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

Notice Date

November 30, 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 A. Young, 412-395-7478 or Michele R. Hutfles, 412-395-7479

Description

This is a modification to the original Notice published November 30, 2000. Delete the entire description and substitute the following description: 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, Pittsburgh, PA will require an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract Architect-Engineer (A-E) Contract for Cost Engineering, Value Engineering, Scheduling and related services. The contract will be for a base period not to exceed one year with up to two option periods not to exceed one year each. An option period may be exercised at the discretion of the Contracting Officer when the contracted amount for the base period of preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. The cost ceiling per period is $500,000 each. The cost ceiling on individual task orders will not exceed $250,000 per order. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-priced task orders. Award of the contract is anticipated approximately 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 19.702(a)(1) regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are that a minimum of 61.4% of the contractor's intended subcontracted amount be placed with Small Business (SB), including 9.1% placed with small disadvantaged business (SDB), and 5% placed with women-owned business. These goals are advisory only. 2. Project Information: Projects will be located within the geographical boundaries or mission assignments of the USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD). The Great Lakes and Ohio River Division includes Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Huntington, Louisville, Nashville and Pittsburgh Districts. The A-E Services to be provided under this contract will be multidisciplinary in nature to support the Pittsburgh District and other LRD organization's mission to plan, design, construct, operate and maintain navigation projects (locks and dams), flood control reservoirs and dams, local flood protection projects, river basins, environmental remediation and improvement, wastewater and sewage treatment facilities, water treatment and distribution facilities, recreation and other facilities and military facility design and construction efforts. Services will include Cost Engineering, Value Engineering, Scheduling and the necessary related support services. The contractor will be required to provide the appropriate personnel, materials, equipment, management, quality and cost controls to perform all work to include but not limited to partial or complete preparation of cost estimates, quantity estimates, project schedules and value engineering. The use of Corps of Engineer's Micro Computer-Aided Cost Engineering System (MCACES)cost estimating software will be required to perform computerized cost estimates and Primavera SureTrak and Project Planner (P3) will be required to perform scheduling tasks. Work shall be accomplished in full compliance with established Corps of Engineers manuals, policies, standards and practices and other professional practices and standards as necessitated by project conditions or job requirements. Work to be accomplished may require using the metric system of measurement. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 of the CBD for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion then by sub-criterion) Criterion (a) through (e) are primary. Criteria (f) through (h) are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among the most highly qualified firms. (a) Specialized Experience and Technical competence: the firm (firm shall be considered the prime firm and all subcontractor(s)) and its staff shall have specialized experience and technical competence in: (1) All phases of Cost Engineering and estimating, Value Engineering and Scheduling for design and construction projects related or similar to new navigation locks and dams; rehabilitation of existing locks and dams; earthen and concrete flood control dams; interior features of multi-purpose reservoir projects (i.e. roads, buildings, recreational features); local flood protection projects; wastewater and sewage treatment facilities; water treatment and distribution facilities; environmental designs and studies of acid mine drainage control and remediation; water quality; stream restoration; erosion control projects; military facilities; and energy conservation, pollution control, waste reduction and the use of recovered material for the design of buildings and other facilities;(2) using the Corps of Engineer's MCACES cost estimating software, Primavera SureTrak and P3; (3) providing Value Engineering Studies in conformance with the Army Corps of Engineer Civil Works Value Engineering Policy and/or SAVE International Value Engineering methodology on projects related to or similar to those listed in Section 3.(a)(1) above. (4) providing Value Engineering guidance and/or training and other related services. (b) Professional qualifications of the key project management and technical personnel to be assigned to the contract and perform the required services as listed in Section 2, PROJECT INFORMATION. The evaluation of professional qualifications will consider education, training, professional registration, organizational certificates, overall and relevant experience, and longevity with the firm. The firm should indicate professional registrations /licenses, certificates from commercial organizations, professional recognition, professional associations (such as Society of American Value Engineers (SAVE) International), advanced training, and specific work experience of key personnel. The firm must staff the necessary Registered/Licensed Engineers, Architects and Surveyors having professional qualifications and specialized experience to perform and/or oversee that all work is accomplished as required by law and professional engineering, architectural, estimating, scheduling and surveying practices. (c) 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. (d) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the anticipated work in an efficient manner. The evaluation will consider the experience of the firm in similarly sized projects, and the size and qualifications of the firm's staff in the required disciplines. The firm's staff must be capable of responding to multiple task orders concurrently and within specified performance periods. (e) Knowledge of Locality. (f) Extent of participation of Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (g) Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the Pittsburgh District. (h) Volume of work awarded to the primary firm by DoD during the previous 12 months. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit a current complete Standard Form 255 (SF 255,REV.11-92)), "Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project" and any supplemental data, which documents the firm's qualification. Firms must submit a detailed quality control plan with their proposal that outlines specific quality control procedures for this contract and specifically addresses quality control procedures between the prime and firm and any subcontractors. Firms must also submit a list of all significant equipment and software, including email and ftp capabilities that are to be used on this contract. All responding firms that do 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 complete SF 254. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call 503-808-4591 or 4590. Interested firms must provide submittals to the above address not later the 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this modification. If the 30th day is on a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time of the next business day. Submittals after this date and time will not be considered.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001204/CSOL001.HTM (W-335 SN5077T8)