U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, ATTN: CENPA-EN, P.O. Box 898, Anchorage, AK 99506-0898 (Physical Address: Bluff & Plum Streets, Building 21-700 (Rm 250), Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-0898)

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, ALASKA SOL DACA85-96-R-0014 POC Administrative Inquiries: Ms. June Wohlbach, 907/753-5624 or Technical Inquiries: Mr. Randy Jacobs, 907/753-5639, Contracting Officer: Ms. Gail West 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan for that part of thework it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are a minimum of 60.3% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses, 9.8% of that to small, disadvantaged businesses, and 2.9% to woman-ownedbusinesses. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. All responders are advised that this project may be cancelled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation and final award. The contractshall be an indefinite delivery firm fixed price. The limit for each delivery order shall be $150,000.00 with a contract limit of $750,000.00 for a 1 year period. The contract may include an option for an additional year and an additional $750,000.00. Some projects may require metric design. More than one AE firm may be selected. Contract award is anticipated for Jul 96. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The AE selected would be required to have sufficient staff, flexibility, and capability to beavailable on an as-needed basis. Typical types of services to be provided are design of new structures, the renovation of existing structures, interior design, programming studies, and master planning. Arctic design experience is required eitherin-house or provided by a subcontractor. The firm must demonstrate ability to provide CADD formated drawings and use MCACES-Gold (estimating system) for all projects and in addition use the Automated Review Managements system (ARMS) via modem for Armyprojects. MCACES-Gold and ARMS programs shall be furnished by the Government (Hardware required for ARMS: IBM compatible, 286 computer and a 20MB hard drive with 640K memory.) LOCATION: Various Locations, Alaska. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Thefollowing selection criteria headings are listed in descending order of importance: (A) professional personnel in the following disciplines: (weighted equally) (1) minimum in-house requirements are 2 registered architects each with 5 yearspost-graduate experience; (2) disciplines which may be subcontracted: mechanical, electrical, civil, and structural engineers, and specification writer, estimator, asbestos/HTRW, and interior designer. The interior designer must be a member of ASIDor IBD. Responding firms MUST address each discipline, clearly indicate which shall be subcontracted, and provide a separate SF254 and SF255 for each subcontractor necessary. The contractor shall employ, for the purpose of performing that portion ofthe contract work in the State of Alaska, individuals who are residents of the State, and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills to perform the contract. (B) specialized experience andtechnical competence in: minimum of 5 years experience in arctic engineering and design; (C) location of the firm in general geographical area of the projects and knowledge of locality: availability of AE staff to meet frequently with Corps personnelin the Alaska District Corps of Engineers' office in Anchorage and ability to mobilize staff to Alaskan project sites on relatively short notice; (D) capacity to maintain schedules and accomplish required work on three simultaneous delivery orders; (E)past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with schedules; (F) volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24; and (G) extent of participation of SB, SDB,historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms submitting SF 255s (1 copy only) should include: (1)organization of proposed project team, (2) responsibilities and authority of key project personnel, (3) relationship of project team to overall organization of the firm, (4) a quality control plan, and (5) in block 8c of the SF 255 include a POC andphone number. The 11/92 edition of the forms MUST be used, and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, by calling the administrative contact named above, or from commercial software suppliers for use with personal computers and laserprinters. Submittals must be received at the address indicated above not later than COB (4:00 pm Alaska time) on the 30th day from the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close ofbusiness of the next business day. Any submittals received after this date cannot be considered. No additional information shall be provided, and no faxed submittals shall be accepted. Solicitation packages are not provided.(0110)

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