Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Blvd., Suite 310, Atlanta, Georgia 30345

R -- PROFESSIONAL LAND BOUNDARY SURVEY, STATE OF FLORIDA U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Region IV, in accordance with the Brooks Act and Part 36.6 of Federal Acquisition Regulations, is seeking a qualified firm to provide labor, equipment, materials, services, and supplies required to complete boundary land surveys (primarily rural surveys); prepare individual reports and maps for acquisition; and marking of tracts of land. The tasks to be accomplished by the contractor include but are not limited to: a) controlled resurvey and monumentation of each tract; b) all necessary research ground control and reports; c) all record maps, record descriptions and all recording processes. In order to be considered for evaluation you must be licensed for the State of Florida or you will be considered nonresponsible. One indefinite delivery contract will be awarded for the State of Florida. Number and magnitude of projects to be undertaken are dependent upon priority and availability of funds at the time of issuance of each delivery order. The term of the contract shall be one year with a one-year option and an anticipated start date of December 16, 1996. FWS will consider the immediate past 10 years as the period of time for evaluation. The following evaluation factors will be used for evaluation of submittal and are in descending order of importance. (1) Geographical location and familiarity with the area; (2) Professional qualifications and experience of staff; (3) Rural boundary survey experience; (4) Past performance in terms of cost control, quality of work and other experience: (5) Type of field and office equipment available. (Be sure to include any version of equipment i.e., CAAD Ver. 12.); and, (6) Capacity to accomplish work in a required time. A&E's responding to this notice shall submit a Standard Form 254 and 255 along with any additional information that they deem to be of benefit to their firm. A SEPARATE SF 254 & 255 IS REQUIRED. All evaluation factors must be addressed separately. FIRMS SHALL SUBMIT THREE COPIES OF THEIR QUALIFICATIONS DIRECTLY TO U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attn: Lynn Walling, 1875 Century Blvd., Suite 310, Atlanta, GA not later than November 1, 1996. Offerors are cautioned that qualifications received after the specified closing date may be considered late. This is not an RFP. To be classified a small business, a firm's average annual receipts for the preceding three years, must not exceed $2.5 million. See Note #1 (Small Business Set-Aside). (0282)

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