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C -- FIXED PRICE CONTRACT FOR VISITING OFFICER'S QUARTERS AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DOVER, DELAWARE Contact Robert M. Bencal, 215-656-6606. CONTACT INFORMATION: The Philadelphia District Corps of Engineers intends to award a lump sum fixed-price contract to prepare contract drawings, specifications, design analysis, and cost estimates for the proposed Visiting Officer's Quarters to be constructed at Dover Air Force Base, DE. This will be a 6,000 square meter facility containing living area, registration desk with reception and housekeeping, laundry rooms, maintenance utility related spaces and site work. Included in the project design is the demolition of two facilities, including asbestos removal and disposal. Construction value of the project is estimated to be over $10,000,000 to $250,000,000. In addition, the total Federal Information Processing (FIP) work allowed under this contract, is $100,000, pursuant to Delegation of Procurement (DPA) authority CENAP-96-130. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Some features of this design include but are not limited to: a three story steel frame structure with reinforced concrete foundation and floor slabs, masonry walls and finish system, sloped standing seam metal roof, elevator, sprinkler system, security, mechanical equipment and controls, including some EMCS considerations, electrical work including communications. The design will include but not be limited to all subsurface and environmental related investigations, testing, analysis and improvements, and interior design. Completed documents shall include detailed construction plans, specifications, design analysis, Federal Information Processing (FIP) analysis, estimate of construction costs, critical path methods (CPM), related administration data, tabulations of required facilities, drawings and related study reports. The basic contract shall be for concept design with options for final design, architectural rendering, and model. The design firm will be responsible for providing site investigations, testing and analysis, reports and preliminary and final design in accordance with Philadelphia District, DOD and appropriate state and local environmental regulations and requirements. The primary areas of work are architectural, civil/structural, mechanical and electrical. The firm shall demonstrate a current working knowledge of and experience with the applicable codes and regulations and regulations for the primary areas of work with in-house staff. Other general disciplines of work which may be required to complete the design or relate to the primary areas of work to include but are not limited to: landscaping, surveying, geotechnical, fire protection, control and environmental work (including soil sampling and disposal of soil by the construction contractor). The contract will require the use of the Automated Review Management System (ARMS), Micro-Computer-Aided Cost Estimating (MCACES-GOLD) and SPECSINTACT. Design shall be stated in ``hard metric'' utilizing the International System of Units (SI). The firm selected must have (a) capability to prepare drawings on AUTOCADD Release 13; (b) capability to perform design analysis, and life cycle cost analysis; (c) capability to perform geotechnical analysis and design analysis; (d) experience with environmental permitting requirements for the state of Delaware. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection factors for the above work in relative descending order include: (1) specialized experience in the primary work required; (2) general experience in the related work; (3) professional experience and qualifications of the staff available for the project; (4) capacity and facilities of the firm to complete the work in a timely manner; (5) past performance with government contracts; (6) location of the firm in the general geographic area of the project will be a secondary selection criteria element provided a sufficient number of qualified A/E firms respond to this announcement; (7) extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort; (8) demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: As a part of this submittal, it is required that all responding firms clearly present billing amounts for all Corps of Engineers work as well as all other Department of Defense work for the 12 months preceding this announcement. As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor will submit for government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. The District reserves the right to terminate negotiations in which the contractor's response to requests for proposals or information has not been provided in accordance with the established schedules. Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one copy of the SF 254 and SF 255 (version dated 11-92) for the prime firm and a SF 254 for each consultant, to the above address not later than the close of business on 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 ACASS number in Block 3b. of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at 503-326-3459 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. All responders are advised that this requirement may be canceled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation and/or final award process. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made. (173)

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