U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, ATTN: CESWG-ED-M, Room 201B, P.O. Box 1229, Galveston, Texas 77553-1229 or 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, Texas 77550

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE CONTRACTS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, GALVESTON, TEXAS, $1,500,000 LIMIT SOL DACW64-R-96-???? POC Contact: James H. Benham III, A-E Contract Coordinator, 409/766-3177; Mary A. Monnell, Contracting Officer, 409/766-3845 SERVICES REQUIRED: Architect-Engineer services to be procured in accordance with PL92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36, are required for various projects within theGalveston District Boundaries. From this announcement, two indefinite delivery type (IDT)contracts for engineering design and associated construction management services will benegotiated and awarded with a base period of one year and an option period of one year, to beexercised at the Government's discretion. Individual, fixed price delivery orders will not exceed$150,000, and the annual ceiling for the base and the option year is $750,000 per contract.Minimum guaranteed amounts per contract are $15,000 should no work be ordered during thecontracts' base year and $7,500 should no work be ordered during the option year, provided theGovernment exercises the option. One contract to be awarded about June 1996 with the othercontract to be awarded about December 1996. These contracts are anticipated to be in effectconcurrent with each other and possibly others. Delivery orders may be placed with theContractor that the Contracting Officer determines best qualified considering experience in thespecific work requirement, familiarity with the work area, capacity to complete the order in therequired time period, quality of performance on previous orders, and/or distribution of work inrelation to the effective period of each contract, if significantly less work has been awarded underthe other contract(s). This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size.Consideration will be given to the small business and the small disadvantaged business. If a largebusiness is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding therequirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. Thesubcontracting goals for each contract are that a minimum of 64.3 percent of the contractor'sintended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB) (that is 52.5 percent with SBs,8.8 percent with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) and 3.0 percent with small woman-ownedbusinesses.) The plan is not required with this submittal; however, a plan approved by theContracting Officer is required prior to award of each contract. Metricification maybe requiredduring the contract period but is not a selection criteria for the proposed procurements. Thewages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must beat least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act.This acquisition is being conducted under a specific agency delegation of GSA's exclusiveprocurement authority for FIP resources. The specific GSA DPA case number is KKA-95-AD-002. PROJECT INFORMATION: No specific work has been identified at this time. TheGalveston District extends along the entire Texas Gulf Coast inland approximately 100 miles andinto Louisiana. Services are to be used in support of engineering studies, designs, construction,operations and maintenance of various water resources projects such as flood control, navigation,beach restoration, etc., and other projects assigned to the Corps of Engineers, both civil andmilitary. The work is anticipated to consist of: (1) Performing various engineering studies,investigations, and surveys including geographic information system (GIS) related work; (2)Preparing design memoranda, design analyses, construction drawings and specifications,constructibility reviews, construction ''CPM'' networks, design review checklist,s quantitysurveys, cost estimates, risk and uncertainty analyses, storm water pollution prevention plans,''engineering considerations'' reports for construction guidance, and other reports and descriptivetext; (3) Accomplishing special studies such as geotechnical analyses of field boring logs andlaboratory reports, hydraulic and hydrologic investigations, value engineering studies, andindependent technical reviews of documents prepared by the firm or other firms by means ofindependent technical teams; and (4) Providing construction management services such asreviewing shop drawings and other submittals, making periodic site visits, preparing andreviewing change orders, reviewing and researching contract claims, performing quality controlincluding sampling and testing, preparing as-built drawings, preparing ''lessons learned'' reports,and providing consultation and other related services as A-E involvement during construction.All value engineering (VE) team members must have completed 40 hours of VE training approvedby the Society of American Value Engineers. Specifications must be prepared in ConstructionSpecifications Institute (CSI) format and submitted on diskette in ASCII format, complete andready to reproduce. Cost estimate preparation will require IBM compatible equipment to operateGovernment furnished PC based Micro-Computer Aided Cost Estimating System (MCACES)software. End products shall be submitted in hard copy and digital formats compatible with theDistrict's word processor (WordPerfect version 5.1 or later), spreadsheet (Lotus 1-2-3 version 2.3or later), and Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) (Intergraph Microstation Design File(DGN) version 4.0.3.2 or later) systems as required by the Contracting Officer. SELECTIONCRITERIA: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listedbelow in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by sub-criterion).Criteria