US Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, PO Box 1070, Nashville, TN 37202

C -- C--INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACTS FOR LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING SERVICES, CIVIL AND MILITARY SOL CEORN96-0006 DUE 092396 POC Hank Smith (615) 736-5310, Contract Specialist; Virginia Selwyn, Contracting Officer, (615) 736-7276. Two contracts will be awarded to perform Land Surveying and Mapping Services within the boundaries or assignment area of Nashville District. PROJECT INFORMATION: Tasks may include but not limited to boundary, site topographic, engineering and shoreline surveys. Work will require Satellite Global Positioning System, aerial photogrametric and conventional ground survey techniques. Projects will involve land acreage, roads, bridges, utilities, buildings and associated structures, levees, floodwalls, dams and other related structures. Tasking orders are routinely small, quick-turnaround work with emphasis on accuracy and quick respone. All drafting services and computer work must be compatible with Microstation Version 5.0 or later. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Land surveying and mapping services, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36 are required for various civil and military work projects within the boundaries or assignment area of the Nashville District. Contract time period will be for one year with an optional one year extension clause. Individual, fixed-price task orders will not exceed $150,000 and the total for the base year and the option year of each contract will not exceed $500,000. The minimum award under each contract will be $10,000. Tasks will be directed by individually issued task orders. Groups with prime-sub relations or joint ventures will be considered as well as firms having all disciplines in-house. Responding groups or firms must have demonstrated competence and experience in the area of land surveying for civil and military projects. The contracts are anticipated to be awarded in December 1996. Ordinarily, task orders will be placed to ensure an equitable distribution of work between the two contracts. However, a task order may be placed with the other contractor if the primary contractor does not have the capacity to complete the order in the required time period ot the primary contractor has performed unsatisfactorily on previous orders under the subject contract, and/or significantly less work has been placed under the other contract. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance---first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion. Criteria a-d are primary. Criteria e-f are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. a. Professional qualifications of the key project management and technical personnel to be assigned to the contract. Evaluation factors will include the education, training, experience and registration of these personnel. Must have licensed professional surveyors; b. Specialized experience and technical competence of the prime firm and any subcontractors in the type of work required. Evaluation factors will include the effectiveness of the proposed management structure and the prior working relationship between a prime firm and any subcontractors. A single point of contact between the A-E firm and the government project managers must be clearly identified; c. Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work in a timely manner. Approximately three to five work crews may be required at the same time; d. Past performance and experience on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with schedules; e. Geographic proximity of the office responsible for task order negotiations and production of the work in relationship to the Nashville District Office and the general geographical area of the Nashville District. Since the nature of the work typically involves small, routine projects with compressed and unpredictable time schedules, the submittal shall clearly demonstrate how the firm proposes to respond to such tasks in an efficient, timely and effective manner; f. Volume of DOD contracts within the last twelve months with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of contracts among qualified A-E firms including small and small disadvantaged business firms. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms desiring consideration are invited to submit one copy of an updated and accurate SF 254 (11/92 edition) and SF 255 (11/92 edition). A current SF 254 is also required for all subconsultants. If the prime contractor to perform the work is located in a branch office, the SF 254 shall reflect key disciplines and experience for the branch office only. Include the firm's ACASS number in the SF 255, block 3b. The business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in SF 255, block 3b. Definition: A concern is small if the annual receipts averaged over the past three fiscal years do not exceed $2.5 million. The SIC Code is 8713. For ACASS information, call 503-326-3459. Firms submitting SF 254 and SF 255 by the close of business on the 30th day after this announcement will be considered for the work. If that day is a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday deadline is moved to end of next federal work day. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made and no future action is required. This is not a Request for Proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing the work are discouraged. Telephone calls are welcomed. For SF 254 and SF 255 submittal by express mail, the delivery address is: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Estes Kefauver Building, 110 Ninth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202, ATTN: CEORN-CT, Toom A-604. (0232)

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