DA & AF, National Guard Bureau, Base Contracting Office, Montana Air National Guard, 2800 Airport Avenue B, Great Falls, MT 59404-5570

C -- ARCHITECT & ENGINEERING SERVICES Contact SMSGT Paul R. Stashi, Contracting Officer, 406/791-6246. Provide complete Type ``A'' (Investigative), ``B'' (Design), and ``C'' (Inspection) Services for Project JKSE95023, Indefinite Quantity Architect-Engineer Contract for Mechanical/Electrical Design Services'', Montana Air National Guard, International Airport, 2800 Airport Avenue B, Great Falls, Montana, and USPFO for Montana, Bldg. P517 Mt. Majo Street, Fort Harrison, Helena, Montana. The work is to provide complete design services for various mechanical and electrical Real Property Maintenance (RPM) projects. It is the government's intent to place orders for the preparation of projects books/statements of work for separate projects. The successful architect-engineer firm will be ineligible to compete for the construction contracts for which they have developed the project books and/or statements of work. The contract shall have one basic contract year with one 1-year option period. The significant evaluation criteria in order of precedence are: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; (3) capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; (6) volume of Department of Defense (DOD) work previously awarded the firm. The estimated yearly cost range is $5,000.00 to $240,000.00. The contract shall be firm fixed-price. Architect and Engineering firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit, and be received by, the Base Contracting Office, Montana Air National Guard, 2800 Airport Avenue B, Great Falls, MT 59404-5570, both: (1) A complete Standard Form 254, U.S. Government Architect-Engineer Questionnaire, and (2) a Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer Questionnaire for this specific project no later than 20 September 1994, 1:30 p.m., Mountain Time Zone in order to be considered for selection. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project is made, and no further action is required. If a current Standard Form 254 has previously been submitted, a letter so stating should be submitted within the above time frame to insure consideration, however, a current Standard Form 255 is still required. See Note No. 24. This is not a Request For Proposal. (227)

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