a-h are primary while criteria i and j are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers''among the technically equal firms. The firm must demonstrate in its submission the capability tomeet the following requirements: (a) Professional staffing of civil, coastal, electrical, geotechnical(soils), hydraulic (hydrologist), mechanical, structural, and value engineers; architects; CADDSystem Managers/Experts; CADD operators; draftspersons; engineer technicians; estimators;landscape architects; specification writers; surveyors, and construction representatives. Workmust be performed under the direction of licensed professional architects and engineers. The VEteam leader must be certified by the Society of American Value Engineers as a Certified ValueSpecialist (CVS). The CADD System Manager/Expert must be experienced with an Intergraphcompatible system. (b) Experience and technical competence of individual staff members and thefirm in the design (preparation of design memorandums; construction drawings, specifications andcost estimates; etc.) of flood control, navigation, and other water resource projects; and thepreparation of other technical documents, the construction management and special studies ofsuch projects such as producing environmentally-sensitive design solutions and interfacing with abroad spectrum of environmental resource agencies and private groups. (c) Ability to respondquickly and to deliver quality products under short deadlines. (d) Delivering data in a formatcompatible with the Galveston District's Intergraph CADD System and preparing specifications inCSI format as and when required. (e) Establishing quality assurance/quality control plans todeliver end products within accuracies and on schedule. (f) Familiarity with Federal regulationsapplicable to civil works projects. (g) Past performance on Department of Defense (DOD) andother contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, compliance with performanceschedules, and cooperativeness.. (h) Capacity to perform two delivery orders concurrently. Theevaluation will consider the experience of the firm and any consultants in similar size projects, andavailability of an adequate number of personnel in key disciplines to accomplish any work orderedconsidering the firm's commitment to the Government and its repetitive daily clients. (i) Extent ofparticipation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions inthe proposed contract team. (j) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months asdescribed in Note 24. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submissionrequirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit twocopies of completed US Government Standard Form (SF) 255 (11/92 edition is the only one thatwill be accepted) and two current (dated within the last 12 months) copies of SF 254 (11/92edition is the only one that will be accepted) for the prime contractor and each subcontractorand/or consultant. Submittals shall be mailed to the address above ATTN: A-E ContractCoordinator or for special street delivery 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, Texas 77550.Submittals must be received in this office no later than 4:00 P.M. Central Daylight Savings Time(CDST) thirty (30) calendar days after the date of appearance of this announcement in theCommerce Business Daily (CBD). If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, thedeadline is no later than 4:00 P.M. CDST the first workday thereafter. SF 255's and SF 254'sreceived after the time and date will not be considered. Only those firms responding to thisannouncement will be considered. Qualification data submitted must demonstrate the ability andtechnical expertise of the firm and its staff to perform the engineering services described in thisannouncement. Additional information requested of each firm responding: (1) Indicate in block 3the Contractor's Establishment Code (CEC) and Tax Identification Number (TIN) (if available) ofthe firm identified in block 3. (2) Provide in block 3a telefax number (if any). (3) List in theappropriate block prior names of the firm used in the past three years including parent company,branch offices, affiliates, associates, and subsidiaries. (4) Provide in block 7 resumes of ALLpersonnel who will be involved, state their respective function and indicate their experience in thatfunction. (5) Provide in block 10 information on the proposed CADD system and how it will becompatible with the Galveston District's MicroStation PC 4.0.3.2 Intergraph system. (6) List inblock 10 all DoD contracts awarded to the firm and its affiliates during the last one year alongwith the dollar amount and completion date of each award. (7) Discuss in block 10 why the firmis especially qualified to provide engineering design and associated construction managementservices in connection with water resources projects. Firms responding with multiple offices:(1) Indicate personnel strength in block 4 by office. (2) Indicate the office which completed eachof the projects listed in block 8. (3) List which office is under contract for any of the contractslisted in block 9. Provide a statement in block 10 to the effect that the firm is or is not a smallbusiness, small disadvantaged business or woman-owned business. For the purposes of thisprocurement, small business is defined as a concern, including its affiliates, having average annualreceipts for its preceding three fiscal years not in excess of $2,500,000. All information must beincluded on the SF 255 (cover letter and other attachments will not be considered in theevaluation process). Telegraphic and facsimile SF 255's and SF 254's will not be accepted.Personal interviews may not be scheduled prior to selection of the most highly qualified firms.This is not a request for proposal. See Note 24. (0054)

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