U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ST. PAUL DISTRICT, 190 FIFTH STREET EAST, ST. PAUL MN 55101-1638

C -- GEOTECHNICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, CHEMICAL, GEOLOGY, AND HYDROGEOLOGY ENGINEERING SERVICES UNDER AN INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR THE ST. PAUL DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS SOL W81G67-8258-8825 POC Contract Specialist PATRICK J. PEINE 612/290-5416 (Site Code DACW37) CONTRACT INFORMATION: Services of a qualified Architect Engineer (A-E) are required for an indefinite delivery contract for the primary disciplines of geotechnical engineering (as required for HTRW Services), environmental engineering, chemical engineering, geology, and hydrogeology. Additional disciplines required are civil engineering, cost engineering, specification writing, industrial hygiene and chemistry. The contract will have a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period and on individual task orders will not exceed approximately $750,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted. A minimum of $15,000 will be awarded the first year of the contract and an additional $7,500 for each option that is exercised. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. The District currently has and may award in the future ID contracts to perform that may also be encompassed by this announcement; the Contracting Officer will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: performance, current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, specialized experience, and the equitable distribution of work among the contractors. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The contract is anticipated to be awarded by March 1999. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work that it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are that a minimum of 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), 9.1% be placed with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and 4.5% placed with woman-owned small businesses (WOB). The plan is not required with this submittal. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. PROJECT INFORMATION: The services are required for civil works projects, military funded projects and support for other agencies. The services are primarily within the St. Paul District boundaries (all or portions of MN, ND, SD, WI, and IA). However, individual task orders may be for work within the Mississippi Valley Division or neighboring mid-western states. Services to be provided may include (1) studies and design of hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) site remediation; (2) studies and modeling of groundwater for non-HTRW projects. The end products will be reports containing engineering and scientific studies, evaluations, and conclusions supported by detailed engineering analyses and computations, along with computer aided preparation of report plates, contract drawings and specifications and construction engineering. Both office work and associated field work for data collection will be involved. Use of the metric-system of measurement may be required for some deliverables under the proposed contract, however, metric system experience is not a selection criteria and is not required for selection. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria numbered a-e are primary. Criteria f-h are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. a) Specialized experience and technical competence: (1) studies, investigations, and design of hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste (HTRW) site remediation, including geotechnical engineering (as required for HTRW services), environmental engineering, chemical engineering, geology, hydrogeology, ground water modeling, contaminant transport, treatment technologies, underground storage tanks, landfill liner and coverdesign, geosynthetics applications, geochemistry, cost engineering, specification writing, industrial hygiene, site safety, federal regulations, subsurface investigations, sampling and analytical laboratory testing in areas containing contaminated and/or hazardous materials, soils, and/or groundwater; (2) studies, investigations, and modeling of groundwater for non-HTRW projects, including wellhead protection area delineations, pump tests, regional groundwater modeling; (3) computer applications in geotechnical engineering, geology, and hydrogeology, including slope stability, finite difference and finite element solutions of two-dimensional and three-dimensional seepage, groundwater, and contaminant transport problems (emphasizing the MODFLOW3D, MT3D, SLAEM, MLAEM, FEMWATER, and the Corps of Engineers Groundwater Modeling System computer software). (4) quality management, the evaluation will consider the management structure, experience of the prime firm and significant sub-contractors in working together, and quality control plans. Also included, but of lesser importance, are (5) subsurface investigation capabilities for geotechnical and HTRW studies; (6) analytical laboratory testing capabilities for HTRW studies; and (7) Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver CADD products (i.e., plotted drawings and digital files) which are fully compatible with the St. Paul District's CADD platform. The St. Paul District's CADD platform is based on Intergraph TD Workstation with Windows NT (version 4.0 or higher) operating system and CADD software products which are based on Bentley's MicroStation 95. The CADD system used by the A-E must provide digital files and data (such as base files, reference files, and cell libraries) that are fully compatible with the Government's target CADD system. The term "compatible" means that data can be accessed directly by the target CADD system without translation, preprocessing, or post-processing of the electronic digital files. It is the A-E's responsibility to ensure this level of compatibility. All CADD data shall be supplied in three-dimensional, MicroStation 95 version 5.x, native electronic digital format (i.e.,.dgn, .cel,.I). CADD products are required to conform to the latest Tri-Service A/E/C CADD Standards (August 1998 edition) and the St. Paul District's Drawing and Mapping Standards. These standards include, but are not limited to, three-dimensional placement of translatable graphic elements on specified levels, producing lines with specified weights, colors, styles, and at proper elevation. The SF255 submitted by the A-E shall clearly delineate the type of CADD equipment hardware and software intended for use on this contract, the years of operating experience by the appropriate personnel using the CADD system, and the conversion/translation methods to be used (if necessary). The A-E shall provide references to other projects that they have completed using the stated CADD system. b) Professional capabilities including qualified registered professional personnel in the disciplines of geotechnical engineering (as related to HTRW studies and design), environmental and civil engineering, and qualified professional personnel in chemical engineering, geology, hydrogeology, cost engineering, specification writing, industrial hygiene and chemistry. c) Past performance on DOD and other contracts with espect to quality of work, cost control and compliance with performance schedules. d. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. e. Knowledge of cold climate engineering, design and construction and knowledge of HTRW related regulations for the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. f. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, WOB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated subcontracting effort. g. Location of the firm in the general geographical area of the St. Paul District, including the office location of each person named to work on this contract. h. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. Volume of work for the St. Paul District will also be considered under this factor. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Numbered Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit three copies of SF 255 (11/92 edition), and three copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include the firm's ACASS number and business size in SF255, Block 3b. For ACASS information call 503-326-3459. In SF 255, Block 10 include: 1) The total dollar amount of the Department of Defense contracts and total dollar amount of the contracting awarded the firm in the 12 months prior to this notice; 2) A description of the firms overall design quality management plan, including management approach, coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, and quality control procedures; and 3) an organization chart showing all named team members and their responsibilities for this contract. The SF 255 will clearly denote the office location for each person identified in Section 7 of the form. Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a Posted 09/17/98 (I-SN251229). (0260)

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