USDA, ARS, NPA, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Suite 150, Fort Collins, CO 80525-5562

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINERING SERVICES SOL 2525-82HW-00 DUE 111099 POC Fax the Procurement Clerk on 970-229-5531. The USDA Agricultural Research Service intends to negotiate and award an Architect-Engineering Service (A-E) contract for it's facilities located in Logan, UT. The A-E contract may be for one year with four one-year options. It will be an indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contract for A-E services such as, but not limited to surveys, studies, preparation of design specifications, drawings, and cost estimates for laboratory renovations, office renovations, landscape, new building and parking lot construction, etc. Evaluation of firms will be made on the following criteria, in descending order of importance: A) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project. B) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services, such as facility designs and legal surveys. The selected A-E will have professional registration (for the architect, engineers, and surveyor of record) in the state of Utah. If the A-E is registered in states other than this state, then they will be required to obtain registration in this state by reciprocity or by comity for purposes of making submission of plans to State and local officials for review. C) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including, where appropriate, experiences in energy conservation, agricultural buildings, research laboratories, and greenhouses. D) Estimating experience and historical accuracy. E) Capacity to accomplish the work in the negotiated time. F) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality or work, and compliance with performance schedules. G) Acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria. H) Quality Control efforts to produce acceptable documents. I) Inspection Services to assure Construction compliance. This is a 100 percent set-aside for small business (less than $2.5 Million/year). Firms meeting this requirement are invited to submit SF-254s and SF-255s under the solicitation number, 2525-82HW-00 to USDA-ARS-NPA (Contracting), 1201 Oakridge Drive, Suite 150, Fort Collins, CO 80525-5562 by noon on November 10, 1999. Any SF-254 and SF-255 forms received after this exact time set for receipt will be handled in accordance with FAR Regulations, paragraph 15.208. This is not a Request for Proposal. Posted 10/07/99 (W-SN390137). (0280)

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