USACE VICKSBURG DISTRICT, 4155 CLAY STREET, VICKSBURG MS 39180-3435

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE CONTRACT FOR SURVEYING SERVICES WITHIN THE VICKSBURG DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, NOS. 98-S3 AND 98-S4. SOL 003&&&-9711-0001 POC Contract Specialist, Glen E. Smith (601) 631-5350. (Site Code CW38) Due 13 Jan 1998, Point of Contact: Tommy Wardlaw, (601) 631-5486. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Two contracts NTE $600,000 each plus an option year with an additional $600,000) by issuance of individual task orders, NTE $600,000. The work consists of professional services in connection with surveying required at various locations primarily within the limits of the Vicksburg District which includes parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The contracts will be awarded on or about July 1998. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The surveys will be of the topographic, hydrographic and land/boundary survey and related type. One contract will be primarily within the Shreveport Area Office boundary and the other will be primarily within the Vidalia Area Office Boundary. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Preselection criteria will be based on the following considerations which are of equal importance. The firm (either in-house or through association of a qualified consultant) must: (A) Have one or more registered land surveyors in each of the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. (B) Have demnstrated experience in the use of GPS and DGPS for both topographic and hydrographic surveys. (C) Have demonstrated experience in the performance of first order horizontal and vertical control surveys, gage and discharge surveys, and have a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in the performance of automated topographic surveys utilizing total stations and data collectors, and cadastral surveys. (D) Have the necessary equipment, boats and personnel with demonstrated experience in the performance of the above type surveys. (E) Demonstrate experience in use of CADD systems. All drawings shall be furnished in Intergraph Microstation design file compatible format. Deliverables shall be provided on one of the following types of media, subject to prior approval of the contracting official: 8 mm Exabyte tape scpio saveset (Unix), or 3.5-inch diskette cpio saveset (UNIX). The aforementioned files and backups must be of current version in operation by the Vicksburg District at the time of contract award. The external design file specification, level assignments, line styles, and line weights shall be in accordance with Engineer Manual EM 1110-1-1807 (all parts) and/or as indicated by contracting officer. Responding firms must, as part of their response, state the type of CADD system to be used in this effort and explain in detail how the system will be made compatible with the Vicksburg District Graphics System. Firms failing to submit as part of their response information on how they will achieve complete CADD compatibility with the Vicksburg District system will not be considered. Selection criteria will be based on the following: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A through E are primary. Criteria F through H are secondary and will only be used as a "tie-breaker", if necessary, in ranking the most highly qualified firms. (A) Specialized experience in first-order horizontal and vertical control surveys, automated hydrographic surveys in real time utilizing DGPS technology, topographic surveys utilizing total stations and data collectors formatted for entry into Intergraph computer systems; cadastral surveys including large land areas accepted by state or Federal courts to settle boundary disputes. (B) Professional qualifications of employees designated to work under this contract (includes professional recognition and work experience of key personnel, professional registration, advanced degrees, and specific work experience of key personnel, and adequate management personnel with required qualifications and experience to asure prompt response to assignments). (C) Past Performance. (D) Capacity in both available personnel and equipment to accomplish the work in a timely manner (includes indicating sufficient personnel and equipment to staff four 4-man survey parties simultaneously. (E) Knowledge of the locality. (F) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities(HBCU), and minority institutions (MI) in the contract team. Participation will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort regardless of whether the SB, SDB, HBCU or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner, the greater the participation, the greater the consideration. (G) Geographic proximity to Vicksburg, Mississippi. (H) DoD contract awards in the past 12 months. The greater the awards, the lesser the consideration. In the final selection process, the most highly qualified firms will be interviewed. The contracts will be awarded on or about July 1998. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms must send SF 255 (11/92 edition) for the prime and each of the consultants to: U.S. Army Engineer District, Vicksburg, ATTN: A-E Services (CEMVK-ED-AC), 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-3435. All telephone calls should be directed to Mr. Tommy Wardlaw, (601) 631-5486. This is not a RFP. A fee proposal will be requested at a later date. Along with the fee proposal, the selected firm (if a large business) will be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 19.702, to Ms. Shirley Reed, Small Business Specialist, (601)631-5347. See Notes 24 and 25. (0329)

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