GSA, PBS, Property Management Division, A-E Contracts Section (WPMODD),7th & D Streets, SW, RM 2634, Washington, DC 20407

C -- SUPPLEMENTAL A-E TO PROVIDE MINOR/MED. SOL GS-11P-96-EGD-0003 DUE 062496 POC Contact,Janine Stratakes,202/708-8905,Contracting Officer,Clarie J. Cashwel l,202/708-8905 Supplemental fire protection engineering contract for performance of minor/medium size fire protection engineering design and related services for studies, surveys, and design. Contract shall be managed by a fire protection engineering firm as a prime. The fire protection engineering services shall include feasibility studies, asbestos removal design, cost estimating, environmental, mechanical/electrical, historic preservation, architectural, structural, elevator system specialities, construction inspection, civil engineering, and review of shop drawings and A/E designs prepared by other GSA contract engineers. One supplemental contract will be awarded from this Solicitation for a base year with a not to exceed amount of $600,000.00 and provide for two option years to extend the contract for a period not to exceed 12 months each of $600,000.00. The total contract amount for the three year period will be $1,800,000.00. The contract will have a minimum guarantee of $25,000 for the base year. Consideration for the contract will be limit to firms located within the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia with each firm demonstrating ability to perform all required services in their own active existing offices located within the boundaries of the GSA National Capital Region (NCR) or the selected firm must establish an office in GSA NCR within 30 days after the award of the contract. The boundaries of the GSA NCR consist of the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in MD; Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William an Loudon Counties in VA; the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax in VA. There will be no travel premium allowed for all projects within the National Capital Region. The scope of work includes (1) Studies; (2) Surveys; (3) Design services; (4) Design, Study and Submittal Review (5) Analysis and Calculations Related to all Fire Protection and Life Safety Issues Including but not limited but not limited to Audibility an Egress; and (6) Risk Analysis utilizing GSA's FPE Tool and other fire modeling programs. The government will not indemnify the firm against liability arising out of work involving asbestos or other hazardous material. To qualify for this project firms must demonstrate that the organization has been a fire protection engineering firm for a minimum of two years. This firm shall be composed of engineers possessing a Bachelor of Science degree or a Master's of Science degree in fire protection engineering and licensed/registered fire protection engineers. The evaluation criteria for selection is as follows: I. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE (35%) A. Individual and Team Experience: 1. To what extent has the firm been involved in complex egress, audibility, and risk based analyses, and review of projects for fire protection engineering requirements? 2. How much experience do the members of the firm have in working together on the successful performance of previous projects? 4. How much experience do the members of the firm have in evaluating complex fire protection engineering problems and the utilization of fire modeling programs? 5. Does the firm demonstrate knowledge of both national and local codes, ordinances and regulations? II. DEMONSTRATED ABILITY (25%): A. Design and Review Abilities: 1. Based on specific examples shown, does the firm provide well organized, complete and fully coordinated design documents?; 2. To what extent does the firm have the required expertise to produce a professional presentation package to include scopes of work, code constructibility reports, designs, surveys, analyses and studies?: 3. To what extent does the firm have the required expertise to review other GSA projects for fire protection engineering requirements and provide written responses? B. Responsiveness: 1. Based on project examples and client contact(s) is the firm responsive to the client's needs and does the firm complete its work on time?; 2. Does the firm have the capabilities and manpower for successfully executing services on concurrent projects? III. ORGANIZATION (20%) A. Firm Size: 1. Does the firm have sufficient staff and technical resources at its disposal to undertake this contract based on its present and future projected work load? B. Structure of Project Team: 1. Does the team appear to have the required organization required to be responsive to the requirements of this contract? 2. To what extent does the team have the background in the technical interface required to successfully accomplish design engineering services for this contract? IV. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION (15%): A. Indicate key individual experience and professional experience for as a minimum, project management (including project manager), fire protection and life safety, mechanical, electrical, architectural, structural, elevator, historic preservation, and civil engineering, environmental hazardous material disposal. V. METRIC (5%): A. What experience do the principals and key individuals have in their use and knowledge of metric and unit measures? Firms having the capabilities to perform the services described in this announcement are invited to respond by submitting completed SF 254s (for firm and joint ventures and consultants which must be dated not more than six (6) months before the date of this synopis, and a SF 255 along with a letter of interest to the General Services Administration, 7th & D Streets, SW BID ROOM 1701, Washington, DC by 3:30 p.m. Local Time on the due date of this notice. The following information MUST be on the outside of the sealed envelope, (1) Solicitation Number/Title, (2) Due Date, and (3) Closing Time. Late responses are subject to FAR provision 52.215-10. IN BLOCK 8 OF THE SF 254, SPECIFY ONLY CURRENT W-2 PAYROLL PERSONNEL OF EACH FIRM. Contract employees shall be indicated in Block 6 of the SF 255 as consultants. Each SF 255 in Block 8 shall include an abstract of project examples as similar in nature to the project as possible, bound in a 21.6cm (8 1/2'') X 27.9m (11'') format. If selected for an interview, each fire protection firm shall present at least two (2) project examples including drawings and specifications, final cost estimate indicating original budget, a summary of the project scope and objectives and the name, address and phone number of client contacts. Also include in Block 10 of the SF 255, as the last entry, the following CERTIFICATION, ''I hereby certify the firm (or joint venture) and consultants listed for this project meet the geographic limitations stated in the CBD announcement for this solicitation and all personnel listed on the SF 254 are current W-2 payroll personnel of the listing firms.'' This procurement is being made under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. This procurement is open to small and large business concerns. Before award of the contract, the fire protection firm (if not small business of $2,500,000 gross average over 3 years) shall be required to present an aggressive and acceptable Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507. Large businesses are required to consider small, small disadvantaged and small woman-owned businesses as consultants in meeting the goals of the subcontracting requirements for this procurement. Small and small disadvantaged firms are encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint ventures with other small businesses. This is not a REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. (0145)

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