SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- PROPOSED INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE (IDT) CONTRACTS FOR SURVEYING SERVICES, VICKSBURG DISTRICT- ENGINEERING DIVISION
- Notice Date
- 1/23/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Engineer District, Vicksburg, ATTN: CEMVK-CT, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435
- ZIP Code
- 39183-3435
- Solicitation Number
- W912EE-06-AE-0002
- Response Due
- 2/28/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/29/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Up to two contracts will be awarded as a result of this announcement. Work will be accomplished under Indefinite Delivery Contracts NTE $1.0M each with a base period and two option periods. Task orders issued over the life of the contract shall not exceed $3.0 million. The contract base period will be 365 days from the date of contract award or exhaustion of the contract value of $3.0 million, whichever comes first. The period of any option will be 365 days from the date the Contracting Officer sign s the exercise of the option or until exhaustion of the contract value of the option or until exhaustion of the contract value of $3.0 million, whichever comes first. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. Allocation of task or ders will be based on the following factors: specialized knowledge or expertise which would enhance execution, past experience or knowledge of the locality, availability of appropriate staff, performance on previous task orders, magnitude of task order rel ative to remaining contract capacity, equitable workload distribution. 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 subco ntracting plan. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work consists of professional services in connection with surveying required at various locations primarily within the limits of the Vicksburg District, which includes parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississi ppi. Use of the metric system of measurement may be required for some task orders. 3. PRE-SELECTION CRITERIA will be based on the following considerations, which are of equal importance. The firm, either in-house or through association with any qualifi ed consultant(s), must: A. Have one or more registered land surveyors in each of the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. B. Have a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in the following areas: GPS surveys, automated hydrographic surve ys utilizing DGPS, LIDAR surveys, gage and discharge surveys, automated topographic surveys utilizing total stations and data collectors, cadastral surveys, OTF or RTK surveys, and multi-beam or fan-sweep hydrographic surveys. C. Have demonstrated experie nce in the performance of first order horizontal and vertical control surveys. D. Have the necessary equipment, boats and personnel with demonstrated experience in the performance of the above type of surveys. E. Have demonstrated experience in the use o f CADD/GIS systems. All drawings shall be furnished in Bentley Micro-station design file compatible format or ESRI compatible format. Deliverables and backups must be of current version in operation by the Vicksburg District at time of contract award. R esponding firms must, as a part of their response, state the type of CADD system to be used by their firm and explain in detail how the system will be made compatible with the Vicksburg District CADD/GIS system. Firms failing to submit as a part of their response, information on how they will achieve complete CADD/GIS compatibility with the Vicksburg District's system will not be considered. 4. SELECTION CRITERIA will be based on the following considerations and are listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A through E are primary. Criteria F through H are secondary and will only be used as a tie-breaker, if necessary, in ranking the most highly qualified firms. A. Specialized experience in first-order horizontal and vertical control surveys, GPS control surveys, automated hydrographic surveys in real time utilizing DGPS tech nology, LIDAR surveys, gage and discharge surveys on large and small streams, topographic surveys utilizing total stations and data collectors formatted for entry into CADD/GIS computer systems, topographic surveys utilizing vehicle-mounted OTF or RTK Diff erential GPS system s, multi-beam or fan-sweep hydrographic surveys, and cadastral surveys including large land areas accepted by state or Federal courts to settle boundary disputes. B. Capacity in terms of personnel, including management personnel, with demonstrated experie nce and qualifications in all areas of surveying required above, and necessary equipment to assure prompt response to and completion of surveying assignments (short listed firms may be required to show model and serial numbers of all equipment shown in the SF 255). C. Professional qualifications of employees designated to work under this contract, including professional recognition, professional registration, advanced degrees, and recognized designations of industry professional organizations. D. Knowledg e of locality in terms of terrain features, area-working conditions, location of major landforms, and river basins, etc. E. Past performance - consideration will be given to ratings on previous A-E DoD contracts for engineering services. F. Extent of par ticipation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and minority institutions (MI) in the contract team. Participation will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort, regardless of whether the SB, SDB, HBC U or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner, the greater the participation, the greater the consideration. G. Geographic proximity to Vicksburg, Mississippi. H. DoD contract awards in the past 12 months. The greater the awards the lesser the consideration. In the final selection process, the most highly qualified firms will be interviewed. The contracts will be awarded on or about July 1, 2004. 5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms must send one copy of SF 330 as well as part II of each consultants SF 330 to U.S. Army Engineer District, Vicksburg, ATTN: A-E Services (CEMVK-ED-CE) 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39183-3435. Include DUNS number on all submittals. Note the following restrictions on submittalResu mes of key persons, specialists and individual consultants (Section E) anticipated for this contract will be limited to a maximum of 20 pages. Additional information (Section H) will be limited to a maximum of 20 pages. Pages in excess of the maximum of 20 will be discarded and not used in evaluations. All telephone calls should be directed to Mrs. Jennifer Chambers, (601) 631-5562. APPOINTMENTS WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. This is not a Request for Proposal. A fee proposal will be requested at a later date. Along with the fee proposal, the selected firm (if a large business) will be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 19.702. The objective of the plan is to offer subcontracting opportunities to small bu siness concerns and small disadvantaged business concerns to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the efficient performance of the contract. The subcontracting plan shall separate percentage goals composed of direct cost, indirect costs, or a co mbination of the two for using small and small disadvantaged business subcontractors. Questions relative to the subcontracting plan may be directed to Mrs. Shirley Reed, Deputy for Small Business, (601) 631-5347. ****NOTE: Contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database (see http://www.ccr.gov/ for information relative to CCR). Point of Contact (POC) Jennifer Chambers (601) 631-5562 POC EMAIL: Jennifer.b.chambers@mvk02.usace.army.mil
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, Vicksburg ATTN: CEMVK-CT, 4155 Clay Street Vicksburg MS
- Zip Code: 39183-3435
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 39183-3435
- Record
- SN00970990-W 20060125/060123212125 (fbodaily.com)
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