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

C -- GEOTECHNICAL EXPERT REVIEW & DESIGN CONSULTANT SERVICES RELATED TO THE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR NAVIGATION AND/OR FLOOD CONTROL STRUCTURES WITHIN THE LOUISVILLE DISTRICT AREA OF IL, IN, KY & OH 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 Orders not to exceed $150,000. The maximum contract value of the contract is $750,000. The contract period is one year from date of award with an option to renew the contract for an additional year at $750,000. Before award of this contract, the firm (if a large 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 the performance of studies, analyses, expert review services, site visits, and the preparation of reports and design and/or construction methodology of major hydraulic related structures to include such items as lock and dam structures, cellular sheet pile cofferdams, braced excavations, seepage control systems, dewatering systems, instrumentation systems, mooring cells, shallow foundations, deep foundations, retaining walls, anchored sheetpile walls, landslide and slope analysis and remediation. Seismic impacts on the above will also be required. 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. Resumes for team members must be provided in the SF 255 in order to evaluate the specified selection criteria. 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-g are secondary: a. Registered professional engineers with geotechnical/soils engineering expertise (analysts/designers and checkers). b. Documented specialized experience (i.e., Engineering Awards and/or published work, etc.) in soil mechanics (determination and evaluation of soil properties) to include seismic influence in deep foundation design and analysis; design/construction for marine structures (navigation dams, cofferdams, etc.); geotechnical instrumentation; design and analysis of dewatering systems; design and analysis of earth retaining structures; and engineering geology and rock mechanics. 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. A formalized project specific Quality Control (QC) Plan must be prepared and submitted identifying the process that the prime firm and consultants will follow to minimize errors and omissions in order to produce a quality product. The QC plan will be considered as part of the evaluation factor relating to past experience. 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. 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. (0216)

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