National Park Service, AKSO, 2525 Gambell St., Rm 107, Anchorage, AK 99503

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES -- CONSTRUCTION (IDIQ) POC Bob Weiser, 907-257-2602 or Joy Kucinski, 907-257-2610 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, bob_weiser@nps.gov. R-INDEFINITE QUANTITY ARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES, STATE OF ALASKA. A multi-disciplinary team to provide A/E services under an indefinite quantity contract for A/E services including architecture; landscape architecture; historic preservation; civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical, and electrical engineering; surveying; construction estimating; construction inspection; manual and computer-aided drafting; and compliance requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). All work will be associated with National Park Service (NPS) units in the state of Alaska. The anticipated work may include, but is not limited to: Title I Services for soils investigations/analysis, land surveying, scoping/programming, planning, design, and NEPA compliance; Title II Services for the preparation of construction documents (drawings and specifications) and construction cost estimates; Title III Services for construction layout, submittal review, design/engineering during construction, on-site construction inspection, and preparation of operation and maintenance manuals. The term of this contract will be for a base year and up to four option years. Firm fixed-price task orders, issued under the basic contract, will include a specific statement of work and be negotiated as individual projects. The cumulative total of all task orders issued under the contract cannot exceed $2,000,000 for each 12-month contract period, with a guaranteed minimum of $5,000 for the base year of the contract and for each year that the option is exercised. The services required under this contract could include all activities associated with repair, modification, and new construction of NPS facilities, including but not limited to, buildings (e.g., visitor centers, cabins, office space, maintenance buildings); water supply, storage, and distribution systems; electrical systems; wastewater collection and treatment systems; and roads and parking lots. Evaluation factors, in order of priority, are: (1) specialized experience, technical competence, education, and professional registration of proposed project personnel including subcontractors, in the type of work required; (2) professional qualifications of the firm which consist of experience and technical competence of the firm in comparable work; project management; proposed project organization including experience in working together as a team; and professional licensing to practice architecture and engineering in the State of Alaska; (3) past performance on contracts with the National Park Service and/or other government agencies and private industry in the areas of quality of work, cost control, and compliance with schedules; (4) adequacy of resources and priority and commitment of the firm and proposed subcontractors within present workload to perform this contract; and (5) geographic proximity to Anchorage, Alaska, of the office that will perform the majority of the work. Firms that have the qualifications to perform the services described above and wish to be considered for these contracts should submit four (4) copies of Standard Form (SF) 254 and SF 255 to be received in this office on or before close of business thirty calendar days after the date of appearance of this announcement in the Commerce Business Daily. (Should the date fall on a weekend or holiday, the SF 254s and 255s will be due the first workday thereafter.) This is not a request for proposal. (0040)

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