U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 600 M.L. King, Jr. Pl., Rm 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230

C -- IDC CONTRACT FOR A/E SERVICES FOR WATER RESOURCE STUDIES AT VARIOUS CIVIL WORKS AND MILITARY SITES WITHIN THE STATES OF KY, IL, IN, OH, AND MI. SOL W22W9K-7296-3292 DUE 120397 POC Hank Smith, Contract Specialist (502) 625-7634 or Sonia Suggs, Project Engineer (502) 582-5643 WEB: ceorl1, http://www.orl.usace.army.mil/ceorl1. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Louisville District plans to procure an indefinite delivery contract for engineering, architectural, and planning services for water resources studies and military projects. The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated firm fixed price contract. Projects will be awarded by individual delivery orders not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000), with the maximum contract value not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). The contract period is one year from date of award with the option for two additional extensions of one year each with or without additional contract amount of $1,000,000 for each option year. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Services will consist of, but not be limited to, assistance in preparation of structural and non-structural components of alternative plans for flood damage reduction, inland navigation studies, and environmental restoration, and related environmental and engineering services support for military construction projects. Responding firms should have personnel capable of performing work in the following areas: 1) Economic analysis of water resource projects based upon Corps of Engineers regulations and policies; 2) Flood warning and emergency evacuation plans; 3) Structural analysis of existing residential, public, and commercial buildings; 4) Field data collection; 5) Design of structural and non-structural measures for flood damage reduction; 6) Hydraulic and hydrologic analysis of flood damage reduction measures; 7) Preparation of non-structural plans for non-structural flood-proofing, including house raising; 8) Preparation of social and economic profile studies; 9) Cost estimating; 10) Report writing; 11) Environmental impact analysis (NEPA documentation); cultural resources analysis; and hazardous; toxic and radiological waste site clearance phase I analyses for civil and military projects; 12) Plan and design of environmental restoration projects; 13) Inland navigation studies; 14) Life cycle cost analyses; 15) Graphic and cartographic support of report production; 16) Capable of operating in a GIS environment using ARC-Info and ARC-View; 17) Lake sedimentation analysis including formulation of alternative prevention/disposal methods; 18) Condition analysis of existing flood damage reduction structures including levees, flood walls, and pump plants; 19) Recreation benefit analyses using methodologies to include, but not limited to Unit Day value procedures. Ability to estimate initial visitation, forecast future visitation and assign benefits; 20) Public Involvement/Awareness Workshops; 21) Other A/E studies related to the above. Required disciplines include professionals in the fields of economics; civil, structural, hydraulic/hydrologic, geotechnical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineering; architecture; landscape architecture; community planning; ecology; environmental science; architectural historian; historian; archeologist; biology; botany; agronomy; geology; andgraphics/cartography. All of the above disciplines are required and must be indicated by resumes in the SF 255. One resume is required for personnel in the following fields: agronomy, botany, and geology. Two resumes are required for personnel in the remaining fields. 3. SECTION CRITERIA: All firms will be rated against the following criteria; a. Must demonstrate experience and technical competence in the work areas listed; b. Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; c. Past performance on contracts with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; d. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time, if a branch office, must have capacity to perform independently of the main office; e. Geographical location and knowledge of the locale of the project. 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-22 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. local time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this publication to be considered for selection. The day following this CBD announcement counts as day number one (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 three 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 firms status will occur within ten (10) days after approval of any selection. This is not a request for proposals. (0303)

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