C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CADD SERVICES FOR AREAS SELECTED BY THE ST. LOUIS DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

Notice Date

May 1, 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-0713

Point of Contact

Richard L. Siemons, Cost Engineering and Contracts Management Branch, 314-331-8208 and Deborah Krems, Contract Specialist, 314-331-8515.

E-Mail Address

Debbie.Krems@mvs02.usace.army.mil (Debbie.Krems@mvs02.usace.army.mil)

Description

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Services of qualified Architect-Engineer (A-E) firm is sought to provide miscellaneous engineering planning and engineering and architectural design services for the St. Louis District. The boundaries of the Mississippi Valley Division will be the overall geographical area with emphasis on the St. Louis District but, the Government, at its discretion and concurrence of the Contractor may request the contractor to perform work in other geographic areas. One indefinite delivery contract will be negotiated and awarded, with a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in the contract period will not exceed $750,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount or the contract time 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 period amount. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in September 2001. The Government's minimum obligation under this contract is $15,000 for the base year and $7,500 for the option periods, if exercised. The 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. The subcontracting goals are a minimum of 61.4% of the contractors intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), including small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), 9.1% be placed with SDB and 5% with woman-owned small businesses (WOSB). The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Engineering planning, engineering design and architectural design services will be applicable to miscellaneous civil works projects such as locks and dams, gatewell drainage structures, levees, roads, railroad closure structures, project buildings and facilities. Services are applicable to military and civil works museums and archaeological curation buildings in support of the St. Louis District's, MCX mission Corps-wide. Use of the metric-system of measurement may be required for some deliverables under the proposed contract, however, metric system experience is not a selection criteria and is not required for selection. Firms considered must have a full range of design capability for these types of projects. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria, is in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria a-d are primary and criteria e-g are secondary. a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: (1) Corps civil works engineering planning, and engineering and architectural design, for large and small projects; (2) preparation of Corps civil works and military construction contract plans and specifications; (3) preparation of engineering planning reports such as reconnaissance, feasibility, general reevaluation and design documentation reports (formerly GDM & FDM). (4) ability to deliver CADD files in the Bentley Microstation format. (5) Archaeological curation building or museum design experience. (6) Quality management procedures to include Quality Control Plans; (7) Effectiveness of the project team including management structure; coordination of disciplines, subcontractors; and prior working relationships; (8) Construction cost estimating and preparation of estimates using MCACES; (9) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. b. Professional Qualifications: Qualified and registered key personnel in the disciplines of civil and structural engineering, hydraulic, hydrologic, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical engineering, architects, landscape architects, engineer planners, HVAC engineers and technicians. c. Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to quality of work, cost control and compliance with performance schedules. d. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: (1) Ability to meet overall project schedules or certain phase schedules; (2) Ability to accomplish up to three major task orders simultaneously. e. Extent of participation of small businesses (including women-owned), small disadvantaged businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team. f. Geographic Proximity to the St. Louis District office headquarters. g. Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having capabilities to perform this work must submit one copy of SF 255 and one copy of SF 254 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) 326-3459. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal.

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. 20010503/CSOL004.HTM (W-121 SN50K7N9)