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C -- CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR REPLACE UTILITIES AND ROADS IN HOUSING AREAS AT SELFRIDGE ANG BASE, MICHIGAN. SOL W22W9K-6141-6122 POC Contract Specialist B. J. Durrett (502) 582-6796 (Site Code DACA27) 17. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract for Construction Managment Services at the Selfridge ANG Base, Michigan. The estimated construction costs is more than $10,000,000. The estimated starting date is October 1996 with completion date of October 1998. Before award of this contract, the firm (if not a small business concern) shall be required to present an acceptable small business and small disadvantaged business subcontracting plan in accordance with public law 95-507. To meet the current subcontracting goals, 52.5% of the total subcontracted dollars must go to small business firms, 8.8% must go to small disadvantage business firms, and 3.0% must go to woman owned firms. The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The scope of services consists of but are not limited to management of the construction contract and full- time onsite inspection of the work. The CM team should consist of a Project Manager who will not be onsite, and a Construction Manager, a Construction Inspector and a Document Control Clerk, who will be on site full time for about two years. The Project Manager shall be a principal of the CM firm, be located in the office of the CM firm, and shall have overall supervisory responsibility. The Construction Manager shall have a BS degree in construction management or civil engineering, be a professional, registered engineer or have equivalent satisfactory experience, and have 10 years experience in underground utility construction work. The Construction Manager shall have experience and capablity in inspection, contract administration, estimating, and use of office computing hardware and software, and shall be knowledgable of Government regulations and procedures. The Construction Manager's duties will include overall coordination of the construction management, management of the construction contract, holding progress and partnership meetings, performing cost analyses and pre-negotiation objectives for change orders, processing submittals to and from the A/E, evaluating schedules and progress, checking pay requests, making reports, coordinating daily construction activities with the Base, and daily reporting to the Corps Project Engineer. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Submittals will be evaluated as follows in descending order of importance: (1) Specialized experience and technical competence (2) Professional capabilities (3) Geographical location (4) Past Performance (5) Capacity to accomplish the work (6) Any other special qualification required under this announcement. The Construction Inspector should have 5 years experience in underground utility construction work, and have experience and capablity in civil construction inspection. The Inspector's duties will include daily inspections and reports, measurement of quantities, administering the project quality control and safety programs, and making test cylinders. The Document Control Clerk should be proficient in use of word processing and spreadsheet software, with duties to include logging, filing, transmitting, and receptionist. Experience of the CM team members with projects of similar size and scope, and with Federal facilities, will be a significant selection criteria and must be indicated by resumes in the SF 255. Proximity of the CM firm to the jobsite will also be a significant selection criteria. The SF 255 must include a diagram showing the team organization to accomplish the construction management requirements of this project. Firms should indicate also experience in Partnering and their interest in Partnering for this project. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one completed SF 255, U.S. Government A/E and Related Services for Specific Projects to the office shown above. All responses on SF 255 to this announcement must be received by 30 calendar days after the publication to be considered for selection. The day following the cbd announcement will be counted as day 1. If the 30th day falls on Saturday, Sunday or an U.S. Government holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next government business day. It is requested that interested firms list the fee amount and date of all DOD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in block 9 of the SF255. Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally, all responding firms which do not have a current (within the past 12 months) SF254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, must also furnish a completed SF254. Business size status (large, small, and/or minority) should be identified in block 3 of the SF255. Definition: a concern is small if the annual receipts average over the past 3 years do not exceed $2.5 million dollars. No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. Solitication packages are not provided for A/E contracts. This is not a request for proposals. (0145)

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