USDA, Forest Service, P.O. Box 25127, Lakewood, CO 80225

C -- DORM DESIGN, SCHENCK JOB CORPS CENTER SOL RFP RMAST-98-172 DUE 110298 POC Mary Anne Ward, Contract Specialist; Marilyn Whalon (303) 275-5260 Location: Schenck JCC, 98 Schenck Drive, Pisgah Forest NC 28768 Scope of Services Required: Forest Service contemplates award of a firm fixed-price contract to an Architect and Engineer firm to prepare only the design portion of an "H" shaped dormitory for Schenck JCC. The dormitory will be one story with an approximate gross square footage of 26,500 square feet. Statutory design cost limit not to exceed 6% of total project cost. Project cost currently estimated at $2.8 M. The estimated performance period for design is 120 calendar days. Start date is tentatively December 1998. Completion date is tentatively March 1998. Responses to this notice are due by the close of business, November 2, 1998. Significant Evaluation Factors: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including, where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; (6) Acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria, which include: Qualifications of Assigned Project Personnel, Specialized Experience of Assigned Project Personnel, Firm's Capacity to Perform Work, Firm's Experience/Past Performance, Energy Efficiency/Waste Reduction Capabilities, Previous Job Corps Performance Evaluations; (7) The volume of work previously awarded by the Forest Service will be evaluated with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of the contracts among qualified A&E firms, including minority, 8(a), or small disadvantaged firms that have not had prior Forest Service contracts. See note #24. Posted 10/01/98 (W-SN257529). (0274)

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