Dept. of the Army, St. Paul District Corps of Engineers, 190 Fifth Street E., St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1638

C -- A-E FIRM FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT - DESIGN, PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING FOR REPLACEMENT OF CONTROL STATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, LOCK AND DAM NO. 6 AT TREMPEALEAU, WI SOL SPPEMT52930134 POC Anthony Foster, (612) 290-5415/Contracting Officer, Denise M. McCarthy, (612) 290-5409 CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineering services are required for a firm fixed-price contract for preparation of (1) construction contract drawings and specifications, (2) field surveying and (3) construction engineering services, including shop drawing review, field inspection, providing engineering advice during construction, and preparation of as-built drawings. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The contract is anticipated to be awarded by April 1996 and completed by December 1999. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are that a minimum of 60.3% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small business (SB), including small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) and women owned businesses (WOB), of which 9.8% be placed with SDB, and 2.9% be placed with WOB. The plan is not required with this submittal. The Corps has requested Service Contract Act wage rates for the following locations: Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and St. Louis Counties in Minnesota; Cass and Grand Forks Counties in North Dakota; Dane, Eau Claire and Milwaukee Counties in Wisconsin; Clay and St. Louis Counties in Missouri; Muscatine County in Iowa; and Cook County in Illinois. Upon request of any interested offeror, the Government will request a Service Contract Act wage determination for other possible places of performance. If you wish the Corps to obtain a Service Contract Act wage determination for a location other than one listed above, you must provide the Corps with a written request for an additional service Contract Act wage determination with a written request for an additional determination within 30 days after the date of this announcement. That request must contain the state and county where the offeror proposes to perform the work. I you are awarded this contract and the place where you will perform the work is not covered by a Service Contract Act wage determination requested by the Corps and you do not timely request the Corps to obtain an additional determination for your particular place of performance, the Corps will request a determination for your particular place of performance and incorporate it into the contract (retroactive to the date of award) with no adjustment in contract price. PROJECT INFORMATION: The major project features include replacing the lock's power and control systems, replacing the Central Control Station, concrete repairs, visitor comfort station, well house, and site work consisting of roads, parking lots, storm water drainage, fencing, and lighting at Lock and Dam No. 6 near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. The estimated construction cost is between $5 million and $10 million. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria in descending order of importance are: a. Professional capabilities including qualified professional personnel in electrical, mechanical, landscape architectural, architectural, structural, geotechnical, civil, specification and cost engineering. b. Specialized experience and technical competence in the project features described including (1) design of facility power and control systems; (2) building design; (3) CADD; (4) quality management. The evaluation will consider the management structure; coordination of disciplines, offices and subcontractors; and quality control plans. Required information includes an organization chart. c. Capacity to prepare the plans and specifications in seven (7) months. d. Past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. e. Knowledge of the locality including cold climate engineering, design and construction. f. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, WOB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated subcontracting effort. g. Location of the firm in the general geographical area of the St. Paul District. h. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. Volume of work for the St. Paul District will also be considered under this factor. The last three factors, minority business, location and voume of DOD work, will not be used unless more than one firm is considered highly qualified. Drawings submitted by the contractor are required to be in Intergraph IGDS format compatible with the St. Paul District CADD system. The contractor is not required to work with Microstation or other Intergraph software; however, the CADD system used must provide files that the contractor may translate into the Intergraph system. Conversion of design files to IGDS is the sole responsibility of the contractor, and shall be incidental to the submittal process. Drawings produced will conform to all Corps of Engineers and District CADD drawing and mapping standards including, but not limited to, 3- dimensional placement of translatable graphic elements on specified levels, producing lines with specified weights, colors, styles, and at proper elevation. The Standard Form 255 submitted by the contractor shall clearly delineate the type of CADD equipment, hardware and software, intended for use on this contract, the years of operating experience accumulated on the CADD system, and the translation methods to be used if translation is required, in order to provide the intended product. The contractor shall provide references to other projects that they have completed using the stated CADD system. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Interested A-E firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit two copies of Standard Form 255, and separate Standard Form 254 for the prime and all consultants/subcontractors (only the 11-92 revised edition of these Standard Forms will be accepted) to the below address not later than close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. A-E firms shall indicate their business size in item 3 of Form 255 (SIC Code 8711). Responding firms must indicate the following in item 10: 1) the number and amount of Department of Defense contracts and the total amount of contracting awarded in the 12 months prior to this notice; 2) include the percentage of the estimated subcontracting amount that would go to SB, SDB, WOB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions; and 3) a description of the firm's overall design quality management plan, including management approach, coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, ad quality control procedures. Information, number of personnel and past job experience provided in the Standard Form 255 shall reference the firm or local office providing the service and all designated subcontractors. Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposal. Send responses to Department of the Army, St. Paul District, Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CENCS-CT, 190 Fifth Street East, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1638. See Note 24. For Standard Form information or questions, call Mr. Anthony Foster at (612) 290-5415. (Ref. No. SPPEMT52930134). (0317)

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