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C -- ARCHITECH AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL GS-04P-99-EWD-0138 DUE 081099 POC Victoria A. Longacre (404) 331-9788 Fax (404)331-9789 E-MAIL: click here for point of contact, VickieA.Longacre@gsa.gov. The General Services Administration is seeking full service A&E firms or A&E teams with a major emphasis in roofing and waterproofing for the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Product Service Code (PSC) is C119 and the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes are 8711 and 8712. It is anticipated at this time that multiple Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery contracts will be awarded. Contracts will be 100% set aside for small business. The small business size standard is $2.5 million or less based on the annual average gross revenue of a firm which has been in business for 3 or more fiscal years. Contractors are encouraged to utilize Women Owned and Small Disadvantaged Businesses as team members. Consideration of a joint venture partnership will be based on the demonstration of a viable arrangement of interdependency of members and an existing active design production office with its principle place of business located within the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Each contract will be for a one year period from the date of the contract award, with four one year options. Under each contract, the Government guarantees a minimum of $5,000.00 in task orders. The maximum dollar value of the contract shall be $500,000.00 for the base year and for each option year, with the total contract amount over five years not to exceed $2,500,000.00. The professional services to be provided will include, but not be limited to: architectural/engineering design and related services required in connection with roof construction with roof construction/repair or replacement project and/or engineering surveys, condition assessment feasibility studies and engineering reports, planning, programming, studies, investigations, cost estimates, construction inspections, design concepts through working drawings and specifications, and construction phase services including but not limited to review of shop drawings, samples, equipment, data and other related requirements. The contractor may also be tasked to provide on-site quality assurance inspection services during construction and to review submittals and change order requests. The anticipated construction costs of these projects will vary from $50,000.00 to $1,500,000.00, depending on specific design limitations. For performance of this contract, the following disciplines will be required: architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, roofing/waterproofing, historical preservation, and cost estimating. In addition to the above disciplines, performance under this contract will also require compatibility with Autocad Release 14. Under this contract, the Government will not indemnity the A/E against liability arising out of asbestos or other hazardous materials. Firms responding to this announcement on or before the closing date will be considered for selection using the following evaluation criteria, which are listed in descending order of importance -- - 100 points maximum: (a) Professional qualifications in the fields of expertise necessary for performance of roof design, building envelope waterproofing, condition assessments and construction inspection services -- - 25 points: (b) Sufficiency of staff and multidiscipline technical resources available to perform multiple projects concurrently under this contract. Include Organization and Quality Assurance plans which identify key personnel and their responsibilities as well as the primary office, which will be responsible for the management of the projects. Identify the staff assigned to the primary office by discipline and the projects the particular office has completed -- - 25 points; (c) Specialized experience and technical competence by the firm or team in the required type of work. This includes suitability of previous work which relates directly to the work described in this announcement -- -25 points; (d) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, timeliness, quality of work. Briefly describe internal quality assurance and cost control procedures and indicate effectiveness by listing the planned and actual design duration, client's construction budget, design construction estimate, construction award amount and construction change order rate. Although previous or ongoing performance of a similar U.S. Government contract is not a requirement for firms responding to this solicitation, if such contracts have been performed, the offeror must have performed at a satisfactory level at a minimum -- - 20 points; (e) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including, where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the used of recovered materials -- -5 points. All offerors shall list completed projects which support experiences relevant to the criteria listed above in block 8 of Standard form 255. Please be sure to annotate which projects support which criteria, and, if the firm has more than one office, which office performed the work. Offerors will not be penalized for listing more than 10 projects. Provide the name, address, and current telephone number of a client representative and identify which members of the proposed design team participated in the project. The statements must address each of the evaluation factors under separate headings. All firms which meet the requirements of this solicitation are invited to submit two copies of the following forms (for firm/joint venture and team consultants): Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Projects. All SF 254's must be current, within one year of the date of this notice, and must be submitted for all consultants. Along with these forms, the firm must also submit a letter of interest identifying the solicitation. This is not a request for a proposal, a listing of the firms to be interviewed will be posted in this publication. All submittals must be received by the Contracting Officer, on or before 3:30p.m.local time on August 10, 1999. Address: General Services Administration, 401 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2802, Atlanta, GA 30365-2550. Posted 07/07/99 (W-SN351095). (0188)

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