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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 9,1998 PSA#2133Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineer, 10 South
Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715 C -- FIRM-FIXED PRICE A-E INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE
(MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL) CONTRACT FOR ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD, BUT
MAY BE USED THROUGHOUT THE BALTIMORE DISTRICT SOL DACA31-98-R-0054 DUE
081198 POC Patty Hensley (410) 962-7718 Project Description:
(DACA31-98-R-0054) 1. Contract information: Firm-Fixed Price A-E
Indefinite Delivery Type (Mechanical/ Electrical) Contract for Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD, but may be used throughout the Baltimore District.
Contract will be for a 12-month period and will contain an option to
extend for one additional period. The contract amount for the base
period and any option period will not exceed $750,000 each period.
Individual task orders shall not exceed the annual contract amount.
Standard Industrial Code 8711, size $2,500,000. When one or more AE
Indefinite Delivery-Type contracts with similar scopes of work exists,
the basis for selecting an AE for a particular delivery order will be
based on several factors. Among these factors are current capacity of
the contracts, ability of the AE to perform the task in the required
time, any unique specialized experience that the AE can offer, and
performance and quality of deliverables under the AE's current IDTC,
along with customer responsiveness. While this process is necessarily
a "subjective" process, the intent of this contract is to satisfy
customer needs in an expeditious and cost effective mode. The
concentration of work will be for Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, but may
be used throughout the Baltimore District. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION:
Work may consist of preparation of reports, studies, design criteria,
design and other general architect engineering services for alteration,
maintenance, repair, and new construction projects; development of
plans and specifications for individual projects including renovation,
repair, or construction of building or building systems; replacement
of utility plants and systems such as air conditioning, heating,
mechanical, ventilation, interior and exterior electrical supply and
distribution; site work including roads, pavements, drainage structures
and other land improvements. The firm shall have the capability to
evaluate existing conditions and provide on-site assistance to develop
solutions to maintenance, repair, and construction requirements;
provide economic analyses; and engineering feasibility studies. Related
services such as furnishing drawings, specifications, and cost
estimates will also be required. The firm shall also have the
capability to provide other multi-discipline engineering services
including architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical,
lighting, plumbing, sanitary, environmental, storm water management,
sediment and erosion control, communications (voice and data)
engineering; fire protection; landscape architecture; cost estimating;
asbestos, radon, and lead paint surveys and testing and abatement
design. Staff shall include registered or certified personnel,
including certified industrial hygienist. Firm's staff must be capable
of responding to multiple work orders concurrently and within
specified performance periods. The final design products shall be
provided in the following format: Intergraph DGN only. Digital files
shall be delivered on 3-1/2" (1.44 mb) high-density floppy disks, UNIX
2.3 GB 8mm tape cartridges or compact disk (CD ). SUBCONTRACTING PLAN
REQUIREMENTS: If the selected firm is a large business concern, a
subcontracting plan will be required with the proposal to the
solicitation. It shall be consistent with Section 806 (b) of PL100-80,
95-507, and 99-661. A minimum of 65% of the total planned
subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small business concerns. At
least 10% of total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with
small disadvantaged businesses, including Historically Black College
and University or Minority Institutions, and 8% with women-owned small
businesses. The plan is not required with this submittal. 3. SELECTION
CRITERION: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The lead A-E
firm should have the capabilities either in house or through the use
of the subcontractors to provide the following: architectural, civil,
structural, mechanical, electrical, lighting, plumbing, sanitary,
environmental, communications, fire protection, cost estimating;
asbestos, radon, and lead paint surveying; testing and abatement design
capabilities. A-E firm selected should demonstrate specialized
experience in providing asbestos and lead paint PCB and/or CFC design
services such as surveying, testing, abatement, design, contract
specifications, cost estimates, preparation of construction procedures,
and provide design services for storm water management, sediment and
erosion control, and National Pollutant discharge elimination System
(NPDES) permitting (including obtaining all necessary state permits,
etc.), have experience with historic restoration and the State Historic
Preservation Office; have experience with State and Federal
Environmental laws, NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act, and RCLA.
In addition, the selected firm shall be capable of providing
"simplified concept design", for construction award through Job Order
Contracting (JOC) or Task Order Contracting (TOC), and capable of
preparing cost estimates based on R.S. Means with sufficient detail to
be effective in evaluating line-by-line contractor's proposals (no
lump sum items). SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT: See Note 24 for general
submission requirements. (Note 24 is written in detail in any Monday
issue of the CBD). Interested firms having capabilities to perform this
work must submit SF255 & SF254 for the prime and joint ventures(s) and
SF254, block 3b, provide the ACASS number for the prime firm. In
SF255, Block 6, provide the ACASS number for each consultant, (if
available). Be advised that Baltimore District does not maintain
SF254's on file. Notwithstanding the statements to the contrary in
General Note 24 and Block 6 of the SF255, only SF254's submitted with
the SF255 will be considered in the evaluation. Submit responses not
later than 4:00 p.m., August 11, 1998 to US Army Corps of Engineers,
City Crescent Building, 10 South Howard St., Room 7000, Baltimore, MD
21201. Solicitation packages are provided only to the selected firm
after selection approval. Results of selection will be mailed to
non-selected firms approximately 70 days after closing of this
announcement. Technical Point of contact, Ash Narula can be reached at
(410)306-1161. Contracting Point of contact can be reached at
Internet: Patty.Hensley@nab02.usace.army.mil or (410)962-7718. In order
to comply with Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, all contractors
must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be
considered for award of a Federal contract. The initial registration
date expired 31 May 1998. For information regarding future
registration, contact (1) CCR Web site at http//www.acq. osd.mil/ec;
(2) dial up modem at 614-692-6788 (User ID:ccrpud; Password:pub2ccri);
(3) through any DoD Certified Value Added Network. To review the
database the website is http://www.fedecnavigator disa.mil.
Additionally, a paper form for registration maybe obtained from the DoD
electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. This is not
a request for proposal. Posted 07/07/98. (0188) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0019 19980709\C-0001.SOL)
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