USDA Forest Service, Allegheny National Forest, P.O. Box 847, Warren, PA 16365

C -- BRIDGE INSPECTION AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE SOL R9-19-98-50 DUE 071598 POC Sandy Font, Procurement Clerk, or John McHenry, Contracting Officer at (814) 723-5150. The White Mountain National Forest intends to procure professional services for Bridge Inspection and other related Engineering Services. The work is located in New Hampshire and Western Maine. It is anticipated that an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract will be issued, with a base year and 3 option years. Over the life of the contract the Government guarantees to purchase a minimum dollar amount of services of $20,000.00, the total amount not to exceed $250,000.00. In evaluating proposals, the following criteria will be applied, with 1-3 being of relatively equal importance, and approximately twice the importance of criteria 6, but only half the importance of criteria 4 and 5. (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. (Submit individual qualifications and amount of time planned for performance of this project.) (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required. (Submit relevant experience for key personnel assigned to this project. (3) Capacity of the firm to provide the required services in the required time. (Indicate resources available for this project and other projects currently under way that would compete for those resources.) (4) Past performance on contracts with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. (Submit listing of similar projects undertaken along with reference to call.) (5) Proximity of the firm to local project area. (Indicate where your nearest office is in relation to the project area, White Mountain National Forest. If not within 50 mile radius of the Forest, indicate how you plan to provide service in a cost-effective manner.) (6) Volume of work previously awarded by Forest Service, with objective of effecting an equitable distribution of the work among qualified firms, including minority and disadvantaged firms. (Indicate number of Contracts, purchase orders, and or delivery orders your firm has received in last 5 fiscal years. Also include if your firm is minority or women owned.) There is no solicitation package to request -- interested parties are to submit Forms No. 254 and 255 and any additional sheets by July 15, 1998 to the address shown. See Numbered Notes 24 and 25. (0169)

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