U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers -- Mobile, Contracting Division, CESAM-CT (109 St. Joseph Street 36602) PO Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001

T -- IDC FOR SURVEYING & MAPPING, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, & HYDROGAPHIC SVCS TO SUPPORT THE MOBILE DISTRICT'S MILITARY PROGRAM SOL DACW01-99-R-0052 DUE 062899 POC Contact Dewayne Brackins (334) 694-3743; Contracting Officer, Edward M. Slana WEB: http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct/cgi-win/projlist.exe, http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/ct. E-MAIL: cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil, cesam.plansroom@sam.usace.army.mil. CONTRACT INFORMATION: A-E services are required for an Indefinite Delivery Contract for Surveying, Mapping, Photogrammetry, and Hydrographic Services to Support the Mobile District's Military Program. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The contract will be awarded for a one-year base period with options to extend the contract for two additional one-year periods, not to exceed a total of three years. Work under this contract to be subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual task orders, with the total contract not to exceed up to $600,000 for each contract period. (If the $600,000 limit for a contract period is exhausted or nearly exhausted prior to 12 months after the start of the period, the option for the next contract period may be exercised). There is a possibility that multiple contracts may be awarded on this solicitation. Selection of A-E firms is not based upon competitive bidding procedures, but rather upon the professional qualifications necessary for the performance of the required services. All interested Architect-Engineers are reminded that, in accordance with the provisions of PL 95-507, they will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the efficient performance of the contract with small and small disadvantaged firms. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan for that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are a minimum of 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with Small Businesses (SB), including Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), and Women-Owned Business, 9.1% be placed with SDB, 4.5% for Women-Owned Business and 1% Hubzone Small Business. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. A firm fixed price contract will be negotiated. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this action is 8713. PROJECT INFORMATION: The Contractor selected will be required to perform services in the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee; with possible work in South and Central America or other location as may be assigned to the Mobile District. The selected firm will be required to perform services of the following types: Surveying (vertical control, horizontal control), land boundary, Aerial Photography, Aerotriangulation, photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Large and Small-Scale Topographic Mapping, Planimetric Mapping, digital orthophotography, Landuse/Landcover Mapping, airborne LIDAR mapping, GPS surveys, single and multibeam automated hydrographic surveys (DGPS) and GIS services. The firm shall have the capability to provide digital data readable and operational with ARC/INFO and ARCVIEW (GIS), and Intergraph CADD/GIS with Microstation Version 5.0 or higher and Intergraph MGE systems Version 5.0 or higher with Oracle database (versions 7 & 8). 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 in the Monday publication of the Commerce Business Daily for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria A thru D are primary. Criteria E thru H are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. All Land Survey work in the United States must be performed under the direction of a Registered Land Surveyor in the state where the work is performed. A. Specialized experience and technical competence in: (1) List experience in mapping production using the Tri-Service A/E/C CADD Standards; (2) List experience in mapping production using the Tri-Service Spatial Data Standards; (3) List photogrammetric equipment, including owning or leasing airworthy aircraft, currently certified precision aerial mapping camera, hardware and software to perform fully analytical aerotriangulation, analytical stereoplotter instrumentation interfaced for digital data collection of planimetric and topographic features, DTM/DEM data collection and manipulation of terrain data, DTM airborne laser mapping, digital data editing facilities, ability to provide orthophoto products (hardcopy and digital), and airborne GPS capabilities for aircraft navigation and photo control; (4) List experience with Intergraph MGE and Intergraph GEOMEDIA, ARC/INFO, and ARCVIEW software; (5) Show capability to deliver digital data on CDROM and by FTP Internet file transfer. Digital data must be readable and fully operational with ARC/INFO (GIS), and Intergraph CADD/GIS with Microstation Version 5.0 or higher and Intergraph MGE systems Version 5.0 or higher with Oracle database (versions 7 & 8); (6) Demonstrate capability and capacity of photographic laboratory reproduction, enlargement equipment and supporting personnel; B. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: (1) Capacity of firm to furnish equipment andpersonnel to accomplish work as required to maintain delivery of a quality product on a timely schedule; (2) Ability to provide the necessary GIS equipment; (3) Personnel and company owned equipment to accomplish airborne global positioning system (ABGPS) controlled photogrammetry on a timely schedule; (4) Personnel and company owned equipment to accomplish airborne laser mapping (LIDAR); (5) Personnel and company owned equipment to accomplish both single and multibeam hydrographic surveys; (6) In Block 10 of the SF 255 describe the firms' quality management plan, including the team's organization with an organizational chart, quality assurance, cost control, and coordination of the in-house work with consultants. C. Professional Qualifications: The selected firm must have, either in-house or through consultants, the following disciplines, with registration required where applicable: (1) Registered land surveyors in the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee; (2) Certified Hydrographic Surveyor from the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping; (3) Certified Photogrammetrist from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; (4) Stereoplotter operators; (5) GIS specialists; (6) CADD operators; (7) Project managers; (8) Party chiefs. Resumes (Block 7 of the SF 255) must be provided for these disciplines, including consultants. In the resumes under Project Assignments, use the same disciplines nomenclature as is used in this announcement. The evaluation is to consider education, training, registration, overall and relevant experience and longevity with firm. D. Past Performance: Past performance on Department of Defense (DOD) contracts with respect to quality of work and compliance with performance schedules; E. Geographic Location: Geographic location with respect to Mobile District; F. Safety Plan: Safety plan and performance (man-hours lost to accidents in the last 100,000 man-hours of work by the firm); G. Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business and Women-Owned Small Business Participation: Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort; H. Equitable Distribution of DOD contracts: Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24 of the Monday publication of the Commerce Business Daily. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 in the Monday publication of the Commerce Business Daily for general submission requirements. Interested Architect-Engineer firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit one (1) completed copy of their SF 255 Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project for themselves and one (1) completed copy of their SF 254 for themselves and one for each of their subcontractors to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, CESAM-EN-DW, ATTN: Mr. Dewayne Brackins, 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602; or P.O. Box 2288-0001, Mobile, AL 36628-0001. The 11/92 edition of the forms must be used, and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office. Submittals must be received no later than 4:00 P.M. Central Time on 28 June 1999. Regulation requires that the Selection Board not consider any submittals received after this time and date. Late proposal rules in FAR 15.412 will be followed for submittals received after the closing date of this announcement. Include RFP Number in Block 2b and ACASS number in Block 3b of the SF 255. To obtain ACASS number, fax the first page of your SF 254 to the ACASS Center at 503-808-4596 or call the ACASS Center at 503-808-4591. In addition to the SF 255 and SF 254 a Summary of Capability Worksheet, version 97.2 or higher, must be submitted with the proposal. All previous Summary of Capability Worksheets is obsolete. The worksheet may be obtained from ftp://ftp.sam.usace.army.mil/pub/en/Survey. A maximum of ten (10) projects including the prime and consultants, will be reviewed in Block 8. In Block 10 of the SF 255, responding firms must indicate the number and amount of fees awarded on DOD (Army, Navy, and Air Force) A-E contracts during the 12 months prior to this notice, including change orders and supplemental agreements for the submitting office only. A project specific design quality control plan must be prepared and approved by the Government as a condition of contract award, but is not required with this submission. Response to Block 10 is limited to 25 pages. This is not a request for proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided. As required by acquisition regulations, interviews for the purpose of discussing prospective contractors' qualifications for the contract will be conducted only for those firms considered highly qualified after submittal review by the selection board. Interviews will be conducted by telephone. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration database.For instructions on registering with the CCR, please see the CCR Web site at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec Posted 05/24/99 (W-SN335001). (0144)

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