SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR PITTSBURGH DISTRICT, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Pittsburgh District Contracting Division, 1000 Liberty Avenue, W.S. Moorhead Federal Building, Room 727, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
- ZIP Code
- 15222-4186
- Solicitation Number
- DACW59-02-R-0005
- Response Due
- 6/24/2002
- Archive Date
- 7/24/2002
- Point of Contact
- Darrin Barber, 412-395-7464
- E-Mail Address
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Pittsburgh District Contracting Division
(Darrin.P.Barber@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, proposes to obtain the services for possibly UP TO THREE Multidiscipline Indefinite Delivery Architect-Engineer (A-E) contracts for engineering, design and related services. Ea ch contract will have a base period not to exceed one year with up to two additional option periods, not to exceed one year each that may also be awarded. Individual, fixed-price task orders issued under these contracts will not exceed $2,000,000.00 and th e cost ceiling for each base and option period for each contract will be $2,000,000.000. An option period may be exercised at the discretion of the Contracting Officer when the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhaust ed or nearly exhausted. One of the three contracts will be awarded initially with the remaining two, if awarded, will be awarded within 12 months depending on workload and contracting requirements. The criteria to be used in allocating task orders among t he contracts will be based on the following: (1) Contract Minimums, task orders will be distributed to assure the guaranteed minimums are met; (2) Past performance on previous task orders, the quality and timeliness of work delivered on prior jobs under th e current contract; (3) current capacity to accomplish the task order in the required time; (4) unique specialized experience; (5) equitable distribution of work among the contractors. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a la rge business is selected for any of these contracts, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work that it intends to subcontract. The current subcontracting goals for this district are that a minimum of 61.4% of the contractor's intended subcontracted amount be placed with Small Business (SB), including 9.1% placed with small disadvantaged business (SDB), 5% placed with women-owned business and 3% for service-disabled veteran-owned small busi ness. These goals are advisory only. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Projects will primarily be located within the Pittsburgh District but may also be located within the geographical boundaries or mission assignments of the USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD). The Great Lakes and Ohio Riv er Division includes Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Huntington, Louisville, Nashville, and Pittsburgh Districts. The A-E Services to be provided under this contract will be multidisciplinary in nature to support the Pittsburgh District and other LRD organizati on's missions. The A-E Services to be provided under these contracts will be multidisciplinary in nature to support the Pittsburgh District's mission to plan, design, construct, operate and maintain navigation projects (locks and dams), flood control rese rvoirs and dams, local flood protection projects, river basins, aquatic ecosystem restoration (wetland construction and enhancement, AMD Mitigation, habitat enhancement, urban stream restoration), recreation and other facilities. Services will include, but not be limited to, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural, Specification, Geotechnical, Sanitary, Environmental, Cost, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Engineering; Architectural Design and the necessary engineering support services such as CADD, surveying, an d cost estimates. The Contractors will be required to provide appropriate personnel, materials, equipment, management, quality, and cost controls to perform all phases of engineering and architectural services to include, but not be limited to, engineering investigations/studies; designs; reports; construction plans and specifications; preliminary cost estimates; general construction and engineering type surveys; and Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD). Work shall be accomplished in full compliance wi th established Corps of Engineers manuals, policies, standards and practices and other professional practices and standa rds as necessitated by project conditions or job requirements. Work to be accomplished may be required to be performed using the metric system of measurement. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 of the CBD 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 sub-criterion). Criteria (a) through (e) are primary. Crit eria (f) through (h) are secondary and will only be used as ‘tie-breakers’ among technically equal firms. (a) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: the firm (the firm shall be considered the prime firm and all subcontractor(s)) and its staff shall have specialized experience and technical competence in: (1) all phases of engineering including experi ence related or similar to the design and/or rehabilitation of navigation locks and dams; earthen and concrete flood control dams; multi-purpose reservoir project features (i.e. roads, buildings, recreational features); local flood protection projects; was tewater and sewage treatment facilities; water treatment and distribution facilities; environmental designs and studies of acid mine drainage control and remediation; water quality; stream and urban restoration; habitat enhancement; wetland construction an d enhancement; energy conservation; pollution control; waste reduction and the use of recovered materials for the design of buildings and other facilities; (2) using innovative design and construction concepts/engineering practices and state-of-the-art tec hnologies; (3) designing projects within constrained construction schedules and funding limitations; (4) producing and delivering CADD drawings in a format fully compatible with MicroStation Version J. Drawing standards shall conform to the CADD/GIS Techn ology Center-A/E/C CADD Standards Release 2. Firms are required to demonstrate compatibility by submitting relevant samples on CD ROM; (5) delivering data for all required reviews and final submission shall be submitted in both, hard copy and electronic f ormat. All electronic data files will be delivered via compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM) or as specified by the District. (b) Professional qualifications of the key project management and technical personnel to be assigned to the contract and perform the required services as listed in Section 2, PROJECT INFORMATION. The evaluation of professional qualifications will consider education, training, professional registration, organizational certificates, overall and relevant experience, and longevity with the firm. The firm should indicate professional registrations/licenses, certificates from commercial organizations, professiona l recognition, professional associations, publications, advanced training, and specific work experience of key personnel. The firm must staff necessary Registered/Licensed Engineers, Architects, Landscape Architects, and Surveyors having professional qual ifications and specialized experience to perform and/or oversee that all work is accomplished as required by law and professional engineering, architectural, estimating, scheduling and surveying practices. (c) Past Performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of project management, cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (d) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the anticipated work in an efficient manner. The evaluation will consider the experience of the firm in similarly sized projects, and the size and qualifications of the firm's staff in the required disciplines. The f irm's staff must be capable of responding to multiple task orders concurrently and within specified performance periods. (e) Knowledge of Locality, both geologic and climatic (both the Pittsburgh District and the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division). (f)Extent of participation of Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone small businesses, women-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (g) Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the Pittsburgh District. (h) Volume of work awarded to the primary firm by DoD during the previous 12 months. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit three (3) current complete Standard Form 255s (SF 255,REV.11-92), ‘Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project’ and any supplemental data, which documents the firm's qualifications. The SF 255 must be no longer than 125 pages in total length (excluding the SF 254 and sample CADD compatibility CD ROM), Block 10 must be 40 pages or less in length. Include in Block 10 of the SF 255 a discussion/specific examples of why the firm is especially qualified based upon the specific selection criteria listed in Section 3, SELECTION CRITERIA. Front and back side use of a single page will count as 2 pages. Pages in exc ess of the maximums listed above will be discarded and not used in evaluation of the selection criteria. Firms must submit a detailed quality control plan with their proposal that outlines specific quality control procedures for this contract and specifica lly addresses quality control procedures between the prime firm and any subcontractors. Firms must also submit a list of all significant equipment and software, including email and File Transfer Protocol (FTP)capabilities that are to be used on this contr act. All responding firms that do not have a current (within the last 12 months) SF 254 Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire on file in this office must also furnish three (3) completed SF 254s. Include the firm and all subcontractor's ACA SS numbers in SF 255, Block 2b; if no ACASS numbers have been assigned indicate as such in Block 2b. For ACASS information, call 503-808-4591 or 4590. ACASS information is also located at http://www.hq.usace. army.mil/CEMP/E/ES/ACASSWEB/ Interested firms must provide submittals to the above address not later the 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on 24 June 2002. Submittals after this date and time will not be considered.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Pittsburgh District Contracting Division 1000 Liberty Avenue, W.S. Moorhead Federal Building, Room 727 Pittsburgh PA
- Zip Code: 15222
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 15222
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