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C -- OPEN-END CONTRACTOR FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MACDILL AFB, FL SOL F08602-96-RA077 DUE 051596. POC Debra K. Parent (813) 828-3815 x346. Open-End Contract for Architectural Services with related Engineering, MacDill AFB and Avon Park AFR, Florida. Services will include preparation of plans and specifications, construction cost estimates, construction time estimates, renderings, various studies and reports, site investigations, and verification of as-built drawings. Construction management services may be also be required. Work will be for MacDill AFB and Avon Park AFR, Florida. An open-end contract will be awarded for a period of one year with one option year. Projects will be issued to the contractor by delivery order. Delivery orders, with the exception of the initial, will not exceed $299,000. Cumulative amounts of all delivery orders will not exceed $750,000 per contract year. The Government reserves the right to select more than one firm from the respondents to award a contract. Participation of minority-owned businesses is encouraged. Architect/Engineer firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement and desiring consideration shall submit appropriate data as described below no later than 15 May 1996, 4:30 PM EST. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Considerations for selection in priority order are as follows: 1. Specialized experience in DoD open-end contracts for projects valued at $10,000 to $500,000. 2. Professional qualifications of key personnel. 3. Professional capacity to complete projects within required time. 4. Past performance of the firm on DoD and other contracts. 5. Location of the firm in the general geographic area of MacDill AFB (Note: Only companies with a local design office within a 30 mile radius of MacDill AFB will be considered. Capabilities of this local design office will be a primary consideration for selection, therefore such local capabilities and experience should be clearly distinguished from possible qualifications of the firm based on other than the local office.) 6. Volume of recent DoD contracts. 7. Cost control effectiveness based on recent competitively bid contracts. (Provide a chair or bid abstracts with your cost estimates compared with the low bid.) 8. Full time construction inspection capability. Architect-Engineer firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project. Submittals should be limited to SF 254 and SF 255 and should be as concise as possible, no more than 20 pages total. Elaborate brochures are discouraged. Only one copy of the submittal is required. Firms responding to this announcement before the closing date will be considered for selection, subject to the limitation on geographic location. Following an initial evaluation of the qualification and performance data submitted, three firms considered to be the most highly qualified to provide the type of services required, will be chosen for negotiation. (092)

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