U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Attn: CENPA-EN (Wohlbach), = PO Box 898, Anchorage, AK 99506-0898 (Physical Address: Bluff & Plum Stree= ts, Building 21-700 (Rm 250/Wohlbach), Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-0898

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES CONTRACT FOR DESIGN ADAL EXISTING CENTRAL HEAT & POWER PLANT, FORT WAINWRIGHT ALASKA SOL DACA85-97-R-0016 POC Point of Contact -- Administrative Inquiries: Ms. June Wohlback, 907/753-5624 or Technical Inquiries: Mr. R. Jacobs, 907/753-5639, Contracting officer: Ms. Gail West 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcement is open to all busines= ses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, i= t must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontract= ing plan for that part of the work it intends to subcontract. A minimum of 5= 5% of the total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small business concerns. At least 8.5% of total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small disadvantaged businesses, including historical= ly black colleges and universities or minority institutions and 3% with women-owned small business. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. All responders are advised that this project may be canc= eled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation and final award. Contract award is anticipated for Sep 97.2. PROJECT INFORMATION: This contract will be for the design of alteration renovation and revitalization of the existing central heat and power plan= t serving Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Design services include site-related project design and planning, shop drawing review, construction phase serv= ices to include but not limited to support of district construction quality assurance program and preparation of O&M manuals. The AE may be requeste= d to participate in design charrettes. The estimates for these projects shall= be prepared using the latest version of MCACES Gold software. The software = and user=92s manual will be provided by the Alaska District free of charge to= the successful AE. The estimated construction cost is between $10 and $25 million -- LOCATION: Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: descending order of importance: (A) specialized experience and technica= l competence in at least 3 design projects during the past 5 years that include: (1) design of alteration, renovation or revitalization of coal-fired central heat and power plants to include boilers and all associated equipment, piping controls, etc., including steam, condensate,= and boiler water treatment systems preferable for the U.S. military; (2) preparation of Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) comparing various central power heating generating equipment and hot water heating distribution systems, which result in the lowest operation and maintenance, (3) comput= er aided design and drafting, including translation between dwg and dsgn fil= es; and (4) automated construction cost estimating, TRACES (Tri-Service Autom= ated Cost Engineering System); (B) capacity to provide staff in the following disciplines: mechanical and electrical must in-house; structural, civil, architectural, industrial hygienists, registered fire protection engineer=, and topographical surveyors may be subcontracted. These disciplines MUST= be show in bloc 4 of the SF255. Please disregard the =93to be utilized=94 s= tatement in block 4 of the SF255 and show the TOTAL strength of each discipline. Block 7 MUST provide professional qualification of key management and professional staff members for disciplines shown in (B) above. Respondin= g firms MUST address each discipline, clearly indicate which shall be subcontracted, and provide a separate SF254 and SF255 for the prime and e= ach subcontractor necessary. The contractor shall employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract work in the State of Alaska, individuals who are residents of the State, and who, in the case of any c= raft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skil= ls to perform the contract, (C) past performance on DoD and other contracts = with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with schedules: = (D) capacity to maintain schedules; (E) location of the firm in general geographical area of the projects and knowledge of locality; (F) demonstr= ated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste= and energy efficiency in facility design; (G) volume of DoD contract awards i= n the last 12 months; and (H) extend of participationof SB, SDB, historica= lly black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the propose= d contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms must submit an SF 254 and SF 255 (1 copy only) and should include: (1) organization of proposed project team, (2) responsibilities and authority of key project personnel, (3) relationship= of project team to overall organization of the firm, (4) a quality control p= lan, and (5) in block 8c of the SF 255 include a POC and phone number. The 11= /92 edition of the forms MUST be used and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, by calling the administrative contact named above, or fr= om commercial software suppliers for sue with personal computers and laser printers. Submittals must be received at the address indicated above not later than COB (4:00 pm Alaska time) on May 10, 1997. Any submittals received after t his date cannot be considered. No additional informatio= n shall be provided, and no faxed submittals shall be accepted. Solicitati= on packages are not provided. (0099)

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