C -- MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL AND TRANSPORTATION DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

Notice Date

July 5, 2001

Contracting Office

Officer In Charge of Construction, Bldg 2004, PO Box 1855, Quantico, VA 22134-0855

ZIP Code

22134-0855

Solicitation Number

N62477-01-D-1018

Response Due

January 8, 2006

Point of Contact

Debbie R. Lockett (703) 784-5462

E-Mail Address

LockettDR@efaches.navfac.navy.mil (LockettDR@efaches.navfac.navy.mil)

Description

Miscellaneous Civil and Transportation Design and Engineering Services are required to cover a broad range of civil and transportation designs for maintenance, repair, and construction projects at the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico. An open-end contract will be issued for a period of one year with three (3) one-year extension option that may be exercised by the Government. If exercised by the Government, the A&E will receive official notice within 60 days prior to the end of the first year. The estimated contract amount will not exceed $500,000.00 for each year. Individual fees for any delivery shall range from approximately $10,000.00 up to $250,000.00. The Government obligates itself to obtain a minimum of $25,000.00 in services during the term of base period. Each delivery order, or project, will be a firm fixed price A&E contract. Estimated construction cost for each project will be approximately $50,000.00 to $2,000,000.00. The average construction cost is expected to be around $700,000.00. A possibility of Multiple Award could result from this announcement. Work consists of preparing detailed plans, specifications, calculations, cost estimates, and supporting documentation for design and performing associated engineering services. Documents shall be provided on electronic media as well as paper copy. Consultation, and review of shop drawings and contract submittals will also be required. Specialized studies and engineering evaluations may be required. Drawings and other information concerning the building sites will be made available to the A&E for review. This information is furnished for reference only, and the Government makes no guarantee as to the accuracy, legibility, or content of this information. Firms responding to this announcement before the closing date will be considered for selection. Following an initial evaluation of the qualification and performance data submitted, firms considered to be the most highly qualified to provide the type of service required, will be chosen for interviews. Interviewed firms may be required to provide examples of their work. Selection of firms for negotiations shall be through an order of preference based on the demonstrated competence and qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the type of professional services required. THE NAICS CODE FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS 541310 WHICH STATES THE BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD TO BE CONSIDERED A SMALL BUSINESS IS A MAXIMUM OF $4.0 MILLION OF AVERAGE ANNUAL RECEIPTS FOR ITS PRECEDING 3 FISCAL YEARS. ALL INTERESTED ARCHITECT-ENGINEERS ARE REMINDED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF P.L. 95-507, THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO PLACE SUBCONTRACTS TO THE MAXIMUM PRACTICABLE EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH THE EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT WITH SMALL AND SMALL DISADVANTAGED FIRMS. MCB, Quantico covers an area approximately 60,000 acres. There are over 1200 permanent buildings built between 1920 and 2000. Portions of the base are in historic districts. Types of facilities includes barracks, administrative facilities, training buildings, ranges an airfield, hangars, schools, and family housing. Quantico has approximately 97 miles of paved roads, 15 bridges, one water plant, three water pumping stations, two sewage plants and 25 sewage pumping stations. The selection criteria in the relative order of importance are: (1) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE an technical competence in the type of work required; a) Firm must demonstrate experience in urban transportation planning and design that provides the full range of transportation engineering services to support the installation master plan in the price ranges given above. Projects shall include studies/analyses, new construction, maintenance and repair. Past successes of the firm as demonstrated by its performance evaluations on government projects shall be provided. Identify specific personnel and consultants that worked on these projects; b) Demonstrate experience with NAVFAC design manuals, design criteria, and specifications; c) Demonstrate specialized experience with collecting highway use data, including projected usage based upon planned development and sizing roadways to accommodate this level of usage; d) Demonstrate specialized experience designing new roads or improvements to existing roads that efficiently and effectively accommodate present and projected usage. Roadway design shall address all elements of highway design to include optimum use of traffic control devices, specialized turn and use lanes, etc; e) Demonstrate specialized experience with parking lot and multilevel garage designs; walkways/running trails which encourage the use of pedestrian methods of transport; f) construction or rehabilitation of infrastucture systems which support campus style real property environment. (2) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; a) Provide the professional qualifications of all proposed staff, engineers, and designers; b) A professionally registered project manager shall be assigned to this contract; c) Provide professional qualifications of all proposed consultants; d) Provide the length of employment with the firm of all proposed personnel; e)Provide information on other professional affiliations. (3) CAPACITY of the firm to accomplish the work in the required time; a) Show capacity, either in-house or through consultants, to perform architectural, interior and associated design work; b) List other DOD IDQ design contracts received within the past 18 months . Provide the value, the number of options, and the start and finish dates; c) Explain how work under this contract will integrate with the firm's workload. (4) PAST PERFORMANCE on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, and compliance with performance schedules; a) Demonstrate how design costs, design schedules, and construction budgets have been managed. Use examples of actual project similar in size and type, to the work required on this contract. Provide examples of accelerated projects and projects constrained by government fiscal year time lines; b) Provide information comparing original construction budgets to bid costs to final construction costs; c) Describe your cost estimating system. (5) LOCATION in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; a) Demonstrate knowledge and experience working with the Federal, State and local regulatory agencies which own or manage transportation resources; b) State the location of all offices of the firm to be utilized for this contract, and what type and percent of work will be done at each. (6) QUALITY CONTROL including performance of quality control on prior to contracts; a) Describe current methods for quality (QC) control of designs. Detail how these methods has been improved the quality of designs. Note specific cases of errors or omissions which the firm's QC methods have corrected. Describe how the firm's QC has been improved over time; b) Describe how review comments are managed; c) Explain which CADD systems are used and which drawing standards are followed; d) describe and demonstrate how the firm manages client input. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested Architect-Engineer firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit ONE (1) completed SF 255 (11/92 edition) US Government Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project for themselves and ONE (1) completed SF 254 (11/92 edition) for themselves and one for each of their subcontractors to, Officer in Charge of Contracts, Building 2004, Mann Hall, Barnett Avenue, Room 211, Code 20, P O Box 1855, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia 22134-0855. On SF 255, block 3b, provide the firm's ACASS number. For ACASS information call (503) 808-4605. On block 7 of the SF 255 provide resumes for all key team members, whether with the prime firm or a subcontractor; list specific project (project manager, architect, design engineer, etc.) and identify where the team member is located if different from SF 255, block 3b. On block 9 of the SF 255, responding firms must indicate the number and amount of fees awarded on DoD (Army, Navy, and Air Force) contracts during the 12 months prior to this notice, including change orders and supplemental agreements for the submitting office only. On block 10 of the SF 255, provide the design quality management plan. Responses received by 06 August 2001 at 3:00 PM will be considered for selection. If the closing date is a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the 3:00 PM on the next business day. No other notification will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A&E contracts. This is not a request for proposals. All responsible sources may submit the required SF 255 and SF 254 which shall be considered by the agency. See Numbered Notes 24 and 26.

Record

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