Commanding Officer, Engineering Field Activity West, 900 Commodore Dr. San Bruno, CA 94066-5006

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT TO PROVIDE A-E SERVICES FOR VARIOUS FIRE PROTECTION PROJECTS IN ALL WESTERN STATES WITH WORK PRIMARILY IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOL N62474-96-D-6220 POC Point of Contact is Annette Ordonez at 415-244-2492, Contract Specialist Carl Brinkley, Contracting Officer, Rod Sandberg. Idefinite Quantity Architectural and Engineering Services for Fire Protection Engineering Support for various projects in all Western States with work primarily in Central and Northern California areas. Includes design review and investigations for Naval, Air Force and Marine Corps Activities. Firm Fixed Price. Provide the following Fire Protection Engineering Services: Detailed reveiw of construction plans, specifications and contractor's shop drawing submittals; conducting fire protection systems acceptance inspections and tests, conducting fire protection engineering surveys of various facilities and preparation of survey reports, fire protection engineering design services and special fire protection systems engineering services, and fire protection engineering investigations within one year of contract award date. This contract is for one year with a maximum total dollar amount of $200,000 per year with an option available to the Government to extend the contract for one additional year with the same limitations. A minimum fee of $10,000 is guaranteed should no work be ordered after contract award. This minimum fee guarantee applies to the option year as well, should no work be ordered. No individual project under this contract shall exceed $100,000. Selection will be based on the following criteria which are numbered in order of importance: (1) EXPERIENCE: Recent specialized experience of the firm in preparation of fire protection engineering surveys of large facilities, fire protection engineering consulting, plans and specifications review, construction and fire protection shop drawing reviews, and acceptance tests and inspections; (2) QUALIFICATIONS: Professional fire protection engineering qualifications of the staff with respect to the overall makeup of the engineering/architectural team to be assigned to the projects; (3) CAPACITY: Ability of the firm to accomplish simultaneous projects within a minimum reasonable time limit; (4) PERFORMANCE: Past performance (with emphasis on similar effort cited in criteria elements one and two) with Government agencies and/or private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (5) LOCATION: Location of the firm within the general geographical area of the projects to be assigned. (6) VOLUME: Volume of work previously awarded by the Department of Defense (DOD) for the past 12 months to the firm with the objective of effecting equitable distribution of contracts among qualified architect-engineer firms, including minority-owned firms and firms that have not had prior DOD contracts (DO NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION SINCE THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE DATA). The estimated start date for the contract 05 August 96; estimated completion date 04 August 97. In order to expedite your firm's consideration regarding the above criteria by the Board, the following application data shall be substituted for Blocks 7, 8, 9, and 10 in the SF 255: (1) To demonstrate how the firm meets the EXPERIENCE criteria, provide a description of pertinent recent projects for which team members provided a significant technical contribution. Work on these projects must have been done in the last 5 years. Indicate how each project is relevant to the work described herein. In MATRIX form, identify which team members and firm worked on the projects described. Projects shall be in the left column and team member's names/firms shown across the top row of the MATRIX; (2) To demonstrate how the firm meets the QUALIFICATION criteria, submit a MATRIX for the design team that contains the following data about the member's assignment team member's (including alternates) name, firm name, office location, proposed assignments, percent of time to be spent on this team, highest education level/engineering discipline (e.g., BS, mechanical engineering), states of professional registration, number of years of professional fire protection engineering experience and number of years with the firm. Also, for project managers and team leaders, identify the number of teams (design, subcontractors, and joint venture partners) they have managed over the past three years; (3) To demonstrate how the firm meets the CAPACITY criteria submit an organizational chart with the following information: Principal point of contact, project manager, team leaders, the name of each design team member, all team member assignments, and the name of at least one alternate for each key person. Summarize your plan for starting project development in August l996 and for simultaneously accomplishing review of multiple projects within one calendar year and provide in chart (in number of hours) comparing design teams available capacity with their actual commitments for the next 12 months; (4) To demonstrate how the firm meets the PERFORMANCE criteria, provide a tabular listing of all performance ratings and letters of commendation from both private and DOD clients (designate your role: prime, subcontractor, consultant, or joint venture partner). These ratings should be dated 1991 or later and should include those for joint venture partners and subcontractors. Provide a list of projects and construction value managed by the proposed project manager(s) that were started since JAN 1991 and include the following data: client's contact, client's need date, design completion date, percent variances between contract award amount and actual construction cost (note whether bid or negotiated); (5) To demonstrate how the firm meets the LOCATION criteria provide a list of recent projects performed by the firm or joint venture partners, and appropriate subcontractors in contract area. At the selection interview, A-E firms selected for interviews must submit their Design Quality Assurance Plan (DQAP), including an explanation of the management approach, an organizational chart showing inter-relationship of management and design team components, specific quality control process, a portfolio of design work (both new construction and upgrades to existing facilties), a listing of present business commitments and their required completion schedules, and performance references other than Engineering Field Activity West (include 3 or more with names and telephone numbers of the contract administators). Large business concerns will be required to submit a subcontracting plan if selected. The SF 255 with attachments shall be limited to 25 pages not smaller than 12 pitch font. Every page that is not a SF254 will be included in the page count. The submittal must be received at Engineering Field Activity, West, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 900 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066 (Building 201, 2nd Floor, ATTN: Annette Ordonez) not later than 3:00 pm local time by 30 MAY 1996. Submittals received after the date and time will not be considered. Include telefax numbers in Block 3a and Contractor Establishment Code (formerly the DUNS number), Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Codes, if known, and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) in Block 3. Label lower right corner of outside mailing envelope with ''A-E Services, N62474-96-D-6220''. Site visits will not be arranged during advertisement period. (0115)

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