U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Attn: CEPOA-CT-CO, P.O. Box 898, Anchorage, AK 99506-0898 (Physical Address: 2204 Third Street, Room 56), Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-0898)

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND RELATED PROJECTS, PRIMARILY VARIOUS LOCATIONS, ALASKA SOL DACA85-00-R-0001 POC Administrative Inquiries: Mr. Ted Bales, 907/753-5666 or Technical Inquiries: Mr. Bill Boyle, 907/753-5586, Contracting Officer: Ms. Gail West 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: 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 for that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The FY00 subcontracting goals for this contract are a minimum of 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses, 9.1% of that to small disadvantaged businesses, 5.0% to woman-owned businesses, and 1.5% to HUBZone businesses. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. All responders are advised that this project may be canceled or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation and final award. The contract shall be an indefinite delivery firm fixed price type contract. The contract limit is $1 million. The contract may include options for two additional option years at an additional $1 million per year. There is no specific delivery order limit, however, it shall not exceed the limit of the contract for each year. Contract award is anticipated for Mar 00. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The AE selected would be required to have sufficient staff, flexibility, and capability to be available on an as-needed basis. Typical types of services to be provided are design of new structures, the renovation of existing structures, interior design, programming studies, landscape architecture, master planning, and construction phase services. Arctic design may either be in-house or provided by a subcontractor. The AE may be required to participate in design charrettes. The Government may require that future designs be in metric. The firm must demonstrate ability to; provide AutoCAD-formatted drawings; use MCACES-Gold (An estimating system furnished by the Government); and may be required to use Dr. Checks review program, for all projects. MCACES-Gold and Dr. Checks programs shall be furnished by the government(systems information required for Dr. Checks: Must have a web browser program, either Internet Explorer(Microsoft) or Navigator(Netscape) versions 4.0 or later; the web site is http: www.buildersnet.org drchecks; permissions and passwords will be distributed on a project-by-project basis). LOCATION: Primarily Various Locations, Alaska. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The following selection criteria headings are listed in descending order of importance: (A) professional personnel in the following disciplines -- 1) minimum in-house requirements are (weighted equally): 2 registered architects each with 5 years post-graduate experience; 2) disciplines which may be subcontracted (weighted equally): mechanical, electrical, civil, and structural engineers, specification writing, estimating, asbestos/HTRW, drafting, interior design, and landscape architectural. Responding firms MUST address each discipline, clearly indicate which shall be subcontracted, and provide a separate SF254 and SF255 for each subcontractor necessary. The contractor shall employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract work in the State of Alaska, individuals who are residents of the State, and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills to perform the contract (This means that work physically completed in the state of Alaska [i.e., geotechnical, survey, etc.] must use Alaskan residents. Please contact the Administrative POC above if you require further explanation.). (B) specialized experience and technical competence in: minimum 5 years experience arctic engineering and design; (C) location of the firm in general geographical area of the projects and knowledge of locality: availability of AE staff to meet frequently with Corps personnel in the Alaska District Corps of Engineers' office in Anchorage and ability to mobilize staff to Alaskan project sites on relatively short notice; (D) capacity to maintain schedules and accomplish required work on three simultaneous delivery orders; (E) past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with schedules; (F) volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24; and (G) 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: Firms submitting SF 255s (1 copy only) should include: (1) organization of proposed project team, (2) responsibilities and authority of key project personnel, (3) relationship of project team to overall organization of the firm, (4) a quality control plan, and (5) in block 8c of the SF 255 include a POC and phone number. The 11/92 edition of the forms MUST be used, and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, by calling the administrative contact named above, or from commercial software suppliers for use with personal computers and laser printers. Submittals must be received at the address indicated above not later than COB (4:00 pm Alaska time) on the 30th day from 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. Any submittals received after this date cannot be considered. No additional information shall be provided, and no faxed submittals shall be accepted. Solicitation packages are not provided.***** Posted 10/26/99 (W-SN395120). (0299)

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