Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Group, Code D-7810, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Denver CO 80225

C -- CODE COMPLIANCE AND RENOVATION SOL 7D881600-00007 POC Randale Jackson, 303/236-8040, Contracting Officer WEB: AAMS Current Solicitation Listing, http://www.usbr.gov/aamsden/AAMSsol.html. E-MAIL: Randale Jackson, Contracting Officer, rjackson@do.usbr.gov. DESC: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Reclamation Service Center (RSC), on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has a requirement to renovate buildings at the Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS to accomplish code compliance work. The work to be performed under the contemplated A/E contract consists of preparation of construction drawings, specifications, design calculations for the renovations, and a detailed Construction Cost Estimate. The contract performance period is 180 calendar days. The A/E selection criteria listed in descending order of importance are (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work; and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; (6) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design and (7) Indian Preference. This criterion will be used to evaluate the offerors effort to comply with Section 7(b) of Public Law 93-638 which requires that preference in employment and training be given to Indian/Alaska Native individuals and preference in the award of subcontracts be given to Indian/Alaska Native economic enterprises. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C, 47, this acquisition is restricted under the "Buy Indian Act" to firms qualified as Indian-owned (at least 51%). Interested offerors should submit a current Standard Form 254 for the firm and each proposed subcontractor, and a current Standard Form 255 describing the specific qualifications of each firm proposed in each field. Offerors should address each selection criterion in the same order as listed above in paragraph form in Block 10 of SF-255. Additional sheets may be attached, as required. The location of the office in which the work will be performed and the experience of the personnel (current and future employees) proposed to perform the work and the office location of all proposed staff should be clearly indicated. Two copies of the required information must be submitted by interested offerors no later than 15 calendar days after the date this synopsis is published. No other notification of this project will be made and no further action beyond submission of requested information is required of interested offerors. This is not a request for proposal (RFP).**** (0307)

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