U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Contracting Office (FP), 15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4195

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY TYPE CONTAL SERVICES SOL DTCG39-97-R-QXA705 POC Dinah Mulligan (860) 444-8266 This acquisition is subject to Full and Open Competition. The applicable SIC Code is 8712, Size Standard $2.5 Million. This prospective Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) type contract will consist of unrelated task orders requiring various environmental Architectural and Engineering professional services. Joint ventures are not acceptable and entities who do not have business offices within sixty (60) miles (surface transportation) of New London, Connecticut are discouraged from applying. Teaming arrangements are acceptable. Typical services required during the term of the proposed contract include: environmental consulting; development of environmental management plans and permit applications for all media; conducting environmental audits, surveys, studies, inventories, and assessments; performing sampling and analyses; tightness testing; evaluation and upgrade design of tank systems; conducting training courses; and preparing design plans, specifications, and cost estimates for environmental projects. Specific scope of work and services will be issued with each task order. Work is subject to negotiation of individual task orders not to exceed $300,000.00 each, with a total not to exceed $500,000.00 for each twelve (12) month period. The period of performance will be one year from date of award. The Government estimate for contract award is approximately 1 October 1997. There will be options to extend the period of performance of this contract for two additional one year periods. The Government reserves the right to exercise the options to this contract. A minimum fee of $5,000.00 is guaranteed under this contract and the two option periods. Firms will be evaluated for inclusion on a preselection list based upon the following criteria: Experience in the type of work required, as demonstrated on Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, Block 10, Experience Profile Codes 004, 033, 047, 090, 099, 201 (Environmental Consulting Services), 202 (Environmental Management Plans; Studies), 203 (Environmental Sampling; Analysis); 204 (Environmental Audits; Inventories; Surveys), 205 (Environmental Design), 206 (Environmental Permit Applications), and 207 (Environmental Trainign). Those firms listed on the preselection list will be evaluated for final selection based on the following criteria (listed in descending order of importance): A. Specialized experience, expertise, and competence with State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and Environmental Protection Agency environmental regulations for all media with emphasis on federal facilities in Connecticut; B. Professional experience and ability of principals and staff and competence of assigned project manager(s); C. Employees available and qualified in environmental engineering, project management, environmental specialists, environmental consultants; D. Previous experience with U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Government environmental projects; E. Amounts and types of environmental contracts completed in the past five years; F. Capacity to complete work in time required; G. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage subcontractors. Firms meeting the requirements of this announcement are invited to submit completed Standard Form (SF) 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer amd Related Service Questionnaire for Specific Project to the office shown above. Firms responding to this announcement within 30 calendar days after publication will be considered. This is not a Request for Proposal. Interested firms are encouraged to visit the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to become familiar with the general and local conditions which can affect the work and its cost. For Monority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned, and disadvanated business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000.00. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0070)

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