Memphis District, Corps of Engineers, 167 N. Main St. B202, Memphis, TN 38103-1894

B -- CA COST STUDY FOR LOCKS AND DAMS WITHIN THE VICKSBURG DISTRICT, CE SOL DACW66-96-R-0003 DUE 110695 POC Contact Lisa Maxwell, Contract Specialist, 901/544-3613 The Contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, services, materials, supplies, plant, equipment investigations, studies, documentation, travel and other items and services to perform a commercial activities (CA) cost study and efficiency review of functions performed at 5 locks and dams on the Red River Waterway as follows: Locks 1, 4, and 5 (currently operated by Government employees) and Locks 2 and 3 (currently operated by contract employees). Standard staffing for Locks 1, 4 and 5 is 7 employees at each lock; staffing at the 2 contractor operated locks is similar. All offers will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria listed below in descending order of importance. I. Experience. a) Experience of a firm as it relates to project objectives. Information concerning the Federal agency/ organization for which studies have been performed, functions studied, number of commercial activity spaces studied, number of Government function spaces studied, start dates and completion dates. Information about milestones met during these studies. Indicate those members of current staff who participated in previous studies and the number of years experience for each. b) Experience of individuals proposed for accomplishment of project objectives. (Resum's of personnel who will be assigned to the study should be included). Proposal must clearly demonstrate that the offeror has a trained staff (technical and support) which is adequate to successfully complete the work described in the solicitation. Resum's of personnel proposed for work under this contract shall cover such areas as technical ability, training (commercial activities and other), formal education, and past experience, including specific studies especially those similar in scope to this offering. Experience will be broken down into categories for two or more principal analysts with experience on previous commercial activity studies; one principal analyst with experience on previous commercial activity studies; experience of personnel in capacity other than principal analyst on previous commercial activity studies; and no experience as principal analyst o previous commercial activity studies. c) Experience of a firm and individuals as it relates to the functions being studied. Studies include locks/dams studies; technical studies; nontechnical studies; and no previous experience. II. Capacity/Resources. a) Proposal must indicate that the offeror has adequate capacity/resources to successfully accomplish the work within the time frame allowed. This shall include such areas as the number and experience of personnel, knowledge of as well as demonstrated capability and experience with computer based systems and applications, organization and management practices. b) Proposal must clearly demonstrate that the offeror currently has or is capable of obtaining sufficient office support staff, equipment, facilities, etc., to perform the work described in this solicitation. Proposal should contain information as to whether the offeror has capabilities to perform work themselves or whether the work will be subcontracted. c) The offeror must state whether they have sufficient equipment and/or hardware to store large volumes of data (10 points) or offeror will subcontract these capabilities. III. Plan of Operation/Schedule. Proposals shall state the proposed approach to (methodology) and Study Progress Schedule for performing the work in order to meet the solicitation within the time frame stipulated. The study approach and proposed study progress schedule shall be specific, detailed, and as complete as necessary to clearly and fully demonstrate a thorough understanding of the work effort and results required and have a valid and practical plan for performing the work. IV. Price. The lowest offeror will receive the maximum number of points. Other offerors will be awarded a faction of the maximum number of points proportional to the percentage of the proposal price above that of the lowest offeror. Prospective offerors should be instructed to submit the following materials in order to supply adequate evaluative information: a) Vitae of all key personnel consultants. b) List of current and anticipated commerical activity studies contractual obligations by the offeror. c) Such additional documentation as is necessary to allow a comprehensive evaluation of the offeror's proposal in terms of listed evaluation factors. Prospective offerors should be advised that proposal may be deemed technically unacceptable if excessive current or future cmmercial activity studies contractual obligations exist. The initial screening of proposals utilizing the listed evaluation factors may result in award, without negotiations, or will result in a list of firms considered to be within the ''competitive range.'' The Contracting Officer or his designee may elect to interview firms within the ''competitive range.'' Firms desiring to submit proposals shall contact the Memphis District at the address shown. Firms responding to this announcement will be sent a Request for Proposal No. DACW66-96-R-0003. The proposed procurement listed will be a 100% small business set aside. To qualify as a small business concern, the concern must have had average annual receipts for the preceding three fiscal years not to exceed $5.0 million. The services or supplies to be procured under this announcement are classified in Standard Industrial Classification Code 8742. (0256)

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