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C -- SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA DRAINAGE PROJECT, ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA SOL DACW29-96R-0041 POC Contract Specialist, Richard Verret at (504) 862-1716 Contracting Officer, Martha P. Sloan at (504) 862-1161 Previous advertisement for Southeast Louisiana Drainage Project, Orleans Parish, Louisiana for the New Orleans District is hereby corrected by deleting the selection criteria, and replacing it with the corrected selection criteria. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in order of precedence (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria (a) - (e) are primary. Criteria (f) - (h) are secondary and will be used only as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. (a) Specialized work experience and technical competence of the firm and its key personnel to perform the services listed above. (b) Capacity (personnel and equipment) to submit the plans and specifications and execute the E & D during construction within the following time frames after contract award: prepare plans and specifications - 15 to 18 months, provide engineering and design during construction - approximately 2 years after construction contract award. Provide the following minimum design personnel to perform work: 2 civil engineers, 1 geotechnical engineer, 3 structural engineers, 1 electrical engineer, 1 mechanical engineer, 1 cost engineer, 3 CADD technicians, 1 registered land surveyor, 1-three person topographic survey crew, and 1 soils boring crew. (c) Professional qualifications of the key design personnel available to work on these contracts in the following disciplines: civil engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, cost engineering, surveying (one registered land surveyor and surveyors experienced in using total station data collection system), and CADD. (d) Firm's knowledge of the project area. (e) Past performance on Department of Defense (DOD), Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, and other similar contracts. (f) Location of the design firm in the general geographic area of the project. (g) Extent of participation of small business, including small disadvantaged business, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions on the proposed contract team as measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. (h) Volume of DOD contract awards. (0263)

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