U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, National Place, Suite 1000, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530

C -- NATIONWIDE MULTI-DISCIPLINE ARCHITECT ENGINEER SERVICES SOL JRJMD-96-R-0029 DUE 031896 POC Tim Spencer, Contracting Officer 202 307-1956. The U.S. Department of Justice has a requirement for multi- discipline Architect & Engineer (A&E) services for the preparation of studies, plans, specifications and cost estimates ready for bidding. Required services will include space planning, space programming, interior design, historical preservation, handicapped accessibility, building security, seismic evaluation, environmental, energy, and fire protection engineering, and possibly writing of asbestos abatement and removal specifications for construction projects. Professional disciplines that will be required include architecture, mechanical, electrical, environmental and structural engineering. The contract will support the Facilities and Administrative Services Staff in its efforts to manage Department facilities nationwide. The A&E firm must have an active design production office in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (defined as including only the following areas: the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and in Virginia, Alexandria City, Arlington county, and Fairfax county, including all cities within Fairfax county), and the ability to provide services nationwide using its own resources or those of subcontractors. Selection evaluation criteria, with numbers one and two being of equal importance and the rest listed in descending order of importance are: (1) professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the above listed required services, (2) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, (3) capacity to work simultaneously on a number of delivery orders and to complete work within the required times, (4) past performance on contracts with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, (5) location of an active design production office within the Washington, DC metropolitan area, as defined above (office must be in service by the date responses to this notice are due), (6) demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design, (7) ability to provide the required services throughout the United States with the firm's own resources or those of subcontractors. All orders placed under the contract will be on a firm, fixed price basis. The initial contract will be for one year with Government options to extend for four additional one year periods. The minimum guarantee for each period will be $25,000, the maximum value for each period will be $1,000,000. No individual order will exceed $250,000. Firms responding to this notice must address their capability with regard to the above evaluation factors and must provide two copies of their submittal forms (2 copies each of the SF-254 and SF-255). Responses are due not later than 2:00 pm, local time, March 18, 1996 as follows: If mailed, U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20530, if hand delivered, National Place Building, North Office Tower, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, (F Street Entrance), Suite 1000 (10th Floor), Washington, DC. Responses received after the established time will be considered late and will be handled in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Clause 52.215-10, Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawal of Proposals. See Numbered Note 24. (0038)

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