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C -- AIRCRAFT NOISE STUDIES AT NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AIR STATIONS SOL N68925-96-D-A538 DUE 072296 POC Christine Henderson, Contract Specialist, 202-685-8226. This is an Indefinite Quantity Contract for Aircraft Noise Studies at Navy and Marine Corps Air Station and other Activities/World Wide. The successful firm shall provide A-E services for the work which requires conducting noise studies and analysis and preparing a complete report of noise levels and their sources at, and adjacent to, Navy and Marine Corps air installations and other activities, as tasked by the Air Installatiions Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) Program Office at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. The contractor shall prepare aircraft noise studies for Naval and Marine Corps installations at various locations. These studies shall be used to support the Department of the Navy's AICUZ program under the direction of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and environmental documentation requirements associated with base closure and realignment. A full noise survey including field verification of data will be required at the following site: Pinecastle Bombing Range Ocala, FL. The estimated start date is 08/10/96, and the estimated completion date is 02/10/97. Other projects may be added. Individual fee for any one project may not exceed $200,000.00. The contract amount will not exceed $500,000.00. The proposed contract is for a term of one year with a Government option to extend the term of the contract for an additional twenty-four (24) months from the expiration date of the original contract. This will be a firm fixed price (A/E) contract with specific required evalation criteria, in relative order of importance include specialized experience and qualifications in the following areas: (A) Contractor must have specialized experience in performing aircraft noise studies including data collection, on-site noise measurements, and noise contour modeling using the latest version of the DOD NOISEMAP program. (B) The firm must have recent experience in performing work at military air installations, and have extensive knowledge of types of air operations, air traffic control procedures, and aircraft performance characteristics. (C) The firm must have the professional capacity to perform multiple studies and sustain the loss of any key personnel while accomplishing the delivery orders within the assigned time frame. (D) Professional Qualifications of the staff to be assigned to this project. Experience, if any of the firm with respect to performance on DOD contracts. Present firm's workload in respect to project team availability (including subcontracting). Each contractor shall also be evaluated in terms of (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) Specialized experience and technical comptence in the type of work required; (3) Capacity 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) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; and (6) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. The A/E which meets the requirements described in the announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 254 & 255, US Government (A/E) qualifications to the office shown above. Interested firms responding in writing 30 days from this announcement will be considered for selection Firms having a current SF 254 on file with this office need not file again, but must submit a completed SF255 by this closing date. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. THIS IS NOT A RFP. SEE Note 24. (0171)

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