US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW YORK DISTRICT 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York, 10278-0090, Attn: CENAN-EN-MR

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR TWO INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACTS #42 AND 43 (OPERATIONS DIVISION) FOR SURVEYING WITHIN THE NEW YORK DISTRICT BOUNDARIES SOL CBAEOP-5200-0029 POC WILLIEN CUNNINGHAM, PROCUREMENT ASSISTANT 212-264-9123. LOCATION: The work will be within the New York District. Subsistence will be paid for work beyond a fifty-mile radius of the New York District Office. No subsistence will be paid for work within a fifty-mile radius of the New York District office. Scope of Services Required. Provide a full range of surveys within the New York Distrct. Beach surveys for both contracts will make up approximately 75% of all delivery orders. These surveys will require near shore, surf zone and upland profiles. The required method for profile data collection is by towed sea sled. Firms must show in their proposals the ability to collect profile data using a sea sled and automated positioning. The remaing effort for three contract is survyeing borrow areas, dump sites and navigation channels for both condition and dredging. Establish horizontal and vertical control of Second Order Class II as required. The reference grid system will be State Plane Coordination Systems in both NAD 27 and NAD 83. Hydrographic surveys must conform to Class 1 criteria as defined in EM 1110-2-1003 (Hydrographic Surveying). Firms must be capable of collecting survey data electronically. Firms must be able to submit both hard maps and electronic data. The Corps of Engineers has adopted Integraph as its CADD standard and the data standard must conform to EM 1110-1-1807 (Standards Manual for US Army Corps of ENgineers Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) Systems. Proposals must list both field and office equipment. Proposals must clearly show ability to collect survey data electronically and capability of providing acceptable data formats. The terms of these contracts is one year. There is an accumulated $750,000 limit and a minimu of $150,000 per delivery order for each contract. Technical capability required. The firms selected must have one or more senior staff persons licensed to practice Land Survyeing in the states of New York and New Jersey. Special Qualifications: The firms selected must each have sufficient staff to be able to perform at least two delivery orders simulteaneously. Closing date for submission of Form 255. Thirty days of advertisement in CBD. Evaluation Factors in Descending Order of Importance: (1) Professional qualificationas necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. (2) SPecialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required. (3) Capacity to accomplish the work 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 locality of the project. Start: March 1996 nad Completion: March 1997. Firms who have not previously applied for NYD projects and firms who do not have a current SF 254 on file with NYD should submit two copies of SF 254 on initial response to our CBD notice. Delivery orders under these contracts will be assigned on a rotational basis. (0202)

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