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C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING AND RELATED SERVICES FOR PRIVATIZATION OF NAVY AND MARINE CORPS UTILITY SYSTEMS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS SOL N62742-99-R-0010 POC Contact Ms. Audrey Mikami, Contract Specialist, (808) 474-9392 Services involve engineering and related services to prepare for the potential privatization of Navy and Marine Corps as well as other DOD-owned utility systems. Systems being considered for privatization include electric, natural gas, potable water, wastewater, steam, hot water, and chilled water systems. Required services include but are not limited to: performing opportunity and risk assessment for all U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) utility systems; assisting with the evaluation and determination of qualified Request for Interest (RFI) respondents; conducting detailed utility system inventories and engineering condition assessments; preparing utility system market value appraisals using traditional valuation approaches by a Certified General Appraiser licensed in the jurisdiction where the property is located; conducting environmental baseline surveys and preparing environmental documents for the prospective privatization actions; developing technical requirements for the Request for Proposal (RFP) issuance; performing economic life cycle cost analyses (LCCA) to determine the feasibility of the privatization action; providing support to negotiations; providing support on legal and regulatory requirements for privatization; providing professional legal drafting services for development of agreements, deeds, easements, etc.; providing survey and mapping services for developing metes and bounds documents; assisting with the transfer of applicable environmental permits; providing support for briefings, reports and other documentation required during the privatization process; providing informational seminars and training workshops on utilities privatization, regulated utilities, market opportunities, utility cost accounting and rate setting, etc. The utility systems being considered for privatization are located in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean regions, primarily on Navy and Marine Corps facilities in Hawaii, Guam, and Diego Garcia. The scope of services may include PACFLT installations in the western areas of the continental United States as well as other DOD-owned utility systems. The selected firm may be required to participate in a pre-fee meeting within seven days of notification and provide a fee proposal within ten days of the meeting. The contract will be of the Indefinite Quantity type where the work will be required on an "as-needed" basis during the life of the contract provided the Government and Contractor agree on the amount. Each project will be a firm fixed price task order. The Government will determine the task order amount by using rates negotiated under the basic contract and negotiate the effort required to perform each particular project. The contract shall not exceed twelve months or $4 million total fee, whichever comes first. The fee per project shall not exceed $1 million. The Government guarantees a minimum amount of $25,000 for the contract. The Government reserves the option to extend the contract for four additional years with a contract maximum of $3 million per option year. There will be no future synopsis in the event the options included in the contract are exercised. Estimated date of contract award is September 1999. Proposals may be subject to an advisory audit performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. The following selection evaluation criteria, in decreasing order of importance, will be used in the evaluation of offers received: (1) Professional qualifications of firm and staff proposed for satisfactory performance of utilities privatization opportunity and risk assessments requiring knowledge and experience in utilities engineering and the managerial/business and regulatory aspects of the current utility industry as well as in economic cost analyses, real property valuation and environmental baseline surveys. (2) Specialized recent experience and technical competence of firm or particular staff members in conducting utility system inventories and condition assessments, market value appraisals, utility cost accounting and rate setting, life-cycle economic analyses and familiarity with utility regulations and standards, current utility industry trends such as deregulation/restructuring and related market opportunities. (3) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (4) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. (5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project. (6) Extent of participation of small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns in performance of the contract whether as the prime contractor, joint venture, teaming arrangement, or subcontractor. (7) Extent of participation of small business (SB), women-owned small business (WOSB), historically underutilized business zone small business (HUBZoneSB), and historically black college or university and minority institution (HBCU/MI) in performance of the contract performance whether as the prime contractor, joint venture, teaming arrangement, or subcontractor. (8) Volume of work previously awarded to the offeror by the Department of Defense with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of Department of Defense contracts among qualified firms and firms that have not had Department of Defense contracts. Firms who meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit complete, updated Standard Forms 254 (SF254), Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and 255 (SF255), Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to the office shown above. Firms utilized by the prime contractor must also submit completed SF254s and SF255s. Only one copy of each form is required. IN BLOCK 10 OF THE SF255 AND AN ADDENDUM THERETO, IF NECESSARY, OFFERORS SHOULD STATE WHY THE OFFEROR IS SPECIALLY QUALIFIED BASED ON EACH OF THE ABOVE SELECTION EVALUATION CRITERIA. For selection evaluation criterion (2), provide the following information for only the staff proposed for this work using these column headings: "Name", "Related Projects Worked On", "Year", "Firm", and "Technical Role". Show the office location where work will be done and describe the experience and location of those that will do the work. For selection criterion (3), the Government will review performance evaluations from the central database operated by the U.S. Army Engineer Division, North Pacific, in conjunction with past performance information provided by the offeror. For selection criteria (6) and (7), the Government will evaluate the extent to which SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZoneSB, and HBCU/MI are specifically identified in the proposal, the extent of commitment to use such firms, and past performance of offerors in meeting subcontracting plan goals under previous contracts. Offerors should provide information on any awards received for outstanding support to SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZoneSB, and HBCU/MI; copies of the final Standard Form 294, Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts, on recently completed contracts or other documentation showing subcontracting efforts to SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZoneSB, and HBCU/MI; copies of performance evaluations on the implementation of subcontracting plans or periodic compliance reviews; and/or information on existing or pending mentor-prot g agreements. Large Business firms who are short-listed will be required to submit a subcontracting plan prior to being interviewed. The statutory Government wide goals for the total value of all prime contract awards per fiscal year are 23% to SB, 5% to SDB, 5% to WOSB, 5% to HBCU/MI, and 1% for HUBZoneSB. Since this is an indefinite quantity type contract, subcontracting goals and SDB monetary targets will be established as projects are awarded. A monetary incentive for subcontracting to SDB concerns will be incorporated into the contract. Offerors responding to this announcement within 30 days from publication date will be considered. Offerors must submit SF254s and SF255s to the Architect-Engineer Contracts Division by 2:00 p.m. HST, on the closing date. Should the due date fall on a weekend or holiday, the SF254s and SF255s will be due the first workday thereafter. Firms having a current SF254 on file with this office may also be considered. This is not a request for a proposal. Posted 06/29/99 (W-SN348616). (0180)

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