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C -- INSTRUMENTATION AND EVALUATION PROGRAM WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT SOL DACW29-96-R-0028 POC Contract Specialist, Betty Knight at (504) 862-1099 Contracting Officer, Martha P. Sloan at (504) 862-1161 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: A-E services are required for one instrumentation and evaluation program contract within the limits of the New Orleans District. A one year indefinite quantity contract NTE $450,000, base year, with an option year NTE $450,000 is scheduled for award o/a October 1996. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work will consist of: (1) surveying specific features of civil works structures to incude locks, pumping stations, floodgates, control structures, drainage structures, floodwalls, channels and bridges; (2) preparation of instrumentation evaluation reports (to include an analysis of instrumentation data). (3) CADD drafting service in supprt of the instrumentation program; and (4) instrumentation surveys to include hydrographic, overbank, horizontal distances, control and piezometer readings. Firms must indicate their capability of utilizing Global Positioning System (GPS) and total stations with a data collector system. Office assignments include computing and compiling the above types of surveys and report preparation. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in order of precedence (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criterial 1-7 are primary. Criteria 8-10 are secondary and will only be used as a ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. (1). Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required (to include firm and key personnel). (2). Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Firms must have at least the following minimum personnel: 1 civil engineer with geotechnical experience, two 4-person survey parties, one GPS survey party and one registered land surveyor currently on the firm's payroll. All key personnel and major items of equipment available for project assignment must be listed along with other pertinent data. (3). Professional qualifications of the personnel available for the satisfactory performance of the required service. (4). Past performance on contract in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (5). Knowledge of geographic area of project. (6). Safety plan and performance (manhours lost to accidents in the last 100,000 manhours of work by firm). (7). Quality control plan. (8). Geographic proximity to New Orleans (9). Extent of participation (measured as a percentage of total contract by Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions. (10). Volume of DOD work. To be considered for selection, firms must clearly indentify in the SF 254 or block 10 of the SF 255 expertise in the types of work cited above, identify capacity to produce CADD drawings that are fully operational with Intergraph Microstation Version 5.0, identity availability of individuals qualified by specialized knowledge to evaluate instrumentation data in the following disciplines: civil and geotechnical engineering and identify surveying experience in the types of surveys stated above. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit 5 copies of SF 254 and SF 255 (11/92 edition) for the prime and all subcontractors and consultants not later than 30 days after the date of this publication. Address the minimum personnel and equipment requirements and each of the Selection Criteria in Block 10 of the SF 255. For criteria (6) and (7), comprehensive outlines of safety and quality control plans will be satisfactory. Complete plans will be required after contract award. Safety performance data (manhours lost) must be submitted, including data for any subcontractors. If the 30th day is a Saturday or Sunday, or a Federal Holiday, the due date is the close of business the next business day. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call (504) 326-3459. For courier deliveries, the physical address is U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, Foot of Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA 70118-1030, Attn: Betty Knight, CELMN-CT-T. This is not a RFP. Refer to Solicitation No. DACW29-96-R-0028. (0169)

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