MODIFICATION
D -- Deployment of Floodplain Inventory Application Tool
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- US Army Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity - Civil, ATTN: CEHEC-CT, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3860
- ZIP Code
- 22315-3860
- Solicitation Number
- DACW72-03-T-0031
- Response Due
- 9/26/2003
- Archive Date
- 11/25/2003
- Point of Contact
- Eileen Spears, 703-428-6384
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to US Army Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity - Civil
(eileen.m.spears@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are b eing requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-15. Additional FAR and DFAR clauses are applicable: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders - Commercial; 252.212-7001 Contract Terms And Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders Applicable To Defense Acquisitions Of Commercial Items; 252.225-7014 Preference for Domestic Specialty Metals, Alternate I. Offeror shall include a c ompleted copy of the provisions at 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certification - Commercial Items, with their proposal, Reps & Certs are located at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Submit proposal to the attention of Eileen Spears, CEHEC-CT, fax 703-428-8181 or email Eileen.m.spears@usace.army.mil. The Humpreys Engineer Center Support Activity intends to negotiate on a Sole Source basis with Marshall & Swift/Boeckh Associates, 505 Lawrence Square Boul evard, MSB Plaza, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. The purpose is to obtain 45 copies of the Corps of Engineers Floodplain Inventory Model with the most recent versions of the repair and replacement data, a residential structure value estimator, a commercial str ucture value estimator, and commercial content value estimator. Authority for other than full and opencompetition is provided through FAR 6.302-1. This is a one year contract with four (4) Options to extend the performance of the contract. This acquisition is unrestricted. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 7371. Small Business size standard is $21M. Please provide your proposal accordingly. Following is the Statement of Work: The vendor, Mar shall & Swift/Boeckh Associates, will provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources, the following commercial forecast services on a subscription basis. The forecast services are to be provided for the contract base year (Calenda r Year 2003), with an option to renew in each of four succeeding option years. The Marshall & Swift/Boeckh Associates Floodplain Inventory Application Tool Forecast Service subscription includes the following products: This acquisition includes Contract Line Item Number CLIN 0001; Deployment Of The Floodplain Inventory Application Tool for the Base Year in accordance with the attached Scope of Work. CLIN 0002; Deployment Of The Floodplain Inventory Application Tool for the OPTION YEAR ONE (1) in accordance with the attached Scope of Work. CLIN 0003; Deployment Of The Floodplain Inventory Application Tool for the OPTION YEAR TWO (2) in accordance with the attached Scope of Work. CLIN 0004; Deployment Of The Floodplain Inventory Application Tool for the OPTION YEAR THREE (3) in accordance with the attached Scope of Work. CLIN 0005; Deployment Of The Floodplain Inventory Application Tool for OPTION YEAR FOUR (4) in accordance with the attached Scope of Work All offeror s will be ineligible for award unless they have registered in DOD's Central Contractor Registration database at www.ccr.gov. All responsible sources to submit a proposal will be considered by this agency. Following is the Statement Of Work. SCOPE OF WORK DEPLOYMENT OF THE FLOODPLAIN INVENTORY APPLICATION TOOL BACKGROUND The Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies and Corps of Engineer planning regulations require Corps district offices to estimate wit h and without-project expected annual damages to determine the benefits of flood damage reduction projects. A portion of these benefits accrues from reduction in damages to commercial structures and their contents. Corps district offices typically apply depth-damage functions to determine the amount of damage as a percentage of the structure or content value in one-foot increments. Corps regulations further require district offices to make assessments of percent damage functions based on either area-spec ific surveys or survey of comparable floodplains that reflect similar hydrologic and building characteristics. However, district offices are rarely equipped with the necessary financial resources or personnel for doing the expensive and time-consuming sur veys required for producing these damage functions. Developing default content and structure depth-damage functions for use by the Districts has been identified as a way of reducing the costs and time of studies. The Flood Damage Data Collection Program is an ongoing activity focused on using actual flood damage information to estimate flood losses and to develop automated approaches to apply that information. The Corps of Engineers Floodplain Inventory Tool (CEFIT) is a computer application contains 960 depth-damage functions for residential structures. Damages are estimated for 16 inundation levels, based on foundation type, structure style, number of stories, and exterior wall construction. Additionally, the program has developed a floodplain invento ry tool that allows the user to enter specific building characteristics. The tool then calculates depreciated structure and content values and depth-damage calculations. Assumptions regarding depth-damage functions have been premised on component-based e stimates of repair costs. An expert panel of experienced flood damage inspectors has reviewed the major assumptions in the original model related to quantity and value of items in a household inventory, the structural elements that are likely to be damage d and their repair costs, and the content items that are like to be damaged or destroyed and the costs for repair or replacement. Work of the expert panel has been incorporated in the model, enabling the Institute for Water Resources to test the results a nd the validity of the CEFIT model. To operate successfully the model must be populated with the most recent costs and repair data. Any proprietary data must be licensed to all Corps offices that would be using the data. OBJECTIVE This work effort will provide populating and licensing of data for a working floodplain inventory tool that provides residential structure and content valuations and associated -damage calculations with uncertainty for import to the Hydrologic Engineering Center??????s Flood Damage Analysis program. The contract is also to provide commercial structure and content value for use in Corps of Engineers flood damage reduction studies. APPROACH AND SCOPE The Contractor will populate current the Corps of Engineers Floodplain Inventory Tool with residential structure value estimation data for estimating depreciated replacement costs, content value estimation data, and repair databases for estimating for remo val, cleaning, repair, and replacement. It is intended that these data be updated every two years and licensed annually. The Contractor will perform all necessary testing to insure that the software reliably receives and exports data and remains function al on personal computers with Windows 95 or higher operating systems. TASKS AND OUTPUT Task One Participate in a Half-Day Meeting: The Contractor will participate in a one-day meeting to review the requirements for the deliverables. Task Two Populate the Content Value, Structure Damage, and Content Damage Data Tables in the CEFIT Model and Supply User Documentation: The Contractor will incorporate all necessary and the most recent versions of data to enable CEFIT to calculat e residential structure values. The database updates will be consistent with the price levels currently in use for construction costs, household content values, and structural repair costs. Costs will be itemized by building component for removal, cleanin g, repair, and replacement. The Contractor will also provide a brief user??????s documentation that will illustrate the step-by-step process for data entry, importing data, calculation, and exporting results from CEFIT to the HEC-Flood Damage Analysis pro gram. Task Three Submit Revised and Updated Software and Site Licenses for 45 Users and Provide Technical Support The Contractor will provide the revised and updated software package ready for installation on a Windows 95 operating system as a runtime application or as Access 2000 database application. Forty-five copies of the application will be submitted on read-on ly CD ROMs. The CD ROMs will include and be licensed for residential structure repair and replacement data, a residential value estimator software package for estimating depreciated replacement values for all states and U.S. territories, a commercial soft ware package for estimating depreciated replacement values for all states and U.S. territories, and a software package for estimating commercial content values. The Contractor will supply technical support via telephone for the duration of the license peri od. TASKS MILESTONES Task One: Participate in a Half-Day Meeting Within 10 Days of Notice to Proceed Task Two: Populate the Content Value, Structure Damage, and Content Damage Data Tables in the CEFIT Model and Supply User Documentation Within 30 Days of Notice to Proceed Task Three: Submit Revised and Updated Software and Site Licenses for 45 Users and Provide Technical Support Within 45 Days of Notice to Proceed
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity - Civil ATTN: CEHEC-CT, 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria VA
- Zip Code: 22315-3860
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 22315-3860
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