USDA -- Forest Service, 2946 Chestnut Street, Montgomery, AL 36107-3010

R -- A REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FOR CADASTRAL SURVEY WORK ON THE NATIONAL FORESTS IN ALABAMA SOL RFP R8-1-0-2 DUE 090700 POC Cornelia B. Robinson, Procurement Technician, National Forests in Alabama, 334/241-8153 E-MAIL: click here to contact the procurement technician via, crobinso@fs.fed.us. Perform cadastral surveys on all the National Forests in Alabama, which includes the Bankhead, Conecuh, Oakmulgee, Shoal Creek, Talladega, and Tuskegee Ranger Districts. Also, the contract will include boundary maintenance on the Bankhead, Shoal Creek, Talladega, and Tuskegee Ranger Districts. The bulk of tthe work (at least 60%) is anticipated to be located on the Bankhead Ranger District. It should be noted that the anticipated work is at least 89% maintenance and firms not interested in this phase of the work need not make offers. The Bankhead Ranger District will be considered as home unit for requested work under the proposed contract. All other districts will be considered as requiring per diem to perform work and will be requested and paid for under a separate item number. All the per "diem districts" will be paid for under one item number regardless of location. The item numbers will be as follows: Item 0001 -- Cadastral survey of individual tracts or boundaries on the Bankhead Ranger District; Sub-item 0001A-Corner Monumented, Sub-item 0001B-Boundary Line Marked, Sub-item 0001C-Corners Maintained; Item 0002 -- Cadastral Survey of individual tracts or boundaries on the Conecuh, Oakmulgee, Shoal Creek, Talladega or Tuskegee Ranger Districts; Sub-item 0002A-Corners Monumented, Sub-item 0002B-Boundary Line Marked, Sub-item 0002C-Corners Maintained; Item 0003 -- Boundary line maintenance on the Bankhead Ranger District, Sub-item 0003A-Corners Maintained, Sub-item 0003B-Boundary Line Maintained; Item 0004 -- Boundary lline maintenance on the Talladega, Tuskegee or Shoal Creek Ranger Districts, Sub-item 0004A-Corners Maintained, Sub-item 0004B-Boundary Line Maintained. The following are estimates of the work anticipated under each item: Item 0001 -- Zero to five separate tracts or jobs annually, which will require delivery dates of approximately 30 days each. Item 0002 -- Zero to three separate jobs annually, which will require delivery dates of approximately 30 days each. Item 0003 -- Zero to two separate job involving approximately 75 miles annually. Item 0004 -- Zero to three separate jobs involving approximately 20 miles annually. Selection of firms will be determined by an evaluation process based upon the following criteria listed in order of importance. Submit only experience in rural boundary survey work under item 102 in the SF-254 (other types of engineering work not related to boundary surveys will not be considered.) Your SF-255 should specifically address these areas: (1)Certification as a surveyor, licensed to survey in the state of Alabama. (2) Past performance on contracts for boundary surveys and maintenance performed in rural, wooded, and mountainour terrain similar to the project area with government agencies. OPther boundary survey and boundary maintenance projects may be considered if shown to be comparable to the forest service painting, monumenting and signing standards. (3) Specialized qualifications and experience of key personnel including technical skills, project coordination and knowledge of field applications of rural surveys. (4) Knowledge of local surveying and historical practices, records repositories, and land ownership patterns. (5) Firms capacity, technical competence and qualifications for satisfactory performance of the project. (6) Proximity of the firm to the local project area. Firms more than 50 miles from the project area will not be considered. Project area will be considered to be the Bankhead Ranger District in Double Springs, AL. (7) The volume of work previously awarded by the Forest Service will be evaluated with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of the contracts amoung qualified firms, including minority or disadvantaged firms. A brief narrative related to item (2) will be required. The narrative must describe the type and amount of work performed, the location of the work and a reference for contact. This information is necessary in order to assess past performance. Failure to provide the narrative will resultin the firm not being considered. Posted 07/20/00 (W-SN477142). (0202)

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