U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, 100 W. Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, GA 31402

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR COST ENGINEERING SERVICES POC David Brown (912)652-5589. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, requires the services of a Construction Cost Engineering/Estimating firm for an indefinite delivery type indefinite quantity contract for cost engineering services on military, civil & environmental projects under the jurisdiction of Savannah District. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in January 1997. The contract will consist of a basic ordering period and two option periods, each period not to exceed one year, for a total of three years. The ordering period will be for one year or whenever the Contracting Officer determines the ordering period is over and any dollar amount not consumed by task orders issued during the ordering period may be carried over to the next ordering period. The total of all task orders during each ordering period may not exceed $1,000,000. Individual task orders may not exceed, $1,000,000. The total amount of the contract over the three year ordering period may not exceed $3,000,000. This announcement is open to all firms regardless of size. Large business offerors must identify subcontracting opportunities with small business, and small disadvantaged business on SF 255. If selected, the large business offeror will be required to submit a small/small disadvantaged & women owned subcontracting plan in accordance with FAR 52-219.9 and DFARS 219.704/705 as a part of the Request for Proposal Package. The following subcontracting goals are the minimum acceptable goals to be included in the subcontracting plan. OF THE SUBCONTRACTED WORK, 60% to SMALL BUSINESS, 10% TO SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS), 5% TO WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS). Large business firms that intend to do any subcontracting must convey their intent to meet the minimum subcontractor goals on the SF 255, Block 6. Written justification must be provided if the minimum goals cannot be provided. For additional information concerning SUBCONTRACTING PLAN requirements, please contact Ms. Ophelia Kendricks, Contract Specialist, at 912/652-5072. **** 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Task orders to be issued under this contract will be used for preparing military (vertical construction), civil, and environmental restoration construction cost estimates and/or the review of military, civil and environmental restoration construction cost estimates prepared by others. Other work may include: prepare and review cost estimates for, planning and budgeting projects (parametric) and review and comparison of cost estimating systems. The construction estimates for this contract shall be prepared using the latest version of IBM/MS-DOS/MS-WINDOWS compatible TRACES (Tri-Service Automated Cost Engineering System) and MCACES (Micro Computer Aided Cost Engineering System) softwares. The software, user manuals, databases, and specific instructions will be provided by the Savannah District for use on this contract. **** 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria a-e are primary. Criteria f-g are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. **** a. Specialized experience and technical competence in preparation and review of construction cost estimates for (1) military, (2) civil works and, (3) environmental projects. **** b. Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. **** c. Capacity to accomplish two simultaneous task orders and provide cost engineering/estimating staff in the following disciplines: architect, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering. These disciplines MUST be shown in BLOCK 4 of SF 255. Please disregard the ''to be utilized'' statement at Block 4 of SF 255 and show the total strength of each discipline, **** d. Professional qualifications of key management and professional staff members for disciplines shown in c. above. **** e. Knowledge of locality is not applicable to this selection, **** f. Degree of participation of SB, SDB, WOB, HBCU or MI as prime contractor, subcontractor or joint venture partner, **** g. Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24, **** 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having capabilities to perform this work must submit one (1) copy of SF 255 (11/92 edition) for PRIME and one (1) copy of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for prime and all consultants, to the following address: U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, SAVANNAH, ATTN: CESAS-EN-EA, 100 WEST OGLETHORPE AVENUE, SAVANNAH, GA 31401-3640 not later than the close of business 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. INCLUDE THE FIRM'S ACASS NUMBER in Block 3b of SF 255. For ACASS information, call 503/326-3459. No faxed submittals will be accepted. Cover letters and extraneous material (Brochures, etc.) are not desired and will not be considered. **** PHONE calls are discouraged unless absolutely necessary. **** PERSONAL visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. 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