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C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SERVICES FOR PLANNING AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES FOR THE WALLA WALLA DISTRICT SOL DACW68-97-R-0002 DUE 111496 POC Contract Specialist Julie Dockery (509) 527-7206 (Site Code DACW68) An Indefinite Delivery Type Architect-Engineer (A-E) contract to provide A-E services for multi-disciplinary professional and supporting services required for planning and reconnaissance studies for potential single and multipurpose water resource project sites located in Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Idaho, Western Wyoming, Northern Nevada, and Northwest Utah. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals are that a minimum of 52.5% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), including 8.8% with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and 3.0% with women-owned small businesses (WOB). The plan is not required with this submittal. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 8711. The small business size standard is average annual receipts for its preceding 3 fiscal years must not exceed $2.5 million. This notice is for one (1) indefinite delivery type contract not to exceed $750,000 total for one year and $500,000 maximum per individual delivery order. Proposed contract shall be for a period of one base year with the possibility of two (2) option periods not to exceed one year each. The base year and option periods each has a ceiling amount not to exceed $750,000 each. Option periods may be exercised at the discretion of the government before the expiration of the base contract period (or preceding option period), if the contract amount for the base period (or preceding option period) has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. This contract is anticipated to be awarded in April, 1997. Examples of work the contractor may be tasked to accomplish may include, but are not limited to: (1) Preparation of appraisal, reconnaissance, and feasibility level reports; (2) Field investigations, data generation, and analysis; (3) Geotechnical evaluation of project sites; (4) Identification of existing conditions and alternative solutions; (5) Cost estimates of project alternatives; (6) Design of project features; (7) Economic analysis of project alternatives; (8) Risk and uncertainty analysis applied to project results; (9) Hydrologic/hydraulic, navigation hydropower, irrigation, recreation, cultural resources, fisheries, aquatic ecology, wildlife, and terrestrial ecology studies and analyses; (10) Stream restoration design; (11) Fish and wildlife habitat, water and air quality, and other environmental analyses; (12) Public and interagency scoping, mediation, and involvement; (13) Preparation of Environmental Assessments, environmental studies, and other environmental documents; (14) Performance of NEPA compliance activities; (15) Wetlands delineation and Clear Water Act compliance; (16) Real estate activities required for planning and design analyses; (17) Surveying and mapping as required to describe project site topography; (18) Coordination with local sponsors; (19) Scheduling of and presiding over public meetings; (20) Drafting to include aerial photo interpretation and CADD generated products; and (21) Preparation of contract drawings and specifications. See Note 24 for general selection process. Criteria a-e are primary. Criteria f-g are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. The selection criteria in descending order of importance are: (A) Professional Qualifications of personnel in the following disciplines: (1) Civil, Hydrologic, Hydraulic, Environmental, Structural, Cost, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, and Fluvial Geomorphology; (2) Economics, Natural Resource Economics, and Socioeconomic Statistics; (3) Water Quality; (4) Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology, to include Fish & Wildlife Biology, Wetland Ecology, and Habitat Analysis; (5) Cultural Resources and Archeology; (6) Sociology; (7) Landscape Architecture; (8) Aerial Photography, Topographic Surveying and Mapping; (9) Real Estate Analysis; (10) CADD Drafting; (11) Report Preparation and Publication; (12) Public Involvement and Coordination; (13) Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Engineering. (B) Specialized experience and technical competence in: (1) Planning, design, and operation of single and multipurpose water resource projects including flood control, environmental restoration, inland navigation, hydropower development, and recreation; (2) Benefit analysis to include incremental analysis and sensitivity analysis of flood control, inland navigation, regional impacts, hydropower development, stream restoration, fish and wildlife habitat restoration, and recreation; (3) Economic base studies, land use studies, commodity demand/supply analysis and forecasting, transportation pricing studies (rail, truck, tug/barge), socioeconomic enhancement, and recreation studies including sports fishing and hunting; (4) Design, layout, quantity takeoff, and cost estimating, including total annual cost at various levels of detail; (5) Fluvial geomorphology, development of frequency relations for streamflow, and use of backwater profile computer models; (6) Direction and supervision of the construction of stream and riparian habitat restoration projects; (7) CADD drafting of technical drawings. (C) Capacity to accomplish the work on time and within budget. (D) Past performance on contracts with Government Agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (E) Location in the general geographic region of the Walla Walla District with the capability of quick turn around to and from the District office and potential sites within the Snake River drainage. (F) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges, universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (G) Volume of DOD contract awards in the previous 12 months, as described in Note 24. Interested A-E firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit three (3) copies of Standard Form (SF) 254 not already on file at the COE ACASS Center in Portland, Oregon, and three (3) copies of SF 255 for the prime and all consultants to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after publication of this notice. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Only the 11/92 edition of the SF 254 and SF 255 are acceptable. Include the solicitation number in Block 2b of SF 255. Include the firm's ACASS number in Block 3b of SF 255. In SF 255, Block 10 describe owned or leased equipment that will be used to perform this contract, as well as CADD capabilities. Personal visits to discuss this project will not be scheduled. This is not a request for proposal and no other general notification will be made.(0284)

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