U.S. Forest Service, Redding Contracting Unit, 2400 Washington Avenue, Redding, CA 96001

R -- MULTI-YEAR SURVEY SERVICES SOL RFP R5-14-96-38 DUE 071796. Contact Nancy Ruffner, 916 246-5220/Contracting Officer, Fred Weatherill 916 246-5289. Architect-Engineer Services - Project shall result in filling actual requirements for the specified services under a firm fixed price contract for the base year (one year from the date of actual award) plus two option years. Contract award is anticipated for August 1996. Typical types of services may include cadastral surveys, geodetic surveys, engineering surveys, ground control for aerial mapping, GPS surveys, vertical control, area location and delineation, establishing or re-establishing spatial reference points, office computations and drafting services. Survey services will be performed on National Forest land on the Klamath, Mendocino, Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers National Forests. Firms having a current (1996) SF-254 on file with the Shasta-Trinity National Forest need not file again but must submit a completed SF-255 by July 17, 1996 to the U.S. Forest Service, Redding Contracting Unit, 2400 Washington Avenue, Redding, CA 96001. All other firms should also complete the SF-254. In evaluating firms, the following criteria will be applied listed in descending order of importance: (1) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required. For cadastral surveys the specialized experience and technical competence includes a thorough knowledge of the Public Lands Survey System (PLSS); (2) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with contract schedules; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; (5) Availability of additional contractor personnel or consultants to support expansion or acceleration of the project; (6) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (7) The volume of work awarded by the Forest Service within the last three years will be evaluated with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of the contracts among qualified A & E firms, including minority, 8(a) or small disadvantaged firms that have not had prior Forest Service contracts; (8) Additional points may be assigned or credit given to potential contractors that are or will subcontract with certified 8(a) or other small disadvantaged businesses. This last procedure will be allowed until units have met their small business goals. In order to receive maximum consideration, interested firms should address the evaluation criteria individually and in as much detail as possible. (149)

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