U.S. Department Of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 3402, Attn: A1500, 1627 Cole Blvd., Bldg. 18, Golden, CO 80401

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER, TITLE I, II, AND III SERVICES SOL DE-RP65-99WA12269 DUE 070799 POC Noella Pregill, (303) 275-1512, Contract Specialist; Judith C. Madsen, Contracting Officer Title I, II, and III Architect-Engineer (A-E) Service for the United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, for its Corporate Service Office (CSO) located in Golden, Colorado; the Rocky Mountain Regional Office (RMR) located in Loveland, Colorado with a Maintenance Facility located in Montrose, Colorado; the Upper Great Plains Regional Office (UGP) with the office located in Huron, South Dakota; the Sierra Nevada Regional Office (SNR) located in Folsom, California and the Desert Southwest Regional Office (DSR) located in Phoenix, Arizona. These Offices service the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and North Dakota. The work will cover all engineering disciplines, architectural, topographical surveying, geotechnical, and environmental services. Work may consist of: site investigation, design analysis, project design and specifications preparation, cost estimates, construction inspection, hazardous material evaluation, testing, commissioning, as-built drawings, telecommunications and power system studies associated with high voltage power transmission lines, substations, and related facility projects. Work for the CSO will need to emphasize architecture and engineering support for commercial-industrial structures. Work for the other Offices and Maintenance Facility will emphasize civil, structural, architectural, surveying and construction inspection disciplines. Multiple contracts (up to six (6)) may be awarded for an estimated total amount of $500,000.00 per year with four additional one-year options for each awarded contract. Estimated award date is on or about March 1, 2000. If a firm is selected for more than one Office, the contract estimated total dollar value per year will increase accordingly. Individual task orders will be issued against a Labor Hours contract. All Firms responding to this announcement shall identify any and/or all Office(s) that they are interested in for potential awards. Offeror's principal office shall be within a 225 mile radius of the Office(s) for which they want to be considered. Firms interested in being considered for this procurement should submit seven copies of both SF-254 and SF-255 to Western Area Power Administration within 30 days of the date of this notice. Send all seven copies to P.O. Box 3402, (1627 Cole Blvd., Bldg. 18) Golden, CO 80401, Attention: A1500, Noella Pregill. Firms will be evaluated on the following criteria: A. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING: (1) Reputation and standing of the firm and its principal members; (2) Experience and technical competence of the firm in comparable work; (3) Past record in performing work for DOE, other Government agencies, and private industry, including projects or contracts implemented with no overruns; performance from the standpoint of cost including cost overruns (last 5 years); the nature, extent and effectiveness of contractor's cost reduction program; quality of work; and ability to meet schedules including schedule of overruns (last 5 years)(where applicable); (4) The volume of past and present workloads; (5) Interest of company management in the project and expected participation and contribution of top officials; (6) Adequacy of central or branch office facilities for the proposed work, including facilities for any special services that may be required; and (7) Distance between the government office and the firm's principal office which conducts the majority of the A-E activity and familiarity with local industry practices. B. PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION: (1) Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment to the project, including as required for various phases of the work: (I) Technical skills and abilities in planning, organizing, executing, and controlling; (ii) Abilities in overall project coordination and management; and (iii) Experience in working together as a team; (2) Proposed project organization, delegations of responsibility, and assignments of authority; (3) Availability of additional competent, regular employees for support of the project, and depth and size of the organization so that any necessary expansion or acceleration could be handled adequately; (4) Experience and qualifications of proposed consultants and subcontractors; and (5) Ability to assign adequate qualified personnel from the proposed organization (firm's own organization, joint-venture organizations, subcontractors, etc.) including key personnel and a competent supervising representative. The following factors are listed in order of importance: A(2) Experience and technical competence of the firm in comparable work B(1) Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment and B(4) Qualification of proposed consultants or subcontractors. The total scoring will be based on a maximum of 100 points. The most significant factors are, with 20 points each, A(2) Experience and technical competence of the firm in comparable work, B(1) Specific experience and qualifications of personnel proposed for assignment and B(4) Experience and qualifications of proposed consultants and subcontractors. Significantly less important factor is, with 10 points, A(3) Past record in performing work for DOE, other government agencies, and private industry, including projects or contracts implemented with no overruns; performance from the standpoint of cost including the cost overruns (last 5 years); the nature, extent and effectiveness of contractor's cost reduction program; quality of work; and ability to meet schedules including schedule of overruns (last 5 years) (where applicable). All remaining factors are of less importance, with 2 points each. SF-255 shall indicate specific power system or facility related work experience for the firm and for each of the personnel proposed. The SF-255 shall indicate specific power system or facility related work experience for the firm and for each of the proposed consultants or subcontractors. This acquisition is a partial small business set aside for RMR and the Montrose Maintenance Facility, DSW, CSO, and SNR. The UGP located in Huron, SD is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Code is 8712 and the size standard is $4.0 million. See Note 24. Posted 05/26/99 (W-SN335941). (0146)

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