C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACT FOR COST ENGINEERING AND VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES

Notice Date

November 28, 2000

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Pittsburgh District William S. Moorhead Federal Building, 1000 Liberty Avenue, Room 727, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4186

ZIP Code

15222-4186

Solicitation Number

DACW59-01-R-0004

Point of Contact

Darlene Young, 412-395-7478 or Michele R. Hutfles, 412-395-7479

Description

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, Pittsburgh, PA will require an Indefinite Delivery Contract for Architect-Engineer (A-E) services for various features of its ongoing waterway development and maintenance, recreation development and maintenance, and watershed restoration programs. The work to be issued under this contract will primarily involve preparation of computer generated engineering cost estimates and construction schedules for major civil works projects specifically related to new and or existing navigation and flood control. The work will also include value engineering services: providing members for a VE Study Team; a Team Leader for VE Study Teams, potentially providing VE training and other miscellaneous services. VE studies are required to be completed in conformance with US Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Value Engineering Policy and the SAVE International Value Engineering Methodology. The contract will be for a base period of one year with two option periods. An option period may be exercised when the amount of the current period cost ceiling is reached. The cost ceiling per period is $500,000 each. The cost ceiling on individual delivery orders will not exceed $100,000 per order. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-priced work orders. Award of the contract is anticipated to be made in May 2001. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The plan is NOT required with this submittal. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under the resulting contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The services to be provided under this contract will be multi-disciplinary and will include Cost Engineering of all types, Value Engineering and Scheduling. The services required will pertain to partial or complete designs of miscellaneous civil works projects including navigation, flood control, and outdoor recreation facilities. The work issued may include the complete or partial preparation of computerized cost estimates including quantity estimates and/or MCACES cost estimates, project schedules and value engineering studies as required. Work will require use of MCACES cost estimating software developed by Building System Design, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Primavera SureTrack and Project Planner (P3), and the Corps PROMIS software. Work may be located anywhere within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria as outlined in FAR 36.6021 and DFARS 236.602-1 (a)(6) includes but is not limited to the following. The following selection criteria, listed as (a) through (d) in order of importance shall be considered the primary selection criteria for evaluation: (a) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm and its staff as directly related to major civil works projects including experience related to computerized cost estimating, scheduling, and management using MCACES, Primavera SureTrack and P3, and the Corps of Engineers Program and Project Management Information System (PROMIS) of new navigation locks and dams, and related to rehabilitation of existing navigation locks and dams; experience related to structural, mechanical and electrical estimates for rehabilitation of earthen and concrete flood control dams; experience related to the estimating of interior features of multi-purpose reservoir projects (i.e. roads, buildings, recreational features); experience related to the estimating of flood control and erosion control projects; experience related to environmental estimates, studies of acid mine drainage control and remediation, and stream restoration; and experience related to other types of civil works consistent with the Pittsburgh District's mission. (b) Professional qualifications including education, experience and professional registration of individuals within the firm that are necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. Work will require use of Certified Value Specialist. (c) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the anticipated work in the required time. The evaluation will consider the experience of the firm and any qualifications of the firm's (and its consultants) staff in key disciplines. (d) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of project management, cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules (A-E Contract Administration Support System reports will be used for past performance on Government projects). The following selection criteria, listed as (e) through (g) in order of importance will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms and are considered Secondary Selection Criteria: (e) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criteria leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project. (f) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (g) Volume of work awarded to the primary firm by DoD during the previous 12 months. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for specific projects and any supplemental data, which documents the firm's qualifications. Each Standard Form 255 (SF 255) must include a description of the firms formalized Quality Control (QC) Procedures relating to design work, and the firm's proposed Subcontracting Plan. The QC Procedures should explain the process by which the firm and its subcontractors produce quality designs that are free form errors and omissions. Any firm that does not have a current (within the last 12 months) SF 254 Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire on file in this office must also furnish a completed SF 254. Firms must respond within thirty (30) calendar days after date of this announcement to be considered for selection. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required.

Web Link

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (http://www.gpo.gov/procurement/index.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001130/CSOL001.HTM (W-333 SN5075J8)