Department of Army, New England District, Corps of Engineers, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742-2751

C -- GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND RELATED SERVICES, VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION SOL DACW33-99-R-0017 POC Robert A. MacDonald, 978-318-8718 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract that will provide for the capability to issue a series of Task Orders not to exceed $300,000.00 each and the total cumulative contract amount not to exceed $500,000.00 in the base year. At the option of the Goverment, the resultant contract may be extended for an additional one year period. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. The work shall include general geotechnical engineering and related services at various locations throughout the North Atlantic Division of the Corps of Engineers. Work may include studies/designs or evaluations involving soils/geology; groundwater; earth and rock structure, including soil and rock anchors; foundation and earth dam design; seismic stability; dam foundation analysis and risk evaluation of earth structures; embankment instrumentation installation; and performing inspections and preparing instrumentation reports related to dam safety. See Note 24 for general selection process. Selection criteria in descending order of importance are a. The firm must have on its own staff or provide through a consultant(s), professional engineers with demonstrated geotechnical expertise, registered in all states covered by the North Atlantic Division, and geologists including a geologist licensed in Maine. Firms not meeting this requirement will be disqualified from further consideration; b. the firm must demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence in services required above; c. the firm must have the capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; d. the firm must possess a good record of past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; e. firms shall have capability to provided drafting in Intergraph format. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit two copies of SF255 (11/92 edition), and two copies of SF254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants (note that SF 255s are not required for consultants) to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date this announcement is published. 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 Section 3b. Call the ACASS Center at 503-808-4591 to obtain a number. In Section 10 of the SF 255, describe the firm's overall design quality management plan, including management approach, coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, and quality control procedures. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. All responsible sources may submit a bid which will be considered by the New England District. Posted 07/02/99 (W-SN350067). (0183)

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