USPFO for Louisiana, Attn: DLS-P, Bldg 39, Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, LA 70146

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES: INDEFINITE DELIVERY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SOL DAHA1696D0001. Contact CW3 Robert Remy, Contract Administrator or LTC Willard Hymel, Contracting Officer, (504) 278-6414/6412. Obtain Architect-Engineer Services for an Indefinite Delivery Contract, multi-disciplinary, for the preparation of Architect-Engineer (A-E) plans, specifications, cost estimates, studies, and construction inspection services for work to be performed on Louisiana Air National Guard facilities located at USNAS, New Orleans, LA; Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, LA; Hammond Municipal Airport, Hammond, LA; and/or Camp Beauregard, Pineville, LA. The total A-E fee is limited to $200,000.00. The contract shall be for one year or until the $200,000.00 is reached, whichever comes first. All individual delivery orders are limited to $75,000.00. A minimum of $5,000.00 will be guaranteed should no work be ordered under this contract. The proposed contract includes a one year government option for the same basic professional skills. The option year is limited to the same restrictions as the first year. Negotiation will be conducted for hourly rates for each discipline required, profit and other cost elements which are particular to the contract. Upon award, negotiations for each specific delivery order shall be conducted on the A-E effort involved. Request qualified A-E to perform type ``A'', type ``B'', and type ``C'' services for various projects. Type ``A'' services shall include, but not limited to field surveys, investigations, testing, evaluations, research, examinations, and measurements required to obtain data essential to the performance of type ``B'' services. Type ``B'' services include calculations, designs, cost estimates, drawings, and specifications of suitable quality and completeness for bidding by contractors. Design shall be based on project books or statements of works to be furnished by the Government and on conclusions reached by the exercise of type ``A'' services. Type ``C'' services shall include all labor, equipment, and materials required for the complete construction inspection, and review of submittal and shop drawings as well as material testing required by the construction documents and normal construction documents and normal construction practices. A-E selection criteria will include in order of importance: (1) professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; (3) capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (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 in the general graphical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project, provided that there is an adequate number of qualified firms therein for consideration; (6) volume of work previously awarded by the DOD to the firm with the object of effecting and equitable distribution of contracts among qualified A-E firms. A-E firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 254, U.S. Government Architect-Engineer Questionnaire and a SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire to this office within 30 days of this publication. No other notification to firms under consideration for this work is made and no further action is required. This is not a request for proposals. This is an unrestricted procurement action, open to both small and large business. (058)

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