U.S. Army Engineers District, Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, Attn: Sherrel Sholar-Jackson, P.O. Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890

B -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR HURRICANE EVACUATION STUDIES SOL NA POC Don Carmen CESAW-TS-EE 910-251-4656; Hilda Ayers, Contracting Officer Indefinite delivery contract to perform hurricane evacuation studies for locations along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts for the Wilmington District, NC, Army Corps of Engineers. Contract will be negotiated for a 12-month performance period with an option to renew for two additional 12-month option periods. Total value of the contract will not exceed $165,000 for each 12-month period with no individual task order exceeding $150,000. The base and option periods will not exceed one year each, but option periods may be exercised when the contract amount for the current period has been reached. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work consists of hazard analysis, vulnerability analysis, coastal evacuation planning, transportation planning, behavioral and psychological analysis, modeling, report presentation, report writing and production, graphic arts, and other services related to hurricane hazard assessment and evacuation analysis. The study process will involve development of alternate evacuation plans, evaluation of alternate plans, and presentation of the best plan to the Government and others. SELECTION CRITERIA: The following evaluation criteria, listed in descending order of relative importance, have been established for this contract: A. Specialized experience in the type of work required as described above, (1) Firm experience: Firm must clearly demonstrate specialized experience in the preparation of hurricane evacuation studies. (2) Key personnel experience: Extent of hurricane evacuation study experience by personnel assigned to the work will be considered. B. Professional Qualifications - Personnel should include, but not be limited to, a registered professional engineer in position of responsibility, civil engineers, transportation engineers, transportation planners, and behavioral analysts. C. Capacity to accomplish the work in a timely manner -- Firms must be able to complete multiple tasks in a timely manner. D. Past Performance on DOD contracts. E. Proximity to the job site -- east and gulf coasts. F. SB and SDB Participation: Extent of participation of small business, small disadvantaged business, historically black colleges and universities and colleges, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. G. Equitable Distribution of DOD contracts: Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit a copy of the SF 255 (11/92 edition) and a copy of the SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime and all consultants to the above address not later than Close of Business on the 30th day after the date of publication of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Applicants may supplement the forms with other information deemed appropriate. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. SIC CODE 8711. NOTE: THIS PROPOSED PROCUREMENT IS UNRESTRICTED. (0110)

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