Officer In Charge of Construction, P O BOX 1855, Building 2004, Quantico, Virginia

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES AT THE MARINE CORPS BASE, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA 22134-08 SOL N62477-97-R-1001 DUE 041197 POC Mary Jane Davey (703) 784-2976 Ext 233 Procurement Technician: Karin Hull (703) 784-2976 Ext 244. Contracting Officer Design and engineering services are required for the preparation of studies, plans, specifications, and cost estimates, complete and ready for bidding for several projects at the Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia. The A&E firm may also have to provide Post Construction Award Services such as as-built drawing preparation, review and approval of shop drawings, construction site visits and consultation during construction. The general intention is to provide for such design and engineering services as necessary to support development of facility concepts in the procurement process of various projects. The SIC Code is 8711, Engineering Services -- $2.5 million. The selected firm for this contract will be required to provide overhead, profit, and discipline hourly rates to the Contracting Officer within 7 days after receiving notification of selection. The selected firm for this contract will also be required to participate in the first project's orientation and site visit meeting within seven days of notification and provide a fee proposal within ten days after receiving the Request for Proposal. This will be a firm fixed price A/E contract. Individual fees for any one project may not exceed $100,000.00 The al contract amount will not exceed $350,000.00 for the base year. The duration of the contract will be for one year with the possibility of two one-year options. The option years may not exceed $325,000.00 each for a total contract price of $1,000,000.00. Projects under this open-end contract may require removal of asbestos material. Selection evaluation criteria, in relative order of importance are: A. Specialized experience and technical competence in the following types of work: (1) Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and exhaust systems; (2) Steam and high temperature water production, distribution and control systems; (3) Energy conservation, monitoring, control and recovery systems and analysis; (4) Water and sewage distribution and treatment systems; (5) Miscellaneous plumbing systems; (6) Gas, compressed air and miscellaneous building piping systems; (7) Fuel, gas and oil systems; (8) Facility and miscellaneous system maintenance and repair; (9) Miscellaneous electrical distribution and facility electrical systems; (10) Miscellaneous fire prevention/protection systems; (11) Environmental miscellaneous systems; (12) Implementation of various federal, state and local government environmental regulations. B. Professional quailifications and organization of staff and subcontractors to be assigned this project, including evidence of previous experience and performance with DOD contracts of this or comparable types; capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; effective in-house design and providing construction cost estimates. C. Volume of DoD work previously awarded. List all Department of Defense contract awards (date, desc., and amount) within the past 18 months. D. Use of the construction criteria base of the National Institute of Building Sciences and computer automated design. Each firm's past performance and performance ratings will be reviewed during the evaluation process and can affect the selection outcome. Firms which meet the requirements listed in this announcement are invited to submit one copy each of the completed Standard Form (SF 254 and SF 255, U.S. Government Architect-Engineer Qualifications, to the office indicated below. The proposed contract is being solicited on an unrestricted basis. Should the due date fall on a weekend or an official Government holiday, the SF 254/255 is due on the first workday thereafter. Interested firms are requested to include telefax numbers, the Contractor Establishment Code (CEC) and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) on the SF 254 and SF 255 in block 3a and 1, respectively. In block 10, state why your firm is specially qualified based on the selection evaluation criteria. Als, use block 10 to provide additional information desired by your firm. Only the SF254 and SF255 will be reviewed. Experience identified in block 8 should not be more than 5 years old. Information in the cover letter and any other attachments will not be included in the official selection process. This is not a request for proposal. Selected firms may be subject to an advisory audit performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. EEO compliance is required. Large firms should provide a subcontracting plan with team information included for consideration with small business and small disadvantages concerns. The small disadvantaged set-aside goals in that subcontracting plan shall not be less than 5%. The women-owned, small business set-aside goals in that subcontracting plan shall also not be less than 5%. This does not apply if the prime firm is a small business concern. Submit SF254 and 255 to Officer in Charge of Construction, 2004 Barnett Avenue, Mann Hall, Suite 211, Quantico, Virginia 22134-0855 (ATTN: Code 20) by 2:30pm on or before the due date. Fax copies of the SF254 and 255 will not be accepted. (0078)

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