U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, WV 25701-2070

C -- ARCHITECT ENGINEER SERVICES POC Contact Point, Sandy King, (304)529-5182, Contracting Officer, Lenora L. Sutphin, (304)529-5620 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineer services are required for the preparation of final plans, specifications, quantity estimate, engineering during construction (option), construction management (option), construction quality assurance (option) and final preparation of as-built drawings (option) for the Mercer County Regional Water Distribution project located near Princeton, West Virginia. A firm-fixed-price contract will be awarded immediately following the consummation of an agreement with the project sponsor. This procurement cannot proceed without execution of this Project Cooperation Agreement. A separate Project Cooperation Agreement with the sponsor will be required prior to proceeding with construction activities. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The plans shall include details necessary for the construction of water lines ranging from six and eight inch municipal water distribution lines to 24 inch main transmission lines. This project is a subordinate phase of a larger regional water project and therefore design and construction schedules must be coordinated with the progress of said project. All plans and specifications must conform to the design standards of the State of West Virginia. Provisions must be included for appropriate coordination with all concurrent and adjacent owners; i.e. the towns of Athens, Lerona and Princeton, WVDOT, utilities, residents and businesses. Construction costs are estimated at over $2 million. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria in descending order of importance are: 1) Specialized experience and technical competence in designing waterline projects in rural communities, knowledge of specific local, state or Federal laws and knowledge of State of West Virginia design criteria; 2) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work and assure that the work progresses in coordination with the efforts of a larger Mercer/Summers County Project; 3) Qualified professional personnel in the following disciplines: civil/sanitary engineers; 4) Past performance; 5) Geographic proximity to the work site; 6) Volume of DoD contracts awarded in the previous twelve months. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms having the capacity to perform the work and who desire to be considered must submit a completed SF 255 and appropriate data. Only SF 255's received in this office within thirty (30) days from the date of this notice will be considered. If SF 254 is not on file with the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, a current SF 254 should also be included. The revised edition of SF 254 and SF 255 dated 11/92 must be used. This is the ''ONLY'' edition that will be accepted. No other general notification to firms will be made and no further action is required. This is not a request for proposal. (0048)

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