U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL DACW63-00-R-0018 DUE 051900 POC Leslie E. Guy 817/978-5062 WEB: Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Contracting, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Leslie E. Guy, Contract Specialist, leslie.guy@swf02.usace.army.mil. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed Professional Services will be procured in accordance with PL-582 (Brooks AE Act) and FAR Part 36, obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract. All work must be performed by or under the direct supervision of licensed Professional Engineers or Architects. SIC codes 8711 and 8712 apply to this announcement. For submittal information contact Earl Wilson (817) 978-2834. The contract is anticipated to be awarded on or about July 2000. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. Estimated A-E Fee Including Options: $1,500,000.00 maximum ($500,000.00 basic; $500,000.00 each for 2 option periods) with maximum Task Order amount of $500,000.00. The maximum amount of the contract shall not exceed $1,500,000.00, and no individual task order shall exceed $500,000.00. If a large business firm is selected for this announcement it must comply with the FAR 52.219-9 clause regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intendsto subcontract. The Fort Worth District goal on work to be subcontracted is that a minimum of 61.2 % of the Contractor's total intended subcontract amount be placed as follows: 9.1% be placed with Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB); 9.4% be placed with Historically Black Colleges/Universities or Minority Institutions; 5.0% be placed with Women Owned Small Businesses (WOB); and the remaining be placed with Small Businesses (SB). The plan is not required as part of this submittal. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. The proposed services will be obtained by negotiated Firm-Fixed Price Contract. Projects outside the primary area of responsibility may be added upon approval of all parties. 2 . PROJECT INFORMATION: Submittals should be sent to CESWF-PM-VE ATTN: Earl Wilson. PO Box 17300 Room 3A28, 819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102 The VE services willbe formal VE studies including presentations and will be so designated in each Task Order. The firm must indicate capability to complete any study in four weeks or less from receipt of the Task Order. Tasks will include VE analysis of concept, preliminary or final design submittals and a final report. The study group, meeting on five consecutive workdays, will follow the six -step plan as recognized by the Society of American Value Engineers (SAVE) International. The team leader must be knowledgeable of the principles of Value Engineering. VE reports and 3.5" double sided high density disks for VERT and VEDIS are to be assembled and distributed by the second Tuesday after completion of each oral presentation. Projects requiring VE services may be designed in metric units, therefore, team members must have knowledge and experience in metric design units. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 (Monday issue) for general description of the A-E selection process. The selection criteria in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion) are listed below. Criteria (a-g) are primary and (h) is secondary: (a) Professional Qualifications: The VE team leader will be one with professional qualifications with consideration for education, training, professional registration, organization certifications, overall and relevant experience, longevity with the firm and/or completed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 40-hour VE work shop. Firms should provide resumes in the SF 255 for an architect or engineer, and each must be professionally registered. Only resumes identifying the professionalism and specialized experience are necessary. Other available personnel may be specified in paragraph 10 of the SF 255. The VE team leader must be a professionally registered engineer or architect on the prime A-E staff. (b) Specialized Experience: (1) Technical competence and experience in metric units must be shown; (2) Experience must be shown of the firm in VE studies of building type, earthen and concrete construction and related activities such as utilities, site work, etc., and environmental restoration projects, energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials; (3) Experience of the VE team leader(s) in VE studies must be shown; (c) Capacity to complete the work in the required time. (d) Capable of providing a complete VE team with team member resumes to study the design for VE changes and cost effectiveness. The effort shall include study of all criteria, plans, specifications, design analysis, cost estimates, and other information used for development of the existing design. The VE study is to develop alternate designs for achieving the required mission(s) or function(s) at the lowest overall cost consistent with performance requirements for structures, structure siting, site development, equipment, electrical and mechanical systems, material or methods. The study should examine high cost including life cycle cost. The VE team should consider the latest technology in development of alternatives to achieve maximum results for life cycle cost, improved quality, energy conservation, functional use, and first cost (construction) savings. Alternatives shall include "CURRENT" and "RECOMMENDED" design sketches, cost estimates, life-cycle cost considerations with calculations, and isometrics as necessary. The following is a real project on a Rail Deployment Complex at Fort Bliss, TX, that will require a VE study. Anticipated VE study time is August/September 2000. For evaluation purposes a proposed VE team shall be furnished for this project. Construct a rail deployment facility to support the rapid deployment of strategic mobility forces. The facility will consist of rail loading spurs with loading ramps, rail storage spurs, turnouts, switches, engine maintenance shop, material handling equipment (MHE) shelter, purchase and repair of existing leased rail line, paved marshalling area, wash facility, paved road access, "hot" ammunition (ammo) loading area, paved container storage and loading area, platform scales, operations building, latrines, personnel sun shelters, ammo rail loading ramp, and truck loading ramp. Project includes preparation work for future energy monitoring and control system (EMCS). Supporting facilities include utilities; electric service; fire protection and alarm systems; paving, walks, curbs and gutters; lightning protection; night operation lighting; perimeter security fencing and gates with lighting; storm drainage; information systems; and site improvements. Heating (gas-fired) and evaporative cooling will be provided by self-contained systems.PRIMARY FACILITY : Railroad Tracks, Turnouts, Repair Railroad Tracks, Loading Ramps-Rail, Loading Ramps-Truck. SUPPORING FACILITIES; Electric Service, Water, Sewer, Gas, Paving, Walks, Curbs and Gutters, Storm Drainage, Site Improvement, Demolition, Information Systems and Antiterrorism/Force Protection (e) Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (f) Capable of performing three VE studies at a time. (g) Furnish a recent VE report for evaluation purposes. (h) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: (a) See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one completed SF 255 (Revision 11-92), U.S. Government A/E and Related Services for Specific Projects to the office shown above. All responses on SF 255 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. local time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this publication to be considered for selection. The day following this CBD announcement counts as day number 1. If the 30th day falls on Saturday, Sunday or a U.S. Government holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next Government business day. (b) It is requested that interested firms list the contract amount and date of all DOD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in Block 9 of the SF 255. (c) Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF 254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally, all responding firms which do not have a current (within the past 12 months) SF 254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, must also furnish a completed SF 254. The business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in Block 3 of the SF 255. Definition: A concern is small if the annual receipts averaged over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $4 million. d. No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required. e. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A/E contracts. To receive an ACASS number, call (503) 808-4591. ACASS number for the office performing the work must be shown in Block 3b of the SF 255. Any firm with an electronic mailbox responding to this solicitation should identify such address in the SF 255. Release of firm status will occur within 10 days after approval of any selection. This is not a request for proposals. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 819 Taylor St., Fort Worth, TX 76102. Posted 04/19/00 (W-SN446787). (0110)

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