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C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL PLANNING SERVICES POC Contact: Robert M. Bencal, 215-656-6606 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Contract for Comprehensive Coastal Planning Services to support the Civil Works and Work for Others missions assigned to the District. The contract shall be for up to a one (1) 12 month base period with options for two (2) additional periods not to exceed 12 months each. The maximum task order limit is $1,000,000.00. The cumulative amount of all task orders shall not exceed $1,000,000.00 in either the base period or either option period. The cumulative total for the base and option periods shall not exceed $3,000,000.00. Option will be awarded based on value first then time at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work will normally be within the geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District, including but not limited to the Delaware River, the Delaware Bay, their tributaries, and the Atlantic Ocean Coastlines and Bays, which includes the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal area of Maryland. Work outside the above noted areas and the Philadelphia District boundaries may be required under this contract. All work and design type efforts shall be in accordance with EM385-1-1 USACOE Safety and Health Requirements Manual. The selected firm will primarily provide assistance to the Coastal Planning Section of the Planning Division within the District by completing planning, engineering, environmental and economic investigations, analysis, studies, reports, concept, preliminary and detailed designs, and related efforts pertaining to Corps of Engineers projects. Work with other groups within the Philadelphia District or outside the Philadelphia District may be required. The firms will be used primarily for coastal and estuarine resources planning, coastal engineering, designs related to the coast, investigations, coastal analysis and modeling, environmental restoration, and the preparation of studies and reports. The firms must have available adequate numbers of professionals experienced in the following fields: Project management, coastal data acquisition; coastal processes, coastal engineering, modeling of environmental and coastal circulation models; environmental planning, environmental testing and analysis and engineering; habitat evaluation, dredged material disposal; coastal engineering (with MCACES experience preferred); Geographic Information Systems (ArcInfo); structural and civil design; computer aided design and drafting (AutoCADD); plan formulation; hydrology and hydraulics; economics; benefit to cost analysis, incremental cost analysis; life cycle cost analysis, and risk and sensitivity analysis; institutional studies; financial analysis; public involvement; and graphic arts and report writing. The firm must be familiar with Corps of Engineer requirements and regulations for the preparation of planning reports and plans and specifications (with SPECSINTACT experience preferred). The firms must be able toprovide compatible digital products in disk and CD ROM formats. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant evaluation criteria listed in relative descending order of importance are: (1) Specialized experience in the above noted areas and familiarity with Corps procedures and all related regulations and general experience in the other areas and disciplines noted above, including where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction and the use of recovered materials; (2) Professional qualifications of the staff in the types of work noted; (3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish multiple task orders within required time and cost limitations; (4) Past performance on relevant Department of Defense contracts will be a factor, however, lack of such performance will not necessarily preclude a firm from consideration; (5) Volume of DOD contract awards and the dollar amounts for the 12 months preceding this announcement; (6) Location of the firm with respect to work sites will be secondary consideration provided that a sufficient number of qualified firms respond to this announcement; (7) 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 in which the contractor's response to requests for proposals or information has not been provided in accordance with the established schedules. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform the work must submit one copy of the SF 254 (revised 11/92) and SF 255 (revised 11/92) for the prime and SF 254 for each consultant, 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 the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at (503) 808-4591 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made.***** Posted 01/20/00 (W-SN417267). (0020)

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