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C -- SUPPLEMENTAL A/E SERVICES CONTRACT, TX SOL GS-07P-96-HUD-0004 DUE 000000 POC Contact,Steve Clark,817/334-3974,Contracting Officer,Christy A. Skirchak,81 7/885-7488 Sic Code 8712, Supplemental A/E Service for the State of Texas, Zone IV, Solicitation No. GS-07P-96-HUD-0004. POC Christy A. Skirchak, Contracting Officer, 817/885-7488; Steven Clark, Contract Specialist, 817/334-3974. Indefinite Quantity contract for A/E Services for a period of one year with four 1 year option periods. The contract will be for work in Texas within the area administered by the Austin, San Antonio, McAllen Field Offices which includes, but is not limited to, Austin, San Antonio, San Angelo, Waco, Laredo, McAllen, Corpus Christi, and Brownsville, but also includes work on an occassional basis and under special situations anywhere within TX, OK, AK, LA, NM. The firm selected will primarily provide design, construction M&I, and estimating services, but may also be required to provide scope development, planning, interior design, environmental studies, feasibility studies, problem analysis, design review, consulting /design /construction management for elevator work, geotechnical testing, quality control testing, asbestos sampling/hazard assessment /abatement design/air quality monitoring, boundary and topographical surveying, historic structure reports, building evaluation reports and other architectural, engineering, and technical servies. The work will require primarily architectural, mechanical, electrical, and estimator disciplines, but may also require civil, structural, geotechnical, environmental, industrial hygienist, fire safety, elevator, surveyor, and other disciplines with specialized experience. In the event that there are other professional service contracts in effect in the same geograhic area at the time this contract becomes effective, priority will be given to this contract. There will be no limit to the amount paid on individual delivery orders and no limit on project size; however, the total cumulative delivery order amount shall not exceed $750,000 in any one-year contract period. Projects, while there will be no limit on size, will generally involve repairs, alterations, and improvements in connection with eisting buildings or properties, and will generally range in size from $25,000 to $1,500,000 in estimated construction cost. Services may be required on the following projects currently in the workload inventory for this area: ECCA range, location, title: $250,000 - $500,000 Austin, HVAC Upgrade; $100,000 - $250,000 San Angelo, Elevator Upgrade; $25,000 - $100,000 San Antonio, Roof Replacement. Evaluation factors for the selection of the firm are as follows: (1) Experience of the firm and consultants with regard to providing the types of services described above, and with regard to accomplishment of past projects of the type described above, (2) Management and Inspection capability of the firm and consultants with respect to complete management and inspection of services and projects of the type described above during the construction phase, (3) Technical ability-professional qualifications, and consultants who will be directly involved in providing the above described services, and their philosophy concerning the design of repair and alteration work. Firms responding to this announcement must have the capability to provide complete services with regard to asbestos-related work, or will not be considered. (4) Management/organization/production /quality control, capability and past performance of the firm and consultants with respect to mobilizing, producing a high quality design, maintaining good working relationships, working with small repair and alteration projects, meeting schedules, providing accurate cost estimates, and tracking and controlling costs. The Government will not indemnify the firm against liability involving asbestos or other hazardous materials, that is, no clause holding the firm harmless will be included in the contract. A firm-fixed-price indefinite quantity contract will result from this soliciation, including profit, overhead, and hourly rates for anticipated disciplines and for use in negotiating firm-fixed-price delivery orders. The Government, at its option, may include in the contract a supplemental A/E lookup table for pricing delivery orders for projects with an estimated construction cost of less than $2,000,000. If the lookup table is included, the Government will use the fixed price amounts in the lookup table which will be a function of project size, type and complexity. The lookup table will be provided to the A/E during initial contrct negotiations and shall be a mandatory payment provision. Consideration will be limited to firms or joint ventures having an active design production office within the counties of Travis or Bexar in the State of Texas. Such production office must be in operation at the time of this announcement. Consultants are not required to be located within the prescribed area. Firms, when responding to this announcement, should address their capability with regard to each of the evaluation factors listed above, as the top rated firms recommended for interview will be recommended solely on their written response to this announcement. Architectural or engineering firms wishing to be considered must submit completed Standard Forms 254 and 255 and other pertinent information. This procurement is being made under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Offerors, prior to being awarded any contract exceeding $500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction), shall be required to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan (see FAR 52.219-9) or demonstrate that no subcontracting opportunities exist. The provision does not apply to small business concerns. The SF254s and 255s must be received NLT 3:15 P.M. local time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this publication. Calendar days shall be computed commencing with the day after the date of publication. All submittals must clearly identify the Solicitation GS-07P-96-HUD-0004 on the face of the envelope for identification purposes. Late submittals will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-10. All responsilble sources may furnish a submittal which will be considered. See numbered note #24. (0296)

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