U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia Wanamaker Building, Room 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR ECONOMIC COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING SERVICES POC Robert M. Bencal, (215) 656-6606 DESC: 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a one year Indefinite Delivery Economic Comprehensive Planning Services Contract for navigation, coastal and fluvial flood control economic analyses to primarily support missions assigned to the District. The contract will be for one 12 month period with options for two additional one year periods. The maximum task order limit is $400,000. The cumulative total for all task orders in either the base or any option period shall not exceed $400,000. The cumulative total of all task orders for the base and option period shall not exceed $500,000. The base or an option period shall not exceed 12 months. The award of an option shall be based on reaching the dollar limit or the time period at the discretion of the contracting officer. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Mission efforts will normally be within the geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District (Delaware River Basin, and Chesapeake and Delaware Canal)which includes portions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York and Maryland, but work assigned to other districts and work outside the Philadelphia District boundaries may be a part of this contract. The A/E will primarily provide assistance to the Economics and Social Analysis Branch of Planning Division within the district, but will not be limited to that district element. The qualifications and experience required for the contract will primarily involve navigation economic analysis which will include, but not be limited to: comprehensive planning; commodity projections; fleet projections; facility investigation and throughput capacity; waterway and inland transportation cost estimation; benefit estimation, multiport analysis and report preparation. Primary types of technical disciplines required for the contract will include: economist, transportation specialist, civil and coastal engineers, planners, project managers, computer specialist and estimators. Other areas of involvement include: fluvial economic and engineering analyses which will include, but not be limited to: erosion, storm inundation, and recreational impacts. The firm must be familiar with Corps of Engineers requirements and regulations for preparation of planning reports. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant selection evaluation criteria in relative descending order of importance will include: (1) Specialized experience of the firm in the primary area of navigation, as well as coastal and fluvial flood control economic analyses; (2) Familiarity with related Corps of Engineers procedures and regulations and general experience of the firm in other areas of economic and engineering analysis; (3) Professional qualifications of the staff in related work; (4) Capacity of the firm to accomplish multiple projects simultaneously within required time and cost constraints; (5) Past performance on relevant Department of Defense contracts will be a factor, however, lack of such performance will not necessarily preclude a firm from consideration; (6) Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the district; (7) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. As a part of this submittal, it is required that all responding firms clearly present billing amounts for all Corps of Engineers work as well as all other Department of Defense work for the 12 months preceding this announcement. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in the announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 254 (revised 11/92) and SF 255 (revised 11/92) for the prime firm and SF 254 for each consultant, to the above address not later then the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor will submit for government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. The contracting officer reserves the right to terminate negotiations, with firms that do not respond to Government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. in accordance with established schedules. Include ACASS number in Block 3b of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at (503) 808-4591 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for the project will be made.***** Linda M. Toth Chief, Contracts Branch (0251)

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