C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING SERVICES

Notice Date

December 28, 2000

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia Wanamaker Building, Room 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

ZIP Code

19107

Point of Contact

Mary Jane Jerrett, 215-656-6607

Description

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Marine Design Center requires assistance in naval architecture, marine engineering, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), preliminary design, detailed (final) design and related design studies, analysis and reports. It is intended to award up to two (2) one year indefinite delivery contracts, each having a total value of $1,000,000.00 with a maximum task order limit of $1,000,000.00. The contract(s) will have options for up to two additional 12 month periods at an additional $1,000,000.00 each, if deemed necessary by the Government. The award of an option shall be based on reaching the dollar limit or the time period at the discretion of the contracting officer. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Individual task orders will be allocated among the contracts using the following criteria in descending order of importance: (1) the specialized experience noted in factor 1 or 2 of the selection criteria; (2) capacity to accomplish the task order in the required time and (3) distribution of work among the contractors. Work for other Government agencies could be a part of this contract. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The following evaluation factors are listed in order of priority; Factors 1 -- 8 shall apply to the first contract, and Factors 2 -- 8 shall apply to the second contract: (1) Organizational expertise in retrofit and repowering of large vessels including propulsion systems, power systems and major structural modifications with special consideration for dredges; (2) Organizational expertise in design of steel workboats, towboats, special purpose barges and floating plant; (3) Organizational expertise in design of high speed aluminum craft; (4) Core staffing of professionally registered Naval Architect(s) and Marine Engineer(s) supported by either in-house or a demonstrated network of professionally qualified Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Structural Engineers and specialty sub-contractors. The organization, including sub-contractors where applicable, shall be structured for contractual and practical ease of operation, and shall have at their disposal all necessary resources, including computers and specialty software, to simultaneously accomplish two $500,000.00 task orders. All work shall be reviewed and approved by registered professional engineers; (5) Past performance, if any, of the firm with respect to performance on Department of Defense contracts and private contracts; (6) Contractual simplicity to the Government with respect to minimizing coordination and travel for all management, contract administration/management, engineering, and drafting performance and review; (7) Capacity to generate all output data in electronic format, including AutoCad electronic files for all drawings; (8) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions on the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in the announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 254 (revised 11/92) and SF 255 (revised 11/92) for the prime firm and SF 254 for each consultant, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Wanamaker Building, Room 702, 100 Penn Square East, ATTN: Mary Jane Jerrett, Philadelphia, PA 191-07-3390 not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business the next business day. All contractors are advised that registration in the DOD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to be registered In the DOD CCR Database may render your firm ineligible for award. All firms are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing Web Site http://ccr.dlsa.dla.mil or you may call 1-888-227-2423. As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor(s) will submit for government approval a quality control plan that will be enforced through the life of the contracts. The contracting officer reserves the right to terminate negotiations, with firms that do not respond to Government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. in accordance with established schedules. Include ACASS number in block 3b. on the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at (503)808-4591 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made.*****

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010102/CSOL005.HTM (W-363 SN509844)