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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 1,1999 PSA#2445

USAED, Kansas City, 757 Federal Building, 601 E 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2896

C -- SUPPORT OF TRAINEE BARRACKS FOR THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KCD SOL DACA41-99-R-0037 DUE 102999 POC Pamela Wellons 816 983-3802 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect and engineering services, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36, are required to support the Army Trainee Barracks program within or assigned to the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Selection will be made for one Indefinite Delivery Type Contract with a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period will not exceed $1,000,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders not to exceed the base contract amount. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in December 1999 with design completion by September 2000. 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 on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for the Kansas City District are as follows: a minimum of 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount placed with small businesses (SB), 9.1% placed with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), 4.5% placed with women-owned small businesses (WOSB) and 1% placed with HubZone small business. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. The small business standard for this effort is based on the average annual receipts of the concern and its affiliates for the preceding three (3) fiscal years. A business is small for this effort if its average annual receipts do not exceed $4.0 million. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal 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. Work orders may be assigned for any work within the jurisdiction of Northwestern Division but the selection will be based on criteria within the Kansas City District. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Included are studies, site and master planning, design and preparation of plans and specifications and engineering services during construction in support of Army Trainee Barracks program. Ft Leonard Wood is the target site for this contract and selection will emphasize experience at Ft Leonard Wood. Ft Leonard Woods first complex for trainee barracks consists of training and barracks buildings, dinning facilities, headquarters/admin facilities and possibility central heating and/or cooling plants. Force protection will be a part of this design. Estimated construction costs is over $20 million. Planning for several such complexes may be included. The AE firm may be required to prepare a design with Government designers as part of a production team as well as total design of portions of the complex. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for a general description of the AE selection process. Selection criteria are listed in order of importance. Criteria a-e are primary. Items f, g, and h are secondary and will only be used as tie breakers. a. Specialized experience and technical competence: (1) Experience in design and preparation of plans and specifications of training barracks, dining facilities, headquarter and administration and supporting utilities. (2) Installation master planning and site development in support of the barracks program. (3) Quality management procedures. Include an organizational chart and a narrative describing how quality management procedures will function. (Block 10 of SF 255) A detailed quality control plan is not required with this submission. (4) Experience with infrastructure and construction techniques at Ft Leonard Wood. (5) Experience in preparing drawings in two and three-dimensional format fully compatible with current versions of Bentley Systems, Inc. Microstation software. (Block 10 of SF 255). (6) Experience in preparing construction cost estimates utilizing MCACES for Windows. (Block 10 of SF 255) b. Professional capabilities. Qualified professional with registration of lead designers in the following key disciplines: Architects, Master Planers, Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Cost Engineers. c. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, as determined from ACASS and other sources. d. Capacity to initiate designs and complete within the time parameters of the project. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel in key disciplines. e. Experience with infrastructure and construction techniques at Ft Leonard Wood. f. Extent of participation of SB (including WOSB), SDB, historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total contracted effort. g. Geographic proximity. h. Volume of DOD contracts awarded in the last 12 months to the prime A-E firm as described in Note 24. 4. Submittal Requirements: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit two copies of SF 255 (11/92 edition) to the address listed below not later than close of business 29 October 1999. Each firm/consultant listed within the SF255 must have a current SF 254 (submitted within the last 12 months) on file with the Corps of Engineers, or one must be submitted with this package. In Block 10 also indicate the estimated percentage involvement of each firm on the proposed team. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. Submit responses to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CENWK-CT-C/Murray, 760 Federal Building, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2896. 5. Questions: Questions of a technical nature should be addressed to Roger McCollum at (816) 983-3579 and those of an administrative nature to Vera Murray, Procurement Assistant, at (816) 983-3840. Posted 09/29/99 (W-SN385976). (0272)

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