U.S. Army Engineer District, San Francisco, COE, Attn: CESPN-CT, 333 Market Street, Room 704, San Francisco, CA 94105-2197

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACT (IDOC) FOR ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (A-E) DESIGN SERVICES SOL RFP No. DACW07-99-R-0018 POC Ofelia (Offel) R. Rosales, CESPN-CT, (415)977-8499. For Technical Information, call Keiso Morimoto, CESPN-ET-ED, (415)977-8569. Indefinite Delivery Order Contract (IDOC) for Architect-Engineer (A-E) Design Services for San Francisco District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Design services include, but are not necessarily limited to: Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Geotechnical Engineering. Work may include complete plans and specifications for small projects, separable portions for larger projects, quantity takeoffs, design of specific features and other related work. The Contractor must have expertise and capability in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Geotechnical and Cost Engineering, Specification Writing and Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD). The Contractor shall be responsible for accomplishing designs and preparing drawings using CADD and delivering the Drawings in: 1. Autodesk AutoCAD CADD Software, Release 14 (or higher) Windows (95 or NT), and/or 2. Bentley Microstation CADD Software, MicroStation 95 (or SE), Windows 95 or NT 4.0 x 86, Electronic Digital Format. The Government will only accept the final product for full operation, without conversion or reformatting, in the target CADD software format, and on the target platform specified herein. The target platform is a Pentium Workstation (200-600 MHz) with a Windows 95 or 98, NT 4.0 x 86 Operating System. Advance application software used in preparing channel design drawings shall be delivered in Intergraph Inroads, Version 7.1 MicroStation Electronic Digital Format. Most of the "Experience Profile Codes" listed in the Standard Form (SF) 254 apply. Item 4 of Form shall indicate personnel strength of the Principal Firm at the Office where work is to be accomplished. Additional personnel strength, including consultants, may be indicated parenthetically. In order to be considered for selection, you must note in Block 10 of the SF 255 all Department of Defense (DOD) contracts awarded to your Firm and all affiliates (do not include consultants) during the last twelve (12) months along with the dollar amount of the awards and the total amount awarded. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The Plan is not required with this submittal. There may be more than one IDOC awarded from this solicitation. If the contract amount for the base year period or preceding option year periods has been exhausted or nearly exhausted, the Government has the option to exercise contract options before the expiration of the base year period or preceding option year periods. The options may be exercised at the discretion of the Government. The A-E Pre-Selection Board will use a numerical scoring system to establish maximum scores for each firm on each of the eight (8) Evaluation Criteria stated in relative order of importance. Criteria 1 through 5 are primary. Criteria 6 through 8 are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. 1. Professional Qualifications. The evaluation will consider education, registration, overall and relevant design experience (flood control and navigation), and longevity with the firm. 2. Specialized Experience. (a) Navigation and flood control civil design experience (i.e. Not Hydraulics and Hydrology); (b) Prior team experience with significant subcontractors. 3. Capacity to accomplish the work. The evaluation will consider total strength of key disciplines listed above in relation to workload. 4. Past Performance. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. 5. Knowledge of the Locality. The evaluation will consider the Firm's experience in the San Francisco District's geographic boundary which extends from the Oregon Border South to San Luis Obispo and East to the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valleys. 6. Extent of participation of Small Business (SB), Small-Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. 7. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last twelve (12) months. 8. Geographic Location. Location of the essential staff for this project (or a commitment to locate) in the general geographic area of the projects. The A-E Selection Board will rate the firms using the same numerical scoring system as the A-E Pre-Selection Board. The Contract will be awarded for a period of one (1) year on or about 99 Dec 01. Cumulative total for all Task Orders will not exceed $1,000,000. for the term of the contract. The Contract may be renewed for an additional two (2) years periods with an additional ceiling of Not To Exceed (NTE) $1,000,000. per year. Contract will include a schedule of overhead and wage rates upon which costs of Task Orders will be based for the one year period. Firms desiring consideration must submit a SF 254, if not already on file and a SF 255 within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this notice. Reference (for identification only) No. DACW07-99-R-0018. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Note: The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 8711. The Small Business Size Standard is $2.5 million. The number of employees or annual receipts, indicates the maximum allowed for a concern, including its affiliates, to be considered small. Posted 09/14/99 (W-SN380132). (0257)

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