USDA, Forest Service, Monongahela National Forest, 200 Sycamore Street, Elkins, WV 26241

R -- VESUVIUS LAKE DAM DESIGN SERVICES SOL R9-14-97-06 DUE 063097 POC Mary E. Saint Louis, Contracting Officer; 304/636-1800, extension 265 The Wayne National Forest anticipates contracting for professional engineering services to provide design services for the Dam at Lake Vesuvius. The contract will involve all work to recommend and design the complete rehabilitation of the Civilian Conservation Corps sod-faced dam. The bridge site is located approximately 7 miles north of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio via State Route 93 and County Route 29. The proposed contract time is 160 calendar days. The estimated construction costs are between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. Potential contractors shall be evaluated on the following criteria: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services, including professional registration of the "Engineer of Record" for this project in the State of Ohio (proof required prior to contract award); (1)A Experience and qualifications of proposed key personnel including specialized technical skills, project coordination and management skills, and experience working together as a team; (1)B Availability of additional contractor personnel or consultants to support expansion or acceleration of the project; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including design and construction inspection experience in rehabilitation of existing dams, roller compacted concrete (RCC) and other hardening methods, geosynthetic materials in dams, and hydrologic calculations by sophisticated computer modeling techniques; (2)A Volume and nature of present workload as it relates to the ability to perform the work required; (2)B Provide a list and brief description of any RCC overtopping protection projects, or similar dam overtopping protection systems completed in the recent past; (3) Capacity to accomplish work in the required time and adequacy of facilities for performance of the work, including Computer Aided Drafting equipment and hydrologic computer modeling equipment; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project, provided that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project (preferably having at least a branch office in Ohio, West Virginia, or Kentucky); and (6) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. Responses received by June 30, 1997 will be considered for selection. Firms desiring consideration shall submit a S.F. 254 and S.F. 255 to the procuring office address in Item 7. This is not a Request for Proposals. This project will be awarded under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Project. (0136)

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