U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, MOBILE, ATTN: CESAM-EN-MN, P.O. BOX 2288, MOBILE ALABAMA 36628-0001 OR 109 ST., JOSEPH STREET MOBILE AL 36602

C -- IDC TO SUPPORT THE MOBILE DISTRICT MASTER PLANNING MILITARY MISSION, RFP: DACA01-97-R-0086 SOL AEMXXX-7200-0018 POC Contact Dewayne Brackins, 334-441-5755; Contracting Officer, Edward M. Slana (Site Code W31XNJ) CONTRACT INFORMATION: A-E services are required for an Indefinite Delivery Contract to Support the Mobile District's Master Planning Program. Master Planning projects, military and civil works, will be located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and other areas that may be assigned to the Mobile District. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The Contract will be awarded for a one year period with an option to extend the contract for two additional periods, not to exceed a total of three years. Work to be subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual task orders, not to exceed $1,000,000 for each contract period. (If the $1 million limit for a contract period is exhausted or nearly exhausted prior to 12 months after the start of the period, the option for the next contract period may be exercised.) Selection of AE firms is not based upon competitive bidding procedures, but rather upon the professional qualifications necessary for the performance of the required services. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan for that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for this contract are a minimum of 52.5% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), including small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and women-owned business, 8.8% be placed with SDB, and 5% for women-owned business. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. PROJECT INFORMATION: The selected firm will be required to perform services in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi and with possible work in Central and South America and other areas that may be assigned to the Mobile District. The contract will be used primarily for developing master plan studies, specialized studies, drawings, tabulations, and development of Geographic Information System (GIS). The contract will also be used to provide digital mapping data readable and fully operable on an AutoCADD and Intergraph Microstation computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) system. Military Master Planning will be in accordance with requirements established in Tri-Service Spatial Data Standards, AR 210-20 and AFR 86-4. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A thru D are primary. Criteria E thru H are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. A. Professional Qualifications: The contract will require the following professional disciplines, with registration required where applicable. Use the nomenclature for disciplines as noted in this advertisement: (1) Urban/Regional Planner; (2) Landscape Architect; (3) Architect; (4) Cost Estimator; (5)Transportation Planner; (6) Civil Engineer; (7) Electrical Engineer; (8) Mechanical Engineer; (9) Economist; (10)Biologist; (11) Forester; (12) Ecologist; (13) Wildlife Biologist. Resumes (Block 7 of the SF 255) must be provided for these disciplines, including consultants. B. Specialized experience and technical competence in: (A) Specialized experience in: (1) Army Real Property Master Plans; (2) Air Force Base Comprehensive Plans; (3) Automated Mapping/Facility Management (AM/FM) providing the drawings in AutoCadd and/or Intergraph Microstation; (4) Traffic Engineering; (5) Detailed Utility Mapping; (6) Programming Documents; (7) DD Form 1391's; (8) Project Development Brochures; (9) Overlay Composite Method Master Plans; (10) Geographic Information System (GIS); (11) Topographic Digital Mapping; (12) Space Utilization and Facility Planning. In Block 10 of the SF 255 describe the firms's quality management plan, including the team's organization including an organizational chart, quality assurance, and coordination of in-house work with consultants. C. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: The capacity to accomplish at least three (3) $200,000 task orders simultaneously. D. Past Performance: Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; E. Experience in Specialized Planning Studies: (1) Multi-Service Consolidation Planning; (2) BRAC DD1391s; (3) Facility Transition Planning; (4) Facility Functional Analysis; F. Geographic Location: Geographic location with respect to the Southeast United States; G. Small Business, Small Disadvantage Business, and Women Owned Business Participation: Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women owned businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort; H. Equitable Distribution of DOD contracts: Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submissions requirements. Firms must submit a copy of their SF 254 and SF 255, and a copy of each consultant's SF 254. The 11/92 edition of the forms must be used, and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office. These must be received in the Mobile District Office (CESAM-EN-MN) not later than close of business on the 30th day after the date of publication of this solicitation in the Commerce Business Daily. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include ACASS number in Block 3b. Call the ACASS Center at 503-326-3459 to obtain a number. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. As required by acquisition regulations, interviews for the purpose of discussing prospective contractors' qualifications for the contracts will be conducted only for those firms considered highly qualified after submittal review by (0248)

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