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C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR HTRW PROJECTS POC Robert MacDonald (978) 318-8718 Architect Engineer (A-E) Services for Investigation and Remedial Design of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Projects for Various Militry and Non-Militry Locations within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England District (NAE) and the North Atlantic Division (NAD) Mission Areas (ME, MA, CT, RI, NH, VT, PA, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, WV, and the District of Columbia, are required for Indefinite Delivery Type Contracts for Miscellaneous Civil and Military Hazardous, Toxic and Radiological Waste projects at various locations. Two Indefinite Delivery Type Contracts willbe awarded for a period of one year with four additional one-year options. The cumulative amount of each contract cannot exceed $l5,000,000. A minimum oblication of $300,000 is guaranteed on each contract. The contracts will have no annual or individaul task order limit and will contain clauses providing for Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) and Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP task orders. Methods of contracting individual task orders will be decided as the need arises during the contract period. Criteria used in allocating task orders among the contracts include performance and aquality of deliverables under current contracts, cutent capacity to accomplish the work in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, equitable distribution of work among the contracts, and other relevant factors. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Different engineering assignments at various locations in the North Atlantic Division (NAD). Services required may include preparation of various Invesigation/Feasibility Studies, Risk Assessments, and Final Design Documents with associated construction/remediation services requiring licensed design professionals in the civil, mechanical, electrical, environmental, stgructural, architectural, chemical, geological and industrial hygenist disciplines as well as Licensed Environmental Professionals (LSPs) in Massachustts and Licensed Environmental Professionals (LEPs) in Connecticut. Consultants with specialized experience in Investigations, Risk Assessments and Design Efforts associated with Hazardous, Toxic and Radiological Waste Sites are encouraged to respond to this announcement. SELECTION CRITERIA: General Selection Criteria are given in Note 24 (as printed in all Monday editions of the Commerce Business Daily). Specialized Selection Criteria for this contract, in descending order of importance, are: a. Contractors should demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence in Preliminary Assessments, Site Inspections, Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies, Risk Assessments, and Final Design Documents with associated construction/remediation related to Hazardous, Toxic, and Radiological Waste projects. b. The firm must have on its staff, or provide through a consultant(s), personnel with demonsgtrated expertise in the disciplines listed above: LSPs in Massachusetts; and LEPs in Connecticut. The firm must also have on staff, orprovide through a consultant(s), professional engineer registration in all states identified above. The A-E must include their intention to pursue any new license requirements that may affect doing work in the above mentioned states. c. Contractors should demonstrate knowledge of Federal, State and local environmental regulations within the geographic areas described above. d. The firm must have the capacity to accomplish the work in a timely manner. e. The firm must possess a good record of past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. f. Firms must demonstrate previous experience in preparing construction cost estimates with Micro Computer Aided Cost Estimating System (MCACES) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis methodology. The firm shall also demonstrate experience in the development of construction contingencies based upon the knowledge of Risk Analysis and level of design detail. g. Firms should have capability to provide all deliverables in MicroStation CADD software, release 5 or higher, electronic digital format. The Government will only accept this format, without conversion or reformatting, in the target CADD software format ond on teh target platform specified herein. The target platform is an IBM-compatible PC running Windows 95 or 98, or Windows NT. All specifications for Corops of Engineer (COE) contracts will be prepared using COE Guide Specifications and SPECSINTACT. Guide Specifications and SPECSINTACT software will be furnished free of change. Interviews will be conducted with firms on teh short list. The selected firm(s) will be required to submit a study/sesign quality control plan and will be expected to adhere to it during the course of this contract. All interested A-Es are reminded that in accordance with the provisions of PL 95-507, if they are a large business they will be required to submit a Small, Small Disadvantaged, and Women-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan, wherein they will be expected to place subcontracts with small, small disadvantagedand women-owned small businesses to the maximum practricable extent consistent with the efrficient performance of the contract. As a minimum, 50% of total subcontracting dollars are to be awarded to small business concerns; 10% to small disadvantaged business concerns, to include Historically Black Colleges & Universities or Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI); and 5% to woman-owned small business concersn. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit five copies of SF 255 (11/92 edition), and five copies of Sf 254 (11/92 edition) to the above address not later than the close of business on teh 30th day after the date of this announcement. The information required in Section 9, except 9.d, should be supplemented in Section 10 by listing all contract completed in the last (12) months. Five copies of SF 254 are also required for each proposed consultant (it should be noted that SF255s are not required for proposed consultants). If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include ACASS number in Section 3 of the SF255. Call the ACASS Center at 503-808-459l to obtain a number. In Section l0 of the SF 255 describe the firm's overall design quality management plan, including management approach, coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, and quality control procedures which must include an independent technical review. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposals. Posted 01/20/99 (W-SN289583). (0020)

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