U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, 215 North 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-4978

C -- CATHODIC PROTECTION SOL DACA45-00-R-0020 DUE 082400 POC Kevin McElroy 402-221-4108, Chuck Paukert 402-221-4403, Daniel Saniuk 402-221-4521DACA45-00-R-0020 For Cathodic Protection Indefinite Delivery Type Contract. For procedural questions contact Mr. Chuck Paukert (402) 221-4403; for technical issues contact Mr. Daniel Saniuk (402) 221-4521; contracting issues contact Mr. Kevin McElroy (402)221-4108. This announcement is restricted to small businesses (SB), small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and/or women-owned small businesses (WOSB). NO solicitation package will be issued (SEE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS BELOW). CONTRACT INFORMATION: A single Indefinite Delivery Type contract will be awarded for a base period and may include two additional option periods. The contract amount will not exceed $100,000 in any period. The base period and option periods will not exceed one year each, but option periods may be exercised when the contract amount for the current period has been reached or nearly reached. Minimum contract guarantee amount is $200 WEB: Omaha District Advertised Solicitations, http://ebs.nwo.usace.army.mil/ebs/contract.htm. E-MAIL: Kevin P. McElroy, Kevin.P.Mcelroy@nwo.usace.army.mil. DACA45-00-R-0020 For Cathodic Protection Indefinite Delivery Type Contract. For procedural questions contact Mr. Chuck Paukert (402) 221-4403; for technical issues contact Mr. Daniel Saniuk (402) 221-4521; contracting issues contact Mr. Kevin McElroy (402)221-4108. This announcement is restricted to small businesses (SB), small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and/or women-owned small businesses (WOSB). NO solicitation package will be issued (SEE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS BELOW). CONTRACT INFORMATION: A single Indefinite Delivery Type contract will be awarded for a base period and may include two additional option periods. The contract amount will not exceed $100,000 in any period. The base period and option periods will not exceed one year each, but option periods may be exercised when the contract amount for the current period has been reached or nearly reached. Minimum contract guarantee amount is $2000. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. Task Orders will be issued from timeto time as the need arises during the contract period. The amount of the Task Orders will not exceed the contract amount in any period. Contract award is anticipated in October 2000. All contract options may not be awarded if not supported by sufficient workload.Types of services required include site investigations, studies, reports, and recommendations related to evaluations of installed cathodic protection systems. Allocation of task orders from among firms with IDT contracts for similar work will be based on one or more of the following factors: specialized knowledge or expertise which would significantly benefit a specific customer or enhance execution, past experience with a specific customer or knowledge of the locality, availability of appropriate staff, performance on previous task orders, magnitude of task order relative to remaining contract capacity, and equitable workload distribution. PROJECT INFORMATION: Task orders under this contract will consist of services required to provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform evaluation of installed cathodic protection systems (impressed and/or sacrificial) at military bases/installations and/or federal facilities with hydrant fuel systems. Task orders will also be issued for a like evaluation of selected facilities, which do not have cathodic protection systems at military installations and/or federal facilities. Task orders may require that during site investigations, on-site training of personnel either military and/or civilian from the military installation or from the Corps of Engineers be provided. Contract task orders could also require document preparation to correct deficiencies found at the military base/installation or federal facility. In addition, task orders may be issued for a corrosion engineer to provide design and constructability review comments on cathodic protection designs for utility systems performed by others. Construction cost estimates may be required for any of the tasks listed above. Work will be located throughout the continental U.S. It is likely that use of the metric system of measurement may be required for some deliverables under the proposed contract; however, metric system experience is not a selection criterion and is not required for selection. Drawing work for contract drawings, if required in a task order, will be prepared in a format fully compatible with Bentley Microstation SE, AutoCAD version 14 or later, or other designated or approved system depending on specified customer requirements. Delivery of electronic CADD and CALS files, as well as vellums and prints, may be required. Drawing work for studies and reports may be provided in the form of well-drawn sketches. SELECTION CRITERIA: Criteria for selection, in order of importance, are:(a) Recent experience and technical competence of the firm (including consultants):(1) Ability to provide and past experience with all services, personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform evaluation of installed cathodic protection systems (impressed and/or sacrificial). (2) Ability to provide and past experience with evaluation of selected facilities, which do not have cathodic protection systems at military installations and/or federal facilities.(3) Experience in compliance with laws, regulations, user criteria, or other critical project criteria as related to design and construction of cathodic protection systems. (4) Experience with task order type contracts that require the ability to respond quickly to task orders, requests for proposals, and completion of projects on an accelerated schedule. b) Professional qualifications and specialized experience in providing services based on the information listed above of the proposed team members (including consultants) in the following disciplines: corrosion engineer, or a professional engineer with National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Corrosion Specialist certification who will be required to be on the specific team completing the work. All services shall be in accordance with (IAW) the Performance of Work Statement (PWS). (c) Quality control procedures and team organization, including consultants as described in the Design Management Plan (see SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS). The selected firm must be able to provide designs/reviews/recommendations that meet guidance, criteria and quality standards without detailed review by the District. The firm must also present a logical team organization that provides an effective method of coordination and communication between the individual team members as well as consultants. (d) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time, including the ability to complete more than one task order at a time. The corrosion engineer or NACE corrosion specialist must be present during all site investigation work.(e) Past performance on previous contracts with respect to cost control, cost estimate development, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (f) Compatibility with CADD systems as described above. (g) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposal. Firms desiring consideration must submit two copies of a combined SF 255 and separate SFs 254 for prime and each consultant. To be considered, submittals must be addressed as follows: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, CENWO-ED, ATTN: Chuck Paukert, 215 N. 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-4978. Submittals must be received no later than 4:00 PM CDT on 21 August 2000. In block 10 of the SF 255, provide the following:(a) Design Management Plan (DMP). The plan should be brief and include an explanation of the firm's management approach, management of subcontractors (if applicable), specific quality control procedures used and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors). In block 3 of SF 255 provide the submitting firm's number (six or seven digits) assigned by the Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the Architect-Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS). If firms has no number, so state. In block 6 of SF 255 provide the ACASS firm number for any consultants. If firm has no number, so state. To receive information on how to obtain an ACASS number, call (503) 808-4591. Personal visits for this solicitation to the Omaha District offices will not be scheduled Posted 07/21/00 (W-SN477680). (0203)

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