U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Area Office, P.O. Box 375, Gallup, New Mexico 87305-1060

C -- ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES SOL N00-98-12 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Darin Dona, Contract Specialist, (505) 863-8226 The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Area Office, solicits for the award of Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQCs) for the performance of Professional Engineering Services on various construction project locations on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Firms responding to this announcement must be AASHTO Certified Laboratory and shall be in full compliance with licensing requirements and shall be currently permitted to practice the profession of engineering in the State of Corporation. The Government anticipates to award up to two contracts resulting from this procurement and services will be authorized by issuance of Contract Delivery Orders. The maximum per contract per year will not exceed $1,000,000.00; and the value of any Delivery Order will not exceed $500,000.00. The minimum of guaranteed value of each IQC will be $2,a500.00. The contract will include three (3) one-year option periods subject to availability of funds. The contract scope of work consists of the following discipline of engineering services: (A) Pavement, bridge foundation design recommendations, and any and all other structural element foundation recommendations for a given highway and/or bridge project; and (B) Testing of soils, aggregate base, portland cement concrete, asphalt cement, and asphaltic concrete materials. Services will include but not limited to (1) Preliminary Engineering Services which consists of subsurface exploration and foundation/structural pavement design; roadway sampling and testing; soils investigation and surfacing recommendation report; bridge and other structural element soils investigations, sampling and testing;and bridge/major drainage structure soils investigation and foundation recommendation report; and (2) Roadway/Bridge/Structural Element Construction Testing which consists primarily of aggregate base course, asphaltic concrete pavement, and portland cement concrete testing. In order to gain consideration, each discipline must be addressed separately by relating the interested AASHTO Certified Firm's capabilities to the following evaluation criteria categories and points; the items of which are in descending order of importance: 1. (25 Pts.) Professional qualification and experience personnel proposed for assignment of work within the specified disciplines through AASHTO certification for all highway material testing procedures. Greater consideration may be given for Firms who have licensed professional Engineers on staff. 2. (20 Pts.) Exhibit competence of the Firm in the specialized disciplines of Highway/Bridge engineering and materials testing, soil mechanics and foundation engineering, and pavement design. 3. (15 Pts.) Adequacy of equipment and facilities available for performing the proposed work as well as the ability to furnish all equipment, materials, manpower, and incidentals to perform materials testing at remote construction project locations on the Navajo Indian Reservation within a required time frames. 4. (10 Pts.) Through knowledge of all the AASHTO and ASTM design and testing manuals and procedures as related to highway engineering and other manuals. 5. (10 Pts.) Reputation and standing of the Firm and its Principal Officers in both the public and private sectors. This shall include past performance records on contracts with other Government Agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. 6.(5 Pts.) Interest of Top Management in this proposed work and the expected participation and contributions of Top Management as well as the ability of the Firm to plan, manage, and coordinate all aspects of the proposed work as a team. 7. (5 Pts.) Location in the general geographical area of the Navajo Indian Reservation and knowledge of the locality of the projects, that application of the criterion leave appropriate number of qualified firms, given nature and size of each project. The Government will not indemnify the firms selected against liability involving any work performed under the basic contract and delivery orders issued thereto. The contract will include Section 7(b) of Public Law 93-638 (25 U.S.C. 450e) and 48 CFR 1404.7002. All interested Firms meeting the above qualification requirements and having the capabilities to perform the services described in this announcement are invited to respond by submitting with a signature of intent, a completed Standard Form 254 and Standard Form 255, brief narrative of understanding addressing the topics of the evaluation criteria, proof of professional licensing and/or certifications requirements including proof of AASHTO Certified Laboratory, and Article of Incorporation permitting the Firm to practice the profession of architect and engineering services. Interested Firms shall submit the documents to the procurement office listed above within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of this publication or by July 24, 1998, whichever comes first. All Standard Form 254 and 255 are considered current if dated and signed after the date of this notice in the CBD. This procurement is subject to FAR Subpart 3.104-9m Certification requirements. No other general notification for this project will be made and no further action beyond submission of the document requested above is required or encouraged. Based on the document submitted, the Government shall evaluate the submittal document in accordance with the above evaluation criteria and shall select the top five (5) best qualified Firms to receive a request for proposal (RFP). RFP's will be issued only to the top five best qualified firms and the government anticipates to award up to two Indefinite Quantity Contracts resulting from the RFP. This is not a request for proposal. (AC0619043-06) (0173)

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