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C -- ARCHITECT AN ENGINEERING SERVICES IN THE STATES OF OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, KANSAS, COLORADO, NEVADA, AND CALIFORNIA SOL CI-WEST POC Pam Legare (513)487-2015 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, legare.pamela@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates awarding a requirements type contract for architectural and engineering (A-E) services in the states covered by EPA Regions 6, 7, 8, and 9. Within those Regions, EPA currently operates facilities in 6 states: Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Nevada, and California. EPA anticipates that most A-E services under any resulting contract will be associated with the facilities in these 6 states. Specific requirements will be identified in written delivery orders issued by the Contracting Officer. A-E services which may be required under any resulting contract include fundamental design, final design and construction phase services for various construction and alteration projects; A-E studies, surveys, soil borings, investigative reports, and design criteria development; revision of A-E drawings of various facilities to reflect modifications; development of site and utility plans; structural analyses and feasibility studies; and construction quality control inspection. Types of projects may include (1) alterations and modifications to existing laboratory facilities, (2) heating, ventilating and air conditioning modifications, (3) design of fire protection and detection systems, and (4) site improvements. Firms will be evaluated according to the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of importance: (A) Demonstrated corporate experience in performing design and construction phase A-E services for analytical and research laboratories, including modifications thereto; (B) Experience and professional qualifications of proposed key personnel in all A-E disciplines; (C) Capacity of the firm to complete delivery orders within a reasonable time period, including depth of professional staff in all A-E disciplines and depth of support staff; (D) Record of past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; and (E) Location in the general geographical area of the project, i.e., within one of the six states identified above. The basic contract period shall be one year, with four (4) one-year option periods. The estimated aggregate value of delivery orders is $250,000 per year. This procurement is a 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The Standard Industrial Classification code is 8712, and the small-business size standard is average annual receipts for the last three fiscal years not exceeding $2.5 million. Firms desiring consideration shall mail four (4) copies of Standard Form 254 and four (4) copies of Standard Form 255 for the prime and all team members to the following address: U.S. EPA, Attn: Luther E. Mellen, Chief, Architectural, Engineering and Real Estate Branch (3204), Room G-507, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C., 20460. For projects identified for consideration in connection with criterion (D) above (past performance), include brief description of the project, performance period of the project, dollar value of the project, and name, phone number, and fax number of client's representative. All information must be received at this address not later than close of business of the 30th calendar date after the date this announcement appears in the printed version of the Commerce Business Daily. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next business day. Include the solicitation number (CI-WEST) in Block 2b of the Standard Form 255. This is not a request for proposal. Posted 02/17/99 (W-SN299256). (0048)

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