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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SOL 1443CX2000-96-013 POC Terry Lang, 303/969-2961 The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking a firm or an organization with transportation and traffic engineering capabilities to provide Architect/Engineer(A/E) services under an indefinite quantities contract to conduct transportationplanning and traffic engineering work at various National Park Service areas throughout the United States, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The work will involve traffic data collection, alternative development and analysis of transportation needs at the NPS areas. The work willencompass traffic safety evaluations, traffic operation improvements, parking studies, compilation and analysis of existing traffic data and the determinationof the economic, technical and environmental feasibility of alternative transportation modes for use in the National Park System. Occasional design andspecification preparation, which will be performed or approved by a licensed/registered engineer in thK@fhBhJ@^d@hJddRh^dr@^L@hPJ@n^dV@X^FBhR^\X@ZBrDJ@dJbjRdJH@j\HJd@hPRs contract.All work performed by the A/E shall be under the direction of a Professional Engineer. The following professional disciplines are required to be on the staff of the A/Eor qualifying sub-contractors thereof: Transportation, Traffic or Highway Engineer; Certified Planner (specializing in transportation or transit operations). The following disciplines may be required during the course of the contract. They are deemed to be desirable, but not mandatory, in the consideration for contract award. Standard Form (SF) 254's for these disciplines should be provided: specifications developer, noise analyst and environmental assessor. The organization must have professional expertise in the fields of transportationengineering and traffic engineering which demonstrate the ability to develop solutions to complex transportation problems with the appropriate degree of environmental sensitivity in pristine areas as well as in historic areas. The project manager or principal investigator should have demonstrated professional ability in traffic data collection, parking studies, traffic safety studies and analysis. Specific evaluation criteria, (includes all subcontractors and consultants) in descending order of importance, are as follows: (Please note that these criteriaare used in lieu of the criteria listed in numbered Note 24.) 1. Professional qualifications and experience of the staff and principals to be assigned to thisproject; 2. The extent to which the firm specializes or has experience in projects similar in nature to those proposed; 3. Past performance of similar work in environmentally sensitive areas; 4. Past record of timeliness and within budget performance on major projects. To receive full consideration respondents must completely address each criteria. Contract work will be performed under an indefinite quantities contract and individual task orders will be issued for each project. The total of all task orders per year will not exceed $1,000,000.00 and each task order will not exceed$300,000.00. The A/E is guaranteed a minimum of $50,000.00 during the life of the contract. The term of this contract shall be one year with four one-year options. This procurement is open to small and large businesses and in accordance with Public Law 100-656. If the apparent successful respondent is a large business, they will be required to submit a subcontracting plan which willseparate percentage goals for using small business concerns, small disadvantagedbusiness concerns, women owned businesses and subcontractors. To the fullest extent the National Park Service welcomes the participation of woman and minorityowned and operated A/E firms. The Government may elect to award a single task order contract or to award multiple task order contracts for services to two or more sources under this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to award contracts, based on theselection board's final selection list, in order of preference, of the firms considered most highly qualified to perform the work. Each awardee shall be provided a fair opportunity to be considered for task orders to be issued. The Government will use such factors as past performance, quality of deliverables, or other factors that the Contracting Officer, in the exercise of sound business judgment, believes are relevant to the placement of orders. In accordance with Public Law 100-418 and Executive Order 12770, all Federal design work is to be performed using the metric system of weights and measures. Design work under this contract(s) may be subject to this requirement. The Government will not indemnify the selected firm against liability involving hazardous or non-hazardous materials or waste; that is, no clause holding the firm harmless will be included in the contract(s). Only firms fully meeting the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a Letter of Interest, a completed SF 254 for each firm and a team SF 255. Submission of office brochures is encouraged only to the extent that they graphically (via drawings and photographs) substantiate the work specifically described on the SF 254 and SF 255. See Note 24. The National ParkService has adopted sustainable design as the guiding principle for park planningand development. In practice, sustainable design utilizes best available solutions within the design tradition of the NPS and conserves global resources,utilizes energy efficiently, recycles materials and waste, and specifies ecologically responsible methods, practices, and materials in the construction of park infrastructure. In support of the principles of conservation of resources and recycling materials, submissions should consist of as much recyclable paper as possible and the submission should be organized in such a manner that the recyclable material can be easily removed after evaluation. To the extend possible, printed/copied double-sided paper documents will be submitted. Responses must be received by 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, 30 calendar days from date of this publication (first workday following a weekend or holiday) in order to be considered for selection. This is not a Request for Proposal. (0080)

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