HSC/PKVD, 3207 North Road, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5363

C -- OPEN-END, IDIQ CONTRACT FOR A-E SERVICES SOL F41624-96-R-8003 POC Diana Carreon, Contract Specialist, HSC/PKVD, (210) 536-5766. A-E services for preparation of architectural and engineering related publications, design guides and handbooks, interior designs, facility designs, CADD/GIS services, landscape design, and planning and urban design and other professional services located at US Air Force installations and/or occupied facilities throughout the United States and some overseas areas. The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE), Brooks AFB, San Antonio, TX, is seeking qualified firms to provide A-E services under a firm-fixed price, IDIQ contract. The firm must be capable of providing and managing a team of individuals from within the firm or from subcontracts with consultants. Disciplines which may be required include architects, publication writers/editors, technical writers, graphics artists, engineer disciplines typically associated with facility design and construction, interior designers, cost estimators, specification writers, CADD/GIS specialists, landscape designers, planners and urban designers. The work will pertain to typical facilities and infrastructure located on military bases and may include, but not be limited to: (a) Other services: preparing, revising and editing Air Force Civil Engineer publications, design guides and handbooks, interior design, project programming (DD Form 1391s) and Requirements and Management Plans (RAMPs), renderings, installation (military base), site, utility, traffic, facility, and interior space utilization planning studies and analyses, surveys and reports including geotechnical, topographic, environmental, and hazardous material (asbestos, lead based paint, etc.), (b), Title I Services: schematic designs, design charrettes, existing building conditions plans, preparation of specifications and construction contract documents, value engineering, cost estimating, preparation of as-built drawings, and (c) Title II Services: Construction inspections, submittal reviews, site visits, preparation of operations and maintenance manuals. The total of all delivery orders per year will not exceed $750,000. Except for the initial delivery order, all subsequent orders will not exceed $299,000. The A-E is guaranteed a minimum amount of $15,000 per basic year and option year (if exercised). The term of the contract shall be for one basic year with three (3) one year priced options for the second, third and fourth years. Firms that meet the requirements described herein are invited to submit a letter of interest and complete Standard Forms 254/255 to represent the team. This procurement is open to small and large businesses and is subject to Public Law 100-656. Firms selected for negotiation shall be through an order of preference based on demonstrated competence and qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the type of professional services required, including: (a) Recent specialized experience and technical competence in performing the type of work being sought in this synopsis, (b) Professional qualifications of the staff and consultants who will perform the actual work, (c) Recognition of design excellence through receipt of design awards, (d) Capacity of the firm to perform the work in the required time, (e) Past performance history on both DoD and other contracts in terms of quality of work, cost control and compliance with performance schedules, (f) Geographic proximity to Brooks AFB provided there is an adequate number of qualified firms, therein for consideration, and (g) Volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the DoD with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of DoD A-E contracts among qualified firms. Firms desiring to be considered must submit their responses to AFCEE/DGA, Robert J. Fitzsimmons, 8009 Chennault Rd, Brooks AFB TX 78235-5364. To be considered for selection, responses must be received before 4:00 PM CST 30 calendar days from date of publication (actual date of publication will not be counted) (if the 30th day falls on a weekend or Federal Holiday then the due date will be the next workday). Faxed submittals will not be accepted. Questions of a technical nature may be addressed to Robert J. Fitzsimmons at (210) 536-4236 up to the date due. After that date all inquiries shall be addressed to the Contract Specialist, Diana Carreon at (210) 536-5766 or the Supervisory Contract Specialist, Mike Deaton (210) 536-5768. This is not an RFP. (0113)

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