U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

Y -- DESIGN-BUILD DRMO COMPLEX, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS SOL DACA63-00-R-0005 DUE 020200 POC Contract Specialist, Lisa Yale, (817) 978-7469 WEB: US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, lisa.k.yale@swf02.usace.army.mil. Design and construct a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO). The primary facilities will consist of altering a general purpose warehouse, constructing an open storage yard and scrap bin area, 6,640 SF administrative office, yard/Material Handling Equipment (MHE) building, 7,000 SF DEMIL/Precious metals building, vehicle scale and a load/unload dock. Utilities, road upgrades, and site improvements are required. This solicitation will be evaluated under the Two Phase Design Build Process. The evaluation criteria for Phase I, as stated below, shall be evaluated to determine the highest qualified contractors (minimum of two, but not to exceed five) and invite them into Phase II for submission of Phase II proposals. The following evaluation criteria listed in descending order of importance shall be in this solicitation unless modified by amendment prior to receipt of proposals: Phase I -- Management/Technical Proposal -- Project Organization and Personnel; Offeror Experience and Resource Commitment; Management Control Systems, Implementation and Past Success; Past Performance; Management/Technical Compliance Certification; and Financial Capacity. Phase II -- Design Proposal -- (Volume I -- Preliminary Design Proposal) -- Design Proposal; Preliminary Project Schedule; and Design Compliance Certification. (Volume II -- Cost/Price Proposal and Subcontracting Plan). The plans and specifications will be place on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free of charge. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a paper hard copy format. Notification of amendments shall be made through 3.5" diskette, CD-ROM and/or the Internet. However, the Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of ant changes to this solicitation. It is therefore the contractor's responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: "http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil". This is an UNRESTRICTED solicitation. Offerors from all qualified business concerns are solicited. Proposals from large business firms must comply with FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a Subcontracting Plan. The Fort Worth District subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontract amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 61.2%; Small Disadvantaged Business 9.1%; Women-Owned Small Business 5.0%; Historically Black Colleges & Universities/Minority Institutions (where applicable) 2.0%; and HUBZone Small Business 0.5%. Estimated Cost Range: $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00. SIC Code is 1541 and the Small Business Size Standard is $17 million. Solicitation to be issued on or about 03 January 2000. Proposals due on or about 02 February 2000. Duration of the project is approximately 512 days. Offers must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is "http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccragent/plsql/ccr.welcome". Bidders should register themselves on the Internet to receive a copy of this solicitation (CD-ROM). NO EXPRESS MAIL PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZIED ON INITIAL MAILING OF THE CD. Posted 12/07/99 (W-SN406570). (0341)

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