U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division, 190 Fifth Street East, St. Paul, MN 55101-1638

H -- CONTRUCTION INSPECTION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES SOL DACW37-00-R-0008 DUE 041700 POC POC Contract Specialist ANTHONY FOSTER 651/290-5415 Contracting Officer F.J. MITCHELL 651/290-5763 E-MAIL: POC Contract Specialist ANTHONY FOSTER, anthony.m.foster@mvp02.usace.army.mil. Services to be performed are for construction contracts in the states of North Dakota and Minnesota. Construction activities to be inspected will include, but are not limited to, excavation, embankment construction, pipe installation, concrete and sheet pile retaining wall construction, riprap placement, roads and walkways, and construction safety. Quality assurance and office engineering services will include, but are not limited to, labor interviews, accident reporting, maintenance of as-built and shop drawings coordinating and performing quality assurance testing, maintaining a submittal register, and quality assurance reporting. Office engineering activities will include the preparationand/or assembly of change orders to the contract which includes the writing of scopes of work, pre-negotiation objective memorandums and price negotiation memorandums. Interested firms must show proven construction inspection, quality assurance and office engineering experiences. Individuals assigned must have a minimum of 5 years of construction inspection acceptable to the Government. Inspectors shall also have a minimum of 2 years construction inspection experience on projects involving activities similar to those on a typical Corps of Engineers flood control project, e.g. earthwork and heavy construction, sheet pile shored excavation and structural concrete placement. Firms must be able to demonstrate the capacity to assign up to 4 individuals for short durations(greater than 6 months), as needed. This is a indenfinite delivery contract and actual work will be issued under individual task orders. The SIC Code for this procurement is 8741, size standard is $5 million average annual receipts for the proceeding three fiscal years. THIS PROCUREMENT IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. Selection shall be based on all evaluationfactors, in order of priority: 1.) Qualifications (relevant experience and relevant education) of the individuals related to the requirements being proposed for the contract; 2.) Construction Inspection/Quality Control/Quality Assurance experience of the Contractror; and 3.) Past performance of the Contractor. Price will not be scored but will be evaluated through the use of price analysis (FAR 15.404-1.) The Request For Proposal is expected to be available approximately March 17, 2000, with proposal due April 17, 2000. The specification will be available in CD-ROM format only. Ordering of the CD-ROM shall be made by registering via the St. Paul District wed site at www.mvp.usace.army.mil (click on Contracting, then Advertised Solicitations.) There is no charge for the CD. Posted 03/03/00 (W-SN430914). (0063)

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