A -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY A-E CONTRACT FOR FIELD SURVEYS WITH AUTOMATED HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY CAPABILITIES

Notice Date

April 10, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Engineer District St Louis CE, Attn: CEMVS-CT, 1222 Spruce Street, Rm 4.207, St Louis, MO 63103-2833

ZIP Code

63103-2833

Solicitation Number

DACW43-01-R-0706 & DACW43-01-R-0707

Response Due

April 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Cost Engineering and Contracts Managment Branch, Richard L. Siemons, (314) 331-8208, Contracting Officer, Archie Ringgenberg, (314) 331-8505

E-Mail Address

Treniece.Sutherlin@mvs02.usace.army.mil (Treniece.Sutherlin@mvs02.usace.army.mil)

Description

CONTRACT INFORMATION: This announcement is restricted to Small Businesses only. Services of qualified A-E firms, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36, are sought to provide field and hydrographic surveys to support engineering, design, operations, maintenance, and various navigation, environmental, planning, and flood control projects within or assigned to the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. CE SOL DACW43-01-R-0706 and DACW43-01-R-0707. The Government may, at its discretion and upon concurrence of the Contractor, accomplish work in other geographical regions. Two indefinite delivery contracts will be negotiated and awarded. Each contract will have a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period will not exceed $500,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amounts for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders not to exceed the contract amount. The Contracting Officer will consider the following factors in deciding which Contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: performance and quality of deliverables under the current contract, current capacity to accomplish the task order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, and equitable distribution of work. The contracts are anticipated to be awarded in July 2001. II. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work will be for field and hydrographic surveys to supplement the St. Louis District's mission in support of providing assistance to other Government entities to include Local, State, and Federal Agencies. The potential exists that some requested services will be needed for acquiring survey data and/or access to areas classified up to SECRET; therefore, prior to award, the architect-engineer must demonstrate the capability to achieve a secret clearance for facilities, personnel, and equipment. Final secret clearance for personnel and facilities may be required within 120 days of award of each contract and prior to issuance of a task order. Surveys required include the following: hydrographic surveys for lakes, rivers, and harbors projects; topographic, utility, planimetric, cadastral, location, construction layout, geodetic/photogrammetric control (horizontal & vertical), GPS surveys, and transportation corridor routes. Firms must have at least one survey crew that has received training that meets the requirement of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Regulation 29 CFR 11910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. This training is a requirement prior to the submission of SF 254 and SF 255 in response to this announcement. Firms should demonstrate the capability to complete work and to acquire subcontractors with experience, equipment, and safety training that allows for the performance of surveying at sites within areas of possible hazardous wastes in accordance with Operating Safety Guides ( November, (1984) of the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response of the US Environmental Protection Agency. III. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for a general description of A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by sub-criterion). Criteria a. through d. are primary. Criteria e is secondary and will be used as a "tie-breakers", in ranking of the most highly qualified firms. a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence in the type of work required: (1) Experience in hydrographic surveys, cadastral surveys, planimetric surveys, topographic surveys, geodetic control surveys, transportation corridor route location surveys, construction layout surveys, GPS surveying, aerial photo control surveys, and field data processing and survey adjustments; (2) capability to collect and deliver survey data in digital format, readable and fully operational in 2D and 3D formats on the St. Louis District CADD system, and other CADD & GIS systems such as MicroStation, AutoCAD, and ARC/INFO; (3) capability to integrate field survey information into photogrammetric mapping databases with that portion of the data furnished by the surveyor being compatible with the photomapping data. This could include: drill hole locations, utility locations, boundary surveys, horizontal traverse circuits, underwater soundings, DTM contour grids, and aerial photo control point location coordinates or other survey needs; (4) facilities must have capability to deliver survey data in ASCII format and Intergraph dgn format (Microstation V5.0 or better) on CDROM or 3.5-inch high density diskettes formatted in MS-DOS; (5) use of GPS equipment, including network layout and adjustment, and the ability and past experience to submit GPS control data to the NGS for blue booking or inclusion into the NGS database . b. Professional Qualifications. Qualified and licensed land surveyors or professional engineers with expertise in field and hydrographic surveying. Qualified personnel and technicians with demonstrated experience in computer-aided drafting (CADD). The evaluation will consider education, training, registration, overall and relevant experience, and longevity with the firm. c. Capacity to Accomplish the Work. (1) Capacity to perform approximately $500,000 in work of the required type in a one-year period. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel in key disciplines and equipment. Firms must have the personnel capacity for two simultaneous survey crews for field or hydrographic survey work. (2) Firms which demonstrate that they presently have, or the capability to obtain through purchase or lease, an DGPS equipped automated hydrographic survey vessel, with environment controlled cabin, 19-30 foot in length, capable of being trailered to and operating in inland and coastal navigation projects for automated acoustic surveys; (3) Firms which demonstrate that they presently have, or the capability to obtain static, or kinematic GPS equipment capable of centimeter measurement accuracy, electronic total station with data collector, and CADD/GIS data processing equipment. (4) Firms must demonstrate they can accomplish the work as required to maintain delivery of a quality product on a timely schedule. (5) Presently have or demonstrate ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance for personnel, facilities, and equipment needed to do the work. d. Past Performance. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, as determined from ACASS evaluation records and other sources. e. Equitable Distribution of DOD Contracts. Volume of DOD contracts awarded to the firm as described in Note 24. IV. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms having capabilities to perform this work and who desire to be considered must submit two copies of completed SF 255 (11/92 edition) and two copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants, to the above address 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 of the next business day. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call 503-808-4591. In SF 255, Block 10, describe owned or leased equipment that will be used to perform this contract, as well as the number of available survey crews and CADD capabilities. In Block 10 also indicate the estimated percentage involvement of each firm on the proposed team. No other notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a Request For Proposal (RFP).

Web Link

http://mvs-www.mvs.usace.army.mil/ct/ct/htm (http://mvs-www.mvs.usace.army.mil/ct/ct/htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010412/ASOL005.HTM (W-100 SN50I854)