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C -- QUALIFICATION FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FACILITY REHABILITATION AND SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, PHYSICAL SECURITY UPGRADES, AND THE RENOVATION OF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AT VARIOUS FOREIGN SERVICE POSTS WORLDWIDE SOL S -- FBOAD-97-R0026 POC John M. Hite (703) 875-6278 or FAX 875-6292. The Department of State, Office of Foreign Buildings Operations, anticipates awarding up to five indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contracts to qualified firms or teams to provide architectural and engineering services for non-residential and residential new construction projects, facility rehabilitation and system replacement projects, physical security upgrades, and the renovation of communications systems at various foreign service posts worldwide. Two of the contracts will be set aside for small business. The small business size standard is $2.5 million or less based on the annual average gross revenue of a firm which has been in business for 3 or more complete fiscal years. Each contract will be for a one-year period from the date of the contract award with four one-year option periods. The Government guarantees a minimum of $100, 000.00 in task orders for only the base year of the contract. The total amount of orders issued under the contract shall not exceed $2, 000, 000.00 per year.The contract will be for professional services to include, but not be limited to, existing condition surveys; architectural, facility rehabilitation/renovation, adaptive reuse, and space utilization, and engineering studies; master planning; preliminary and concept designs; design development; working drawings, specifications; construction estimates; and services during construction. Services shall (1) include the following disciplines: architectural, including historic preservation; both non-residential and residential design; landscape architecture; space planning and interior design; electrical; communication; mechanical; structural, blast, seismic, and civil/geotechnical engineering; security design; cost estimating and planning; value engineering; other specialties when needed; (2) include administrative and technical coordination of the various disciplines involved; and working within the U.S. Government's requirements and the applicable laws, codes and standards at the overseas project sites. Projects shall be designed in metric units. Construction documents shall be submitted with Autocad R 12 files in DOS format for each submission. The successful offerors, including entities which comprise joint ventures, must possess or be capable of obtaining Secret facility security clearances issued in accordance with the National Industrial Security program Operational Manual, DOD 5220.22-M, prior to contract award. Safeguarding capability for Secret classified information will also be required. Personnel performing on this contract will be required to possess Secret personnel security clearances issued by the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office. Firms/teams responding to this announcement on or before the closing date will be considered for selection using the following evaluation criteria -- (100 points maximum): (a) Specialized experience, professional qualifications, and technical competence in facility rehabilitation and system replacement projects involving multiple disciplines, e.g., architectural, mechanical, civil/geotechnical, structural, and electrical, in office buildings, single and multifamily residences, warehouses, and other support facilities. Provide back-up data for a maximum of five recent projects which would demonstrate examples of creative solutions in facility rehabilitation, including such things as adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and accommodating organizational and technical change -- 30 pts; (b) Demonstrated design excellence by the A/E team. Provide examples of five recent projects showing high quality design performed by proposed key design personnel -- 15 pts; (c) Demonstrated experience in providing and coordinating a multi-discipline effort either in house or with consultants. If using consultants, must demonstrate that they have worked successfully as a team in providing similar services by providing information on a maximum of five recent projects performed by the team. Submit a management plan. Explain how you propose to manage or coordinate Department of State projects -- 20 pts. (d) Previous records of performing work on schedule and of effective cost and quality control. Briefly describe internal quality assurance and cost control procedures and indicate effectiveness by listing the planned and actual design duration, client's construction budget, design construction estimate, construction award amount, and construction change order rate in tabular form for five recent projects Although previous or ongoing performance of a similar U.S. Government contract is not a requirement for firms responding to this solicitation, if such contracts have been performed, the offeror must have performed at a satisfactory level at a minimum. For each project identified in the responses to evaluation criteria, provide the name, address, and current telephone number of a client representative and identify which members of the proposed design team participated in the project -- 15 pts. (e) Specialized experience and technical competence in physical security design of communications facilities and their associated power systems -- 10 pts; (f) Specialized experience and technical competence in the renovation and restoration of historically significant buildings. Application of Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings -- 5 pts; (g) Previous experience with overseas projects and knowledge of foreign building codes and standards and construction practices -- 5 pts; A/E Firms which meet the requirements of this solicitation are invited to submit two copies of Standard Form 254, Architectural/Engineer and Related Services questionnaire and two copies of Standard Form 255, Architect/Engineer and Related Services questionnaire for specific projects. All submittals must be received by 4:00 p.m. local time on January 31, 1997. Postal Mailing address: Dept. of State, Attn: Sherry Coniglio, A/FBO/AP/AD, Room L-600, P.O.Box 12248 Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Virginia 22219. Courier address: Dept. of State, Attn: Sherry Coniglio, A/FBO/AP/AD, Room L-600, 1700 North Lynn Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209. (0353)

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