GSA, Property Development Division, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 3rd Floor West, San Francisco, CA 94102

C -- SUPPLEMENTAL SEISMIC/STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL GS-09P-99-KTC-0025 POC Kevin Kearney, Contracting Officer/(415) 522-3178 or Bela Palfalvi, Sr. Engineer/(415) 522-3183 The Pacific Rim Region of the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service has recently been designated as the Center of Expertise for Seismic and Structural Engineering. The Center manages GSA's seismic program and advocates efficiency and effectiveness through diligent programming, design and construction. The services of contract engineering firms are required to support this effort. The following disciplines are required: Structural, Geotechnical, Cost estimator and Blast Design. The types of work required may include, but are not limited to, the following: Seismic hazard studies and evaluations of existing buildings (including historical buildings), Risk Assessment, computer modeling of seismic effects/events, assistance with engineering peer reviews on projects designed by others, pre-design surveys, destructive and non-destructive testing, cost estimating, assessment of earthquake-related geotechnical hazards, analytical evaluation of primary systems and non-structural components, preliminary design and recommendations and the preparation of reports for repair and strengthening of various buildings, and blast resistance design. All work shall be performed by, or under the direct supervision of a registered professional Engineer. Services may also include assisting GSA staff in in-house design and work with recognized academic institutions. Design services, including preparation of working drawings, may also be required. Project design and contract documents, including drawings, specifications and calculations shall be prepared in both metric (SI Units) and English (I-P Units) systems of measurements. Buildings may be located anywhere in the 50 states, as well as US Trust Territories and Possessions. It is also anticipated that other Federal and DOD agencies will be designated as Ordering Offices under the contract. Award is targeted for late summer, 1999. The type of contract will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ). Contract term will be a base year and three-one year options. Maximum order limit per year will be $2,000,000, with a cumulative total for all years of $8,000,000 per contract. Minimum order will be $50,000 per contract, per year. Up to three contracts may be awarded. A Small and Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting plan may be required. To be eligible for consideration, a firm must have an active and functioning engineering/design office within the State of California. At a minimum, this office must have been in existence for the twelve (12) months preceding the closing date of this notice. If a joint venture or teaming arrangement is submitted, at least one firm must meet this requirement. Interested firms are invited to submit SF 254/255's for this requirement. The closing date and time is 4:00 PM PST; the first Friday that falls 30 calendar days from date of publication in the CBD. No pre-performance conference will be held. Submissions may be addressed as follows: General Services Administration, Property Development Division (9PCT), 3 West, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. Mark the outside of the shipping envelope: Seismic IDIQ, Attn: Kearney/Palfalvi. Selection factors, in descending order of importance, are as follows: 1. Professional qualifications of staff: Qualifications and relevant individual experience; unique knowledge and time commitment of key members to projects. Blast designer qualifications: Blast resistant designs and analyses for GSA facilities shall be performed and/or reviewed by qualified personnel. The blast consultant shall have formal training in structural dynamics and shall have demonstrated experience with accepted design practices for blast resistant design and with referenced technical manuals. A minimum of five (5) years of blast resistant design is desired for the lead blast consultant. 2. Technical Competence: Familiarity with GSA, Federal, NEHRP, regional, and national seismic codes, standards and guidelines, familiarity with dynamic response of buildings to seismic forces, and experience with design of (historical) buildings, and design of new buildings, familiarity with the Interagency Security Committee (ISC) Security Criteria, blast resistance design, including, but not limited to, progressive collapse calculations. 3. Specialized experience: Familiarity with new and innovative systems which could be incorporated into building structures to reduce the effect of seismic forces, familiarity with behavior of non-structural elements under seismic conditions and Risk Assessment and Risk Analysis. 4. Past performance: Past performance (with respect to quality, cost and schedule) with GSA and other Government agencies. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time, previous project management performance, including quality, planning, coordination, scheduling and cost control functions. A short list of the top six firms will be developed. The selection factor order of importance will remain the same. These firms will be invited to make an oral presentation and participate in discussions. The physical location of these presentations will be at the firm's California office. Individual orders with an estimated value of $100,000 or more will be competed among contract holders. The factors specified in this announcement for the base award will also be used in awarding these individual orders. Orders less than $100,000 may be awarded without competition, at the discretion of the Government. Posted 03/01/99 (W-SN303587). (0060)

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