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R -- ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR JOB CORPS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM SOL 99-DAA-09-JC DUE 020399 POC Contact Ms. Lorraine Saunders at (202) 219-8698, ext 120 WEB: 99-DAA-09-JC, http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov. E-MAIL: 99-DAA-09-JC, saundersl@doleta.gov. The services to be performed will consist of the following basic work elements and tasks: 1) Site surveys/assessments and Utilization Studies of both existing and potential Job Corps facilities and Centers; 2) Architectural program development of prototypical concepts and scope of work development of proposed rehab and construction of Job Corps facilities; 3) Environmental assessments, environmental project management and development of A-106 reporting documents; 4) Facility surveys and inspections; 5) Disability/accessibility studies; 6) Assist in the procurement of A/E services; 7) Overall project management for design and construction contracts issued by the U.S. Department of Labor; 8) Assist in the procurement of construction services; 9) On-site construction management and inspection; 10) Project cost control, cost estimating and scheduling; 11) Preparation and presentation of the Job Corps Construction, Rehabilitation and Acquisition (CRA) budget and Inventory of Needs for each Program Year; 12)Input into the real property management system; 13) Assist in the management of historic resources through the Section 106 process; 14) Assist in the procurement of furnishings and equipment for new Job Corps facilities; 15 ) Assist in the negotiations for site acquisition, continuing management and disposal of real property used by the Job Corps Program through ETA; 16) Energy audits and energy conservation project management. 17) Contract Administration tasks to include understanding the Federal Acquisition Regulation in terms of contract preparation, claims and disputes, bid procedures and project delivery strategies, such as design build. These services will be provided through a cost reimbursement type contract of a continuous nature for the period September 1999 through August 2000, with an option to extend the contract for four, one year periods. It is estimated that approximately 82 person years of effort will be needed to support the basic elements of this contract. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) intends to select one (1) contractor for this project. It is contemplated that the successful offeror will be a single firm capable of providing all services or a joint venture or other teaming arrangement operating as a cohesive team or entity. The overall effort will go into the support of design and construction efforts of the 115 Job Corps Centers consisting of 2,874 buildings (21`,000,000 GSF) on 7,322 acres of land. A full and complete range of expertise in design and construction management, as well as technical expertise is required to support these facilities and centers in the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The successful firm will be required to utilize and maitain the current data system which contains Facility Survey reports, scopes of work and CRA budget data. The current data system utilizes two Compaq Proliant 2500 200 MHZ with 128 RAM, 256 cache, 29.1 G SCSI hard drives and turbo data autoloader with magazine. It also consists of a Cisco 4500-M router, Cisco Catalyst 5000 router, and a Cisco Catalyst 1900 router. Finally, as a part of the LAN, the offeror will be connected by dedicated T1 data communication lines to the National and Regional Offices of the ETA. Novell Netware 4.11 is the ETA standard network operating system. The successful offeror must demonstrate that the firm has the capability to utilize and maintain this data. Project management and continuous interface with the ETA National Office is essential. The successful offeror will be required to perform the contracted services through assignment of an existing lease at facilities located in Arlington, Virginia. The following criteria will be considered as pertinent selection factors. These factors are listed in order of importance. 1) Demonstrated ability to bring effective management techniques to a very active, multi-task project on a national scale. 2) Recent specialized experience and technical competence in each of the aforementioned basic work elements. 3) Professional qualifications of key staff members necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services. 4) Adequacy of proposed organization chart and plan of how communication is achieved within the firm and to the client (breakdown of work element responsibility). Offeror shall show evidence of capacity to accomplish the work in a required time frame. 5) Past Performance on contracts with other government agencies and within the private sector in terms of cost and schedule control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules (include references, contract numbers, dollar amounts, and names and telephone numbers of contract persons). Offeror must provide at least three (3) references of past performance. 6) Knowledge of national issues as they relate to design and construction, such as accessibility, environment, historical preservation, energy conservation, etc. A Pre-Submittal conference is anticipated approximately 30 days from the date of this notice. Details confirming the date, time and location of this conference shall be published in a separate CBD announcement. The Department shall provide a reading room of pertinent documents. This room may be visited by appointment only, 10 days after the CBD issue date. Appointments may be made by contacting Lorraine Saunders at (202) 219-8698 ext. 120. Firms desiring consideration are required to submit both SF 254 and 255's, a subcontracting plan and shall address the 10 pertinent selection factors no later than 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, February 3, 1999. Failure to meet the deadline date for submission and failure to submit both SF 254 and 255's will render the submission not-acceptable. This solicitation is offered under Full and Open Competition and the successful offeror will be required to submit a subcontracting plan in accordance with FAR 19.704. It is the Department's firm goal to ensure that small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses and women owned business concerns have the maximum practicable opportunity to provide substantive and significant participation in the contract. Hence, it is required that at least 30% of the annual value of the contract be allotted to small business concerns with at least 10% of the award value of the contract allotted to Small-Disadvantaged Business(es) and at least 5% to Women Owned Business(es). This small business representation must be evident in the management and leadership tasks of the contract. The award of this contract is contingent upon an approved subcontracting plan demonstrating evidence of meeting this requirement. Posted 11/30/98 (W-SN275605). (0334)

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