Huntington District, Corps of Engineers, 502 8th Street Huntington, WV 25701-2070

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF CIVIL WORKS PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE HUNTINGTON DISTRICT POC Cheryl D. Brunty, Contract Specialist, 304-529-5006. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineer services are required for an Indefinite Delivery Contract for various types of Civil Works Projects located in the Huntington District geographical area. Contract period will be for a base period of one year with two option years. Individual fixed-price work orders will not exceed $1,000,000 and the annual ceiling for the base year and the option years is $1,000,000 per year. Multiple contracts may be awarded from this announcement. Individual work orders will be given to the firm most qualified for that type of work. 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 plan is NOT required with this submittal. Quality Control Plans will also be required at the time of award. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under the resulting contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E services will include the reconnaissance, feasibility, and final design, layout, preparation of design computations, contract drawings, specifications and estimates. Drawings must be prepared on a CADD System and must be directly compatible with the Intergraph CADD System or translated at 100% compatibility by the A-E. Capability for scanning hard copy into the CADD and 3D Design are also preferred. Work may require using the metric system. Specifications shall be prepared with a personal computer compatible with IBM AT Computers and using SPECSINTACT format. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria a-e are primary. Criteria f-h is secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. a. Professional Qualifications: Qualified registered professional personnel in the following key disciplines: Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Sanitary Engineers, Architects, Specification Writers, Estimators, Engineering Technicians and Draftsmen/CADD Operators. (The evaluation will consider education, training, registration, HTRW certification and experience), b. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: firm must demonstrate experience in local protection, floodwalls and levees, sanitary and water projects, pump stations, recreation, residential and commercial floodproofing, residential and commercial buildings, bridges, roads, bank protection/channel improvement, portions of navigation (locks and dams) projects, flood control dams, HTRW and computer capability, c. Past Performance: experience with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, d. Capacity to perform large civil works projects, e. Knowledge of the Locality: Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. This should include geological features, construction and material standards and permits and licenses, f. Geographic Proximity: location of the firm in the general geographical area of the Huntington District, g. SB and SDB Participation: extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, woman-owned businesses, historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort and h. Volume of DoD Contracts awarded in the previous twelve (12) months. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capability to perform the work and who desire to be considered must submit two copies of SF 255 (11/92 edition) and two copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline will be the close of business of the next business day. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is NOT a request for proposal. (0339)

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