Huntington District, Corps of Engineers, 502 8th Street Huntington, WV 25701-2070

C -- ENGINEERING FIELD SURVEYS AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE HUNTINGTON DISTRICT SOL DACW69 POC Donna L. Erwin, CONTRACT SPECIALIST (304)529-5658. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Engineering Field Surveys and Related Engineering Services, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brook A-E Act) and FAR 36, are required for the Huntington District. One Indefinite Delivery Contract will be negotiated and awarded, with a base period of one year and an option period of one year. Individually fixed-price delivery orders will not exceed $150,000.00 and the annual ceiling for the base year and the option year is $750,000.00. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. PROJECT INFORMATION: Services will consist of, but not limited to; cadastral, hydrographic, topographic, geodetic, route, settlement and displacement, and construction surveys. Instrumentation surveys will require equipment, knowledge and experience capable of acquiring second to first order accuracies. Services will require knowledge, capability, skill, computations, and equipment for Global Positioning Systems for the subject work. Related services consists of computations and drafting (manual and computer). A-E must have the capability to provide field data in Digital Terrain Modeling (DTM) and Intergraph DGN Format. All field data shall conform to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CADD Standards. The field surveys will be performed in connection with various civil works projects in the Huntington District (Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia). Required services include furnishing three and four-man survey parties, as the needs of the Government may require, up to a maximum of four parties. One survey party must have H.T.R.W. field capability and current certification. All necessary data collectors, computers, plotters, software electronic measuring devices, automatic levels, theodolites, fathometers, boats, H.T.R.W. equipment and materials, and automotive transportation will be funished by the A-E. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria 1-5 are primary. Criteria 6-8 are secondary and will only be used as ''tie breakers'' among technically equal firms. (1) Professional qualifications including H.T.R.W. certification necessary for satisfactory performance of required services, (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, (3) Capability to accomplish the work in the required time, (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, (5) Knowledge of the locality that relates to the project locality, such as geological features, climatic conditions, or local construction methods, (6) Extent of participation of small businesses and small disadvantaged businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort, (7) Location in the general geographic area of the locations listed above, (8) Volume of DOD work work awarded within the last twelve months. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit two copies SF 255 (11/92 edition), and two copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition), for the prime firm and all consultants, to the above address no later than the close of business of the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include the firm's ACASS number in Block 3b of the SF 255. In Block 10, of the SF 255, describe owned or leased equipment that will be used to perform this contract, as well as CADD capabilities. This is not a request for proposal. (0156)

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