Olympic National Forest, 1835 Black Lake Blvd. SW, Olympia, WA 98512-5623

R -- LAND LINE LOCATION SOL SOL R6-5-96-39-O POC Contact point, Ronald Cason, (360) 956-2471 Professional land surveying services are required for the monumentation and posting of National Forest boundaries. The project consists of up to two sections, up to 1 each corner searches, control survey, up to 19 each corner monumentations, up to 7.25 miles of marking and posting, up to 1 each maintenance of existing corners and up to 1.1 miles of right-of-way/engineering survey. This project is located on the Hood Canal Ranger District, Olympic National Forest, Jefferson County, Washington. Estimated start work date is September 15, 1996. Contract time will be approximately 210 calendar days. Interested and qualified firms are invited to submit Standard Forms 254 and 255 and supplemental narrative and samples as follows: (1) Give a brief description of steps you will use to complete a project of this type, (2) Describe your conner search process. (3) That measurements and observation techniques will be used to assure compliance with contract specifications? (4) Some examples of land survey problems you have encountered on similar projects and how you resolved them. (5) How will corner monumentation be accomplished? (6) How will marking and posting be accomplished? (7) How will control survey be accomplished? (8) How will you accomplish the research needed? (9) Name, registration number, and percent of time professional land surveyor in charge of the project will spend on each phase. (10) Submit a copy of a recent survey plat that is representative of your cadastral survey work. Submittals will be evaluated according to the following criteria: Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; 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); Computer-assisted drafting capability and capacity; Adequacy of facilities for performance of the work including those necessary to provide specialized services that may be required; Volume and nature of present workload as it relates to ability to perform the work required; Experience and qualifications of proposed key personnel including specialized technical skills, project coordination and management skills, and experience in working together as a team; Availability of additional contractor personnel or consultants to support expansion or acceleration of the project; The volume of work previously awarded by the Forest Service will be evaluated with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of the contracts among qualified A-E firms, including minority, 8(a), or small disadvantaged firms that have not had prior Forest Service contract; And, as prescribed in Forest Service Acquisition Regulation 4G15.605(f) additional points may be assigned or credit given to potential contractors that are or will subcontract with certified 8(a) or other small disadvantaged businesses. This procedure will be allowed until units have met their small business goals (per GAO decisions B-223059 and B-223243). Submit responses to the Contracting Officer. Material will be accepted through September 1, 1996. See Note(s): 1. (0204)

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