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C -- IDT CONTRACTS FOR UNACCOMPANIED ENLISTED DORMITORY PROJECT DESIGN SERVICES THROUGHOUT CONUS POC Doug Plachy at 912/652-6119. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, requires the services of Architect-Engineer firms for two Indefinite Delivery contracts for design of unaccompanied enlisted dormitory projects in CONUS. Contracts awarded as a result of this announcement will be administered by Savannah District and possibly another Corps district to be identified later. The contracts are anticipated to be awarded in September 1996. Each contract will consist of a base ordering period and four option periods, each period not to exceed one year, for a total of five years. The ordering period will be for one year or whenever the Contracting Officer determines the ordering period is over and any dollar amount not consumed by task orders issued during the ordering period may be carried over to the next ordering period. The total of all task orders during each ordering period may not exceed $1,400,000. Individual task orders may not exceed $750,000. The total amount of each contract over the five year ordering period may not exceed $7,000,000. This announcement is open to all firms regardless of size. Large business offerors must identify subcontracting opportunities with small business, and small disadvantaged business on SF 255. If selected, the large business offeror will be required to submit a small/small disadvantaged & women owned subcontracting plan in accordance with FAR 52-219.9 and DFARS 219.704/705 as a part of the Request for Proposal package. The following subcontracting goals are the minimum acceptable goals to be included in the subcontracting plan. OF THE SUBCONTRACTED WORK, 60% TO SMALL BUSINESS, 10% TO SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS), 5% TO WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS). Large business firms that intend to do any subcontracting must convey their intent to meet the minimum subcontractor goals on the SF 255, Block 6. Written justification must be provided if the minimum goals cannot be provided. For additional information concerning SUBCONTRACTING PLAN requirements, please contact Ms. Ophelia Kendricks, Contract Specialist, at 912/652-5072. ****2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Task orders to be issued under these contracts will be used for design of new and/or renovations of unaccompanied enlisted dormitories and other related projects to include all site-related project design & planning, topographic surveying to support designs, shop drawing review, construction phase services and preparation of O&M manuals. The estimates for these projects shall be prepared using the latest version of MCACES Gold Software. The software and User's Manual will be provided by the Savannah District free of charge to the successful A-E. The drawings will be prepared using graphics created via Intergraph/Bentley Microstation PC Version 5.0 or later of Microstation 32. Drawings created using other CADD software must be translated to the Microstation (*.dgn) format. The Contractor will possess the software to enable the full translation of drawing files. Before selection, the pre-selected A-E's may be required to demonstrate the above compatibility by reproducing a Government Supplied standard drawing and translating it to the Intergraph/Bentley Microstation format with proper leveling, line weights, symbology, color, etc., as described in EM 1110-1-1807. Compliance with this requirement will be submitted as part of the SF 255 submittal. Firms responding to this announcement are requested not to transmit this plan with their SF 254. These designs will be metric. The specifications will be produced in SPECINTACT using Corps of Engineers Military Construction Guide Specifications. The responses to design review comments will be provided on Corps of Engineers Automated Review Management Systems (ARMS) (software provided). ****3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria a-e are primary. Criteria f-g are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. ****a. Specialized experience and technical competence in designs during the past 5 years that include: (1) Design of dormitory projects, preferably for the U.S. military; (2) Geotechnical designs for major projects; (3) Computer aided design and drafting, including translation between .dwg and .dgn files; (4) Automated construction cost estimating, PACES and MCACES Gold. ****b. Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. ****c. Capacity to accomplish three simultaneous task orders and provide staff in the following disciplines: architect, civil, geotechnical/soils, structural, mechanical, fire protection and electrical engineers, interior designers, and topographic surveyors. These disciplines MUST be shown in BLOCK 4 of SF 255. Please disregard the ''to be utilized'' statement at Block 4 of SF 255 and show the total strength of each discipline; ****d. Professional qualifications of key management and professional staff members for disciplines shown in c. above. The design team must include a Registered Fire Protection Engineer whose principle duties are fire protection engineering or a Registered Architect or Registered Engineer who is a full member in good standing of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE); ****e. Knowledge of locality is not applicable to this selection; ****f. Degree of participation of SB, SDB, WOB, HBCU or MI as prime contractor, subcontractor or joint venture partner; ****g. Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24; ****4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one (1) copy of SF 255 (11/92 edition) for PRIME and one (1) copy of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for prime and all consultants, to the following address: U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, ATTN: CESAS-EN-EA, 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401-3640 by July 30, 1996 to be considered for selection. Include the firm's ACASS number in block 3b of SF 255. For ACASS information, call 503/326-3459. The A-E firm will be required to submit a Design Quality Assurance Plan concurrently with their fee proposal. Information on what is to be contained in this plan will be furnished upon notification of selection. No faxed submittals will be accepted. Cover letters and extraneous material (Brochures, etc.) are not desired and will not be considered. ****Phone calls are discouraged unless absolutely necessary. ****Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. ****THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. (0173)

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