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C -- A/E SERVICES Sol DTCG83-96-R-3WF063. POC P. J. Korenchen 216-522-3954 ext. 567. Extension of submission date. Firms desiring consideration are invited to submit a SF-254 and SF-255 prior to close of business on 16 January 1996. Provide professional A/E Services for Shore Facilities. Variety of assignments involving U.S. Coast Guard Shore Facilities located in 28 states throughout the Great Lakes, Mississippi River and its tributaries, and mid-Atlantic states from Barnegat, NJ to the northern border of South Carolina. Most work will consist of modifications and renovations to existing structures. The Shore Facilities include residential and light commercial buildings and their mechanical and electrical systems, site utilities, waterfront facilities, and aircraft hangars. Work shall include but is not limited to miscellaneous general engineering and architectural services including architecture mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, sanitary, geotechnical and coastal engineering, Autocad drafting, engineering graphic and nongraphic database programming (GIS, LISP, PASCAL, etc.), topographic analysis, surveying, project management, construction surveillance, environmental assessments, and masterplanning support. Services to be obtained may also include assessment of existing conditions, review of project designs, analysis of alternatives, recommendations for cost effective alternatives, and development of final designs and construction contract documents. Criteria to be evaluated in the selection of the A/E firm(s) will be as follows: (1) Past performance on design contracts with estimated construction costs under $500,000: (a) Demonstrated compliance with performance schedules and the abiity to meet unusual time constraints, (b) Consistently uses most cost-effective designs to meet project requirements, (c) Quality of work as demonstrated by a history of minimal design-related change orders, and (d) Demonstrated long term relationships and repeat business with customers; (2) Professional qualifications of the firm's staff to provide required designs: (a) Ability to perform the majority of design work in architectural, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering disciplines with in-house personnel, and (b) Ability to generated the majority of AUTOCAD drawings with in-house personnel; (3) Proven ability (last five years) of the firm to produce quality designs in a wide range of renovation, design, and shore facility projects, including: (a) Light commercial, including building systems, (b) Residential, including building systems, (c) Site work, including utilities and paving, and (d) Special construction, including waterfront facilities, hangars, transmitter buildings, and other Coast Guard specific buildings; (4) Proven ability (last five years) of the firm to conduct quality studies and reports, including: (a) Environmental (lead and asbestos) reports and testing, (b) Coast Estimates, (c) AUTOCAD 12 Drawings, (d) Calculations, (e) Site surveys, and (f) Economic analyses of different construction methods, HVAC systems, and electrical systems; (5) Professional qualifications of consultants to provide necessary technical work for the design beyond the capability of the firm's in-house personnel; (6) Effective internal quality control procedures ensuring technical accuracy and coordination of disciplines; and, (7) Adequate representation of minorities and women personnel qualified and available to work on design projects in comparison to the number of equally qualified and paid minorities and women located in the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area of performance. The basic contract will be limited to the maximum of $500,000 for each year of the contract with a $200,000 maximum per individual task order. The term of the contract shall be one year from the date of award with an option fo one year. The government reserves the right to exercise the option. The total duration of the contract, including exercise of any option, shall not exceed two years. The government reserves the right to make multiple awards. This procurement is open to small and large businesses in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. No solicitation shall be issued. This is not a request for proposal. Those firms who have submitted the required forms in response to the CBD announcements dated 1 November 1995 and 6 November 1995 need not re-submit. (341)

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