U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946

C -- GEOLOGIC AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL DACW57-99-R-0009 DUE 022800 POC Sandra Hillebrandt -- 503-808-4615 1. SUBJECT. A/E Indefinite Delivery Contract for Geologic and Geotechnical Engineering Design Services 2. CONTRACT INFORMATION. Geologic and geotechnical engineering design services are required for various projects within the boundary or assignments of the Portland District. An A/E Indefinite Delivery contract for $1,000,000 will be awarded, with a base period of one year and two option periods of one year each, NTE $3,000,000.00. At the Government's discretion, option periods could be exercised early. Each task order issued under this contract is not to exceed $1,000,000. This announcement is opened to small businesses only. The size standard for this procurement is $4,000,000.00. Estimated contract award will be May 2000. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee's office location (not the location of the work). To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. 3. PROJECT INFORMATION. Typical services to be provided will include geotechnical evaluation and analysis, foundation and embankment design, geologic mapping, and explorations. Selected firms must be able to produce engineering plats on a CADD system in Intergraph MicroStation Version 5.0 or DXF format and provide design drawings that are fully compatible with Portland District's Intergraph CADD system. A list of equipment or proposed conversion software must be contained in the firm's package so that compatibility can be verified. Construction cost estimates will be required in Corps of Engineers MicroComputer Aided Cost Estimating system (MCACES). The following services may be required under the contract, but won't be a basis for selection: Report preparation, planning reports, design reports, and plans and specifications; HTW investigation and analysis including field investigations, site characterization, analysis and evaluation of remedial actions; cost estimating. SF 254/255's need not include information on these items; however, the firm selected for negotiation may be required to furnish these services during the course of the contract. 4. SELECTION CRITERIA. Department of Defense (DoD) regulations with regard to the selection of A/E firms is based on the professional and technical qualifications necessary for the performance of the required services rather than competitive bidding procedures. To be considered for selection, responses must comply with the requirements of this announcement and must be submitted prior to the closing date. Selection criteria for this project will be based upon the following, listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by sub-criterion). Criteria a-f are primary, criteria g-h are secondary, used only as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. a. Specialized experience and technical competence relative to the following areas: (1) Foundation and embankment design including seepage, settlement, bearing capacity, stability, and seismic analysis of existing structures. (2) Evaluation and analysis of soil and rock conditions and properties, slope stability studies, ground water studies, and seismic ground motion studies. (3) Explorations, which may include; geophysical explorations; groundwater and water well investigations; landslide investigations; marine investigations; drilling, sampling, and logging of soils and rocks; and insitu testing. (4) Geologic mapping; instrumentation installation and maintenance including inclinometers, pressure meters, monitoring wells, and piezometers. b. Professional qualifications of personnel to be assigned to the project. Evaluation will consider education, training, registration, and longevity of relevant experience. Personnel provided for these services must be professional engineers or geologists with experience in geotechnical investigations and design. The following disciplines will be evaluated (minimum number to be evaluated shown in brackets to right of each discipline): (1) Geotechnical Engineers (three); (2) Geologists (three]; (3) Geophysicists (one); (4) Earthquake Engineer (one): c. Familiarity with geological and geotechnical conditions in western Oregon. d. Design Assurance: (1) Description of quality control processes used by the firm. (2) Description of management approach firm would use on this contract if successful offeror. Should address coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, and include organization chart showing inter-relationship of management and design team components. e. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. f. Current workload and capacity of firm to accomplish required services on schedule. Firm should estimate volume of work anticipated during the life of this contract, and percentage of resources available to perform the services required under this contract, including the ability to accomplish multiple task orders simultaneously. 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 total estimated effort. h. General geographic location of firm with regard to other firms and Portland District. 5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Interested A/E firms having the capability to perform this work must submit one original and two copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition) and SF 255 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants, to the following address: US Army Corps of Engineers Portland District, Contracting Division, Attn: CENWP-CT-C, Sandra L. Hillebrandt, P.O. Box 2946, Portland OR 97208-2946 or hand carried to, 333 SW First Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204-3495, not later than the close of business (4:00 p.m. p.s.t.) on February 28, 2000. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. Request for verbal presentation of qualifications will not be permitted. This is not a request for proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided. Direct technical questions to Jim Griffiths (503) 808-4850 or Richard Hannan (503) 808-4860. Direct administrative questions to Sandra L. Hillebrandt, (503) 808-4615. Reference DACW57-00-R-0009. SIC 8711 Posted 01/21/00 (W-SN417421). (0021)

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