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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA SOL N62474-96-D-6068 POC Annette Ordonez at (415) 244-2492 for submission; Nancy Hernandez (Contract Specialist) at (415) 244-2979 for information; Bobby Ellis (Contracting Officer) at (415) 244-2980. INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. This contract is for one year with a maximum total dollar amount of $1,000,000 per year, with an option available to the Government to extend the contract for an additional year with the same limitations. A minimum fee of $25,000 is guaranteed. This minimum fee guarantee applies to the option year as well. The scope of the contract includes the preparation of designs, cost estimates and various engineering studies and planning/budgeting documentation of various mechanical systems and facilities. The work will encompass both new construction and rehabilitation of existing facilities. These facilities may include industrial ventilation systems, direct digital controls, programmable logic controls, process systems, POL systems, HVAC systems, steam, compressed air, and hot water boiler and space heat distribution systems. Work on existing facilities may include related asbestos and harzardous material abatement. Energy conservation retrofits and air pollution compliance retrofits are also part of the expected scope of work as well as related electrical engineering required to support the above systems. Construction contract support services will also be required. Selection will be based on the following criteria which are numbered in order of importance: (1) Recent specialized experience of the firm in the preparation of designs, cost estimates and various engineering studies and planning/budgeting documentation for industrial ventilation systems, direct digital controls, programmable logic controls, process systems, POL systems, HVAC systems, steam, compressed air, hot water boiler and space heat distribution systems, experience in the design of and study of energy conservation retrofits, and air pollution compliance retrofits. Experience in asbestos and hazardous material abatement. Experience in the preparation of related electrical engineering solutions to support the systems listed above. Include both Government and private sector experience. Focus on projects with construction complete in the last five years; (2) Professional qualifications of the staff, both in-house and consultants, as they relate specifically to the work presented as illustrative of the experience defined in element (1). Identify the specific roles of the staff in the projects listed as firm experience and their proposed role in this contract. If consultants are involved, address history of the working relationship; (3) Ability of the firm and its consultants to accomplish multiple simultaneous delivery orders without sacrificing quality and within reasonable periods of time, as evidenced by specific examples of past performance under similar conditions; (4) Past performance/customer satisfaction as evidenced by specific evaluations, references, awards and repeat business from a representative selection of the firm's Government and civilian clients. Focus on efforts cited under element #1 and #2. Past performance in cost estimating/cost control. (5) The location of the firm and its consultants within the geographical area to serviced and the firm's knowledge of and experience in that area; (6) Use of Small or Small Disadvantaged or Women-owned firms as primary consultants; (7) Volume of work received from the Department of Defense, as a prime contractor, within the past 12 months (DO NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION as the Government already has access to this data) with the objective of providing an equitable distribution of contracts among qualified firms--The estimated start date for this contract in June 1996--The estimated completion date is June 1997. Those firms that meet the requirements described in this announcement, and wish to be considered, must submit a Standard Form (SF) 255. One copy of the SF 255 must be received in this office, Building 201, second floor, ATTN: Annette Ordonez, no later than 3:00 PM PDT, 30 calendar days from the date this announcement appears in the CBD. Indicate contract number in Block 2B of the SF255. Submit an SF 254 only if you have not done so in the past year. A large business will be required to submit a subcontracting plan, if selected. This is not a Request for Proposal. (0101)

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