JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT OFFICE, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, P.O. BOX 4970, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32232-0019

C -- A-E SERVICE FOR INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR HYDROGRAPHIC, TOPOGRAPHIC, GEODETIC, PROPERTY, BOUNDARY AND CONSTRUCTION SURVEYS WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN PR AND IN THE USVI. SOL DACW17-98-R-0013 DUE 051198 POC Contract Specialist Kathie Duke (904) 232-3713 (Site Code DACW17) This solicitation is unrestricted and is open to large and small business firms. Up to three contracts may be awarded from responses to this announcement. The contract will be an Indefinite Quantity Contract for a period of one year from date of award, with an option to extend two additional years; not to exceed a total of three years. The Government reserves the right to exercise the contract option period before the expiration of the base contract period or preceding option period, if the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or is nearly exhausted. Work will be assigned by negotiated task orders. Maximum order limits are from $500,000 to $1,000,000 for each contract year and from $500,000 to $1,000,000 per task order. The primary purpose of this proposed contract is to provide services for projects located within the geographic boundaries of the Jacksonville District. Secondarily, the contract may be used to provide services within the geographic boundaries of any other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district. The contractor will have the right to refuse orders for services to be performed outside the geographic boundaries of the Jacksonville District. Criteria used in allocating task orders among the contracts include performance and quality of deliverables under current contracts, current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, equitable distribution of the work among the contractors, and other relevant factors. PROJECT INFORMATION The work will consist of detailed hydrographic surveys, beach erosion surveys, tidal surveys, and other related surveys. The contractor shall be capable of performing automated hydrographic surveys using microprocessor guidance control devices; topographic surveys for engineering design site plans, property/boundary surveys, record of as-built construction surveys, and geodetic control, as performed for planning, design, construction operation, and/or maintenance of various engineeringprojects. The contractor shall furnish all equipment, land/floating plant, instrumentation, supplies, and personnel to accomplish required services and provide the Government with completed maps, tracings, plats, computations, reports, tapes, disks, etc. to document work performed. Two survey crews shall be required to support the contract. Additional crews may be required by the Chief of the Survey Section. FACTORS FOR EVALUATION IN ORDER OF PRIORITY ARE: 1. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: Firms must clearly demonstrate specialized experience and expertise in large scale mapping and related drafting for detailed design and construction of major engineering projects, construction layout and alignment surveys, and boundary, property, mean high water (tidal) demarcation and ordinary high water demarcation surveys; surveys of surface/subsurface detail on beaches, levees, canals, breakwaters, groins, embankments, and other similar structures, and horizontal and vertical geodetic control surveys;performing hydrographic surveys for large scale river and harbor construction and maintenance. The firm shall have the capacity to provide digital surveying and mapping data that are readable and fully operational on an Intergraph computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) system; furnish all drawings in Intergraph Microstation (PC or 32) Version 5.09 or higher, AT&T System V Unix, CLIX R3.1 Vr. 6.3.2 format on CD-ROM. 2. SIZE AND EXPERTISE OF STAFF: Firm must have a direct full time availability of necessary equipment to accomplish required work, including, but not limited to, Theodolite, transits, levels, electronic distance measurement instruments, electronic total station devices, computational and plotting equipment, hydrographic survey boat, Fathometers, offshore EDM positioning device, etc. The firm must have an adequate number of qualified surveying and computing personnel including a Registered Land Surveyor in Florida or in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, field party chiefs, instrumentmen, rodmen, draftsmen and computer persons. 3. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF FIRM TO THE WORKSITE: Location of the firm relative to the worksite (considered the State of Florida) will be a strong consideration. 4. CAPACITY TO ACCOMPLISH THE WORK IN THE REQUIRED TIME: The firms must have the capacity to proceed with work and accomplish it in a timely manner once a notice to proceed is issued. THE FOLLOWING SECONDARY CRITERIA WILL BE USED AS TIEBRAKERS: 5. PAST PERFORMANCE: Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry regarding cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules will be reviewed. Experience data available to the Government through the A-E Contract Administration Support System (ACASS) will be utilized to obtain performance evaluations on prior contracts. 6. VOLUME OF PAST DOD CONTRACTS AWARDED TO FIRM: Work previously awarded to the firm by DOD will be reviewed with the objective of effecting equitable distribution of contracts among equally qualified firms. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Those firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement and wish to be considered must submit once copy each of SF254 and SF255 for the firm or joint-venture and SF254 for each subcontractor. In Block 4 of SF255 list only the office personnel for the office to perform the work which is indicated in Block 3B. Additional personnel strengths, including consultants, should be indicated parenthetically, and their source clearly identified. In Block 7G of the SF255, indicate specific projects experience for key team members and indicate the team member's role on each listed project (architect, project manager, etc.). Submittal of supplemental attachments to SF255 per evaluation factors 1-4 is strongly recommended. Submittal package is to be received in this office at the address indicated below, no later than 4:00 p.m. eastern time on the 30th calendar day after the date of appearance of this announcement in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). Should the due date fall on a weekend or holiday, the submittal package will be due the first workday thereafter. Submittals received after this date and time will not be considered. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentations beyond those sufficient to present a complete and effective response to this announcement are not desired. Small and small disadvantage firms are encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint- ventures with other small businesses. All interested firms are reminded that the successful firm will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practical extent with small and small disadvantaged firms in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 95-507. If a large business firm is selected, a small business subcontracting plan will be required prior to award. Response to this ad should be in writing only; telephone calls and personal visits are discouraged. The required forms shall be submitted to the following address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CESAJ-EN-DC, 400 West Bay Street, Room 1044, Jacksonville, FL 32202-4412 or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CESAJ-EN-DC, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019. SIC Code 8713. This is not a request for a proposal. (0103)

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