U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Attn: CEPOA-CT-CO, P.O. Box 898, Anchorage, AK 99506-0898 (Physical Address: Bluff and Plum Streets, Building 21-700 (Room 200), Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-0898)

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES CONTRACT FOR NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE AND RELATED PROJECTS FOR WORK PRIMARILY IN ALASKA SOL DACA85-99-R-0025 POC Administrative Inquiries: Sharyn Dunn, 907/753-2556 or Technical Inquiries: Mr. Ted Schindler, 907/753-5640 or Mr. Loran Baxter, 907/753-5791, Contracting Officer: Ms. Christy Watts 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. 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 FY99 subcontracting goals for this contract are a minimum of 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses, 9.1% small, disadvantaged businesses, and 4.5% to woman-owned businesses. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. All responders are advised that this project may be canceled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation and final award. The contract shall be an indefinite delivery firm fixed price. The contract limit is $2,000,000.00 for the first year. The contract may include options for four additional option years and an additional $1,000,000.00 per year. There will be no specific delivery order limit except that of the yearly contract limit. The Government obligates itself to obtain no less than $40,000.00 in services during the term of the base period and $10,000.00 in services during the term of each option period. The Government may exercise a contract option before the expiration of the base contract period or preceding option period if the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Contract information: This notice is for AE indefinite delivery, firm fixed price contracts. More than one contract may be awarded to the successful proposer; however the total cumulative amount of all contracts may not exceed the amount described above. Contract award is anticipated November 1999. Separate contracts will be awarded for the sites (or groups of sites) which are listed below. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The AE selected would be required to have sufficient staff, flexibility, and capability to be available on an as-needed basis. Typical types of services to be provided include complete AE services for the design of support facilities for the National Missile Defense Program proposed to be built in Alaska. The sites include Clear AS and Fort Greely, and other possible sites in Alaska. These facilities will generally be new construction, but some may be provided by renovation/upgrade of existing facilities, as determined by the Government. These facilities may include (but may not be limited to) lodging and dining facilities, fire stations, warehouses, post offices, chapels, heated vehicle storage, vehicle maintenance shops, hazardous material storage and transfer buildings, and/or composite facilities housing several of the above, water storage tanks, water and sewage treatment plants, airfield upgrade and expansion, roads, culverts, paved parking, utilities and utilidors, landscaping, earthwork and fuel storage. The design of each facility may be either finished to 100% design (for either RFP or IFB acquisition) or partial design for design/build acquisition, at the discretion of the Government. These projects may include (but not be limited to) architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, fire protection, electrical, geotechnical, environmental and arctic engineering; corrosion control; topographical survey; geotechnical investigation; design review; cost estimation; contaminated soil/asbestos/lead based paint; electromagnetic pulse protection (EMP); permit application and acquisition; construction phase support (for probable accelerated construction schedules at more than one site and for other facilities in addition to those designed on this contract); and general consulting. The firm must have the capability to provide CADD formulated drawings and use MCASES-Gold software for cost estimation. The design documents shall be submitted in hard copy and in electronic bid set (EBS) format. Project designs and studies shall be developed using Metric or English system of measurements (as directed by the Government). LOCATION: Primarily Various Locations in Alaska. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The following selection criteria headings are listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each subcriterion). Criteria A-F are PRIMARY selection criteria. A. Specialized experience and technical competence: (1) Staff and capability to develop the designs, specifications, cost estimates, and perform the other work listed above simultaneously for multiple major projects on possible fast track schedules. The estimated total value of construction for these projects may be between $25 million to $100 million. The work will be accomplished using a combination of in house personnel and subcontractors; (2) Design of major facilities and building renovation and expansion; (3) Arctic/cold regions engineering; (4) Major airfield upgrade and expansion; (5) Design of security systems required for sensitive military installations; and (6) Construction phase services experience. B. Professional qualifications of the firm's staff/consultants to be assigned to the projects in the following disciplines: (1) In-house architects in sufficient number to perform the architectural design of the 3 largest facility projects in-house and manage the subcontracted design and other work for the remainder of the projects. These architects shall possess professional registration with a minimum of 5 years post graduate experience. Subcontracted projects with little or no architectural involvement may be managed by an in-house engineer. Work other than architectural may be performed in-house. (2) All of the remaining disciplines/work may be subcontracted. Engineers shall possess professional registration with 5 years post graduate experience. Surveyors shall be registered in the State of Alaska. Corrosion control engineers shall possess NACE certification. Fire protection personnel shall possess professional registration with 5 years post graduate experience. Firms that choose to provide any subcontracted disciplines MUST address each discipline, clearly indicate which shall be subcontracted, and provide a separate SF254 and SF255 for each subcontractor necessary. The contractor shall employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract work in the State of Alaska, individuals who are residents of the State, and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills to perform the contract. C. Capacity of the firm to accomplish work in the required time (minimum of three simultaneous delivery orders, size of firm, workload, etc); D. The firms past performance on DOD and private sector contracts (cost control, quality of work, compliance with schedule). The successful firm must have past experience in the coordination and design of multiple simultaneous projects of similar scope and complexity to these projects. E. Knowledge of locality of projects: (1) Availability to attend meetings at Alaska District Corps of Engineers offices on Elmendorf AFB and to visit the project sites on short notice; F. Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. Criteria G-I are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. The SECONDARY selection criteria in descending order of importance are: G. Location of firm; H. Volume of recent DOD work awarded in the past 12 months; and I. participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort, regardless of whether the SB, SDB, HBCU or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner; the greater the participation the greater the consideration. Offeror must provide adequate documentation in block 6 of the SF 255 to illustrate the extent of participation for the above-mentioned groups in terms of the percentage of the total anticipated contract effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms submitting their qualifications should provide ONLY 1 copy and should include: (1)organization of proposed project team, (2) responsibilities and authority of key project personnel, (3) relationship of project team to overall organization of the firm, (4) a quality control plan, and (5) in block 8c of the SF 255 include a POC and phone number. The 11/92 edition of the forms MUST be used, and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, by calling the administrative contact named above, from commercial software suppliers for use with personal computers and laser printers, or on-line in both Adobe Acrobat PDF and FormFlow formats (http://www.gsa.gov/pbs/pc/hw_files/254-255.htm). Submittals must be received at the address indicated above not later than COB (4:00 pm Alaska time) on the 30th day from the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Any submittals received after this date cannot be considered. No additional information shall be provided, and no faxed submittals shallbe accepted. Solicitation packages are not provided.***** Posted 07/19/99 (W-SN356052). (0200)

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