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C -- MASONRY DESIGN FOR MASONRY BUILDINGS TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS WITHIN THE KANSAS CITY DISTRICT SOL DACW41-00-R-0009 DUE 040300 POC Greg Gulledge 816 983-3808 CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect and Engineering Services, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and Far Part 36, are required for Masonry Design for Masonry Buildings Technical Instructions within the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. SIC code 8711. FSC Code: C211. Selection will be made for a contract amount expected to be $25,000 to $100,000. This announcement is restricted to Small Businesses. A business is small for this effort if its average annual receipts do not exceed $4.0 Million. If an insufficient number of qualified firms respond to this synopsis, other qualified firms may be identified from ACASS and any other means. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: (Address the scope, disciplines and knowledge required in order of importance) The Kansas City District Corps of Engineers intends to award a contract for Engineering (A-E) services for the development of new Technical Instructions (TI) for Masonry Design for Buildings (TI 809-06). The selected A-E will be required to write selected chapters for the TI. This work requires expertise in the structural design of masonry and masonry building. Knowledge of current and pending model building codes for the structural design of masonry is required. Electronic work processing and Computer Aided Drafting incidental to the preparation of the document will be required. Selection will be made from the ACASS system. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Based on the project information above, in order of importance is: specialized experience and technical competence, professional capabilities, past performance on DOD and other contracts as determined from ACASS and other sources, capacity to initiate and complete this work, and knowledge of the locality. If the preceding criteria result in a tie, the following criteria in order of importance will be used for a tiebreaker: SDB participation, geographic proximity and volume of DOD contract awards. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one copy of a SF 255 and SF 254. The SF 255 with optional cover sheet is limited to 12 pages. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one SF 255 & SF 254, if not already on file with the Corps of Engineers, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 760 Federal Building, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, to the attention of CENWKCT-C/Vera Murray no later than close of business 3 April 2000. To check to see if you have a current SF 254 on file you may contact the ACASS center by calling 503-808-4590 or by e-mail at http://WWW.hq.usace.army.mil/CEMP/E/ES/ACASSWEB/index.htm. 5. QUESTIONS: Questions of a technical nature should be addressed to Mr. Thomas Wright at 816 983-3245 and those of an administrative nature to Vera Murray, Procurement Assistant at 816 983-3840 or by e-mail at HTTP://WWW.Vera.L.Murray@NWK02.USACE.ARMY.MIL. Posted 03/21/00 (W-SN436484). (0081)

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