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C -- A-E SERVICES FOR VALUE ENGINEERING IDC CONTRACT FOR VARIOUS MILITARY PROJECT PRIMARILY IN IN, KY, IL, MI AND OH, BUT COULD BE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT MISSION BOUNDARIES. SOL W22W9k72882256A DUE 102497 POC Contract Specialist, Hank Smith, (502) 625-7634 WEB: ERROR --, http://www.orl.usace.army.mil/ceorl1. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract. The maximum amount of the contract shall not exceed $750,000.00, and no individual delivery order shall exceed $75,000.00. The contract period is one year from date of award, with an option to extend an additional year with no additional increase in total contract amount. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The value engineering services may be either formal VE studies and/or VE reviews including presentations and will be so designated in each delivery order. The firm must indicate capability to complete any study in four weeks or less from notice to proceed. Tasks will include VE analysis of concept, preliminary or final design submittals. The study group, meeting on five consecutive work days will follow the five step plan as recognized by the Society of American Value Engineers (SAVE) International. All members of the team must be trained and knowledgeable in VE methodology and the team leader must be a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) currently certified by SAVE International. VE reports are to be assembled and distributed within one week of completion of VE study. Projects requiring VE services may be designed in metric units, therefore, team members must have knowledge and experience in metric design units. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process information. The selection criteria in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion) are listed below. Criteria a-d are primary and e-h are secondary: a. Professional Qualifications: The VE team will be a multi-discipline team of professionals with expertise in the following fields: civil, structural, (independent of civil), mechanical, electrical, environmental, cost engineering and architecture. Firms should provide resumes in the SF 255 for an architect or engineer in each field, and each must be professionally registered. Only resumes identifying the professionalism and specialized experience of the study group are necessary. Other available personnel may be specified in paragraph 10 of the SF 255. All members of the team must be trained and knowledgeable in VE methodology and the team leader must be a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) currently certified by SAVE International. The CVS must be a professionally registered engineer or architect. b. Specialized Experience: (1) Technical competence and experience to design in metric units must be shown; (2) Experience must be shown of the team and firm in design of building type construction and related activities such as utilities, sitework, etc., and environmental restoration projects; (3) Experience of the team in VE studies must be shown; (4) A Quality Control (QC) Plan must be prepared and submitted identifying the process that the prime firm and consultants will follow to accomplish the activities as specified above. c. Capacity to complete the work in the required time. d. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Geographical location and knowledge of the locality of the project. f. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. g. Superior performance evaluations on recently completed DOD contracts. h. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contact team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: a. See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one completed SF 255 (Revision 11-92), U.S. Government A/E and Related Services for Specific Projects to the office shown above. SF 255 (Revision 10-83) is obsolete and only the 11-92 edition of SF 255 will be accepted. All responses on SF 255 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. local time on the 30th calendar day after the date of thispublication to be considered for selection. The day following this CBD announcement counts as day number 1. If the 30th day falls on Saturday, Sunday or a U.S. Government holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next Government business day. b. It is requested that interested firms list the fee amount and date of all DOD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in Block 9 of the SF 255. c. Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF 254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally, all responding firms which do not have a current (within the past 12 months) SF 254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, must also furnish a completed SF 254. If a SF 254 is included, only the 11-92 edition of the form will be accepted. The business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in Block 3 of the SF 255. Definition: A concern is small if the annual receipts averaged over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $2.5 million. d. No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required. e. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A/E contracts. To receive information to receive an ACASS number, call (503) 808-4591. Any firm with an electronic mailbox responding to this solicitation should identify such address in the SF 255. Release of firm status will occur within 10 days after approval of any selection. This is not a request for proposals. (0295)

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