U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia Wanamaker Building, Room 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

C -- ARCHITECT/ENGINEERING SERVICES (HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING SERVICES) POC Mr. Robert Bencal (215) 656-6606 The Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Contract for Hydrographic Surveying Services. The contract will be for a period not to exceed one year with options for two additional periods. The fee for any single task order cannot exceed $400,000.00 with the cumulative amount of all task orders not to exceed $400,000.00 in either the base period or option periods. The cumulative amount of all task orders for the base and option periods shall not exceed $1,200,000.00. Options may be awarded based on value or time at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work will normally be conducted within the civil works geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District, including, but not limited to the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the coastal regions of New Jersey and Delaware. Work outside the District's civil works boundaries may be required. The primary work under this contract is hydrographic survey work, which is to be performed in accordance with Class I hydrographic surveying procedures as outlined in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrographic Surveying Manual, Em 1110-2-1003, dated 31 October 1994. The contractor must provide information that all vessels are safe, suitable and meet U.S. Coast Guard requirements and are available and will be used for operations in the waters where the referenced surveys are to be conducted and that qualified and experienced staff are available and will be utilized to operate the vessel and related surveying equipment. The selected contractor must have the ability to furnish and use state-of-the-art electronic data collection equipment, including Differential Global Positioning and the ability to post process collected data into the required digital formats including but not limited to AutoCAD-14 and ARC/INFO. The selected contractor shall have documented experience in the following surveying applications, which is typical of the work required under this contract: (1) Single transducer hydrographic surveys, utilizing industry standard depth recorders at both high and low frequencies; (2) All modes of GPS, which shall include code, carrier, RTK2 and OTF procedures and post processing; (3) Multi-beam Sweep Surveys; (4) Side scan sonar surveys; (5) Acoustic sub-bottom profiling; (6) Sub-bottom and surficial sampling, testing and analysis; (7) Magnetometer Surveys; (8) Environmental monitoring surveys and studies; (9) Wreck and underwater obstruction/site investigations; (10) Beach profile surveys utilizing state-of-the-art methods; (11) Jetty/groin surveys; (12) Topographic survey capabilities to augment hydrographic surveys; (13) Overbank surveys; (14) Hydrological/hydraulic surveys/studies; (15) Monitor dredge disposal sites; (16) 40-hour OSHA training for work for HAZMAT sites. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant evaluation criteria in relative descending order of importance are: (1) Specialized experience (demonstrated minimum of 3 years) in hydrographic surveying procedures and related work, as outlined above under Project Information; (2) Professional qualifications of the available staff necessary for performance of the services (have either a current land surveyor's license or professional engineer's license or an American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) certification as an "Inshore Certified Hydrographic Surveyor"; (3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish multiple task orders within time and cost limitations; (4) Past performance on relevant Department of Defense contracts will be a factor, however, lack of such performance will not necessarily preclude a firm from consideration; (5) Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the district and knowledge of the locality of the project will be a secondary selection criteria element provided a sufficient number of qualified firms respond to this announcement; (6) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor will submit for government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. The district reserves the right to terminate negotiations with firms that do not respond to Government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Responding firms must clearly present billing amounts for all Corps of Engineers as well as Department of Defense work for the 12 months prior to the date of this announcement. Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in the announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 254 and SF 255 revised 11/92 for the prime firm and SF 254 for each consultant, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the published date of the announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business the next business day. Include your ACASS number in block 3b of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at (503) 808-4591 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made. (0086)

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