Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko Area Office, Attn: Branch of Contracts, PO Box 368, Anadarko, OK 73005

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES SOL RFP-BIA8B00-005 DUE 041398 POC Rose L. Roberson, Contracting Officer, (405) 247-6673, Ext. 205 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, Rose_Roberson@IOS.DOI.GOV. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko Area Office, requires Construction Management Services to support the renovation of two college dormitories located on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS. The Government reserves the right to to award the contract, based on the selection board's final selection list, in order of preference, to the firm considered most highly qualified to perform the work. The Government will use such factors as past performance, quality of deliverables, or other factors that the Contracting Officer, in the exercise of sound business judgement, believes are relevant to this contract. Services to be provided under this contract cover a number of duties related to project management. The contractor will be required to provide construction contract administration services, which will include submittal reviews, review of payment requests, cost breakdowns, progress schedules, payrolls and contract modifications. The Bureau of Indian Affairs will provide a full-time, on-site inspector for the project. The selected contractor may be required to work in colloboration with the Architect/Engineering firm that originally designed the project or with in-house Bureau of Indian Affairs design personnel in order to determine the design intent as questions arise. Job requirements require a good understanding, knowledge, and application of construction management principles and practices; and a broad experience in all phases of construction. Must be familiar with mechanical/electrical/civil/structural/architectural/historic architectural/landscape architectural(as appropriate) drawings as well as contruction materials, practices and methods. On-site personnel must be capable of dealing with the physical demands of a construction project, e.g. climbing ladders, walking on roofs, climbing scaffolding, working in dirty and noisy environments. Duration of construction project is projected to be 445 calendar days. The selected firm shall attempt to provide local personnel residing within 50 miles of the project. The following criteria in descending order of importance shall be used in the evaluation of prospective firms: 1. Professional qualifications of the firm and it's staff proposed for the performance of the construction management services. 2. Specialized and technical experience in specific aspects of construction management, technical expertise in construction of landscape architecture, architecture, engineering, material testing and surveying. 3. Past performance in Government and private sector contracts and demonstrated effectiveness in construction management(i.e. cost control, estimating, scheduling, inspections, overall quality of work, limiting project delays, resolving differences and safety compliance. 4. Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work within the required limits of time (i.e. size of firm, workload). 5. Knowledge of the various national building codes, including state and local codes, construction methods and means, and possesion of state construction inspection license as required by the locality. The estimated cost of this service is between $25,000 and $100,000. This procurement is limited to a qualified Indian or a 51% Indian-owned and controlled firm as defined by the "Buy-Indian Act" 25 USC 47 and 20 BIAM 2. Qualified firms interested in offering their services are invited to submit a letter stating interest along with 6 (six) completed copies of SF 254 "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire" and 6 (six) completed copies of SF-255 "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project". Responses must be received before 4:00 p.m., 30 calendar days from the date of this publication (first work day following a weekend or holiday) in order to be considered for selection. (0071)

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