U. S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, P.O. Box 889, Savannah, Georgia 31402-0889

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANITITY CONTRACT FOR VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES WORLDWIDE SOL DACA21-00-R-0015 POC Rick Gangloff, OVEST, 912-652-5172 (Technical Questions) or Ms. Leila Hollis at 912-652-5105 (Contractural Questions) WEB: Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Contracting, www.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Leila Hollis, leila.hollis@sas02.usace.army.mil. Value Engineering Services are sought to assist the Corps of Engineers (COE), Office of the Chief of Engineers, Value Engineering Study Team (OVEST) in performing formal Value Engineering studies for major Government projects worldwide and will be so designated in each task order. This will be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract and is anticipated to be awarded in May 2000. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. The contract will consist of a basic ordering period and two option periods, each period not to exceed one year, for a total of three years. The total of all task orders during each ordering period may not exceed $500,000. Individual task orders may not exceed $500,000. The total amount of the contract over the three-year ordering period may not exceed $1,500,000. The Government may exercise a contract option before expiration of the base contract period (or preceding option period), if the contract amount for the base period (or preceding option period)has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. This announcement is open to all firms regardless of size. Large business offerors must identify subcontracting opportunities with small business, HUBZone small business, small woman-owned business, and small disadvantaged business on their SF 255. If selected the large business offeror will be required to submit a small/small disadvantaged & women owned subcontracting plan in accordance with FAR 52-219.9 and FAR/DFAR/EFAR/AFAR, Part 19.7 as a part of the Request for Proposal package. The following subcontracting goals are the minimum acceptable goals to be included in the subcontracting plan. OF THE SUBCONTRACTED WORK, 62% TO SMALL BUSINESS: 10% TO SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS); 5% TO WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS); 1.5% HUBZone small business (A COMPOSITE OF SMALL BUSINESS). Large business firms that intend to do any subcontracting must convey their intent to meet the minimum subcontracting goals on the SF 255,Block 6. Written justification must be provided if the minimum goals cannot be provided. For additional information concerning SUBCONTRACTING PLAN requirements, please contact Gwen Parker at 912/652-5340. **** 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Services of a qualified AE firm are sought to conduct and participate in Value Engineering (VE) studies on complex military and government facilities, utilities projects, industrial plant and process projects, environmental and civil works water resource projects, involving a wide variety of engineering expertise. Studies will be conducted at various sites worldwide and frequent travel will be required. Services may include one or more of the following: a) Provide complete VE teams including a qualified team leader and supporting disciplines to perform VE studies under OVEST management. b) Provide individual VE team members with specialized expertise to augment VE studies conducted by OVEST. c) Provide support in producing and distributing VE reports for OVEST. d) Provide experienced facilitators for Functional Analysis Concept Development (FACD) charette workshops under OVEST management. e) Participate in presentations of VE study reports with OVEST. All members of the VE team will be trained and experienced in VE methodology. The VE team leader or FACD facilitator shall be a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) or have completed the 40 hour COE VE workshop or equivalent certified training. Responding firms must show organization capability to assemble qualified teams and conduct VE studies with 1 or 2 weeks advance notice and have the ability to assemble and distribute VE reports within 10 days after the start of a VE study. The selected firm may have to obtain security clearances through the Defense Investigative Services (DIS). The following required disciplines must be shown in Block 4 of SF 255 and will be evaluated in this selection: Civil engineers, architects, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, fire protection engineers, geotechnical engineers, environmental engineers, civil/sanitary engineers, civil/transportation engineers, dredging engineers, and marine and coastal engineers, construction engineers, cost estimating specialists, and others as required. The following specialists may be required but will NOT be evaluated in this selection and DO NOT need to be shown in Block 4 of SF 255: Water treatment specialists, industrial hygienists, geologists, chemists, physicists, biologists, marine biologists, botanists, wildlife management specialists, contract specialists, construction scheduling specialists, medical equipment and laboratory specialists, medical facility planners, communication specialists, mechanical controls specialists, hydropower generating specialists, dam design specialists, hydrogeologists, hydrologists, interior designers, landscape architects, and others as required. Firms should address in Block 10 of SF 255 how they will access specialized consultants if required for specific task orders. **** 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Items a) through E) are primary criteria. Items f) and g) are secondary criteria and will not be used only as a tie-breaker among equally qualified firms. (See Note 24 for the general selection process). a) Specialized experience in the follow: 1) Proven ability to provide VE teams with short notice (1 to 2 weeks) and conduct quality VE studies for military and Government facilities, utilities projects, industrial plants and process facilities, environmental and civil works water resource projects. 2) Proven ability to provide experience VE team members with short notice including the engineering disciplines and specialists listed above. 3) Proven ability to produce and distribute automated reports including graphics as required for quality VE studies within a short timeframe (10 days). 4) Proven ability to provide facilitators for Functional Analysis Concept Development (FACD) charette workshops with short notice (1 to 2 weeks). b) Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work,and compliance with performance schedules. c) Capacity to assemble concurrent VE teams simultaneous studies including the engineering disciplines and specialists listed above. d) Professional qualifications of key management and professional staff members including VE experience. e) Knowledge of various localities, climates and foreign countries as they pertain to construction methods and area cost factors, worldwide. Specific project locations have not bee identified at this time. f) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, WO, historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured by the percentage of the estimated effort. g) Volume of DoD awards in the last 12 months as describe in Note 24. **** 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one (1) copy of SF 255 (11/92 edition) for PRIME and one (1) copy of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for prime and all consultants, to the following address: U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, ATTN: Karen Cooper, CESAS-EN-ES, 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401-3640 not later than the close of business 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 the NEXT BUSINESS DAY. Block 10 of SF 255 SHALL NOT EXCEED PAGES PRINTED ONE SIDE OR 5 DOUBLE SIDED PAGES and the FONT USED FOR THIS SHOULD BE 10 or larger. Include the FIRM's ACASS number in Block 3b of the SF 255. All required disciplines listed above shall be identified in Block 4 of SF 255 with DETAILED qualifications including experience in Value Engineering in BLOCK 7 of SF 255. FOR ACASS INFORMATION, CALL 503/326-3459. NO FAXED SUBMITTALS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc.) are not desired and will not be considered. PHONE CALLS are discouraged unless absolutely necessary. PERSONAL VISITS for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. Posted 02/09/00 (W-SN423420). (0040)

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