U. S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, P.O. Box 889, Savannah, Georgia 31402-0889

Y -- 1ST BRIGADE BARRACKS COMPLEX, FORT BRAGG, NC SOL DACA21-99-R-0026 POC Mr. Diego Martinez, (912)652-5738 (Technical Questions); Ms. Leila Hollis, (912)652-5105 (Contractual Questions) WEB: Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Contracting, http://www.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Leila Hollis, leila.hollis@sas02.usace.army.mil. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: 1st Brigade Barracks scope of work includes the construction of nine barracks (four-story) buildings, three (two-story) soldier community buildings, eight-double company operations facilities, dining facility, three battalion headquarters buildings, and brigade headquarters facility. Supporting facilities include parking, concrete pavement, sidewalks, water, sewer, electrical service, fire alarm system, storm drainage, erosion control measures, information systems and landscaping. Project also includes the demolition of multiple barracks buildings and other facilities within the footprint of the project. Demolition of existing structures will involve removal of asbestos-containing materials. This will be a competitive Two-Step Request for Proposal (RFP) for the 1st Brigade Area Barracks Complex project at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Request for Price Proposals (Step 2) will be issued on or about 26 July 1999. In Step-One, Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the following factors willbe evaluated: Past Performance, Experience and Management Effectiveness. The RFQ will identify submittal requirements, and evaluation methodology. Your firm's qualifications will be reviewed and evaluated against the minimum criteria. Past Performance is more important than Experience. Experience is more important than Management Effectiveness. Technical Evaluation Factors are more important than price. There are also subfactors under each category: The subfactors under Past Performance are: (1) Quality of Workmanship (Record of quality to include cooperativeness, business-minded, and interest in customer satisfaction, history on contract change proposals to include changes that lower cost/improve performance, timely and accurate proposals for equitable adjustment, changes that have been withdrawn or dismissed as invalid, and implementation of Contractor's Quality Control Plan), (2) Timeliness (Adherence to approved schedule, completion of punch-list items, and adequacy of initial progress schedule), and (3)Customer Satisfaction (Responsiveness to warranty issues, correction of deficiencies, O&M Manuals and As-Builts preparation and turnover to customer, awards, letters, commendations, overall quality of performance, responsibility in meeting suspense/milestones, past performance record for construction similar in size, content and complexity to current requirement, and references). Quality of Workmanship for accomplishing quality requirements is more important than Timeliness. Timeliness is comparatively equal to Customer Satisfaction. The Subfactors under Experience include: (1) Military construction contracts completed or in progress of similar type of facilities/projects. Does the extent, duration and dollar value of contracts cited demonstrate corporate experience in similar or related programs? Specifically, the extent of involvement regarding scope of work, objectives achieved, personnel resources utilized and how previous contracts related to taking under this effort will be evaluated. Degree in experience in performing construction similar in size, content and complexity to current requirement, (2) Comparable size of similar construction projects (value) either military or non-military. (Degree of experience in performing construction similar in size, content and complexity to current requirement. Does the extent, duration and dollar value of contracts cited demonstrate corporate experience in similar or related programs? Specifically, the extent of involvement regarding scope of work, objectives achieved, personnel resources utilized and how previous contracts related to tasking under this effort will be evaluated), (3) Military or non-military construction contracts demonstrating integration of multiple buildings into a complex. (Corporate experience, demonstrated knowledge and ability to perform the tasks in the SOW), and (4) Familiarity and proficiency using metric construction standards, Military construction contracts completed or similar type facilities/projects is significantly more important than comparable size (value) of similar construction projects either military or non-military which is more important than military or non-military construction contracts demonstrating integration of multiple buildings into a complex which is more important than familiarity and proficiency using metric construction standards. The subfactors under Management Effectiveness are: (1) Management Plan (The corporate structure, the relationship in the accomplishing the government's requirement. Soundness of proposed management plan and corporate resources for overseeing and performing the work. This includes qualification for management positions. The offeror will be evaluated on the feasibility of the proposed management approach for accomplishing the tasks specified in the statement of work to include the following key personnel (project manager, superintendent, quality control inspector, safety manager), and the extent of involvement with subcontractors), (2) Project Control Plan (present quality control plan and present safety plan), and (3) Coordination of Subcontractors (coordination and control of subcontractors, and utilization of small, small disadvantaged and women-owned business concerns. Management Plan is more important than Project Control Plan which is comparatively equal to Coordination of Subcontractors. CCASS will be reviewed and evaluated, the points of contacts provided will be telephoned, and any other sources deemed necessary by the Government will be contacted. We will release the design to Step Two and offerors will be requested to submit their pricing data. Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal is determined to provide the "best value" within the available funds constraint, following any discussion and best and final offers, if applicable. Estimated cost range of this project is over $100,000,000.00. Network Analysis System will be required. THIS SOLICITATION IS ISSUED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS PURSUANT TO THE "BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT REFORM ACT OF 1988" (Public Law 100-656). PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE OR ABOUT April 12, 1999, ON THE INTERNET AT: http://www.sas.usace.army.mil/ebs/. AMENDMENTS TO THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE POSTED ON THE INTERNET AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS UNLESS THE TOTAL AMENDED COMPRESSED FULES ARE GREATER THAN 5 MBYTES IN WHICH CASE A NEW CD ROM DISK WILL BE ISSUED. FOR AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ONLY POSTED ON THE INTERNET, SF30, AMENDMENT OF SOLICITAION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT, AND A LIST OF REVISED SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS WILL BE MAILED TO EACH BIDDER. NOTE: ALL REQUESTS FOR SOLICITATION PACKAGES MUST BE MADE IN WRITING NO LATER THAN April 2, 1999. REQUESTS MAY BE FAXED TO 912-652-5828. DOCUMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS UNTIL SUPPLY IS EXHAUSTED, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE NUMBER OF SETS BE LIMITED TO ONE (1) PER FIRM. (ADDITIONAL COPIES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REQUESTOR.) STATE AREA CODE, TELEPHONE NUMBER, STREET ADDRESS AND NINE-DIGIT ZIP CODE. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:30 AM TO 5 PM, 100 WEST OGLETHORPE AVENUE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Posted 03/22/99 (W-SN310948). (0081)

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