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C -- CLASS D BOUNDARY SURVEYS FOR THE WETLAND RESERVE PROGRAM (WRP)IN LOUISIANA. SOL NRCS-12-LA-97 POC PATTI D. DAYE, Contracting Officer, (318)473-7645. The contractor selected will provide a Class D, Rural Survey of Wetland Reserve easement areas as set forth by the Louisiana State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors in paragraph 2509. Easement areas are located predominately in North and Central Louisiana, but may be in any area of the state. The survey plat will include the route of ingress and egress,as well as the easement itself. The surveyor will provide a legal description of both the easement area and access route. Descriptions shall be of the metes and bounds type. The surveyor will provide an original(36x24) and two copies of the survey plat, 17 x 11 in size. The following statement will be included on each plat: "This is to certify that this survey was done by the undersigned, that the survey was done on the ground in accordance with the most recent minimum standards for property boundary surveys, as set forth by the State of Louisiana, Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and the accuracy specification and position tolerance are in accordance with rural area surveys." (Signature). The surveyor will be required to install monuments and witness posts at the time the survey is completed and prior to delivery of the plat of survey and legal description. Monuments and witness posts shall be installed at each corner of the easement area. Acceptable monuments are: 1)Underground magnetic markers, 2) One inch diameter iron pipes or 5/8" iron rods, 3) Four inch square concrete posts with a center point. Minimum length for all monuments is two feet. All monuments will be set flush with or below the ground surface and witnessed with a witness post. All witness posts will be flagged with high visibility flagging. Acceptable witness posts are: 1) Three inch diameter Southern Yellow Pine pressure treated to .4 pounds per cubic foot retention of chromated copper arsenatte (CCA). Minimum length shall be seventy-eight inches. Top six inches shall be painted silver. 2) "T" shaped steel fence post 1 3/8" x 1 3/8" x 1/8" or heavier. Minimum length shall be seventy-eight inches. Fence posts color shall be green with top six inches painted silver. PRESELECTION will be based on a firm having 1) one or more licensed registered surveyors in the State of Louisiana; 2) current capacity to operate a field party consisting of three members; 3) performed at least 20 Boundary Surveys in Louisiana in accordance with Chapter 25 Minimum Standards for Property Boundary Surveys within the last two years. SELECTION will be based the following criteria (weight values are expressed as percentages after each criterion: 1)Professional Qualifications (15%)- registration and license of land surveyor to perform work; survey party personnel, their knowledge of and experience in survey requirements; the qualifications and experience of key personnel who will be responsible for administering the work required. 2) Specialized Experience & Technical Competence (15%)- Evaluation will be based on experience and technical competencein boundary surveys in accordance with Minimum Standards for Property Boundary Surveys as set forth in Louisiana statues; 3) Capacity (25%)- based on ability to satisfactorily accomplish the work required within the established performance period; 4) Past Performance (25%)- Evaluation will be based on previous experience on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of quality of deliverables, cost control, compliance with the required delivery schedule, and the contractors' experience with providing expert testimony regarding boundary surveys; 5) Location (20%) -- Evaluation will be based on the proximity and knowledge of the locality of the easement areas. The government may select up to the top five ranked firms to award an indefinite-delivery, requirements type, multiple award contract. Individual task orders will be competed among the selected firms. Award of each task order will be based on the contractors' past performance in terms of quality of deliverables, cost, and compliance with the required delivery schedule. Each individual Task Order will have a period of performance of 45 days from award. The estimated total quantity is 120 surveys over the term of this contract. Interested and qualified firms must submit a completed SF 254 and SF 255 to the address above by close of business June 30, 1997. Only those firms responding by that date will be considered for selection. (0142)

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