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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 1,2000 PSA#2612USDA -- Natural Resources Conservation Service, 3737 Government Street,
Alexandria, LA 71302 C -- SURVEYS IN LOUISIANA SOL NRCS-15-LA-00 DUE 063000 POC PATTI D.
WOODS, Contracting Officer, (318) 473-7645 E-MAIL: click here to
contact the Contracting Officer via, patti.woods@la.usda.gov. 1.
Contractor will provide: a. A legal boundary survey of the Wetland
Reserve Program (WRP) or Emergency Watershed Protection Floodplain
(EWP) easement area including the route of ingress and egress. Access
shall be surveyed, but no monumentation is required. The surveyor must
be a licensed registered land surveyor. The survey and the
descriptions shall meet all requirements of Chapter 25. Minimum
Standards for Property Boundary Surveys. Surveys shall meet the
accuracy specifications and positional tolerances for a Class D, Rural
Survey as set forth by the Louisiana State Board of Registration for
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors in paragraph 2509. The survey
plat will show both the easement and the access route. Written legal
descriptions shall be of the metes and bounds type. b. A geodetic or
state plane position on at least two corners on a survey if requested.
c. Topographic surveys, if requested. 2. The surveyor will contact the
local NRCS District Conservationist, prior to beginning the survey. The
DC will provide location maps of the easement area, written access, and
other descriptive information as needed. The DC will arrange a meeting
between the DC, surveyor, and landowner to ensure that the intent of
the landowner is met. 3. The surveyor will provide an original copy
(36X24) and two copies of the survey plat, 11 x 17 in size to the
Contracting Officer (C0). The surveyor will forward one copy (36X24) to
the local District Conservationist (DC), and one copy (1:660) to Steve
Cruse, WRP Team Leader, P.O. Box 158, Columbia, LA 71418. The
contractor is not to provide a copy of the plat to the landowner
without the approval of the CO. All survey plats will contain one of
the following statements: THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THIS SURVEY WAS DONE
BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THAT THE SURVEY WAS DONE ON THE GROUND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PROPERTY BOUNDARY
SURVEYS, AS SET FORTH BY THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, BOARD OF REGISTRATION
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS, ANDTHAT THE ACCURACY
SPECIFICATION AND POSITION TOLERANCE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RURAL AREA
SURVEYS.Or THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THIS MAP OF SURVEY REPRESENTS AN
ACTUAL FIELD SURVEY, PERFORMED UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF THE
UNDERSIGNED, AND IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCURACY SPECIFICATION AND
POSITION TOLERANCE FOR A CLASS D, RURAL SURVEY, AS SET FORTH IN THE
MOST RECENT MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PROPERTY BOUNDARY SURVEYS BY THE
BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS,
FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. 4. The contractor will also include the
name of the landowner and WRP/EWP contract number in the legend area of
the survey plat. 5. The surveyor will provide as Attachment A to the
survey, a legal description of the easement property. Attachment B will
include a description of the route of ingress and egress to the subject
property. 6. Natural or manmade barriers, such as ditches, streams,
creeks, bayous, or rivers are occasionally used as boundary lines in
property descriptions. In those instances, in property descriptions
where boundary lines are called for as being located at or along the
centerline of a ditch, stream, creek, bayou or river, for purposes of
defining the Wetland Reserve Program or Floodplain Easement, the
surveyor shall traverse along top bank of all rivers, bayous or waters
known to be navigable regardless of description calls. Where deed
calls for centerline as boundary, make ties to centerline as required
to calculate area between centerline and traverse on top bank. Show top
bank traverse, ties to centerline, and area between centerline and top
bank traverse on plat. Questions regarding these traverses shall be
directed to the Contracting Officer. 7. Traverse around all
encroachments. Show all fences. Show all fences that constitute an
encroachment. Show bearings and distances for traverse of encroachment
and area of encroachment on plat. 8. Survey along the toe of a levee
or berm and set witness posts at every 500 feet along a straight
tangent. 9. Exclude all structures, i.e. campsites, well sites, sheds,
etc., areas from total area of WRP/EWP tract. Show area and access for
each on plat. 10. Exclude parish road R/W area from total area of
WRP/EWP tract. Show parish road R/W area on plat. 11. Number each
corner on survey plat. Points should be numbered in a clockwise
sequence starting at the Point of Beginning. 12. Monuments and witness
posts shall be installed by the surveyor at the time the survey is
completed and prior to delivery of the plat of survey and legal
description. Monuments and witness posts shall be installed at each
corner. Witness posts with sign shall be installed every 500 feet along
a straight tangent. Monuments are not required along top bank traverse.
