U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Place, Room 821, Louisville, Kentucky 40201-2230

C -- A-E SERVICES FOR AN INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES POC Contact Mrs. Mary A. Raymundo (502)582-6352 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract. Projects will be awarded by Individual Delivery Order not to exceed $75,000. with the maximum contract value being $200,000. per year. The contract period is one year from date of award, with an option to extend an additional year with an additional $200,000. in the contract amount. Estimated start and completion dates are Sep 95 and Sep 96 respectively. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The value engineering services may be either formal VE studies and/or VE reviews including presentations and will be so designated in each delivery order. The VE firm must indicate capability to complete any study in three weeks or less from notice to proceed. Tasks may include VE analysis of concept, preliminary or final design submittals. The study group, meeting on five consecutive work days will follow the five step plan as recognized by the Society of American Value Engineers (SAVE). All members of the team must be trained in VE methodology and the team leader will be a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) currently certified by SAVE. VE reports are to be assembled and distributed within one week of completion of VE study. Projects requiring VE services will probably be designed in metric units, so VE services will be designed in metric units. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria (a) - (f) are primary. Criteria (g) & (h) are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. (a) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services (indicated by resume in block 7) include: Expertise in Civil, Structural (independent of Civil), Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering; Architecture; Cost Engineering; Geology; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Protection Specialist Engineering; Hydro Geologist Geotechnical Engineering; Electronics Engineering; and Aviation is required. A designer in Architecture and each specified field of engineering are necessary with at least one in each field professionally registered. CVS must be a professionally registered engineer or architect. Only resumes identifying the professionalism and specialized experience of the design group are necessary. Other available personnel may be specified in paragraph 10 of SF 255. (b) Specialized experience of the firm includes: Familiarity with metric system and experience to design in metric units must be shown. Firms should submit a one page summary of experience/familiarity with metric system and the ability to do VE analysis work in metric units. A Quality Control (QC) Plan must be prepared and submitted identifying the process that the prime firm and consultants will follow to do the activities as specified above. (c) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time, and branch office capacity to perform independently of the main office; (d) Past performance on contracts with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (e) Past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (f) geographical location and knowledge of the locality of the project, provided that application of the criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project. (g) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24; and (h) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges 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 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 SF 255. Definition: A concern is small if its 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. This is not a request for proposals.(0208)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0014 19950728\C-0003.SOL)