Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineer, 10 South Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY-TYPE VALUE ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR THE BALTIMORE DISTRICT SOL DACA31-98-R-0025 DUE 020598 POC Susan Sonenthal 410-962-7646 E-MAIL: susan.j.sonenthal@usace.army.mil, susan.j.sonenthal@usace.army.mil. 1. P!! 2. 0104!! 3. 98!! 4. 21CE!! 5. 21203!! 6. C!! 7. Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, P.O. Box 1715, Room 7000, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-1715!! 8. C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES ARE REQUIRED FOR A VALUE ENGINEERING (VE) CONTRACT, BALTIMORE DISTRICT!! 9. DACA31-98-R-0025!! 10. N/A!! 11. Contact Susan Sonenthal (410) 962-7646!! 12. N/A!! 13. N/A!! 14. N/A!! 15. N/A!! 16. N/A!! 17. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineering services are required for an Indefinite Delivery-Type Value Engineering (VE) contract for Review of Designs for Construction Projects for Baltimore District. VE studies will be performed on various designs at approximately 30% stage. This procurement is unrestricted and is therefore open to all businesses regardless of size. The type of contract proposed is Firm Fixed Price. The contract will be for one base period and two option periods. A period will not exceed one year. Cumulative total of all delivery orders for any period shall not exceed $400,000 and no individual delivery order shall exceed the contract amount. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing services under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REQUIREMENTS: If the selected firm is a large business concern, a subcontracting plan with the final fee proposal will be required, consistent with Section 806 (b) of PL 100-180, 95-507, and 99-661. A minimum of 30% of the total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small business concerns. At least 15% of total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small disadvantaged businesses, including Historically Black College and University or Minority Institutions, and 8% with women-owned small businesses. The plan is not required with this submittal. Participation of small businesses (SB), small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), and minority institutions (MI) will be considered regardless of whether the SB, SDB, HBCU or MI is a subcontractor or teaming partner. PROJECT INFORMATION: Projects may be of military, environmental, or civil works type. The selected contractor will conduct each study in accordance with the job plan as recognized by SAVE, International. A report will be prepared which encompasses the recommendations of the VE team with detailed cost estimate, life-cycle-cost analyses and sketches. The firm shall have a minimum of two Certified Value Specialists. In addition, the firm will have professional, registered expertise in architecture and the engineering fields of cost, mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, sanitary, and environmental. All member of each value engineering team must be registered. The firm shall: a. Have the ability to conduct two simultaneous multi-disciplinary studies led by Certified Value Specialists and provide the formal reports within five working days of completion of the study. b. Provide narrative description of process for assembling multi-disciplinary team for conduct of study. c. Provide three documented instances of conduct of two simultaneous studies. Include description of facilities used and time frames within which the formal reports were provided. Include report extracts as deemed appropriate. d. Provide narrative description of three best VE studies performed within the last year. Include report extracts as deemed appropriate. SELECTION CRITERIA: The criteria that will be the basis for selecting firms are identified in Numbered Note 24. The selection criteria will take into account the location of the firm, which must be in general geographical area of the Baltimore District Office SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Note 24 is written in detail in any Monday issue of the CBD. Interested firms being able to perform this work must submit SF 255 for the prime and SF 254 for the prime and for each consultant to the above address not later than close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. The SF 255 and SF 254 shall clearly indicate the staffing of the office indicated to the do the work. We require only one copy of a proposal (SF 255/SF 254). We will request that short listed firms submit extra copies of their proposals. The Baltimore District does not retain SF 254's on file. In SF 255, block 3b, provide the firm's ACASS (Architect-Engineer Contract Administration Support System) number. If your firm does not have an ACASS number, call 503-808-4591 to obtain it from the Portland District Corps of Engineers ACASS database section. In SF 255, Block 9, provide contract award dates for all projects listed in that section. Provide the ACASS numbers for the consultants in Block 6 of the SF 255. One preselection board and one selection board will be conducted from this solicitation. We will conduct telephone interviews with the firms short-listed (usually 3 firms). Mailing address ATTN. : Susan Sonenthal, Room 7000, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. For questions, call 410-962-7646 or write via Internet, susan.j.sonenthal@usace.army.mil. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. ***** (0004)

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