U.S. Army Engineer District, Norfolk, Attn: CENAO-EN, 803 Front Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23510-1096

C -- A-E SERVICES, MINOR CIVIL WORKS PROJECTS, NORFOLK DISTRICT POC Tom Szelest, 757-441-7700 CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineer (A-E) services are required for a variety of project, primarily civil works in nature. An Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) will be negotiated and awarded with a base year and two option years. These services are being procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 36. The amount of work for the contract year shall not exceed $300,000 and no delivery order shall exceed $150,000. Work shall be performed after a negotiated firm-fixed-price task order has been negotiated. The cumulative value of the contract is $900,000. The contract is anticipated to be awarded by March/April 1997. 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 and a Small Business (SB) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Subcontracting Plan must be submitted prior to award. SIC 8711 is applicable for this requirement. The subcontracting goals for the Norfolk District, which will be considered by the Contracting Officer, are that a minimum of 50% of a contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with SBs (including SDBs) and a minimum of 5% be placed with SDBs. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22, 10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. PROJECT INFORMATION: The project consists of engineering, design, preparation of plans and specifications, cost estimates, reports and possible development of Long-Term Management Strategies (LTMS) for navigation project(s) within the jurisdiction of the Norfolk District. A-E services may include site investigations, topographic surveys, hydrographic surveys, development of LTMS for Dredged Material Placement Areas, preparation of plans and specifications for construction of minor projects and preparation of reports. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each subcriterion). Criteria a through e are primary. Criteria f and g are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. a. Specialized experience and technical competence: (1) Demonstrated experience to handle a variety of civil engineering, hydrographic and topographic surveying work relating maintenance and new work dredging of river and harbor projects. (2) Demonstrated experience in the application of the Dredged Material Research Program results in the design and implementation of dredging projects and long term disposal solutions. (3) Must show the capacity of performing extensive hydrographic and topographic surveys and producing charts and design documents meeting Corps of Engineers criteria. (4) Demonstrated experience and capability for ocean surveying with automated hydrographic surveying system. The ocean surveying may require systems with ranges of 30,000 to40,000 feet for horizontal positioning,. (5) Demonstrated experience and capability to sample dredge material, both grab and core samples, from channels ranging in depth from 6 feet to 40 feet. These samples must be obtained with accurate horizontal locations and depths. Firms are required to identify and describe equipment to be used for automated hydrographic surveying and positioning and the vessel in which the survey and positioning equipment will be mounted. (6) Computer Resources -- firms must indicate in Block 10 of the SF 255 the following items: (a) accessibility to and/or familiarity with the Construction Criteria Base (CCB) system. This shall include as a minimum, the SPECSINTACT specification system, and the MCACES estimating system; (b) demonstrated CADD capability with capacity to produce output files in ".DXF" or ".DWG" file format. b. Professional qualifications: (1) The design team must possess currently registered professional personnel (in-house) in the CIVIL ENGINEERING discipline and experienced personnel (in-house or by use of consultant) in ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER. (2) A Project Team Management Plan including team organization and proposed method of carrying out the work to meet specific individual delivery order requirements and schedules. c. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time: Firms must demonstrate ability of the design team to complete the project as scheduled. d. Past performance on Department of Defense (DoD) and other contracts: (1) Architect-Engineer Contractor Appraisal Support System (ACASS) evaluations (superior performance evaluations on recently completed projects is advantageous); (2) Letters of evaluation/recognition by other clients; (3) Cost control and estimating performance as a percentage deviation between the final estimate and low bid on similar TYPE and SIZE projects; (4) On-time delivery of designs for DoD and similar projects. e. Knowledge of the Locality: as described in Note 24. f. Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers. g. Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months. Equitable distribution of contracts among qualified A-E firms, including minority-owned firms, SB and SDB participation and firms that have not had prior DoD contracts will only be considered when used as a "tie-breaker". Considerations may include: (1) ACASS retrievals; (2) Current workload as listed in Block 9 of the SF 255; and (3) Equitable distribution of work among A-E firms (including minority-owned firms, SB and SDB participation and firms that have not had prior DoD contracts) will only be considered when used as a "tie-breaker". SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. All requirements of this announcement must be met for a firm to be considered for selection. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit a single SF 255 (11/92 edition) for the design team and single copies of current SF 254 (11/92) for the prime firm and all consultants, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. For the purpose of this notice, day number one is the day following the date of publication. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. The SF 255 must include the following: a. Firms with more than one office -- (1) Block 4: distinguish, by discipline, between the number of personnel in the office to perform the work and the total number of personnel in the firm; (2) Block 7c: each key person's office location; b. Block 3: prime firm's ACASS # and distance (in terms of POV driving miles) from address of office to perform the work and the Norfolk District. For ACASS information, call 503-326-3459; c. Block 7f: registrations must include the year, discipline and state in which registered; d. Block 8b: Include a descriptive project synopsis of major items of work; e. Block 9. Indicate fee in terms of thousands of dollars, not percentage of work completed. f. Block 10. Describe owned or leased equipment that will be used to perform this contract, CADD capabilities, an organizational chart including all key elements of the design team demonstrating the firm's understanding of and ability to execute projects under the contract. The revised 11/92 edition of the SF 255 (NSN 7450-01-152-8074) and SF 254 (NSN 7540-01-152-8073) is required. Forms may be obtained through GPO at (202) 783-3283. Submittals by facsimile transmission and information in cover letters will not be accepted. Prior to the final selection, firms considered highly qualified to accomplish the work may be interviewed either by telephone or by formal presentation. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. SOLICITATION PACKAGES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED.***** (0034)

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