US Army Corps of Engineers, Dist New Orleans, PO Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160

R -- BOUNDARY MONUMENTATION AND RELATED SERVICES WITHIN THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN, LA SOL DACW29-99-R-0009 POC Jane Kulick, Contract Specialist, 504-862-2869 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: An approximate 18-month fixed price contract between $250,000 and $750,000 is scheduled for award in or about June 1999. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: All engineering services, including furnishing all personnel, transportation, equipment and materials are required in connection with the following surveying and boundary monumentation. The work will be performed as follows: Phase I will start in or about June 1999 and run through September 1999. Phase II is an option item and, if excised, will start in or about October 1999 and run through Septemmber 2000. In Phase I, work will be performed on both sides of the Atchafalaya River. Work on the east side of the river will be performed in Township 6 South, Range 7 East; Township 6 South, Range 8 East in Pointe Coupee Parish; Township 7 South, Range 8 East and Township 8 South, Range 8 East in Iberville and St. Martin Parishes; Township 7 South, Range 9 East; and Township 8 South, Range 9 East in Iberville Parish. Work on the west side of the Atchafalaya River will be performed in Township 7 South, Range 6 East in St. Landry Parish. Approximately 85 miles of property boundaries will be surveyed in Phase II. Phase II, if exercised, will be performed on the east side of the Atchafalaya River in Township 6 South, Range 7 East; Township 6 South, Range 8 East in Pointe Coupee Parish; and in Township 7 South, Range 8 East in Iberville and St. Martin Parishes. Approximately 56 miles of property boundaries will be surveyed in Phase II. Monumentation will include, but not be limited to, corner monuments, witness posts, signs and blazing. Work shall include the research of public and Government records to obtain the necessary legal descriptions to perform boundary surveys. The Contractor shall be required to monument the boundary line, prepare a boundary monumentation map (including associated CADD files), and provide all related field survey data. 3. MINIMUM PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT: To be considered for selection, a firm must demostrate in its SF255 the availability of at least the following: two land surveyors registered in the State of Louisiana and currently on the payroll of the prime; three 4-person survey parties; one abstractor; and two CADD technicians. 4. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in order of preference. Criteria (1) through (7) are primary. Criteria (8) thru (10) are secondary and will be used only as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. (1) Specialized experience (including title research) and technical competence in the type of work required (to include firm and key personnel). (2) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. All key personnel and major items of equipment available for project assignment must be listed along with other pertinent data. (3) Knowledge of locality of the project. (4) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. (5) Quality control plan. (6) Past performance on Department of Defense (DOD) and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. (7) Safety plan and performance (manhours lost to accidents in the last 100,000 manhours of work by firm). (8) Geographic proximity to the Atchafalaya Basin. (9) Extent of participation of Small Businesses (including women-owned), Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions on the proposed contract team measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (10) Volume of DOD contract awards awarded in the last 12 months. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit five (5) copies of SF 254 and SF 255 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all subcontractors and consultants to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day afterthe date of publication of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or a Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. In Block 10 of the SF 255, include an organizational chart, the use of subcontractors or consultants and describe the firm's design quality control plan, including coordination of subcontractors and consultants. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call (503) 326-3459. Overnight or courier type mail should be sent to the following physical address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, CEMVN-CT-T, Attn: Jane Kulick, Foot of Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA 70118-1030. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal (RFP). Refer to Solicitation No. DACW29-99-R-0009. Posted 02/03/99 (W-SN294264). (0034)

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