U. S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, MOBILE, ATTN: CESAM-EN-MN, P. O. BOX 2288,, MOBILE ALABAMA 36628-0001 OR 109 ST., JOSEPH STREET MOBILE AL 36602

T -- IND DEL CONTRACT FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELITE (GPS) SURVEYS, PHOTOGRAMM, SURVEYING & MAPP SERVCS TO SUPP THE MOB DISTRICT CIV WORKS PROGRAM SOL AECW**-96**-0003 POC Contact Mr. Jack Pruett, 334/441-5755; Contracting Officer, Toni S. Carney (Site Code W31XNJ) 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: (Refer to RFP: DACW01-96-R-0005) This offer is procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36. A-E services are required for an Indefinite Delivery Contract For Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Surveys, Photogrammetry, Surveying And Mapping Services To Support The Mobile District's Civil Works Program. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The contract will be awarded for one year with an option to extend the contract for one additional year. Work under the contract to be subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual delivery orders not to exceed $150,000 each, with a total not to exceed $750,000 during each 12-month period. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan for that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are a minimum of 52.5% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), including small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and women-owned business, 8.8% be placed with SDB, and 3% for women-owned business. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The selected firm will be required to perform work of the following type: 1st Order Global Positioning Satellite System (GPS) services in Blue Book Format, On-The-Fly GPS, 1st order class I vertical leveling in Blue Book format, Intergraph Digital Data services, and Photogrammetry services. The Contractor is required to have the capability to furnish surveys, both horizontal and vertical, in English or metric format without conversion of the field data. The firm shall have the capability to provide digital surveying and mappig data that is readable and fully operational on an Intergraph computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) system. Current operating software is Intergraph Microstation version 5 and deliver of files on CD Rom/Optical disk, or 2.3 - 5.0, 8mm Exabyte tape using scpio format and deliver of files in Intergraph format. Work under this contract will be in the States of Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia with possible work in South and Central America or other locations as may be assigned to the Mobile District. 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 thru D are primary. Criteria E thru G are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. A. Professional Qualifications: The selected firm must have, either in-house or through consultants, the following: (1) Registered Land Surveyor with registration numbers for Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia; (2) Party Chiefs; (3) Project Managers. Resumes (Block 7 of the SF 255) must be provided for these disciplines, including consultants. In Block 7c, Project Assignment, of the SF 255, use the nomenclature for disciplines as noted in this advertisement. Additional evaluation factors are provided in order of importance: B. Specialized experience and technical competence in: (1) First Order Global Positioning Satellite System Surveys (GPS) in Blue Book Format; (2) On-the-Fly GPS Surveys; (3) Intergraph Digital Data Services or AutoCad; (4) Photogrammetry services; (5) Digital Orthophoto; (6) Detail topographic (Planetable and/or Digital) mapping; (7) vertical control; (8) horizontal control; (9) Describe in Block 10 of the SF 255 the firm's quality management plan, including the team's organizational chart, quality assurance, cost control, and coordination of the in-house work with consultants. C. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: The ability, equipment, and expertise to field up to four (4) survey parties with a sustained effort of two (2) parties; The ability, equipment, and expertise to field up to eight (8) GPS survey parties D. Past Performance: Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. E. Geographic Location: Geographic location with respect to Souheastern U.S. F. Small Business, Small Disadvantage Business, and Women Owned Business Participation: Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women owned businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort; G. Equitable Distribution of DoD contracts: Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submissions requirements. Firms must submit a copy of their SF 254 and SF 255, and a copy of each consultant's SF 254. The 11/92 edition of the forms must be used, and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office. These must be received in the Mobile District Office (CESAM-EN-MN) not later than close of business on the 30th day after the date of publication of this solicitation in the Commerce Business Daily. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next business day. Along with the SF 255 and SF 254, a Summary of Capability Worksheet, version 95.2 or higher, must be requested and submitted with the proposal. All previous Summary of Capability Worksheet are obsolete. A worksheet, in ASCII or WordPerfect format, (must send a 3 1/2 inch unformatted floppy disk) should be requested by sending a self addressed envelope or a Floppy Disk Mailer to: Mobile District Corps of Engineers; ATTN: CESAM-EN-MS; P.O. Box 2288; Mobile, AL 36628-0001. Include ACASS number in Block 3b and RFP Number in Block 2b of the SF 255. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. As required by acquisition regulations, interviews for the purpose of discussing prospective contractors' qualifications for the contract will be conducted only for those firms(0289)

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