U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946

C -- PHOTOGRAMMETRY, AERIAL IMAGERY, CARTOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM & RELATED SURVEYING & MAPPING SERVICES SOL DACW57-99-R-0018 POC Susan Mechals 503-808-4619 The Portland District Corps of Engineers intends to issue an Indefinite Delivery Architect-Engineer (A/E) Contract for Photogrammetry, Aerial Imagery, Cartography, Geographic Information System (GIS), and related Surveying and Mapping Services. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION. Photogrammetric mapping, aerial imagery, cartography, GIS, surveying and large-scale mapping services are required for various projects or assignments of the Portland District. An A/E Indefinite Delivery Contract for $1,000,000 will be awarded, with a base period of one year and two option periods of one year each, NTE $3,000,000.00. At the Government's discretion, option periods could be authorized early. Each task order issued under this contract is not to exceed $1,000,000. This announcement is open to small businesses only. The size standard for this procurement is $4,000,000.00. Estimate contract award will be December 1999. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at leastequal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee's office location (not the location of the work). To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION. This is primarily a photogrammetric services contract. All photogrammetric processes shall be supervised by a state or professionally certified photogrammetrist. Typical services to be provided may consist of, but not be limited to: aerial photography and other remote platform imagery, digital terrain modeling (DTM), digital contouring and cross-sectioning, digital orthophotography, digital cartographic mapping, GIS database development, attribution and analyses, aerial triangulation and bridging, ABGPS/IMU, and miscellaneous printing and photographic services. Any survey services shall be performed under the auspices of a State registered land surveyor licensed in Oregon or Washington. Typical surveying services to be provided may consist of, but not be limited to: third order horizontal and vertical control that conform to Federal Geodetic Control Committee Standards, aerial target layout and control surveys for aerial photography, topographic mapping, boundary survey and cross-section work related to floodplain studies. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA. Department of Defense (DOD) regulations with regard to the selection of A/E firms is based on the professional and technical qualifications necessary for the performance of the required services rather than competitive bidding procedures. To be considered for selection, responses must comply with the requirements of this announcement and must be submitted prior to the closing date. Selection criteria for this project will be based upon the following, listed in descending order of importance. Criteria a-f are primary, criteriag-h are secondary, used only as "tie breakers" among technically equal firms. (a) Firms that currently employ State or professionally certified photogrammetrist(s), and firms that employ professional land surveyor(s) who are licensed in the States of Oregon and Washington. The number of licensed/professionally certified professionals shall be a consideration. (b) Specialized experience and technical qualifications that demonstrate the capability of the personnel to be assigned to this project, including the project manager and all key team members. (c) The type of photogrammetry and survey instruments, computer system hardware and software, and other supporting equipment. (d) Proposed project organization, lines of authority, disciplines proposed, and team back-up personnel. (e) Previous project technical competency, administrative performance and adherence to schedules and deadlines. (f) Current workload and capacity of the firm to accomplish the required services on schedule. Responding firms should provide an estimate of the value of all work commitments, outside of this contract, which are anticipated during the life of this contract. The firm should address the percentage of resources which will be committed to that other workload. This information shall be submitted for the prime, and in the case of large businesses, for that office which will have primary responsibility for the execution of the contract. (g) Location of the firm with respect to the Portland District will be considered, relative to the location of other firms. (h) The firm's volume of previous U.S. government work. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Interested A/E firms that can provide the services described in this announcement should submit three copies each of SF 254 (11/92 edition) and SF 255 (11/92 edition) for the prime and all consultants, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th date is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. Requests for verbal presentation of qualifications will not be permitted. This is not a request for proposal. Direct technical questions to Scott Kool (503) 808-4849. Direct administrative questions to Susan Mechals (503) 808-4619. Reference DACW57-99-R-0018. SIC 8713 ***** Posted 09/09/99 (W-SN378628). (0252)

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