Operational Contracting Office, 914 Airlift Wing (AFRES), Niagara Falls, NY 14304-5001

C -- OPEN-END ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACT ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL SERVICES Contact Martin A. Troutman, (716)236-2211/Contracting Officer, Dennis M. Pasiak, (716)236-2177. Multidisciplined Open-End Architect-Engineer Contract Concentrating in Electrical/Mechanical Services for Architect-Engineer Services (Title I), Architect-Engineer (A-E) Supervision and Inspection Services (Title II), and Other Architect-Engineer (A-E) Services as set forth in Air Force Instruction 32-1023 for commercial/industrial type facilities at the Air Force Reserve Station located at the Niagara Falls International Airport, New York. AFI 32-1023 defines: Title I: These services are related to a specific construction project and consists of conducting field surveys and investigations to obtain design data, and preparing contract plans, specifications, and cost estimates. Title II: These services are related to a specific or proposed construction project and consists of supervision and inspection of construction; and Other Architect-Engineer (A/E) Services: These services are design and construction related but are not connected with a specific construction project. The service consist of developing design criteria, fact finding studies, surveys, investigations, and the performance environmental projects involving prevention, compliance, and restoration when the services of registered architects or engineers are required. Excluded are services that need not be performed by registered engineers or architect such as providing design and construction equipment or computer programs. The contract will be issued for a period of one year with a Government option of one additional year with the following stated limits: a. A yearly maximum of $750,000 with a delivery order limitation of $299,000; b. The contract maximum is not guaranteed; and c. The guaranteed minimum on the contract is $5,000. Delivery orders will be issued from time to time as the need arises. The significant evaluation factors are: (1) Professional qualifications necessary to satisfactorily perform the required work; (2) Specialized experience in the type of work required; (3) Professional capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Firms must have minimum capacity of quality personnel; (4) Past performance on contracts with the DOD, other Government agencies, and private industry in terms of quality of work and scheduled performance; (5) Location, only those firms within the general geographical area of the project will be considered -- the ``general geographical area'' is limited to Niagara and Erie Counties, New York; (6) Volume of work with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of DOD A-E contracts among qualified A-E firms. This is not a request for proposal. Since this office does not maintain a file of Standard Forms 254, only those firms within the general geographical area (defined above) of the Air Reserve Station which submit Standard Forms 254 and 255 within 30 calendar days after the date of this announcement will be considered for selection. (121)

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