Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

C -- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DUE 050800 POC Ed Czarny 703-516-1961 17. The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Office of Logistics Management, on behalf of the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations, is seeking registered or licensed electrical consulting firms to perform professional engineering services at Foreign Service posts worldwide. Selection shall be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 36 for Architectural and Engineering services. Up to four indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contracts (IQCs) will be awarded. At least one of the contracts will be set aside for small business. The small business size standard is $4 Million or less based on the annual average gross revenue of a firm which has been in business for three or more complete fiscal years. If a large business is selected, it will be required to submit a small, minority, and disadvantaged business subcontracting plan. Each contract will guarantee $10,000 in orders over the life of the contract. The maximum dollar value of the contract shall be $1,000,000 for the base year and each option year. Contract duration shall not exceed five years. The total contract value shall not exceed $5,000,000. Other disciplines which may be required for performance of this contract include, but are not limited to, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, life safety, structural (including seismic), civil, fire alarm, physical and technical security, telecommunications cabling system, radio frequency (RF) and acoustical shielding and architectural. The successful firms shall provide electrical engineering expertise and services at existing facilities at various Department of State (DOS) offices overseas. Services may include resolution of difficult electrical engineering problems; electrical site surveys; electrical designs for renovations, additions, upgrades, and demolition; and other technical work. Surveys/designs include electrical distribution, generation, and utilization equipment: circuits and feeders; lighting/devices; incoming service; grounding; RF and acoustical shielding; uninterruptable power supplies; telecommunication cabling system; PCB abatement; short circuit protection; coordination of overcurrent protective devices; load analysis; power factor; harmonics and other power quality analyses; life cycle; and other cost analyses. The selected firms shall be responsible for developing cost estimates and bills of materials, as well as providing inspection, quality assurance/control, and testing services at construction sites and/or equipment manufacturers' facilities. In addition, the professional engineering firm will be required to perform design, constructability, biddability, maintainability, and operability reviews of drawings, specifications, calculations and documents. As part of the survey/design work, the professional engineering firm shall be required to prepare written reports, drawings, specifications, estimates, data, complete construction packages, and other documentation. For performance of this contract, the following personnel will be required: principal engineer ; senior electrical engineer; junior electrical engineer; field inspector (electrical); estimator (mainly electrical); project. manager; specification writer (mainly electrical); electrical quality control; and CADD technician. Projects shall be designed in metric units. Construction documents shall be submitted with AutoCAD R 13 or 14 files in DOS format for each submission. The successful offerors, including entities which comprise joint ventures, must possess or be capable of obtaining Secret facility security clearances issued in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operational Manual, DOD 5220.22-M, prior to contract award. Safeguarding capability for Secret classified information will also be required. Personnel performing on this contract will be required to possess Secret personnel security clearances issued by the Defense Security Service. The DOS will sponsor the selected firms for a clearance. Firms/teams responding to this announcement on or before the closing date will be considered for selection using the following evaluation criteria (100 points maximum): a) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services. This includes, but is not limited to, the education and qualifications of electrical personnel who will work on this contract 30 pts; b) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reductions, and the use of recovered materials. This includes, but is not limited to, the firms' past electrical and managerial experience in design, site surveys, and inspection of facilities- 15 points; c) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. This includes sufficiency of staff and technical resources available for this contract and not committed to other contracts; the firm's current and future workload; the ability to accomplish the work with minimum oversight by DOS; an Organization Plan; an Internal Quality Assurance Plan which includes key personnel and their responsibilities and identification of the primary office that will have responsibility for projects and the staff assigned to that office by discipline 15 pts; d) Specialized experience and technical competence in physical and technical security design for telecommunications cabling systems, RF and acoustical shielding systems and their associated power systems 15 pts; e) Past performance on contracts in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (Although previous or ongoing performance of a similar if U.S. Government contract is not a requirement for firms responding to this solicitation, if such contracts have been performed, the offeror must have performed at a satisfactory level, at a minimum. For each project identified in the responses to evaluations criteria, provide the name, address, and current telephone number of client representative and identify which members of the firm participated in the project 10 pts; f) Previous experience with overseas projects and knowledge of foreign building codes and standards and construction practices 15 pts. Each evaluation factor must be addressed under a separate heading. Firms which are short listed will be required to submit a sample quality control plan, a sample section of grounding specifications, two full size drawings (lighting plan and power plan), calculations and other items. Up to four of the most highly qualified firms will be selected. Contract award will be contingent upon the negotiation of a fair and reasonable price for hourly rates. Electrical engineering firms that meet the requirements of this solicitation are invited to submit two copies of Standard Form 254, Architectural/Engineer and Related Services questionnaire and two copies of Standard Form 255, Architect/Engineer and Related Services questionnaire for specific projects. All submittals must be received by 4:00 p.m. local time on May 8, 2000. Postal Mailing address: U.S. Dept. of State, Attn: Ed Czarny, A/LM/AQM/RA/AE, Room L-600, P.O. Box 12248 Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Virginia 22219. Courier address: U.S. Dept. of State, Attn: Ed Czarny, A/LM/AQM/RA/AE, Room L-600, 1701 N. Ft. Myer Drive (17th St. Entrance), Arlington, Virginia 22209.***** Posted 04/04/00 (W-SN441191). (0095)

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