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C -- A-E SERVICES IN DESIGN OF MISCELLANEOUS BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE (BRAC) PROJECTS AT KELLY AFB, TX AND LACKLAND AFB, TX SOL DACA63-96-R-0056 DUE 103096 POC Contract: Jerrell Freeman, (817/978-2262) (Site Code DACA63) 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The work anticipated will involve design, drafting, planning, studies and site investigation associated with the concurrent design of seven projects required by BRAC. All work must be done by or under the direct supervision of licensed professional Engineers or Architects. The estimated contract amount will be between $100,000.00 and $3,000,000.00. If a large business firm is selected for a contract under this announcement it must comply with the FAR clause 52.219-9 requirement for a SB/SDB subcontracting plan. The Fort Worth District goal on work to be subcontracted is that a minimum of 52.5% of the contractor's total intended subcontract amount be placed with Small Businesses (SB). The goal further states that of the 52.5%, 8.8% will be placed with Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), 5.5% with Historical Black Colleges or Minority Institutions, 3.0% with Women Owned Small Businesses (WOB) and the remaining 35.2% be placed with Small Businesses (SB) for a total of 52.5%. The plan is not required as part of this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Projects consists of seven separate projects requiring an addition to a fire station, addition to an auto hobby shop, a new child development center, security fencing and gates, a fuel operation facility, alteration of an administrative/maintenance facility and alteration of an administrative/warehouse facility. All projects must be designed concurrently on a short time frame. Projects will require design of both new facilities and renovation of existing facilities, some possibly historical in nature or in a historical area. All supporting utilities, site work, HVAC, communications paving etc. must be provided. Remediation of asbestos, lead based paint, underground storage tanks or related environmental issues may be required. Projects will be required to be designed using the metric system. Services during any of the project's construction phase, such as shop drawing review or construction surveillance may also be required. Firm will be required to produce record drawings for each of the projects upon completion of construction. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See CBD Note No. 24 (Monday edition) for general description of the selection process. Selection criteria in descending order of importance are: (a) Specialized experience and technical competence in the following: (1) Team must have experience in design of Fire Stations. (2) Team must have experience in design of Fuel Operations Facilities. (3) Team must have experience in design of Auto Skills Shops. (4) Team must have experience in design of Child Development Centers. (5) Team must have experience in design of Security Fencing and Guardhouses. (6) Team must have experience in design of Warehouses/Hazardous Material Storage Areas. (7) Team must have the capability to test, quantify and develop plans and specifications for remediation of hazardous materials. (8) Above experience must be in both new and renovation type projects. (b) Professional Qualifications: (1) Expertise in the disciplines of Architecture and Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Structural Engineering, life safety/fire protection, cost estimating, interior design, landscape architecture, handicapped accessibility and architectural hardware will be required. Seven teams will be required to accomplish this work concurrently. Provide resumes for each of the team members on each team. The prime firm must have all seven Architects in-house. The remaining disciplines may be either in- house or by qualified consultants. Provide a draft Project Management Plan addressing your approach as how to coordinate all these efforts. (c) Preparation of construction cost estimates (MCACES software will be provided) and specifications using IBM compatible equipment will be required. Preparation of designs using Auto-CADD or Intergraph compatible equipment will be required. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENT: (a) See Note No. 24 for general submission requirements. To be considered interested firms must provide one submittal package, including an original SF 254 and SF 255, no later than 4:30 p.m. on the date listed above. The 11/92 version of the forms must be used. (b) Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF 254 for themselves and each proposed consultant. It must be provided for the specific office proposed to do the work. Indicate in Block No. 4 of SF 254 if your firm is a Large, Small, Small and Disadvantaged or Woman-Owned Business. To be classified as a small business, a firm's average annual receipts or sales for the preceding three fiscal years, must not exceed $2.5 million. SIC codes 8711 and 8712 apply. (c) Submit only one SF 255, completed in accordance with the instructions. It must contain information in sufficient detail to identify the team (prime and consultants) proposed for the contract. (d) Include CBD announcement number in Block NO. 2b of the SF 255. (e) In Block No. 6 of the SF 255, identify the discipline/service to be supplied by each consultant. (f) Provide brief resumes of the on-staff or consultant employees you intend to use to perform the work and the project assignment they will perform in Block No. 7 of your SF 255. Block No. 7 may be repeated as needed to identify all the major discipline and key team members. Selection will be based on the total team members presented in your SF 255, primarily Block No. 7. (g) Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposal. (0270)

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