U.S. Army Engineer District, San Francisco, COE, Attn: CESPN-CT, 333 Market Street, Room 704, San Francisco, CA 94105-2197

B -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES SOL DACW07-97-R-0008 POC O. R. Rosales @ (415)977-8499 or K. Knight @ (415)977-8597 Indefinite Quantity Contract for Economic Services for Deep Draft and Commercial Fishing Navigation. The Work performed under this contract will include economic analysis of deep draft and commercial fishing benefits also cited with various Corps of Engineers Projects from Reconnaissance Level Studies to General Memorandum. The specific areas of expertise in this contract will be for conducting economic analysis of: The economics of deep draft navigation and of commercial fishing. General areas of knowledge will include: micro and macro economics, economics including transportation and fisheries economics, economic forecasting, and statistics. The following criteria will be considered in the Order of Preference listed: (a) Expertise in the application of economic theory to solving benefit evaluations; specifically in the economic evaluation of deep draft navigation (transportation) and of commercial fishing; (b) Expertise in data collection and analysis and the use of statistical analysis and techniques including risk of uncertainty analysis; (c) Expertise and skill in report writing and report preparation; (d) The offering firm's geographical location (firms located within the San Francisco Bay Area will be rated higher than those farther away; (e) Past Performance on Department of Defense (DOD) and other contract with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. Also past performance on previous sub-contracting plans (offerors must provide performance data on sub-contracting plans for evaluation purposes); and (f) Extent of participation of small business, small disadvantaged business, and woman owned business in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. Minimum Order: When the Government requires supplies or services of less than $500.00, the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish those supplies or services. Maximum Order: The Contractor is not obligated to honor: (1) Any order for a single item in excess of $100,000.00; (2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of $100,000.00; and (3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within thirty (30) days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (1) and (2) above. Firms wishing to receive copies of Solicitation No. DACW07-97-R-0008 may contact this office in writing within fifteen (15) days from the date of this advertisement. It is anticipated that issuance of the Solicitation will occur on or about 97 Jul 25. This contract is for a one year period with an option to renew it for two additional years. The Total Amount for each contract year period shall not exceed $100,000.00. Questions concerning the technical aspects of this proposed procurement should be addressed to Kevin Knight at (415)977-8597. (0174)

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