USDA -- Forest Service, 515 W. 1st St., Box 338, Duluth, MN 55801-0338

C -- PROFESSIONAL A & E AND RELATED SERVICES SOL RFP R9-9-97-4 DUE 061997 POC MN Shared Service Contracting Unit, 218-626-4364 The project consists of an indefinite delivery of Architect/Engineer services. Services are required to fully investigate and/or design maintenance, repair, alteration, reconstruction, and new construction projects involving roads, buildings, bridges, impoundments, and other engineered projects. Soil foundation investigation, interpretation and recommendations services are required. Award of the contract(s) is planned on or about July 1, 1997, for a base period of 1 year with four optional one-year extensions. The services ordered under the contract(s) will be fixed price. In order to receive further consideration, the applicant must submit Standard Form 254 (SF-254) and Standard Form 255 (SF-255) addressing the basic evaluation criteria in Notes 24 and 25, substituting USDA Forest Service where the Department of Defense is shown. The following information is required to supplement the SF-254 and SF 255: (a) In Block 4 on SF 255, list ONLY people employed by the office submitting the form that will be responsible for the fulfillment of the work, exclusive of any subcontractor or branch offices; (b) In Block 8 on SF 255, list applicable experience in the States listed above that the firm has COMPLETED to the SATISFACTION of the applicalbe STATE or FEDERAL agency within the last 5 years; (c) In Block 6 of SF 255, identify discipline/service to be supplied by each consultant, including the number of individuals employed by each; (d) Firms must have either in-house or through association with qualified subcontractors and/or consultants, the normal staff and equipment to handle any task so ordered; (e) Indicate the location of firm in relation to the following cities: Cass Lake, MN; Duluth, MN. Include the location of any branch offices, subcontractors or laboratories that will be involved. Unnecessarily elaborate proposals beyond that required to present a complete, concise and effective response are not desired. The estimated volume of work is unknown, however, a guaranteed amount of $5,000 will be fulfilled over the life of the contract. No single task order will exceed $500,000. Annual orders will not exceed $1,000,000. Typical delivery orders will range between $10,000 and $70,000. Award is not restricted to small business. (0142)

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