US ARMY ENGINEERING & SUPPORT CENTER, ATTN CEHNC-PM-AE, 4820 UNIVERSITY SQUARE, HUNTSVILLE AL 35816

C -- A-E SERVICES FOR INVESTIGATIVE AND DESIGN EXPERTISE FOR UMCS, SCADA SYSTEMS, ESS AND OTHER ELECT/MECH DESIGN CRITERIA DEV, AND OTHER AUTO CONTROL SYSTEMS AND MISC UMCS/SCADA/ESS STUDIES SOL W31RY0-8000-0000 POC Contract Specialist Lisa Parker (205) 895-1387 LYNDA BONDS (Site Code DACA87) Work for this proposed contract may consist of, but not be limited to, the utilization of experience, current knowledge, and skills in investigating site conditions and existing inoperable systems and recommending optimum UMCS/SCADA/ESS and other electrical/mechanical solutions; preparing designs and criteria documents; reviewing current criteria documents and designs. Engineering analyses, state-of-the-art, and other special studies, production engineering services, participation in predelivery tests, site tests, and engineering surveys may also be required. The time period of the proposed contract is one year with two additional option years. An award is planned by 1 March 1998. This will be an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, with a maximum total contract value of $1,000,000 per year with $1,000,000 maximum per task order. The Government's minimum obligation under this contract will be $20,000 for the basic contract and $10,000 for each of the option year(s). Funds are available foraward of this contract. 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 it intends to subcontract. Subcontractor/Consultant experience credentials will be inputed to and evaluated as part of the submission only if they are identified and the submission includes a commitment letter from each subcontractor/consultant to undertake performance under this contract. See Note 24 for information on the general A-E selection process. PRIMARY SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below. The following points have been established for each factor/subfactor: Factor 1 -- 900 points (subfactors (a) through (i) -- 100 points each); Factor 2 -- 200 points; Factor 3 -- 100 points; Factor 4 -- 400 points (subfactor a -- 200 points; subfactor b -- 150 points; subfactor c -- 50 points). Criteria 5 is not applicable.(1) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE in THE TYPE OF WORK REQUIRED: SUBFACTORS: (a) Demonstrate recent (within the last five years from the date of this CBD announcement) experience in UMCS design and installation support services at Federal Government facilities and other locations. Design experience includes preparation of drawings, project specifications, cost estimates, and design analyses; (b) Demonstrate recent (within the last five years from the date of the CBD announcement) experience in SCADA system design and installation support services. Design experience includes preparation of drawings, project specification, cost estimates, and design analyses; (c) Demonstrate recent (within the last five years) experience in ESS design and installation support services at Federal Government facilities. Design experience includes preparation of drawings, project specifications, cost estimates, and design analyses; (d) Demonstrate recent (within the last five years) experience in conducting UMCS site surveys at Government facilities, including preliminary cost estimating and conceptual system design; (e) Demonstrate recent (within the last five years) experience in conducting SCADA system site surveys, including preliminary cost estimating and conceptual system design; (f) Demonstrate recent (within the last five years) experience in conducting ESS site surveys at Government facilities, including preliminary cost estimating and conceptual system design; (g) Demonstrate recent (within the last five years) experience in design of fiber optics and other communication networks; (h) Firms which demonstrate the capability to provide designs on a computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) system. All final drawings will be computer-generated, plotted and provided in a format and medium that will permit their loading, storage, and use without modification or additional software on the Huntsville Engineering and Support Center graphics system which consists of Intergraph Corporation-supplied work stations withMicrostation Version 5.0 software and CD-ROM. State the CADD system to be used and demonstrate how it is compatible with the Huntsville Engineering and Support Center system; (i) Demonstrated experience of prime/consultant in working together as a team with proposed subcontractors. (2) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF REQUIRED SERVICES: Firms which demonstrate a multi-disciplinary team, including at least one professional registered in each of the following disciplines: mechanical engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, civil engineering, and architecture. Also include personnel qualified in cost estimating, technical editing and writing, engineering associated with the technical fields of utility monitoring and control system, electronic security systems, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, communications, fiber optics and other computer related fields. (3) CAPACITY TO ACCOMPLISH THE WORK IN THE REQUIRED TIME: Interested firms must demonstrate they have in-house capacity, or an organizational structure and project team management plan that addresses how the various prime, subcontractor, and/or joint venture participants will function as a cohesive unit. (4) PAST PERFORMANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES and PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF WORK, COMPLIANCE WITH SCHEDULES, and COST CONTROL: SUBFACTORS: (a) Quality of Work and (b) Compliance with schedules -- Firms with unsatisfactory past performance evaluations (below average or poor) will be evaluated appropriately. In evaluating past performance, all relevant sources of past performance information, including references and the ACASS system will be considered. (c) Cost control -- The proposed contract is a firm-fixed price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type; therefore, cost control is not of prime importance in the evaluation of this contract. (5) LOCATION IN THE GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA of THE PROJECT AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOCALITY OF THE PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT APPLICATION of THIS CRITERION LEAVES AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER of QUALIFIED FIRMS, GIVEN THE NATURE AND SIZE OF THE PROJECT: Not applicable to this contract. SECONDARY SELECTION CRITERIA: Criteria 6 is secondary and will only be used as a tie-breaker among technically qualified firms. The following criteria are secondary and will only be used as tie-breakers: (6) SB AND SDB PARTICIPATION. (7) GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY Not applicable. (8) VOLUME OF WORK AWARDED BY DOD DURING THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS: Equitable distribution of work among A-E firms, including small and disadvantaged business firms and firms that have had prior DOD contracts, will be a consideration of the Selection Board. This contract is not a set-aside under either of these criteria; however, responding large business firms are strongly urged to consider the award of subcontracts to small-disadvantaged and other small business firms. Responding firms are requested to state whether they are small business, small-disadvantaged business, and/or woman-owned business. In determining the value of DOD awards over the past 12 months, awards to overseas offices for projects outside the United States, its territories and possessions, to a subsidiary, if the subsidiary is not normally subject to management decisions, bookkeeping, and incorporated subsidiary that operates under a firm name different from the parent company will not be considered. Interested firms are requested in block 10 of the SF255 the value of all A-E contract awards to the firm, including modifications, by the Department of Defense during the previous 12 months as of the date of this announcement. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one copy of the Standard Form 255 (SF255) for prime and one copy of the Standard Form 254 (SF254) for prime and for each consultant. SF255 must include an organization chart for the proposed team, and the names and telephone numbers of clients as references on the most recent UMCS/SCADA/ESS designs. The A-E must demonstrate the ability to obtain security clearances as required for individual task orders. Special instructions on submittal length: The entire submittal package shall not exceed 130 pages, and blocks 7, 8 and 10 of the SF255 shall not exceed 30, 20 and 50 pages respectively; and SF254 shall not exceed 20 pages. Any pages in excess of these limits will not be evaluated. Submittal must be received at the address indicated above not later than the close of business 30 calendar days from the publication date of this announcement with "day 1" being the next day after publication. If the 30th calendar day falls on a weekend or a holiday, the last day for receipt will be the following business day. Information received after the closing date will be deemed late and will not be evaluated. Only one copy of the submittal if required. If sending submittal by overnight express, the street address and zip code is U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, ATTN: CEHNC-PM-AE (Ms. Lisa Parker), 4820 University Square, Huntsville, Alabama 35816-1822. Electronic transmission (i.e., facsimile, e-mail, etc.) Of submittal or amendments to the submittal will not be accepted. See Note 24. Note 24 appears on the back of every Monday issue of this publication. (0006)

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