USDI, National Park Service, Southwest Support Office, P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87504-0728

C -- CADESTRAL SURVEYING, MAPPING AND RELATED SERVICES FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS SOL RP12530000189 DUE 051700 POC Tammy K. Gallegos, Contract Specialist, 505-988-6085 E-MAIL: tammy_gallegos@nps.gov, tammy_gallegos@nps.gov. This will be an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity type contract for the base year and four option years with a minimum order of $10,000,not to exceed $1,000,000 for the life of the contract which provides to the Government professional cadastral surveying, mapping and related services as needed for selected projects throughout out the State of Texas for Intermountain Region, National Park Service Units. The service required but not limited to, may consist of boundary survey of individual park units, individual tract surveys, ALTA surveys, topographic surveys and mapping, gradient boundary survey, coastal boundary survey, intracostal waterway boundary survey, all types of aerial mapping, ortho photos, photographic overlays and mosaics. Firm desiring consideration should submit Standard Forms SF-254 and SF-255, and any other appropriate data in numbered Note 24. Only firms that respond to this synopsis by filling a current SF-254 and SF-255 will be considered. All firms who have standing SF-254'sand SF-255's on file in our must respond to this announcement with a current SF-254/255 relative to the referenced solicitation. The procurement is open to small and large businesses in accordance with PL 100-656. If the apparent successful offeror is a large business, it will be required to submit a sub-contracting plan which will separate percentage goals for using small business and small disadvantaged business concerns as sub-contractors. If other firms are to be considered along with the primary firm, SF-254/255s must be submitted for each firm. This is not a request for proposal. The significant evaluation factors listed in relative order of importance are: (1) Surveying firms both primary and sub-contractors must have a Texas Licensed State Land Surveyor employed on staff. This does not apply to aerial mapping firms. (2) The firm(s) must be capable of presenting evidence of experience in successfully performing gradient boundary surveys on watercourses in the State of Texas. Such surveys must have been conducted in conformance with the "Original Legal Authority" as rendered in the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1923, and which was confirmed by Decree of the Court on June 9, 1924, (Oklahoma v. Texas 43 S. Ct. 221, 43 S. Ct. 376 and 44 S. Ct. 573) deemed acceptable by the Texas General Land Office. (3) The firm(s) must be capable of presenting evidence of experience in successfully performing boundary and land surveys in all types of terrain, i.e. urban, timberlands, desert, coastal and wetlands and in areas of Spanish and Mexican land grant and railroad surveys in the State of Texas. (4) The firms must be able to demonstrate experience in production of all types of aerial photography and mapping in digital and hard copy formats, i.e. topographic mapping, orhto photos, photographic overlays and mosaics. (5) Firm(s) must have capability to produce all mapping and reports in digital and hard copy formats with reference to Texas State Plane Coordinate Systems and Global Positioning Coordinate Systems. (6) The firm(s) must be able to provide evidence of past satisfactory performance on contracts with respect to quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. (7) Firm(s) should possess familiarity with the National Park Service Units within the State of Texas. (8) All products and services should meet or exceed the Standards established by the Texas State Board of Professional Land Surveying, pursuant to the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act, effective September 1, 1991, as amended September 1. 1995; Geometric Geodetic Accuracy Standards and Specifications for Using GPS Relative Positioning Techniques, Federal Geodetic Control Committee as reprinted on August 1, 1989; and all National Standards for Mapping Accuracy. (9) Volume of work previously awarded the firm when combined with this project will not significantly affect the objective of the National Park Service. Estimated contract period is 5 years. Firms are invited to submit a letter of interest and completed Standard Forms 254 for each firm and a Standard 255 for this project. Responses must be received on or before MAY 17, 2000 at the address indicated above in order to be considered for selection. See Commerce Business Daily numbered Note 25 giving consideration to the requirements of this announcement. Posted 04/19/00 (W-SN446625). (0110)

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