structures. Primary effort will pertain to the Olmsted Locks and Dam now under design and construction in the Ohio River between Kentucky and Illinois. However, delivery orders could be issued for work at other locations within the Louisville District boundaries. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process information. The selection criteria in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion) are listed below. Criteria a-d are primary and e-h are secondary: a. Qualified registered professional engineers (analyst and checkers) with expertise pertaining to the above project information data. Firms should provide resumes in the SF255 for the team analyst and checkers. b. Specialized experience, including documented experience (i.e., Engineering Awards and/or published work, etc) technical competence in structural modeling and analysis of concrete structures including familiarity with computer software needed for constitutive material models, nonlinear behavior and fracture mechanics; time dependent concrete material properties and performance, such as strength versus time, stiffness versus time and shrinkage; and modeling reinforcement in relation to the cracking criteria for concrete and the minimizing of cracking in massive concrete structures due to heat of hydration. c. Capacity to complete the work in the required time. d. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Geographical location and knowledge of the locality of the project. f. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. g. Superior performance evaluations on recently completed DOD contracts. h. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black collages and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: a. See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one completed SF 255 (Revision 11-92), U.S. Government A/E and Related Services for Specific Projects to the office shown above. SF 255 (Revision 10-83) is obsolete and only the 11-92 edition of SF 255 will be accepted. All responses on SF 255 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 pm Local Time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this publication to be considered for selection. The day following this CBD announcement counts as day number 1. If the 30th day falls on Saturday, Sunday or a U. S. Gov't. holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next Gov't. business day. b. It is requested that interested firms list the fee amount and date of all DOD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in Block 9 of the SF 255. c. Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF 254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally, all responding firms which do not have a current (within the past 12 months) SF 254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, must also furnish a completed SF 254. If a SF 254 is included, only the 11-92 edition of the form will be accepted. The business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in Block 3 of the SF 255. Definition: A concern is small if the annual receipts averaged over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $2.5 million. d. No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required. e. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A/E contracts. This is not a request for proposals. (0171)

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