US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, PORTLAND DISTRICT, PO BOX 2946, PORTLAND OR 97208-2946

C -- A/E IDTC FOR HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, COASTAL ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES SOL DACW57-98-R-0008 DUE 041798 POC Contract Specialist MARTINA HARWOOD (503) 808-4614 (Site Code DACW57) 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Hydrologic and hydraulic engineering and design, coastal engineering, and water resource management services are required for various projects assigned to the Portland District. Location of work will be primarily in the Portland District. Utilization of this contract by other districts of the Corps of Engineers may be authorized, in writing, by the Contracting Officer. An architect-engineer (A/E) indefinite task-type contract for $1,000,000 will be awarded, with a base period of one year, and two option periods of one year each. Option periods could be exercised early. Task orders will not exceed $1,000,000. 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. Subcontracting goals for this contract are that a minimum of 60.3% of the proposed subcontracting amount to be placed with small business (SB), including 9.8% to small disadvantaged business (SDB), and 2.9% to be placed with small women-owned business. Estimated contract award will be September 1998. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Typical services to be provided will include a wide range of engineering and technical studies in the water resources civil works field. Specific services include, but are not limited to: on-site investigations and analyses related to civil works projects; assessment of site conditions relevant to coastal project performance and design; ground surveys of channel and overbank cross sections of streams; analysis of hydrologic processes including precipitation, runoff, water supply forecast, etc.; collection and analysis of sediment transport and bed material samples; preparation of study, technical, and value engineering reports; preparation of contract plans and specification; design of navigation channels and harbor and coastal improvements; analysis of sediment transport in rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, and in coastal areas; development of sediment yield estimates for volcanic or mountainous watersheds; development of design values for wave height determination to include fetch length, and wind speed and duration; determination of applicable wave climate for a coastal site; calculation of wave forces, wave overtopping, and wave transmission; analysis and design of coastal structures including jetties, breakwaters, and groins; analysis of dredged material disposal management; shoaling and scour analysis; engineering evaluation of risk and reliability; preparation of Water Control Manuals for civil works projects; performance of reservoir regulation studies; performance of flood reduction analyses; performance of statistical analyses of hydrological data to produce pertinent statistical relationships as specifically needed; performance of risk and uncertainty analyses for hydrologic and hydraulic data; and the performance of hydraulic analyses of channels using 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional analyses for steady and unsteady flow situations. Coastal engineering work required may range from a low level engineering evaluation to a complex major rehabilitation design of a coastal structure. Applicants should submit documentation listing completed projects and current capabilities, including documentation that demonstrates the applicants ability to competently use various computer programs including, but not limited to: HEC-1, HEC-2, HEC-5, HEC-6, SMS, TABS, UNET, HEC-RAS with GIS support, HEC-FDA, HEC-HMS, ACES, Flood Flow Frequency (FFA), HEC Data Storage System, and SSARR. Selected firm must be able to produce engineering plates on a CADD system compatible with Bentley MicroStation 95 and InRoads version 5.01 or later, and also provide design and drawings fully compatible with the Portland District CADD system. A list of equipment or proposed conversion software must be contained in the firm's package so that compatibility can be verified. Selected firm must also be able to apply Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies for hydrologic and hydraulic support. Typical GIS applications pertain to digital terrain modeling, watershed and stream system delineation, display of watershed attributes, hydrologic parameter estimation, and mapping of water depths, etc. The contractor is required to perform the GIS analysis using Arc/Info and ArcView software. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria for this project will be based upon the following, listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria a. through g. are primary, criteria h. through j. are secondary, used only as "tie-breakers". a. Specialized experience and technical competence in hydrologic, hydraulic, coastal, and water resource engineering as described above. Experience must have been performed within the last five years. b. Demonstrated expertise in the application of the above described computer programs. c. Professional qualifications of personnel to be assigned to project. Evaluation will consider education, training, registration, and the amount of relevance of experience. Personnel provided for these services must be experienced in disciplines that would enable performance on a wide variety of projects. Specifically required will be professional engineers with experience in river engineering, hydrology, water resources development, sediment transport, fluvial morphology, and coastal process analysis and engineering. The following disciplines will be evaluated (minimum number to be evaluated shown in brackets to the right of each of the disciplines): (1) Project manager [1]; (2) Hydraulic/Hydrologic Engineer [2]; (3) Civil Engineer [1]; (4) Coastal Engineer [1]; (5) Geologist [1]; (6) Cost Engineer [1]; (7) CADD Technician [1]. d. Ability to meet CADD and GIS requirements as specified above. e. Design Quality Assurance: (1) Description of quality control processes used by the firm. (2) Description of approach firm would use to allocate key personnel on this contract if successfully offered. Includes organizational chart showing inter-relationship of management and design team components. f. Past performance of contracts with government agencies and private industry with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. g. Current workload and capacity of firm to accomplish required services on schedule. Firm should estimate volume of work anticipated during life of this contract, and percentage of resources available to perform required services. Emphasis should be on efficient execution of task orders in the $50K to $125K size. h. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as percentage of total estimated effort. i. Proximity of the firm to Portland District. j. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested A-E firms having the capability to perform this work must submit one copy of SF 254 and SF 255 for prime and all consultants, to the above address no later than close of business (4:00 p.m. p.s.t.) on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the close of business the next business day. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. Direct technical questions to Bruce Duffe, (503) 808-4889 or Ken Soderlind, (503) 808-4892. Direct administrative questions to Martina Harwood, (503) 808-4614. This is not a request for proposal. Reference DACW57-98-R-0008. SIC 8711. (0072)

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