National Gallery of Art, Resource Acquisition, 6th Street & Constitution Ave, CLA-44, Washington, DC 20565

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES -- FIRE PROTECTION SOL nga-98-rfp-021 DUE 101698 POC Carolyn A. Perry, Contracting Officer, 202/842/6400 The National Gallery of Art is seeking to procure services for programming and planning services, cost estimating, and construction inspection. Required services include engineering studies, site investigations, cost estimation, design and preparation of contract documents for architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, security systems or museum programming for fire protection. The contract will consist of individually negotiated delivery orders during a one (1) year base period with two (2) one (1) year options for a total of three (3) years. It is anticipated that the contract will provide the required services for a construcytion project not to exceed $100,000.00 per year. Responding groups or firms must have demonstrated competence experience in the electrical and mechanical engineering field. Selection will be based on the following criteria, which are listed in order of importance: a. Professional qualifications. All primary disciplines will require professional registration. b. Experience in fire protection engineering. Specialized experience and technical competence of the prime firm and any subcontractors in the type of work required. Primary disciplines required are Fire Protection Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and technicians. c. Similiar work performed in other cultural instiutions. The National Gallery of Art may solicit and use information obtained from other sources other than those identified by the offeror and the information obtained would be used for both the determination of responsibilty and a best value judgement. Professional qualification of the key project management and technical personnel to be assigned to the contract. Evaluation factors will include the education, training, experience, and registration of these personnel. Past performance and experience on other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with schedules. d. Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work. Ability to accomplish certain number of delivery orders on several design tasks at any one time. Capability to respond to these tasks in a quick and effective manner must be demonstrated. e. Proximity of the firm to Washington, D.C. Preference will be given to firms within commuting distance of Washington, D.C. Unless otherwise specified the work will consist of providing contract drawings and specifications, reports of review and surveys, inspections and engineering responses. f. Firms must demonstrate the ability to produce drawings and other documents in NGA Autocad format. The selected firm will be required to provide overhead, profit and anticipated discipline's hourly rates to the Contracting Officer, within ten days of receiving the Requesy for Proposal (RFP). Work orders will generally be bound reports, contract specifications and drawings. All contract drawings will be detailed in NGA AutoCad format and in hard copies. Bound reports shall include compilation of the required work with all appropriate back-up material, including graphics, tables and references, etc. Unless specified in the scope of work, and executive summary shall be included at the beginning of all reports. The selected firm may be subject to advisory audits. The first delivery order will be identified after initial award of the orientation and site visit meeting within seven days of notification. Each delivery order will be firm fixed-priced. Firms that meet the requirements descrived are invited to submit a completed SF-254 and SF-255 to this office within 30n calendar days from the date of this announcement. SF254s are also required to be submitted for all subcontractors that the prime contractor plans to utilized under this ontract. Only the 11-92 edition of the SF-254 and SF-255 will be accepted. Supplemental information regarding specialized experience should be included om tje SF-255. Firms are requested to include telefax numbers. Firms are reminded to complete all blocks of the SF-254 and SF-255. Responding firms are required to clearly identify tasks to be performed in-house and those to be subcontracted. Firms must submit the names and supporting qualifications of-all subcontractors. In Block 10, state why your firm is specially qualified based on the selection evaluated criteria. Only the SF-254 and SF-255 will be reviewed. Experiences identified in block 8 should not be more than five years old. The firm's person proposed to be the direct contact with the Gallery thoughout the contract work must be identified as the "Project Manager". Firms that do not comply with requirements will be considered non-responsive. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made. The SIC code is 8713. No additional project information will be give to firms. Phone calls are discouraged. Site visitis will not be arranged during the advertisement period-Submit SF-254 and SF-255 to the National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20565, Attn: Carolyn Perry, by 3:30 PM, local time on the established due date. Faxed copies of the SF-254 and SF-255 will not be accepted. This is not a request for a proposal. All responsible sources may submit a response, which will be considered Posted 09/16/98 (W-SN250428). (0259)

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