US Army Engineer District, Honolulu, Building 230, Attn: CEPOD-CT, Fort Shafter, HI 96858-5440

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY A-E SERVICES FOR PLANNING STUDIES AND MASTER PLANS SOL DACA83-98-R-0015 DUE 060198 POC James Tamura, Technical POC, (808) 438-6958 WEB: Honolulu Engineer District Contracting Home Page, www.pod.usace.army.mil/ebs.html. E-MAIL: "click here to contact the technical POC via e-mail", james.tamura@poh01.usace.army.mil. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineer (Planning Studies/Master Plans) services procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36, are required for various military projects within the Pacific Region. Work sites will primarily be within the State of Hawaii, but may include other Pacific Region locations in the Pacific Ocean Division (POD) Area. No award of delivery orders for work outside of the Honolulu Engineer District will be undertaken without authorization from the affected District within POD. An indefinite delivery contract will be negotiated and awarded with a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period will not exceed approximately $1,000,000,00. Work will be issued by negotiated firm fixed-price task orders, with a maximum amount not to exceed $500,000.00 per delivery order. The Government obligates itself to obtain no less than $20,000.00 in services during the term of the base period and $10,000.00 in services during the term of each option period. The contract resulting from this solicitation may be administered along with other existing Indefinite Delivery Contracts of the same scope and purpose. If so, the following will be considered in deciding which contractor/Indefinite Delivery contract will be selected to negotiate an order: current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, equitable distribution of work among the contractors, and performance and quality of deliverables under the current contract. The Government may exercise a contract option 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 nearly exhausted. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in October 1998. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Firms must have primary capability in preparation of planning studies/master plans and/or sub-consultants for the following disciplines: architectural, civil, mechanical, electrical, environmental, landscape architecture, and cost estimating associated with the preparation of planning studies/master plans Compatibility with specific computer-aided drafting (CAD) equipment, and format of required CAD products, is a requirement. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The PRIMARY selection criteria in descending order of importance are: (a) professional qualifications of the firm's staff/consultants to be assigned to the projects; (b) specialized experience of the firm in the preparation of planning studies/master plans; (c) experience in Indefinite Delivery A-E contracts; (d) the firm's past performance on DoD and private sector contracts (cost control, quality of work, compliance with schedule); (e) capacity of the firm to accomplish work in the required time (size of firm, workload, etc.); and (f) knowledge of the locality of the projects The SECONDARY selection criteria in descending order of importance are: (a) location of the firm; (b) volume of recent DoD work; and (c) 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. The Offeror must provide adequate documentation in blocks 7g and 10 of the Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to illustrate the extent of participation of the above-mentioned groups in terms of the percentage of the total anticipated contract effort. The selected firm will be required to obtain Defense Base Act Insurance (workman's compensation insurance) for work performed outside the waters of the United States. The selected firm, if a large business firm, must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are that aminimum of 50% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), which includes small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and 30% be placed with SDB, and 5% to women-owned small businesses. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal but the successful large business firm must submit an acceptable plan before any award can be made. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms desiring consideration must submit a Standard Form 255 no later than 4:00 p.m., Hawaiian Standard Time, by June 1, 1998 or within thirty (30) calendar days from date of this announcement, whichever is later. Should the due date fall on a weekend or holiday, the submittal package will be due the first workday thereafter. All responding firms must also include completed Standard Form 254 for themselves and their subconsultants, if not already on file with the Pacific Ocean Division. Submittals will be sent to U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DIVISION, BUILDING 230, ROOM 108, ATTN: CEPOH-ED-MA, FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII 96858-5440. Small and disadvantaged firms are encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint ventures with other small businesses. All interested parties are reminded that the successful contractor will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum possible extent with small and disadvantaged firms in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 95-507. For further information regarding this proposed acquisition, contact James Tamura at telephone (808) 438-6958. Request for Proposal No. DACA83-98-R-0015 shall be utilized to solicit a proposal from the firm selected. This is not a request for a proposal. (0120)

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