U. S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, P.O. Box 889, Savannah, Georgia 31402-0889

C -- ALTER KC -135 FLIGHT SIMULATOR FACILITY, ROBINS AFB, GA SOL DACA21-97-R-0074 POC Tim Corely -- 912/652-5420 WEB: Corps of Engineers,Savannah District, Contracting, http://www.sas.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Sandra Meyers, sandra.b.meyers@sas02.usace.army.mil. The Savannah District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requires the services of an Architect-Engineer firm for Design of Alter KC-135 Flight Simulator Facility, Robins AFB, GA. The A-E will be required to provide site investigation, engineering studies, concept preliminary and final design and construction phase services to alter an existing 450 sm. KC-135 flight simulator facility. This will be a firm fixed price contract. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in November 1997 and completed in September 1998. The construction cost range is $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. This announcement is open to all firms regardless of size. For contracting information call Sandy Meyers (912) 652-5324. **** 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The selected firm will be required to perform the following services: site investigation, engineering studies, concept, preliminary and final design, and construction phase services to alter an existing 450 sm. KC-135 flight simulator facility. The alteration will require all disciplines to allow the existing facility to accept a new full motion simulator device. This will entail raising the height of the simulator bay to accommodate the new simulator equipment. **** 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criteria and then by each sub-criterion). CRITERIA a-f are primary. CRITERIA g-i are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. **** a. Specialized Experience and technical competence in (1) Design of major building renovation projects. (2) Design of flight simulator facilities (3) Use of CADD and translation into Intergraph (4) Use of MCACES cost estimating. **** b. Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. **** c. Capacity to accomplish work in the stated contract period and to provide the following disciplines: architectural, structural, civil, electrical engineering, mechanical, fire protection engineer, topographic surveyor and industrial hygienist. NOTE: These disciplines must be shown in Block 4 of SF 255. Please disregard the "to be utilized" statement at Block 4 of SF 255 and show the total strength of each discipline. **** d. Professional Qualifications of key management and professional staff members. The design team must include a Registered Fire Protection Engineer whose principle duties are fire protection engineering or a Registered Architect or Registered Engineer who is a full member in good standing of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). **** e. Knowledge of locality as it pertains in design and construction methods of projects in the geographic area of this contract. **** f. Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. SECONDARY CRITERIA. **** g. Extent of participation of Small Business (SB) including Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. **** h. Proximity to the project site. **** i. Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. **** 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having capabilities to perform this work must submit ONE (1) copy of SF 255 (11/92 edition) for prime and ONE (1) copy of SF 254 (11/92) for prime and all consultants to the following address: US Army Engineer District, Savannah, ATTN: CESAS-EN-EA, 100 W. Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401-3640, not later than close of business the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. NO FAXED SUBMITTALS WILL BE ACCEPTED. FIRMS MUST INCLUDE PRIME'S ACASS NUMBER in BLOCK 3 of SF 255. For ACASS INFORMATION: Call 503/326-3459. Cover letters and extraneous materials (Brochures, etc.) are not desired and will not be considered. The selected firm will be required to submit a Design Quality Assurance Plan concurrently with their fee proposal. PHONE CALLS ARE DISCOURAGED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. PERSONAL VISITS for the PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THIS announcement WILL NOT be SCHEDULED. This is NOT a REQUEST for a PROPOSAL (0268)

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