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R -- BOUNDARY SURVEYS OF WRP PROJECTS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SOL RFP-21-MS-99 DUE 082099 POC Frank A. Cain, Contracting Officer 601/965-5170 Boundary Surveys of WRP Projects for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the State of Mississippi -- The work will consist of boundary surveysrequired for the Wetland Reserve Program in the State of Mississippi. A total of five (5) selections will be made to provide services under the contract. Applicants must have the capabilities to provide surveying and drafting services. Joint ventures will not be considered as an applicant in applying criteria requirements. Preselection will be based on the following criteria. An applicant must: 1. Have a land surveyor registered in the State of Mississippi. 2. Have a minimum of three (3) surveying personnel employed on a full time basis, who have a minimum of one-year experience each, one of which has a minimum of five (5) years experience. 3. Have a minimum of one (1) draftperson employed on a full time basis, who has a minimum of two (2) years experience. Selection will be based on the following criteria: 1. Location in the geographic area and knowledge of the locality (30%). Evaluation will be based on proximity to Batesville, Greenwood, Yazoo City, Natchez and Jackson, Mississippi, and the extent of previous work performed in the State of Mississippi. 2. Specialized experience (25%). Evaluation will be based on the extent of directly related experience in boundary surveys. 3. Capacity to accomplish the work (20%). Evaluation will be based on the number of personnel available in the disciplines described above, the quantity of existing work under contract, and the schedules for completion of existing work under contract. 4. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry (15%). Evaluation will be based on the quality and timeliness of performance under previous contracts. 5. Professional qualification necessary for satisfactory performance (10%).Evaluation will be based on professional engineer, landscape architecture and land surveyor registrations and civil engineering technician certifications. Interested and qualified small business firms should submit a completed SF 254 and SF 255 within 30 days of this advertisement. Only those firms responding by that date will be considered for selection. Firms with a current (one year or less) SF 254 on file need only submit a SF 255. Minimum total delivery orders will be $10,000 per fiscal year. Work will be ordered on an "as needed" basis during Fiscal Year 00, October 1,1999, through September 30, 2000, with an option on the part of the Government to renew for two additional one-year periods. See Note 1. Posted 07/15/99 (W-SN354507). (0196)

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