EFA Chesapeake Contracts Office, Stop 49, NAS, 22445 Peary Rd., Patuxent River, MD 20670-5504

C -- JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER TEST & EVALUATION FACILITIES SOL N62477-97-R-3040 POC Patrick K. Riley 301-342-3801, x361 This project will result in a firm fixed price contract. The OIC/OICC is currently seeking sources for the preparation of a concept; with options for final plans and specifications for the Hover Pad and the High Power Engine Run (HPER) Grated Pit Facility, cost estimates, calculations, and Post Construction Award Services, for JSF T&E facilities at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD. The estimated cost of construction is between $1 million and $5 million. The estimated design start date is July 1997. This project will provide a hover pad and a high power engine run grated pit facility to support the JSF vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) test and evaluation program at Pax River. The high power engine run grated pit facility will duct high temperature and pressure exhaust gases away from the test aircraft during high power vertical operations. Work includes construction of high-temperature concrete and steel slabs/structures and drainage. Design and construction will be in two independent phases: the high power engine run grated pit facility followed by the hover pad. Selection evaluation criteria will include: (1) Specialized experience of the firm in designing high temperature/ pressure concrete/ steel slabs or structures for VTOL operations with aviation or space programs or agencies within the last 5 years; (2) Professional qualifications of the firm and staff proposed for performance of the project; (3) Past performance on contracts with respect to cost control effectiveness; (4) Capacity to accomplish projects within required time; (5) Past experience, if any, with respect to DOD contracts; (6) The firm's quality assurance/quality control program to ensure coordinated, technically accurate plans, specifications and cost estimates; (7) Ability to sustain loss of key personnel while accomplishing the work within the required time limits; (8) Utilizing CADD and its compatibility with the Autodesk Autocad Release 12 format; (9) Utilizing Specsintact. Each firms past performance and performance ratings will be reviewed during the evaluation process and may effect the selection outcome. Architect-Engineer firms which meet the requirements listed in this announcement are invited to submit completed Standard Forms 254 Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and 255 Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project to the office shown above. Site visits will not be arranged during the advertisement period. This proposed contract is being solicited on an unrestricted basis. Only firms responding to this announcement by close of business on the 30th day from the CBD publication date will be considered. Firms having a current SF-254 on file with this office may also be considered. This is not a request for proposal. See Note 24. (0133)

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