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R -- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES -- ROAD AND RETAINING WALL DESIGN PROJECT, PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION OF THE FOREST SERVICE (STATES OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON) SOL R6-97-822 DUE 101096 POC Contact, Procurement and Property Management, 503/326-3581 Brooks Act Architect-Engineer contracting procedures will be utilized to award multiple Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (Task Order) contracts as a result of this advertisement. Awards will be for a one-year period, beginning in Fiscal Year 1997, with four additional one-year option periods. The number of contracts awarded will be determined in consideration of responses to this ad and the program of work at the time of evaluation. With the program of work not yet in place for Fiscal Year 1997, the Government reserves the right to not award at all. These contracts will cover professional Architect-Engineer services required for road and/or retaining wall design, and related services, including any or all of the following elements: (1) survey; (2) design - field reconnaissance, preliminary and final design, drawings, design computations, estimate of quantities, special project specifications, construction cost estimates, developing construction staking notes, construction staking, and construction inspection; (3) design review - review of designs done by others, including calculations, drawings, quantities and cost estimates, and specifications; and (4) engineering technician services, provided on an hourly basis, for such things as flood damage assessments, road survey, road design, and/or construction inspection. Road designs may include: aggregate or asphalt surface designs; design of drainage structures, including major culverts; slope stabilization design; materials sampling and testing; debris racks for culvert inlets; temporary erosion control measures. Government-furnished property to be provided after contract award includes all applicable Forest Service handbooks and standard specifications applicable to road design and retaining wall design. The following criteria will be applied in evaluating firms for award. CRITERIA REQUIRED BY FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (FAR) 36.602-1(a): (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (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; and (6) acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria (following). CRITERIA REQUIRED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (AGAR) 436.602-1(a): (7) Computer-assisted drafting capability and capacity using AutoCad (tm) compatible software; (8) adequacy of facilities for performance of the work including those necessary to provide specialized services that may be required; (9) volume and nature of present workload as it relates to ability to perform the work required; (10) experience and qualifications of proposed key personnel, including specialized technical skills, project coordination and management skills, and experience in working together as a team; (11) availability of additional contractor personnel or consultants to support expansion or acceleration of the project. CRITERIA REQUIRED BY FOREST SERVICE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (FSAR) 4G36.602-1(a): (12) Volume of work under previously awarded Forest Service contracts. (Evaluation of the volume of work previously awarded by the Forest Service, with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of contracts among qualified A-E firms, including minority firms, that have not had prior Forest Service experience; (13) subcontracting with certified 8(a) or other small disadvantaged businesses (that is, potential contractors who are subcontracting, or will subcontract, with certified 8(a) or other small disadvantaged businesses). These firms will continue to receive preference until small business goals have been met. (GAO decisions B-223059 and B-223243); (14) proposed use of ''recovered materials'' (FAR 23.402) or other technical methods which show a superior approach in use or disposal of materials. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. Interested firms shall submit Standard Form (SF) 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, to provide information concerning the firm's general qualifications; and SF-255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to provide more detailed information concerning qualifications for specific work listed herein. FIRMS DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO ALL CATEGORIES OF WORK IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED; firms may limit their response to ANY of the following major categories of work required: survey, road design, retaining wall design, or engineering technician services. Five (5) copies of the SF-254 and SF-255 submittals are required. Section 10 of the SF-255 must be limited to twelve pages single sided or six pages double sided; additional material submitted with the SF-254 and SF-255 will not be considered. Responses are due 4:30 P.M., local time, October 10, 1996. Envelopes containing SF-254 and SF-255 submittals in response to this ad should place the following in the lower left hand corner of the envelope: R6-97-822, Roads, Due October 10, 1996. See Numbered Note 1. (0249)

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