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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 16,2000 PSA#2538U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970,
Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019 C -- A-E SERVICE FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINE MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY
DESIGN/SUPPORT FOR OTHERS/CIVIL DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
SERVICES FOR FLORIDA, PUERTO RICO, U.S.V.I., AND THE CARIBBEAN AREA SOL
DACW17-00-R-0015 DUE 032000 POC Vicki V. Tipton, 904-232-1146 WEB:
Business Opportunities, http://www.saj.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click
here to contact the Contract Specialist,
Vicki.V.Tipton@saj.usace.army.mil. This solicitation is set aside for
small business concerns. Up to two contracts may be awarded from this
solicitation. The contract will be an Indefinite-Delivery,
Indefinite-Quantity contract for a period of one year from date of
award, with options to extend for two additional years; not to exceed
a total of three years. The Government reserves the right to exercise
the contract options before the 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. Work
will be assigned by negotiated task orders. Maximum order limits are
$1,000,000 for each contract year and $1,000,000 per task order. The
primary purpose of these proposed contracts is to provide services for
projects located within the geographic boundaries of the Jacksonville
District. Secondarily, the contracts may be used to provide services
within the geographic boundaries of any other U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers district.The contractor will have the right to refuse orders
for services to be performed outside the geographic boundaries of the
Jacksonville District. Criteria used in allocating task orders among
the contracts include performance and quality of deliverables under
current task orders, current capacity to accomplish the order in the
required time, specialized experience, equitable distribution of the
work among the contractors, and other relevant factors. PROJECT
INFORMATION: Services will include design services for civil works
project studies and designs, preparation of design memorandums,
preparation of cost estimates in MCACES Gold format, preparation of
design calculations, and preparation of construction
plans/specifications suitable for use in competitive bidding processes.
The work will encompass all types of civil works activities, including
flood control (hydraulic spillway structures); structural design and
analysis; beach renourishment and erosion control; jetty design;
navigation projects including dredging; bridge design; site plans;
utility systems including electrical; and paving, grading, and drainage
plans. The successful firm must be prepared to respond on short notice
to requirements resulting from natural disasters such as floods or
hurricanes. Factors for Evaluation in order of priority are: 1.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: Firms must clearly
demonstrate specialized experience and expertise in the preparation of
plans, specifications, various federal reports and studies, design
memorandums, cost estimating, design analysis for all phases of civil
engineering and related work; and, ability to prepare construction
drawings and specifications in digital format on magnetic tape and/or
compact disk using Intergraph's Bentley System Microstation CADD
system, construction cost estimates utilizing Government provided
MCACES Gold software and preparation of plans and specifications using
Metric Standards of Measurement. 2. SIZE AND EXPERTISE OF STAFF: Firm
must have, either in-house or through association with qualified
subcontractors, U.S. registered personnel as follows: Architects,
Engineers, and Landscape Architects. Engineering staff must include,
but not be limited to,the following disciplines: Civil, Mechanical,
Structural, Geotechnical, Coastal, Hydraulic, Hydrology, Soil,
Sanitary, and Electrical. Additionally, a Registered Land Surveyor and
all necessary supervisory and administrative personnel necessary for
preparing contract bid documents are also required. 3. CAPACITY TO
ACCOMPLISH THE WORK IN THE REQUIRED TIME: Firm must have the capacity
to commence work within fifteen days after receipt of notification to
proceed with a task order and accomplish it in accordance with
scheduled completion dates. 4. PAST PERFORMANCE: Past performance on
contracts with Government agencies and private industry regarding
quality and timeliness of work will be reviewed. Past DOD experience
data available to the Government through the A-E Contract
Administration Support System (ACASS), and information available from
other sources, will be utilized for prior performance evaluation. THE
FOLLOWING SECONDARY CRITERIA WILL BE USED AS TIEBREAKERS: 5. VOLUME OF
PAST DOD CONTRACTS AWARDED TO FIRM: Work previously awarded to the
firm by DOD will be reviewed with the objective of effecting equitable
distribution of contracts among equally qualified firms. 6. GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION OF FIRM RELATIVE TO THE WORKSITE: Location of the firm
relative to the worksite (considered the Jacksonville District Office)
will be considered provided there is an adequate number of qualified
firms for consideration. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms meeting the
requirements described in this announcement and wishing to be
considered, must submit one copy each of SF 254 and SF 255 for the firm
or joint venture and SF 254 for each subcontractor. In Block 4 of SF
255 list only the office personnel for the office to perform the work
which is indicated in Block 3B. Additional personnel strengths,
including consultants and subcontractors, should be indicated
parenthetically, and their source clearly identified. In Block 7G of
the SF 255, indicate specific project experience for key team members
and indicate the team member's role on each listed project (architect,
project manager, etc.). Submittal of supplemental attachments to SF
255 addressing evaluation factors 1-4 is strongly recommended.
Submittal package must be received in this office at the address
indicated below, no later than 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time on March 20,
2000. Submittals received after this date and time will not be
considered. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentations
beyond those sufficient to present a complete and effective response to
this announcement are not desired. The Director of Defense Procurement
has issued a final rule requiring that contractors must be registered
in the CCR before receiving a contract from any activity of the
Department of Defense. The rule authorizes contracting officers to
reject offers from contractors that have not registered. (The CCR's web
site may be accessed at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec.). All interested
firms are reminded that the successful firm will be expected to place
subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent with small and small
disadvantaged firms in accordance with the provisions of Public Law
95-507. Response to this ad should be in writing only; telephone calls
and personal visits are discouraged. The required forms shall be
submitted to the following address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN:
CESAJ-EN-DC, 400 West Bay Street, Room 1044, Jacksonville, FL
32202-4412 or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CESAJ-EN-DC, P.O. Box
4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019. This is not a request for proposal.
See our Web Page at www.saj.usace.army.mil. Posted 02/14/00
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