U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, ATTN: CENPA-EN, P.O. Box 898 (Rm 250), Anchorage, AK 99506-0898 (Physical Address: Bluff & Plum Streets, Building 21-700 (Rm 250), Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-0898)

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES, PRIMARILY VARIOUS LOCATIONS, ALASKA SOL DACA85-98-R-0007 POC Point of Contact -- Administrative Inquiries: Ms. June Wohlbach, 907/753-5624 or Technical Inquiries: Ms. Barbara Burg, 907/753-5531, Contracting Officer: Ms. Gail West 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcement is open to all businessesregardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it mustcomply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting planfor that part of thework it intends to subcontract. The current FY98 subcontracting goals for thiscontract are a minimum of 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amountbe placed with small businesses, 9.1% of that to small, disadvantagedbusinesses, and 4.5% towoman-owned businesses. These are subject to change. The subcontracting planis not required with this submittal, however, large businesses should considerthis when putting together their team. All responders are advised that thisproject may becanceled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation,negotiation and final award. The contract shall be an indefinite delivery firmfixed price. The contract limit is $200,000.00. The contract may includeoptions for twoadditional option years and an additional $200,000.00 per year. There will beno specific delivery order limit except that of the yearly contract limit. More than one AE may be selected. Contract award is anticipated for May 98. 2. PROJECTINFORMATION: The AE selected would be required to have sufficient staff,flexibility, and capability to be available on an as-needed basis. Typicaltypes of services to be provided are: onsite construction quality assurancesurveillance for compliancewith contract requirements; review of quality control plans, sampling analysisplans, safety plans, data validation and other submittal review; environmentalsampling to include asbestos/lead sampling and other environmental technicalservices atvarious project sites in Alaska for environmental restoration/clean-up offormerly used defense sites, installation restoration projects and militaryconstruction projects. LOCATION: Various Locations, Alaska. 3. SELECTIONCRITERIA: The followingselection criteria headings are listed in descending order of importance: (A)professional personnel in the following disciplines: (weighted equally) (1)minimum in-house requirements is one construction project engineer or contractmanager; and (2)disciplines which may be subcontracted: architects, engineers, engineering labtechnicians, geotechnical engineer, chemists, geologist, ADP data entry clerk,file and shop drawing clerk, computer specialist, construction representativeor qualityassurance representatives. Responding firms MUST address each discipline,clearly indicate which shall be subcontracted, and provide a separate SF254 andSF255 for each subcontractor necessary. The contractor shall employ, for thepurpose ofperforming that portion of the contract work in the State of Alaska,individuals who are residents of the State, and who, in the case of any craftor trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills toperform the contract. (B)specialized experience and technical competence, including where appropriate,experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, andthe use of recovered materials: (1) construction and/or environmental contractmanagement andclean up projects for removal of hazardous and/or toxic waste; and (2) 3 yearsprevious experience and knowledge of Corps of Engineers' contracts withemphasis on quality assurance and management of construction projects. (C)capacity to maintainschedules and accomplish required work on three simultaneous delivery orders;(D) past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control,quality of work, and compliance with schedules; (E) location of the firm ingeneral geographicalarea of the projects and knowledge of locality: availability of AE staff tomeet frequently with Corps personnel in the Alaska District Corps of Engineers'office in Anchorage and ability to mobilize staff to Alaskan project sites onrelatively shortnotice; (F) volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described inNote 24; and (G) extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically blackcolleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contractteam, measured as apercentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firmssubmitting SF 255s (1 copy only) should include: (1) organization of proposedproject team, (2) responsibilities and authority of key project personnel, (3)relationship of projectteam to overall organization of the firm, (4) a quality control plan, and (5)in block 8c of the SF 255 include a POC and phone number. The 11/92 edition ofthe forms MUST be used, and may be obtained from the Government PrintingOffice, by calling theadministrative contact named above, or from commercial software suppliers foruse with personal computers and laser printers. Submittals must be received atthe address indicated above not later than COB (4:00 pm Alaska time) on the30th day from thedate of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federalholiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Anysubmittals received after this date cannot be considered. No additionalinformation shall beprovided, and no faxed submittals shall be accepted. Solicitation packages arenot provided. (AC0213026-04) (0044)

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