C -- DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF INNER HARBOR NAVAGATION CANAL LOCK REPLACEMENT

Notice Date

February 6, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Corps of Engineers, Dist New Orleans, PO Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160

ZIP Code

70160

Solicitation Number

DACW29-01-R-0013

Point of Contact

Eileen M. Darby, Contract Specialist, 504/862-1996

Description

1.CONTRACT INFORMATION: A-E services are required for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task order contract for Design Support Services for IHNC Lock Replacement Project within the limits of the New Orleans District and specifically for the new lock and appurtenant lock features. An IDIQ contract will be negotiated and awarded with a base period of three years and two option periods not-to-exceed three years each. The contract will be reviewed after each three-year cycle and continued based on need and performance. Award is scheduled around July 2001. The dollar amount of $2,500,000.00 per year per contract period is an estimate of probable expenditures, but not a limit, with the total cumulative contract dollar amount not-to-exceed $20,000,000.00. 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 for work it plans to subcontract. The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: (1). The A-E services are for the IHNC Lock Replacement Project. The New Orleans District is planning to replace the Inner Harbor Navigation Lock, also referred to as the Industrial Canal lock in New Orleans, Louisiana on the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal (IHNC). This canal connects the Mississippi River with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet in the Port of New Orleans. The existing lock is still functioning, but will be replaced with a larger lock. The new lock will be 1200 feet in useable length with a 110-foot-wide gate opening constructed with U-framed gate monoliths, sector gates and chamber monoliths with side culvert filling and emptying systems. The Lock Replacement Project has numerous monetary, engineering and construction constraints that must be considered and because of these the new lock will require innovative designs (e.g. float-in technologies) and construction techniques. (2). The work may involve investigations, studies, analysis, design, technical writing, and CADD drafting for design reports, plans and specifications, and engineering during construction specifically for the new navigation lock and appurtenant lock features. (3). The work may involve the following types of tasks for designs of navigation lock features such as gate monoliths, chamber monoliths, guard walls, floating guide walls, steel sector gates, tainter valves, dewatering bulkheads and tie-in floodwalls, etc. Innovative concepts such as float in lock monoliths will be necessary. The float-in monoliths may utilize lightweight concrete that may be pre-stressed or post-tensioned. Marine structures may include bulkheads, dolphins, fenders, and mooring facilities. Due to the soft foundations, the lock monoliths will be pile founded and may require three dimensional soil-pile interaction analyses. Other ancillary project features may include lock-operating machinery, lock electrical systems, lock utilities, lock control houses, pump houses, sheet pile walls and other incidental work required for constructing the lock. The A-E shall furnish all services, materials, supplies, plant, labor, equipment, supervision, and travel as required to prepare the studies, design reports and plans and specifications (including construction cost estimates) for the work described above. Drawings and plates shall be prepared as required to present project details and construction drawings. All drawings shall be prepared and furnished in a Microstation design file format. (4). The work may also include performing surveys to locate features and develop topographic maps, both land based and hydrographic, hydraulic designs, geotechnical investigations and designs and engineering during construction such as review of submittals, changes orders, etc. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance; criteria (1) thru (5) are primary and criteria (6) thru (8) are secondary and will be used only as "tie-breakers" if necessary, in ranking the most highly qualified firms. (1) Specialized work experience and technical competence of the firm and its key personnel to perform studies, designs and engineering during construction on concrete navigation locks and similar hydraulic structures, float-in and submerged concrete marine structures, hydraulic steel lock gates and floodgates, prestressed and post-tensioned concrete, design of mechanical and electrical systems for similar projects, geotechnical foundation investigations and designs for large hydraulic structures on soft foundations including pile analyses and ancillary designs associated with lock construction. (2) Professional qualifications and relevant experience of the key design personnel available for work on this project in the following disciplines: civil engineering, structural engineering, marine engineering, naval architecture, architecture, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, cost engineering, construction engineering, hydraulic engineering, surveying and CADD. (3) Capacity in personnel and equipment to submit the designs and plans and specifications within the time frame for each contract period after award. The prime contractor and all sub-consultants must be capable of providing the following minimum design personnel available to perform work on the above contract: 6 civil engineers, 8 structural engineers, 2 geotechnical engineers, 1 hydraulic engineer, 1 marine engineer, 1 naval architect, 1 architect, 1 electrical engineer, 1 mechanical engineer, 1 cost estimator, 1 construction engineer, 1 registered land surveyor and 6 CADD technicians. (4) Knowledge of the local environmental and geographical conditions for designing and constructing in the IHNC canal and the New Orleans vicinity. (5) Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. (6) Extent of participation of small business, including small disadvantaged business, women-owned small businesses, HUBZone small business, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions on the proposed contract team as measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort, regardless of whether the SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, HBCU or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor or joint venture partner, the greater the participation, the greater the consideration. (7) Volume of DoD contract awards in the last twenty-four months. (8) Location of the design firm in the general geographic area of the project. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit 8 completed copies of a SF 255 (11/92 edition) for the prime/sub and 8 completed copies of a SF 254 for the prime and each subcontractor and consultant to the address below not later than the close of business on the 60th day after the date of this announcement. If the 60th day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. In Block 10 of the SF 255, include an organizational chart that identifies an A-E Project Coordinator to serve as a single point of contact, also include an A-E Engineering Technical Team with a lead engineer in each of the following, minimum, designated engineering areas: Lock Structure; Float-In Engineering; Geotechnical; Construction; Mechanical/Electrical; Cost Estimating; Miscellaneous/Civil Structures; Surveying; Drafting; Quality Review and include the key other technical personnel with the use of subcontractors or consultants under each category. Also, provide an outline of the prime design firm's quality control plan including coordination of subcontractors and consultants. Note the following restrictions on submittal of SF255. Block 7 -- Resumes of key persons, specialists, and individual consultants anticipated for this project -- will be limited to a maximum of 25 pages, front and back. Block 10 -- Additional information -- will be limited to a maximum of 10 pages, front and back. Pages in excess of the maximum of the above will be discarded and not used in evaluation of the selection criteria. Information included in any cover letter will not be considered in the evaluation. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3. For ACASS information, call (503) 808-4591. Overnight or courier type mail should be sent to the following address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, CEMVN-CT-T, ATTN: Mrs. Eileen M. Darby, Foot of Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA 70118-1030. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposals. Refer to Solicitation No. DACW29-XX-X-XXXX.

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