USDA Forest Service, Shawnee National Forest, 901 S. Commercial St., Harrisburg, IL 62946

R -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (A&E) SERVICES. Sol 0908-96-22 due 082996. POC Contracting Officer, Steven E. Mumford, (606)745-3127, or Technical Contact, Cynthia Morris (618)253-7114. Multi-disciplinary architect and engineer services to be performed within the boundaries of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie site, formerly known as the Joliet Arsenal, in Will County, Illinois. This area is part of the Shawnee National Forest, Harrisburg, Illinois. The professional services required could include structural investigation of existing facilities, dam and bridge inspections, preparation of specifications for rehabilitation of existing facilities, and other architect, landscape architect, and engineer services. The planned contract will consist of a Base Year and Two Option Years. The amount of work contained in this contract will vary depending on need and budget constraints. There will be no guaranteed minimum or maximum payments. The following criteria will be used to evaluate Architect-Engineer questionnaires submitted: 1. Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services (when a registered engineer is required on a delivery order, the engineer shall be registered in the state of Illinois in the respective area. Proof of Illinois registration will be required before contract award); 2. Specialized experience and technical competence 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; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project (preferably less than 75 miles from the site); 6. Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design; 7. Adequacy of facilities for performance of the work, including those necessary to provide specialized services that may be required; 8. Availability of additional contractor personnel or consultants to support expansion or acceleration of a project. Responses received by August 29, 1996, will be considered for selection. Firms desiring consideration shall submit the appropriate data described in Numbered Note 24. This is not a request for proposals. Reference for this project is Midewin NTP Architect-Engineer Services 0908-96-22. This project is set-aside for emerging small businesses. (194)

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