U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 600 M.L. King, Jr. Pl., Rm 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES -- - FOR GEOTECHNICAL ACTIVITIES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OF OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, AND KENTUCKY; HOWEVER, SOME EFFORT MAY BE REQUESTED IN OTHER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION BOUNDARIES AND DISTRICT MISSION AREA SOL W22W9K-9252-2822 POC Contract Specialist, Barbara Simpson (502) 625-7634; Technical Specialist, Steve Hornbeck (502) 582-5730 TITLE: ENGINEER SERVICES FOR TWO INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACTS FOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE LOUISVILLE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES (KY, IL, IN, OH) BUT COULD BE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DISTRICT MISSION BOUNDARIES (KY, IL, IN, OH, MI, MD, WI, PA, NY, WV, VA, GA, NC, TN, AL) POC: Contract Specialist: Barbara Simpson (502) 625-7634 POC: Technical Specialist: Steve Hornbeck (502) 582-5730. 1. GENERAL CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed services, which will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract, are for geotechnical activities primarily within the District boundaries of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Kentucky; however, some effort may be requested in other Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Boundaries and District Mission Area (see title of project above). The projects will be awarded by Individual Delivery Orders not to exceed $1,000,000 with the maximum contract value being $1,000,000. The contract period will be for one year from thedate of award with the option to extend two additional periods with an additional $1,000,000 for each period the option is exercised at the discretion of the Government; with or without a new $1,000,000 amount. A possible second contract may be awarded from this solicitation within nine months after the award of the first contract. The contracting officer will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: performance and quality of deliverables under the current contract, current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, and equitable distribution of work among the contractors. The top ranked firm will be awarded the first contract. If necessary, secondary selection criteria (f-h listed below) will be used as a tiebreaker among technically equal firms to determine the firm selected for the second contract. Projects outside the primary area of responsibility may be added at the Government's discretion upon agreement of the selected firm. Metric dimensions, in whole or part, will be required for the authorized projects unless otherwise specified. All drawings and/or data submitted must be CADD generated. Any CADD system may be used but submittals must be in accurately translated Intergraph Microstation format in conformance with District CADD standards unless otherwise specified. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected to negotiate a contract, the firm will be required to present an acceptable Small, Disadvantage and Women-Owned Small Business subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507 prior to award of the contracts. The current subcontracting goals are 61.2% to Small Business, 9.1% to Disadvantage Business, and 4.5% to Women-Owned Small Business. These percentages are applied to the total amount of subcontracted dollars. The projects may require partnering with the selected firm which could require the selected A/E to attend a partnering meetingto define the District's expectations of the A/E, create a positive working atmosphere, encourage open communication, and identify common goals. Significant emphasis will be placed on the A/E's quality control procedures. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Activities such as soil and rock drilling for engineering investigations, instrumentation, inspection of subsurface investigations, laboratory testing in soils and rock, foundation design analysis, stability analysis, seepage analysis, geotechnical reports, geotechnical field observations and evaluations, material investigations, dam safety related activities, geophysical studies, volume computations, geotechnical literature searches, geologic field mapping, seismological studies, surveying, geotechnical computer programming, and safety. Drilling services on land and/or floating plant in rivers will be required. Drilling services may include standard penetration sampling, coring, undisturbed sampling, drilling without sampling, instrumentation installation, and may or may not include inspection of drilling services. Site location surveying may be required. 3. REQUIRED CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process information. The specific selection criteria (a through e being primary and f through h secondary) in descending order of importance are as follows and must be documented in the SF255: a) Specialized experience and technical competence in all of the activities identified in the Project Information section above should be included in the resumes; e.g. geotechnical investigations, foundation design analysis, seismological studies, stability analyses, seepage analyses, dam safety inspections and reporting in accordance with the National Dam Safety Inspection Program, geophysical studies, and floating plant operation etc. Individuals performing the subsurface inspections must have at least two years experience in use of Unified Soil Classification system for field classifications. Drill operators must have at least five (5) years experience. Drill helpers must have at least two (2) years experience. Only resumes identifying the professionalism and specialized experience of the group are necessary. Other available personnel may be specified in paragraph 10 of the SF 255. In addition, a list of equipment, including floating plant, must be furnished showing age and mechanical condition of the equipment along with identifying the availability of drill rigs suitable for a variety of drilling conditions and types of sampling. b) Capacity to complete the work in the required time: Drilling capability and instrumentation installation must be maintained with at least three (3) two (2) man drill crews readily available with an one (1) week notice and three (3) additional two (2) man drill crews readily available with a three (3) week notice. c) Professional registrations of at least two individuals (designer and checker) trained, experienced, and practicing in geology, geotechnical (soils engineering), civil engineering, and structural engineering. In addition, certifiedor registered soil and rock laboratory technicians, survey crews qualified drill operators and helpers are required. d) Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e) Superior performance evaluations on recently completed DOD contracts. f) Geotechnical knowledge of District work area and geographic location of office. g) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. h) Extent of 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. In addition, a brief Design Management Plan including an explanation of subcontractors (if applicable), quality control procedures and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors) must be included in paragraph 10 of the SF 255. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: a.) See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Any firm with an electronic mailbox responding to this solicitation should identify such address in the SF 255. ACASS number of the submitting office should be placed in Block 3b of the SF 255. Release of firm status will occur within 10 days after approval of any selection. Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one completed SF-255 (Revision 11-92). All responses on SF-255 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. local time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this publication to be considered for selection. The day following this CBD announcement counts as day number one (1). If the 30th day falls on Saturday, Sunday or a U.S. Government Holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next Government business day. b.) It is requested that interested firms list the fee amount and date of all DOD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in Block 9 of the SF-255. c.) Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF-254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally, all responding firms which do not have a current (within 12 months) SF-254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers must also furnish a completed SF-254. If a SF-254 is included, only the 11-92 edition of the form will be accepted. The business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in Block 3 of SF-255. Definition: A concern is small if it's annual receipts average over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $4 million. d.) No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required.. e.) No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. This is not a request for proposals. (I-007 SN017841) U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 600 M. L. KING, JR. PL., RM 821, LOUISVILLE, KY 40202-2230 Posted 09/16/99 (W-SN381128). (0259)

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