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

C -- HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING SERVICES SOL DACW57-00-R-0011 DUE 031500 POC Administrative: Sue Mechals, (503) 808-4619; Technical: Michael Cristler, (503) 808-4357 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Operations Division proposes to contract for Hydrographic Surveying Services within the Portland District. The geographical area of responsibility includes portions of Oregon and Washington. This announcement is open to large and small businesses. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9, regarding the requirements for a subcontracting plan in that part of the work it intends to subcontract. Minimum target goals are as follows: 61.4% planned subcontracting dollars should be placed with small business concerns, 9.1% of those planned dollars should be placed with small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and 5% of those planned dollars with small business concerns owned or controlled by women. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Hydrographic survey work will be confined to major rivers, inland bays or ocean harbors and jetties. Some near-shore ocean work may berequired. Architect-Engineer Indefinite Delivery Contract for $400,000 will be awarded, for the base contract period of one year and $400,000 for each of the two option years. Individual task orders shall not exceed the annual contract amount. The projected commencement date for this contract is November 2000. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Typical services to be provided will include establishment of geodetic control, single beam bathymetric surveys and multi-beam high-resolution bathymetric surveys and some topographical mapping. Selected firms must currently employ Professional Land Surveyor(s) who are licensed in the States of Oregon and Washington. Selected firms must be able to produce topographical mapping data on a CADD system in Intergraph Micro-Station "J", version 6.0 format, or in a AutoCAD DWG file 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 firms' package so that compatibility can be verified. Selected firms must be able to provide complete hydrographic survey data files on high-density diskettes, zip disks or CDs, in an ASCII format and in Intergraph Micro-Station "J" DGN format. A list of all equipment and software must be contained in the firms' package. Various written reports and safety plans will be required under the contract, but will not be a basis for selection. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria for this project will be based upon the following, listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria a-e is primary, criteria f-i is secondary, used only as "tie breakers" among technically equal firms. a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: Evaluation will consider specialized experience on similar projects, quality management procedures, pollution prevention, compatibility with Intergraph Micro-Station "J", version 6.0 format CADD system and technical capabilities such as equipment resources to perform the required services, at a minimum: (1) Survey vessel(s) with a minimum length of 24 ft., with a demonstrable speed of 20 knots and a work boat with a minimum length of 12 ft.; (2) For each such survey vessel, a electronic positioning system, a total integrated hydrographic survey computer system, software, a digital/analog depth recorder with a motion sensor unit, and bar check calibration equipment; (3) Survey instruments, computers and other pertinent equipment available for geodetic control survey work. b. Professional Qualifications: Evaluation will consider personnel to be assigned to the project, education, training, registration, overall and relevant experience in hydrographic and geodetic surveying and longevity with the firm. The following disciplines will be evaluated: (1) Supervisory Project Surveyor; (2) Computer/CADD Technician; (3) Hydrographic Computer Technician; (4) Clerical Technician; (5) Party Chief; (6) 1st Survey Technician; (7) 2nd Survey Technician; (8) Survey Aide; (9) Boat operator. c. Past Performance: Evaluation will consider past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. d. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: Evaluation will consider the ability to meet the schedule of the overall project. Ability to provide a minimum number of crews for surveying, data collection and post processing. Ability to accomplish a certain number of task orders simultaneously. The minimum number of personnel in a certain discipline to be assigned to the project and a proposed project organization chart with lines of authority. e. Knowledge of the Locality: Evaluation will consider the knowledge of local river basins, geological features, coastline features, tides and climatic conditions. f. SB and SDB Participation: The extent of participation of small businesses, Woman-Owned Small Business, small disadvantaged business, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions inthe proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. g. Geographic Proximity: Location of the firm in the general geographical area of the Portland District. h. Equitable Distribution of DoD Contracts: The firm's volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. i. ACSM: Firms personnel with an American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), In-shore Hydrographer Certification. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit three copies of SF 255 (11/92 edition), and three 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 firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call (503) 808-4590. Send your forms to: Contracting Division, Attn: Susan Mechals, PO Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946, or hand deliver to: 333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, OR 97204. Only those responses received by the Portland District Contracting Division prior to 1600 local time on the date indicated will be considered. No other general notification for this project will be made, and no further action beyond submission of a request for consideration and SF 254 and SF 255 is required. Reference DACW57-00-R-0011 on your forms. All A-E firms responding shall indicate their size in Block 4 of the SF 254. This procurement is open to both large and small businesses. The small business size standard for this procurement is a firm with average annual sales or receipts, including all affiliates, for the preceding three years not in excess of 4.0 million. Request for verbal presentation of qualifications prior to the closing date of this announcement will not be permitted. Technical questions should be directed to Mr. Michael D. Cristler, (503) 808-4357. Administrative questions should be directed to Susan Mechals, (503) 808-4619. This is not a Request for Proposal. ** SIC 8713 ** Posted 02/10/00 (W-SN424334). (0041)

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