U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY PURCHASE ORDER FOR HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES SOL DACW57-99-Q-0074 POC Susan Mechals, Contracting Specialist, 503-808-4619 1. Contract Information: A purchase order will be awarded for a wide variety of hydraulic engineering design services required for various projects within the boundaries or assignments of the Portland District. The purchase order will be for a period of one year, with a one year option period. Regardless of duration, the purchase order shall not exceed a total of $100,000.00. Final purchase order price will be based on the authorized use of units contained on the unit pricing schedule during the life of the purchase order. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. 2. Project Information: Typical services to be provided include a wide range of technical, hydraulic engineering and engineering analysis services. Work will be performed in the office or in the field as necessitated by the nature of the work. Anticipated services shall include, but are not limited to the following: Be available to answer hydraulic related questions on specific projects, as they arise, from contractor orother disciplines within the district, perform hydraulic design or analyses of open channel or pipeline network systems including juvenile bypass systems, debris removal systems, dewatering systems, adult fish-way and ladder systems, auxiliary water systems for adult and juvenile passages systems and any other hydraulic features pertaining to fish passageways; Prepare design or simulation reports with schematics and tables; Develop or revise FORTRAN or MathCAD programs as needed to conduct work including documentation; Review, provide comments on, and contribute to Operation Manuals; Review/evaluate and provide comments on design submittals, reports, or mathematical models. 3. Selection Criteria: Selection for this purchase order will be based upon the following criteria, shown in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria a-e below are primary. Criteria f-h below are secondary and will only be used as "tie breakers" among technically equal firms. (a) Specialized experience and technical competence with: (i) Hydraulic engineering including but not limited to fish passage improvements, open channel flow, culverts and reservoir outlets, pipe networks, pressurized flow, spatially varied-flow hydraulic profiles, and hydraulic transients; (ii) Hydraulic engineering related to the Lower Columbia River and Willamette River Dams under the jurisdiction of the Portland District Corps of Engineers; (iii) Design features of existing, under construction, and currently designed juvenile fish bypass systems at John Day dam and Bonneville dam; (iv) Operation of existing, under construction, and currently designed juvenile bypass systems at John Day dam and Bonneville dam; and (v) operation manuals for fish bypass systems; (b) Professional Qualifications. Personnel to be assigned to this contract must be experienced in disciplines which would enable performance on a wide variety of projects with demonstrated capabilities in hydraulic engineering, fish passage systems designand overall knowledge of civil engineering. The firm will be evaluated based on the qualifications of the proposed personnel and their ability to provide hydraulic design, review of design, programming in Fortran and use of MathCAD, and coordination with design team members and outside agencies. Graduate level degree in Civil Engineering Hydraulics or Water Resources required for at least one of the proposed personnel. Personnel shall clearly address complexity and longevity of relevant experience, identifying examples of work, years of experience in fish passage improvements work, education, training and professional registrations; (c) Past Performance. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with the requirements and performance schedules; (d) Knowledge of the Locality. Knowledge of Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington area river systems; (e) Current workload and capacity of the firm to accomplish the required services on schedule; (f) In the event of a tie, the extent of participation of Small, Small Disadvantaged, or Woman-Owned Small Business, Historically Black Colleges, and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI's), in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of total estimated effort will be considered; (g) In the event of a tie, the general geographical location of the firm with regard to other firms and the Portland District will be considered; (h) In the event of a tie, the volume of DOD work awarded to the firm within the last 12 months will be considered. 4. Administrative: Interested A-E firms having the capability to perform this work must submit three copies of SF 254 and SF 255 for the prime firm and all subcontractors, to the above address no later than the close of business (4:00 p.m. p.s.t.) 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 the next business day. Direct technical questions to Stephen Schlenker, (503) 808-4881. Direct administrative questions to Susan Mechals, (503) 808-4619. This is not a Request for Quotation. Reference DACW57-99-Q-0074. SIC 8712 ******* Posted 01/22/99 (W-SN290584). (0022)

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