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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 22,1999 PSA#2460

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia Wanamaker Building, Room 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECT ENGINEER SPECIAL STUDIES SERVICES POC Contact Robert Bencal (215) 656-6606 CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a one-year Indefinite Delivery Contract for Architect-Engineer Services for the Special Studies Program. There shall be options for two additional years. The option years will be awarded based on value first then time at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. The fee for any one task order cannot exceed $400,000 with the cumulative amount of all task orders not to exceed $400,000 in the base year or either option year. The cumulative amount for the base and two option years shall not exceed $1,200,000. Work under this contract will primarily be in the Delaware River Basin and Estuary, which includes portions of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. Work outside this area may be required. The A/E will primarily provide assistance to the Project Development Branch of the Planning Division within the District. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work under this contract is for water resources planning with emphasis on environmental initiatives related to environmental protection and restoration (including but not limited to Fish & Wildlife, beneficial use of dredged material, navigation, and recreation). The work will require planning, engineering, economics, and environmental investigations, tests, analysis, reports, evaluations, and concept, preliminary and detailed designs (including drawings, specifications, and estimates), and related efforts. Incremental Analysis, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, Benefit to Cost Analysis, Risk and Sensitivity Analysis are elements of the work to be completed under this contract. The firm must be qualified in the work areas described and be familiar with Corps of Engineers' requirements and regulations for the preparation of planning reports. The firm contracted will require specialized experience in habitat evaluation, biology, dredged material disposal, environmental testing and analysis, plan formulation, environmental engineering, civil engineering, and report writing. Required disciplines include: project managers, civil engineers, hydraulic/hydrologic engineers, CADD operators (with AutoCAD experience), draftsmen, illustrators, environmental engineers, environmental scientists, GIS specialists (with ARC/INFO experience), digital and other related modelers, biologists, ecologists, estimators (with MCACES experience), specification writers (with SPECSINTACT experience), technicians, report writers, and word processors. The firms shall provide demonstrated sample collection, testing and analysis capabilities related to environmental work. The firm must also be able to develop and/or use computer software to analyze and organize the various data collected; this work is classified as Information Technology (IT) Resources. The firms must be able to provide compatible digital products in disk or CD ROM. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant selection evaluation criteria in relative descending order of importance will include: (1) Specialized experience of the firm in the primary work required and familiarity with Corps procedures and all related regulations; (2) Professional qualifications necessary to complete the work; (3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish multiple projects simultaneously within required time and within cost limitations; (4) Past performance with Department of Defense contracts; (5) Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the district will be a secondary selection element provided a sufficient number of qualified firms respond to this announcement; (6) 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. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor will submit for government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. The District reserves the right to terminate negotiations with firms that do not respond to Government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. in accordance with established schedules. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform the work must submit one copy of the completed SF 254 (revised 11/92) and SF 255 (revised 11/92) for the prime firm and SF 254 for 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 day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include ACASS number in Block 3b of SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at 503-808-3459 to obtain a number. All responders are advised that this requirement may be canceled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation and/or final award process. It is required that all responding firms clearly present billing amounts for all Corps of Engineers work as well as all other DOD work for the last 12 months. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made. Posted 10/19/99 (W-SN392980). (0292)

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