Huntington District Corps of Engineers, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, WV 25701-2070

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECT ENGINEER SERVICES FOR COST ENGINEERING, COST ESTIMATING, VALUE ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES POC Janice C. Swann, CONTRACT SPECIALIST (304) 529-5961, Janet L. Edwards, ACTING TEAM LEADER CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineer services for Cost Engineering, Cost Estimating, Value Engineering, and Project Management to be procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks Act) and FAR Part 36, are required for various projects. One indefinite delivery contract will be negotiated and awarded, with a base period not to exceed one year and two additional option periods not to exceed one year each. The monetary amount of each contract period will not exceed $1,000,000.00 each. An option period may be exercised when the contract amounts for the base period or the preceding option have been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed- price work orders. Award of the contract is anticipated to be made in March 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 plan is NOT required with this submittal. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under the resulting contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E services required will be cost engineering, cost estimating, value engineering studies and project management services for civil works, military, and hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste (HTRW) projects. These projects may be located anywhere within the United States. Work will require use of MCACES cost estimating software developed by Building Systems Design, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. Primavera project management software, and the Corps PROMIS software. Prospective firms must have experience in cost engineering and project management for civil works, military and HTRW projects and experience with the Corps of Engineers value engineering process. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria a-d are primary. Criteria e-f are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. a. Professional Qualifications: Education, training, registration, and longevity with the firm of key management and technical personnel. b. Capacity: Firm must show available capacity of key disciplines to perform work in a timely manner. c. Specialized experience: Firm must demonstrate specialized experience on similar projects, in the use of required software, and in the Corps of Engineers cost engineering, project management and value engineering processes. d. Past performance: Performance on contracts with Government agencies in terms of Quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. e. 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 estimated effort. f. Volume of DOD contract awardsduring the last 12 months as Described in Note 24. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24. For general submission requirements. Interested firms having capabilities to perform this work must submit two copies of SF 255 (11/92 edition) and two copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and 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 the firms ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information call (503)326-3459. Solicitation packages are not available. This is not a request for proposal. Posted 11/04/99 (W-SN398368). (0308)

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