However, witness posts with boundary signs will be set on top bank
traverse at intervals of approximately 500 feet and shall be so noted
on plat. Acceptable monuments are: a. Underground magnetic markers. b.
One inch diameter iron pipes or 5/8-inch iron rods (30-inches long) c.
Four-inch square concrete posts with a brass or bronze cap with
centerpoint and markings to be provided at time of task order. (As a
minimum, the letters USDA-NRCS, WRP/EWP Easement, the year completed,
and Landowner Contract Number). Concrete posts shall be 36-inches long.
The post shall project 6-inches above the ground. Except for concrete
posts, all monuments will be set flush with or below the ground surface
and witnessed with a witness post. Witness posts must be driven into
the ground not less than 18 inches. Acceptable witness post are: 1. "T"
shaped steel fence post 1 3/8" X 1 3/8" X 1/8" or heavier. Minimum
length shall be seventy-eight inches. Fence posts color shall be green
or orange. 2. "U" shaped metal sign post, seventy-eight inches long,
1.12 lbs. per foot. Color shall be green. 3. Other metal posts proposed
by the contractor, with prior approval of the Contracting Officer. 13.
The contractor is required to attach a WRP/EWP boundary sign, 5X7 to
the top of the witness post using a galvanized nut and bolt or lag
screw. A wire attachment is not acceptable. The sign has two 3/8 inch
drilled holes on 5-inch centers. The contractor will be required to
pick up the signs at the local District Office. 14. Upon completion of
boundary work, the surveyor shall contact the local NRCS DC and allow
the local DC the opportunity to set up a meeting with the surveyor and
the landowner to determine that the intent of the landowner has been
met. Once this has been accomplished the DC will certify that the work
has been completed in accordance with NRCS specifications. This
certification will accompany the invoice for surveying services. The
Contracting Officer must receive both the invoice and the certification
before any disbursements or payments will be made. PRESELECTION will be
based on a firm having 1) one or more licensed registered surveyors in
the state of Louisiana; 2)current capacity to operate a field crew
consisting of three members; 3)ability to produce a geodetic or state
plane position on a survey; 4) completed at least 30 Boundary surveys
within the last 5 years in Louisiana in accordance with Chapter 25 --
Minimum Standards for Property Boundary Surveys. SELECTION will be
based on the following criteria:1) Professional Qualifications (15%)-
registration and license of land surveyor to perform work; survey party
personnel, their knowledge of and experiencein survey requirements; the
qualifications and experience of key personnel who will be responsible
for administering the work required. 2) Specialized Experience &
Technical Competence(15%)- Evaluation will be based on experience and
technical competence in boundary surveys in accordance with Minimum
Standards for Property Boundary Surveys as set forth in Louisiana
statues; 3) Capacity (25%)- based on ability to satisfactorily
accomplish the work required within the established performance period;
4) Past Performance (25%)- Evaluation will be based on previous
experience on contracts with Government agencies and private industry
in terms of quality of deliverables, cost control, compliance with the
required delivery schedule, and the contractors' experience with
providing expert testimony regarding boundary surveys; 5) Location
(20%) -- Evaluation will be based on the proximity and knowledge of the
locality of the easement areas. The government may select up to the top
six ranked firms to award an indefinite-delivery, requirements type,
multiple award contract.The maximum amount of each contract will be
$300,000. A minimum of $3000 is quaranteed under the basic contract.
The contract will contain an option to extend the term of the contract
for 2 years. Award of each task order will be based on the
contractors' past performance in terms of quality of deliverables,
cost, and compliance with the required delivery schedule. Interested
and qualified firms must submit (4) copies of a completed SF 254 and SF
255 to the address above by close of business June 30, 2000. Only those
firms responding by that date will be considered for selection. This is
not a Request for Proposal. Posted 05/30/00 (W-SN459652). (0151) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0031 20000601\C-0005.SOL)
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