C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIC AND GIS MAPPING SERVICES ON VARIOUS PROJECTS ASSIGNED TO THE TULSA DISTRICT

Notice Date

April 6, 2001

Contracting Office

DA, Tulsa District, Corps of Engineers, 1645 South 101st East Avenue, Attn: CESWT-CT, Tulsa, OK 74128-4609

ZIP Code

74128-4609

Solicitation Number

DACW56-01-R-1006

Response Due

May 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Mr. Jimmy White, Contracting Division, 918-669-7043

Description

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: A minimum of two indefinite delivery Engineering service contracts will be awarded for Photogrammetric Mapping and related Surveying Services which are generally within, but not limited to, the Tulsa District boundaries. Most of the work will be located within Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. This is not a request for proposal and there is no bid package. The total cumulative amount for each of these indefinite delivery engineering services contracts will not exceed $1,000,000 for the one year period with the option to extend additional two years for a total cumulative amount of $3,000,000. This procurement is unrestricted. The first contract is anticipated to be awarded in October 2001. The dollar limit per task order is $1,000,000. The minimum award under this contract is $20,000 in the base year or $10,000 in an option year. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price or labor-hour task orders not to exceed the base contract amount. Contractors will be selected for negotiations based on their qualifications submitted in accordance with this announcement. 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. For your information, the subcontracting goals for the Tulsa District are 65% for small business (SB), 10% for small disadvantaged business (SDB), and 5% for woman owned business (WOSB). The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee's office location (not the location of the work). 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work under this contract can include, but not be limited to, any or all of the following: Photogrammetric mapping requirements which consist of aerial photography, analytical aerotriangulation, stereo mapping compilation, orthophotography, and land use/land cover interpretation; horizontal and vertical control networks for establishing grid coordinate systems; ground control for developing photogrammetric maps; topographic mapping using total stations or GPS; detailed planimetric surveys; profile, cross section and road surveys; and boundary surveys of Government-owned land tracts which may be required to establish or reestablish corners, monuments and boundary lines for the purpose of describing, locating fixed improvements or platting or dividing parcels. Geographic Information System (GIS) services required under this contract may include the creation, implementation and management of databases. Firms shall be fully capable of furnishing survey data in graphic and ASCII files directly readable to Microstation (*.dgn), Integraph Corporation graphic systems and GIS files into ESRI graphic systems (Arcview and ArcInfo). 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria for this particular project are listed in descending order of importance as follows: a. Professional qualifications of personnel in the following areas: (1) Two or more certified photogrammetrics on staff included in the resumes of key personnel; (2) Documentation of disciplines of experience with the use of CADD and GIS equipment; (3) Land boundary surveys require the direct responsible and continuous on the ground supervision by a licensed land surveyor Registered in the state where the work is to be performed. Names and qualifications of the Professionals must be fully documented. Most of the work will be located in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. b. Past Experience on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with delivery schedule. c. Specialized experience and technical competence showing the ability to accomplish the following: (1) Obtain precision aerial photography, perform horizontal and vertical surveyors and produce digital photogrammetic maps at various scales; (2) Create GIS databases, digital raster scan files, *.dgn files and drafting services set to tri-service GIS/Spatial Data Standards capable of being loaded directly to the Corps' Integraph Corporation computer graphics system and/or ESRI system; (3) Technical production expertise consistant with utilization of photogrammetric equipment including the following: owning or leasing airworthy aircraft, currently certified precision aerial mapping camera, photographic lab for reproducing aerial photographic and mapping products, hardware and software to perform analytical aerotriangulation and DTM contouring with Integraph .TTN files or ASCII.RAN and ASCII.BRK files using Intergraph packages to create 2D and 3D files, analytical stereoplotter instrumentation interfaced for digital data collection of planimetric and topographic features, DEM data collection and manipulation of terrain data, digital data editing facilities, ability to provide orthophoto products (Hardcopy and digital) and airbourne GPS capabilities for aircraft navigation and photo control. The aerial mapping camera shall have forward motion compensation and GPS capabilities for determining accurate photo centers, based on project control datum, to perform mapping that will meet ASPRS standards. The certified precision aerial mapping camera shall have a current camera calibration report by the National Bureau of Standards or an agency making calibration of equal accuracy. (4) Ability to acquire and utilize remotely sensed data to incorporate into existing mapping data bases and/or generate thematic maps. (5) Facilitates and/or has the capability to gather historical photos from hardcopy and/or digital sources and perform photo image interpretation to detect land use and change analysis utilizing digital softcopy techniques and manually via hardcopy. (6) Contractor must have capabilities to deliver digital data on CDROM, optical rewritable disks, 8mm tapes, magnetic 9-track computer tapes, file transfer protocol, and 3.5" disks. Digital data must be readable and fully operational with Integraph and ESRI graphic systems. Own or lease static/kinematic GPS equipment capable of subcentimeter accuracy, electronic total station with data collector, and CADD/GIS data processing equipment; d. Sufficient capacity to respond quickly, mobilize qualified personnel, and produce quality results under short deadline constraints. e. Volume of DoD contract awards in the past 12 months as described in Note 24. f. SB and SDB participation. The extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and minority institutions (MI) will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort regardless of whether the SB, SDB, HBCU, or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner, the greater the participation, the greater the consideration. g. Location of the firm and knowledge of the area with respect to the general geographic location of the Tulsa District. h. In-house capabilities will weigh more heavily than subcontracted work. Responding firms are requested to clearly identify those tasks to be performed in-house and at which office. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submittal requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities and qualifications to perform this work must submit one copy of the SF 255 (11/92 edition) and one copy of the SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants to the above address no later than 4:30p.m. on May 11, 2001. Regulation requires that the selection board not consider any submittals received after this time and date. Solicitation packages are not provided. The SF 255 should specifically address the requirements of this announcement. Responding firms must identify all owned or leased equipment including serial numbers, types and capabilities of aircraft, cameras, analytical and softcopy stereo plotters, digital orthophoto equipment, photo lab equipment, appropriate surveying equipment and a complete breakdown of computer/CADD support equipment including CADD and GIS graphic equipment, software, translators to provide files for compilation of data, and types of data storage such as high density floppy disk (CD Rom), etc. that will be used to perform this contract in Block 10 of their SF 255. The firm shall present their quality control plan, including a proposed organization chart and a narrative describing how the organization will function. In addition, they shall describe the coordination with subcontractors and indicate the estimated percentage involvement of each firm on the proposed team. Those tasks to be subcontracted out and to which location shall be clearly identified and at what office (specify the address of the office and key person that is assigned there in Block 7C). Include in your submittal the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call 503-808-4590. This is not a request for proposal. Cover letters and extraneous materials are not desired and will not be considered. Personal visits to discuss this contract will not be scheduled. As required by acquisition regulations, interviews for the purpose of discussing prospective contractor's qualifications for the contract will be conducted only after the submittal review by the selection board. Interviews will be conducted by telephone. Questions should be addressed to: Mr. Jimmy White at (918) 669-7043, U.S. Army Engineer District, Tulsa, 1645 S. 101st East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128-4609.

Record

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