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C -- A-E SERVICES FOR AN INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT PRIMARILY FOR THE DESIGN OF AND/OR DESIGN OF REHABILITATION OF MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL PROJECTS AT ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, IL SOL W22W9K-6260-6241 POC Contract Specialist Debbie Lardner (502) 625-7318 (Site Code DACA27) 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract. The maximum amount of the contract shall not exceed $500,000.00, and no individual task order shall exceed $100,000.00. Average cost for typical Tasks Orders for this contract are anticipated to be in the $20,000 - $25,000 range. The contract period is one year from date of award with an option to extend an additional year with an additional $500,000.00 increase in the contract amount. The announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected to negotiate a contract, the firm shall be required to present an acceptable Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507. To meet the current subcontracting goals, 52.5% of the total subcontracted dollars must go to small business firms, 8.8% must go to small disadvantaged business firms, and 3.0% must go to woman-owned firms. These percentages are applied to the total amount of subcontracted dollars. The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Predominant activities are expected to require mechanical and/or electrical disciplines associated with the design of, or design of rehabilitation of mechanical systems such as HVAC, fire protection, and plumbing; and electrical systems such as alarms, controls, interior/exterior lighting, and distribution systems. However, some projects may require the support of architectural, civil, and structural disciplines as necessary for the preparation of plans, specifications, construction cost estimates and/or technical studies in support of such projects as a) building design, renovation, and repairs to include items as painting, window and door replacement, and roof repairs and/or replacements; b) structural analysis and design; c) geotech (soils engineering) activities; d) road design, paving and resurfacing; e) site layout, grading and drainage; f) storm and waste water distribution; g) interior space planning and design to include pre-wired work stations; h) construction phase services, e.g. construction supervision, preparation of record drawings, or the checking of shop and working drawings, etc. i) survey, analysis, and abatement design for hazardous materials encountered in building demolition and renovation i.e. PCB's, asbestos, and lead in such forms as electrical appurtenances, painted surfaces, floor tiling, pipe insulation and roofing felts may be required. Additionally, professionals qualified by education, registration, certification, and/or training in hazardous material inspection and abatement methods must be available when required. The hazardous material inspector must have certification for building inspection and asbestos management. Metric design, (in whole or in part), M-CACES cost estimating, and electronic drawing development may be required for some activities. Electronic drawing development may be by any CADD system but submittals must be in accurately translated Intergraph Microstation format. A laboratory accredited in Bulk Asbestos Fiber Analysis given by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) must be available for hazardous material testing as needed. Some work in enclosed/confined spaces may be required. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process information. The selection criteria in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion) are listed below. Criteria a-d are primary and e-h are secondary: a. Qualified registered professional personnel with experience pertinent to that required for this project in the following disciplines listed in order of anticipated emphasis of engineering/architectural effort: Mechanical, Electrical, Architecture, Civil, Geotech (Soils Engineering), and Structural (Independent of Civil). Firms should provide resumes in the SF 255 for two architects or engineers in each field; at least one must be a registered professional. b. Specialized experience and technical competence in the expected activities identified above as evidenced by the resumes of the personnel assigned to this project. Only resumes identifying the professionalism and specialized experience of the design group are necessary. Other available personnel may be specified in paragraph 10 of the SF 255. c. Capacity to complete the work in the required time. d. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Geographical location and knowledge of the locality of the project, related to climatic conditions and local construction methods. f. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. g. Superior performance evaluations on recently completed DOD contracts. h. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contact team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. In addition, a brief Design Management Plan including an explanation of the firm's management approach, management of subcontractors (if applicable), quality control procedures and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors) must be included in paragraph 10 of the SF 255. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: a. See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one completed SF 255 (Revision 11-92), U.S. Government A/E and Related Services for Specific Projects to the office shown above. SF 255 (Revision 10-83) is obsolete and only the 11-92 edition of SF 255 will be accepted. All responses on SF 255 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 pm Local Time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this publication to be considered for selection. The day following this CBD announcement counts as day number 1. If the 30th day falls on Saturday, Sunday or a U. S. Gov't. holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next Gov't. business day. b. It is requested that interested firms list the fee amount and date of all DOD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in Block 9 of the SF 255. c. Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF 254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally, all responding firms which do not have a current (within the past 12 months) SF 254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, must also furnish a completed SF 254. If a SF 254 is included, only the 11-92 edition of the form will be accepted. The business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in Block 3 of the SF 255. Definition: A concern is small if the annual receipts averaged over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $2.5 million. d. No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required. e. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A/E contracts. This is not a request for proposals.(0299)

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