U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ST. PAUL DISTRICT, 190 FIFTH STREET EAST, ST. PAUL MN 55101-1638

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR CIVIL, GEOTECHNICAL, AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE ST. PAUL DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS SOL 125&&&-9712-0004 POC Patrick Peine 612/290-5416. Contracting Officer Joanne Dufeck. (Site Code DACW37) 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Services of a qualified Architect Engineer (A-E) are required for an Indefinite Delivery Contract for the primary disciplines of Civil, Geotechnical, and Hydraulic engineering (each of equal priority); additional disciplines are Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Cost Engineering and Specification Writing. The contract is anticipated to be awarded by May 1998. The contract will have a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period and on individual task orders will not exceed approximately $300,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. The District currently has and may award in the future Indefinite Delivery Contracts to perform work that may also be encompassed by this announcement. The Contracting Officer will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: Performance, capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, specialized experience, and the equitable distribution of work. 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 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB); 9.1% be placed with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB); and 4.5% placed with woman-owned small businesses (WOSB). The plan is not required with this submittal. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. 2.PROJECT INFORMATION: The services are required for various civil works flood control projects and support for other agencies in the Red River of the North basin within the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. However, individual task orders may be for work within the St. Paul District boundaries (all or portions of MN, ND, SD, WI, and IA). Services to be provided may include (1) preparation of feasibility studies; (2) preparation of preliminary and final designs; (3) preparation of drawings using computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) and delivering the three-dimensional drawings in Intergraph MicroStation NT CADD software, release 5.x or higher Windows version 3.1 or Windows NT version 4.0 electronic format. The Government will only accept the final product for full operation, without conversion or reformatting, in the target CADD software format, and on the target platform specified herein. The target platform is a personal computer, with a Windows or Windows NT operating system; (4) preparation of quantity take offs and cost estimates; (5) preparation of Emergency Action Plans for flood prone communities; and (6) inspection, evaluation and reports on completed projects. Typical projects are local flood protection projects and flood emergency recovery projects. Design work may include geotechnical design, hydraulic design, interior flood control, foundation design, steel and concrete design, utilities, structural, and architectural design for buildings, pumping systems and electrical controls. Use of MCACES for cost estimates and of the metric-system of measurement may be required for some deliverables under the proposed contract, however, neither MCACES nor metric system experience is a selection criteria. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Numbered Note 24 for general A-E 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-e are primary. Criteria f-h are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers"among technically equal firms. a) Specialized experience and technical competence: (1) Those areas mentioned in PROJECT INFORMATION; (2) Quality management. The evaluation will consider the management structure, experience of the prime firm and significant sub-contractors in working together, and quality control plans. b) Professional capabilities including qualified registered professional personnel in the following disciplines: Civil, geotechnical, hydraulic, structural, mechanical, electrical, cost and specification engineers, architects and landscape architects. 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. e) Knowledge of the Red River of the North basin including the unique soils and hydraulics and knowledge of cold climate engineering, design and construction. f) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, WOSB, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated subcontracting effort. g) Location of the firm in proximity to the Red River of the North basin, including the office location of each person named to work on this contract. h) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Numbered Note 24. Volume of work for the St. Paul District will also be considered under this factor. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Numbered Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit three copies of SF255 (11/92 edition) and three copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the 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. Include the firm's ACASS number and business size in SF 255, Block 3b.For ACASS information call 503-326-3459. In SF 255, Block 10, include: 1) The total dollar amount of the Department of Defense contracts and total dollar amount of the contracting awarded the firm in the 12 months prior to this notice; 2) A description of the firms overall design quality management plan, including management approach, coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, and quality control procedures and 3) An organization chart showing all named team members and their responsibilities for this contract. The Standard Form 255 will clearly denote the office location for each person identified in Section 7 of the Form. Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposal (RFP). (0351)

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