Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, Room 7000, 10 South Howard Street, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715

C -- A-E SERVICES ARE REQUIRED FOR AN INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE CONTRACT FOR U.S. ARMY CENTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS (USACPW), ALEXANDRIA, VA SOL DACA31-96-R-0027 DUE 032796 POC Mary P. Cunningham (410) 962-3953 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Engineering Studies and Analytical Services for boiler/cooling water treatment at various Army Installations. The services will be executed with a negotiated fixed price Indefinite Delivery Type Contract (IDTC) for technical investigations, obtaining data, performing studies, training, preparing reports and other documents on boiler, cooling and potable water treatment problems that are encountered during the operation and maintenance of US Government installations and facilities. The AE fee for any one delivery order may not exceed $150,000.00 and the cumulative amount of all delivery orders will not exceed $750,000.00. The contract period will be one year from the date of contract award, with an option for a second year period. 2. SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REQUIREMENTS: If a large business is selected, a subcontracting plan with the final fee proposal will be required, consistent with Section 806 (b) of PL 100-180, PL 95-507, AND 99-661. A minimum of 25% of the total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small business concerns, at least 5% of total subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small disadvantaged businesses, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Minority Institutions, and 5% with women-owned businesses. The plan is not required with the submittal. 3. PROJECT INFORMATION: The selected firm shall be able to evaluate and provide on site O&M assistance to improve performance of boiler and cooling water systems including related water and environmental systems, provide O&M operator training, prepare O&M documents, economic analysis reports and engineering feasibility studies. Related services such as furnishing drawings, specifications and cost estimates may also be required as an option. The anticipated award date is about 1 July 1996. Responding firms will identify capability to perform in Europe and/or Far East by providing a Management Plan which describes how services will be performed in the US and overseas and the names and telephone numbers of clients as references on their five most recent similar projects. 4. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection of the AE firm for this project will be based on evaluation of the following significant factors in the priority listed: (1) Specialized experience of the firm in evaluation of boiler and cooling water treatment programs. Applicable experience must be with boilers operating in the range of 5 psi to 300 psi, ranging insize from 10 boiler horsepower to 10,000 boiler horsepower and with cooling systems ranging from 25 to about 800 tons (2) Experience of the firm in related water treatment, water conservation and environmental evaluations. (3) Professional qualifications of the firm's staff and consultants to be assigned a project. (4) Knowledge of Army and other DOD boiler/cooling water treatment programs, regulations, and manuals. (5) Past experience, if any, of the firm with respect to performance on Department of Defense contracts, or other contracts. (6) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work; disciplines required are chemists and chemical engineers; minimum of two each in each disciplines that are required. (7) Proposed management plan and organizational chart of the project team to be utilized. The plan must show the working relationship of all key personnel, by discipline, and name a responsible individual for each. (8) Volume of work previously awarded by the Department of Defense to the firm with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of contacts among qualified Architecty Engineer firms, including minority owned or small business firms and firms that have not had prior Department of Defense contracts. 5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a completed Standard Form 254 ''Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire'' and a complete SF 255, ''Architect Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Projects'' to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District. Submittals must include a SF 254 for each firm shown in block 6 of SF 255 ''Outside Key Consultants/Associates'', in order to be qualified. Firms will be rejected for lack of, or an outdated SF 254. Only those firms submitting all qualification data will be considered. All submittals must be received in the Baltimore District office by close of business (1630 hours) on March 27, 1996. Any submittals received after this date will not be considered. Any other general notification to firms under consideration will not be made and any further action beyond submission of SF 254/255 is not required nor encouraged. For technical information contact Nelson Labbe, US Army Center for Public Works, Fort Belvoir, Va., telephone (703) 806-5202. Note 24 applies. This is not a request for proposals. (0054)

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