CONTRACTING DIVISION, USARMY ENGR DIST ST LOUIS, 1222 SPRUCE ST RM 4.207, ST LOUIS, MO 63103-2833

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING AND PLANNING WORK FOR AREAS SELECTED BY THE ST. LOUIS DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS. SOL W81C8X-7290-9207 POC Chief, Contracts Management Section, John A. Gaal, 314-331-8301, Contracting Officer, T. M. Laws, 314-331-8500 (Site Code DACW43) Solicitations DACW43-98-R-0704, DACW43-98-R-0705 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Services of a qualified Architect Engineer (A-E) are sought to assist with all phases of Civil Works planning functions. Two indefinite delivery type contracts may be negotiated and awarded, each with a base year not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period will not exceed $750,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount or the contract time for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Work will be issued by negotiated firm fixed-price task orders not to exceed the contract amount. The first contract is anticipated to be awarded by April 1998 and the second within 9 months. After award, the Contracting Officer will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: performance and quality of deliverables, current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, and the equitable distribution of work among the contractors. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work that it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are that a minimum of 40% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), 8% be placed with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and 2% placed with woman-owned small businesses (WOSB). The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The primary area of responsibility for this contract is within the boundaries of the St. Louis District, but areas outside the District may be required at the Government's discretion and upon agreement with the Contractor. Services to be provided may include preparation of technical input for environmental and cultural resource evaluations, survey reports, feasibility studies, and general design memoranda pertaining to miscellaneous projects under the jurisdiction of the St. Louis District generally encompassing the Metropolitan St. Louis area, eastern Missouri, and southwestern Illinois. Firms considered must have a full range of planning capability for these types of services. Use of the metric-system of measurement may be required for some deliverables under the proposed contract, however, metric system experience is not a selection criteria and is not required for selection; 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria, in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion), are: a) Specialized experience and technical competence: (1) Feasibility studies and survey reports; (2) Environmental evaluation studies and reports; (3) Economic analyses; (4) Cultural evaluation studies and reports; (5) Imaging and database design; (6) General design memoranda. b) Professional qualifications: Qualified planners & registered professional engineers, Biologists, Economists, Archaeologists, Engineering technicians, Draftsman (CADD), Planning technicians, Collections managers, Archivists, Physical anthropologists, Historians and systems analysts. c) Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to quality of work, cost control and compliance with performance schedules. d. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. (1) Capacity of firm to accomplish work as required to maintain delivery of a quality product on a timely schedule. (2) Personnel strength; (3) Current workload; (4) Number of proposed subcontractors. e. Knowledge of the locality of the project provided that application of the criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms. f. 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. g. Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months. Note: Selection criteria a, b, c, d, and e are primary selection criteria. Criteria f and g are secondary criteria. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having capabilities to perform the work which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit: (1) A completed Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire. (2) A Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project when requested and, (3) Any requested supplemental data to the procurement office shown. Firms having a Standard Form 254 on file with the procurement office show are not required to register this form. Firms desiring to register for consideration for future projects administered by the procurement office (subject to specific requirements for individual projects) are encouraged to submit, annually, a statement of qualifications and performance data utilizing Standard Form 254. Firms responding to this announcement within 30 calendar days from the date of publication and before the closing date will be considered for selection, subject to any limitations indicated with respect to size and geographic location of firm, specialized technical expertise or other requirements listed. Following an initial evaluation of the qualifications and performance data submitted, two or more firms considered to be the most highly qualified to provide the type of services required will be chosen for negotiation. Selection of firms for negotiation shall be through an order of preference based on demonstrated competence and qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the type of professional services required, as described in paragraph 3, SELECTION CRITERIA: If an SF 254 is not on file with the Army Corps of Engineers, a current SF 254 should also be included. No other notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made. This is not a request for proposal (RFP). (0324)

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