Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Oakland, 2000 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606-5337

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR A/E SERVICES FOR COAST GUARD WEST COAST FACILITIES DUE 061798 POC Evelyn Navarro, Contracting Officer (510) 535-7248 INDEFINITE DELIVERY /INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR A/E SERVICES FOR COAST GUARD WEST COAST FACILITIES; A/E Services for Underwater Inspections and Engineering Services at various West Coast Facilities. Services required are as follows: A) Above and underwater surveys to ascertain existing conditions and state of repair for various waterfront installations including but not limited to wave breaks and breakwaters, pilings, bulkheads, piers and wharves, floats, etc. B) Preparation of reports, recommendations, and cost estimates for identified marine repair/replacement work. C) Preparation of competitive bid construction contract documentation, including design analysis and design development cost estimates, permitting, drawings, and specifications involving civil, structural, coastal and environmental marine modifications and installations. Some minor subordinate mechanical and electrical engineering will be required as a subordinate task depending on the facility and nature of the project. Services will be provided as an "as needed" basis under a one-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract, plus two option years having the following funding limitations: 1) The contract will provide a guaranteed minimum dollar amount of at least $5,000 for each year; 2) individual delivery orders shall not exceed $50,000; 3) The total contract amount of all orders placed against the contract shall not exceed $250,000 in any single year. The following is a selection criteria for evaluating potential contractors, listed in order of importance: 1) Professional qualifications for the required services of performing underwater inspections of Coast Guard wharves/piers/bulkheads/bridges/cable systems and moorings using in-house professional registered engineer divers supervising diving, diving 100% of the time and writing reports. 2) Specialized experience and technical competence conducting underwater inspections. Evidence of experience and dive techniques; type of apparatus preferred and why; number of professional divers; structural cleaning experience; turbid water experience, etc. 3) Capacity of the firm to do the work in the required time. Reports required within 60-120 days. Experience in providing design and engineering services including PCAS. 4) Past experience in evaluating structural conditions of facilities using NDT; firm's past experience performing Government Agency contracts in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. 5) Firms experience in traveling for underwater reports. Familiarity with travel and rental requirement for diving apparatus. Access to state and federal regulations applicable to dive areas. 6) Volume of underwater inspection work (Government and Commercial) awarded during the previous three (3) years. Volume of facilities inspected which required evaluating structural conditions. 7) Quality control and quality assurance procedures for underwater inspections. Submittal of sample of safe diving practices or dive operation manuals used by the firm.All selection criteria listed above must be clearly addressed in the SF-2555 response. Specify in Block 4 on each SF 2545 whether the firm is a small business concern (including its affiliates having an average annual sales or receipts for its preceding three fiscal years not in excess of $2.5 million); small disadvantage business, or woman-owned business. Before award of contract, the A/E (if not a small business concern), shall be required to present an acceptable Small Business and Small Disadvantage Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with the Public Law 95-507. The due date for submissions of 2545 and 2555 is 17 June 1998, at 4:00 p.m. Pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, this procurement is open to all firms regardless of size. This is not a request for proposal. (0134)

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