Huntington District, Corps of Engineers, 502 8th Street Huntington, WV 25701-2070

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR DESIGN BRANCH, ENGINEERING DIVISION POC Sandy King, CONTRACT SPECIALIST (304)529-5182 Paul Berns, CONTRACTING OFFICER (304)529-5619. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineer Services are required for an Indefinite Delivery Contract for various types of Civil Works Projects located in the Huntington District geographical area. (West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky). The resulting Indefinite Delivery Contract will be for the period of one year with two option years. Individual, fixed-price work orders will not exceed $1,000,000 and the annual ceiling for the base year and the option years is $1,000,000 per year. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The plan is NOT requried with this submittal. Quality Control Plans will also be required at the time of award. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under the resulting contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E Services will include the reconnaissance, feasibility and final design, layout, preparation of design computations, contract drawings, specifications and estimates. This work will require the expertise in portions of navigation (locks and dams) projects, flood control dams, local protection, floodwalls and levees, sanitary and water projects, pump stations, recreation, residential and commercial floodproofing, buildings, bridges, roads, bank protection/channel improvement, and HTRW. Disciplines include, but are not limited to Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Sanitary Engineers, Architects, Specification Writers, Estimators, Engineering Technicians and Draftsmen/CADD Operators. Drawings must be prepared on a CADD System and must be directly compatible with the Intergraph CADD System or translated at 100% compatiblility by the A-E. Capability for scanning hard copy into the CADD and 3D design are also preferred. Work may require using the metric system. Quality Control Plans for individual work orders will be required. Specifications shall be prepared with a personal computer compatible with IBM AT computers and using SPECSINTACT format. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion then by sub-criterion). Criteria a. thru e. are primary. Criteria f. thru h. are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. a. Qualified Registered Professional Personnel in the following key disciplines: Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Sanitary Engineers, Architects, Specification Writers, Estimators Engineering Technicians and Draftsmen/CADD Operators. The evaluation will consider education, training, registration, HTRW certification and experience; b. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence in portins of navigation (locks and dams) projects, flood control dams, local protection, floodwalls and levees, sanitary and water projects, pump stations, recreation, residential and commercial floodproofing, residential and commercial buildings, bridges, roads, bank protection/channel improvement, HTRW and computer capability. Subcontracting for specialized experience to broaden base is encouraged; c. Past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; d. Capacity to perform large civil works projects; e. Knowledge of Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. This should include geological features, construction and material standards for construction, and permits and licenses; f. Geographic proximity to Huntington, West Virginia; g. SB and SDB Participation: extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, woman-owned businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort, and h. Volume of DoD Contracts awarded in the previous 12 months. 4. SUBMISSION REQUREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit two copies of SF 255 (11/92 edition), and two copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants, 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. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is NOT a request for proposal. (0240)

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