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

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR GENERAL SURVEYING SERVICES POC Robert Bencal, 215-656-6606 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Contract for General Surveying Services within the boundaries of the District. The contract will be for a 12 month period with an option for one (1) additional 12 month period. The maximum task order limit is $400,000.00. The cumulative total for all task orders shall not exceed $400,000.00 in either the base or option period. The cumulative total for the base and option periods shall not exceed $500,000.00. Option will be awarded based on reaching the dollar limit or the time period at the discretion of the contracting officer. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work will normally be within the geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District, including but not limited to the Delaware River, Bay and tributaries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal area of Maryland and the coastal regions of New Jersey and Delaware. Work in other areas of the above states may be required. Work under this contract may be required outside the Philadelphia District boundaries. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant selection evaluation criteria in relative descending order of importance are: (1) Primary specialized experience in land surveying using Global Positioning Survey (GPS) with capability for Differential GPS and Real Time Kinematics (RTK) surveys, electronic total station theodolites with electronic data collectors and ability to use standard electronic data exchange formats for electronic digital files for computer-aided drafting (CAD) map creation in AutoCADD. Must have ability to achieve 2nd order, Class 1 survey accuracy standards. Secondary specialized experience in photogrammetric mapping and the ability to create digital orthoimagery maps meeting National Map Standards Accuracy's (NMSA); (2) Professional qualifications of the staff in land surveys. Education, training, experience will be reviewed. Professional Surveyor licensing is required; (3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish multiple task orders within time and cost limitations; (4) 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; (5) Location of the firm with respect to work sites will be a secondary consideration provided that a sufficient number of qualified firms respond to this announcement; (6) 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. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: 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. Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in this 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 than close of business on the 30th day after 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 as ACASS number. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made.***** (0303)

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