USARMY ENGR DIST ST LOUIS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 1222 SPRUCE STREET, ST LOUIS MO 63103-2833

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY A-E CONTRACT FOR AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS (ADAS) FOR STRUCTURAL AND GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION SOL EDGE00-7119-0003 A POC Chief, Contracts Management Section, John A. Gaal, 314-331-8301, Contracting Officer, T. M. Laws, 314-331-8500 (Site Code DACW43) Solicitation DACW43-97-R-0722 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION. Services of qualified A-E firms are sought to provide professional engineering services for all aspects of monitoring performance and stability of complex structures. Emphasis is placed on Automated Data Acquisition Systems for structural and geotechnical instrumentation. Items of work may be performed anywhere within the continental Unied States and coordination will be through the St. Louis District Office. The contract will have a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period will not exceed $500,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Work will be issued by negotiated task orders not to exceed the contract amount. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in August 1997. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large businessis selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract is that a minimum of 40% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), including small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), 10% be placed with SDB, and 5% with woman-owned small businesses. The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION. The St. Louis District Office is authorized to perform work for any Corps of Engineer facility that needs assistance with monitoring structures. The currently identified needs include the maintenance, repair, replacement, and enhancement of existing monitoring systems and the design and installation of new systems. Contract attention to monitoring systems includes data acquisition, data transmission, data reduction and analysis, and reliable instrumentation hardware and software. Task orders under this contract could address any one or a combination of the above. 3. EVALUATION FACTORS. See Note 24 for the general selection process. The evaluation factors shall include, in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each subcriterion). Criteria a-d are primary. Criteria e-g are secondary and will be used as "tie breakers" among technically equal firms: a. Professional Qualifications; (1) Work must be performed under the supervision of a registered Professional Engineer. (2) Engineer disciplines include: instrumentation, structural, geotechnical, civil, electronic or electrical. (3) Other required disciplines include geologists, computer programmers, civil and electronic technicians, computer hardware technicians, drafting persons, word processing operators; b. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence; (1) Design, install, integrate, and operate new systems with current technology. (2) Working knowledge of behavior of earthen and rigid structures and their physical environments. (3) Troubleshoot, test, calibrate, repair existing automated systems manufactured by Geomation, Synergetics, Campbell Scientific, and others. (4) Operate, integrate, modify (program) Corps of Engineer software WINIDP which is based on all Windows operating systems and utilizes Excel and Sybase SQL Anywhere. (5) General knowledge of commercially available spreadsheet, communications, and graphics software. (6) Investigate alternatives and create unique solutions for special monitoring applications. (7) Prepare Corps of Engineer plans and specifications or reviw specifications written by others. Write and edit operation and maintenance manuals. (8) Design and conduct user training sessions on system operation and maintenance procedures; c. Capacity of the firm to furnish equipment and personnel to accomplish varying workload as required to maintain delivery of a quality product on schedule; d. Past performance on similar Department of Defense contracts and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work,and compliance with performance schedules; e. Geographic location(s) of required expertise to respond to the needs of the above services; f. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions in the proposed contract team measured as a percentage of the estimated effort; g. Volume of DOD contracts awarded in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Firms having capabilities to perform this work and desire to be considered must submit a completed SF 255 (11/92 Edition) and appropriate data as described in Note 24. Only SF 255's received in this office within 30 calendar days from the date of notice will be considered. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include the firm's ACASS number in the SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call 503-326-3459. If an SF 254 is not on file with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a current SF 254 should also be included. Multiple copies of the SF 254/SF 255's are not required. No notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a Request For (0149)

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