SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- SISTERS RANGER STATION ADMINISTRATIVE SITE
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541310
— Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-6 Western Washington Acquisition Area, Gifford Pinchot NF, 10600 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA, 98682
- ZIP Code
- 98682
- Solicitation Number
- AG-05K3-S-06-0039
- Response Due
- 9/1/2006
- Description
- PROJECT INFORMATION: The consultant will provide architectural, engineering, and technical design services to the USDA, US Forest Service (USFS) for the preparation of Conceptual Design Documents, Preliminary Design Documents, Construction Documents, and Engineering Services during Construction for the construction of the Sisters Ranger Station Administrative Project. Design shall meet the requirements of the most recent edition of the specified design criteria, including standard codes and manuals, USFS Manuals and Handbooks, and State/Local requirements if more stringent than those listed above. The design for development of this site shall include features that meet the following requirements: 1. Desirable to meet the requirements of Gold level LEED certification however if not viable, then, at a minimum, meet the requirements of Silver level LEED certification. 2. Design shall incorporate an advanced electrical meter and electrical metering system meeting Forest Service energy policy requirements. 3. Design of the fire protection system shall be performed under the direct supervision of a registered professional Fire Protection Engineer as identified in Section J of this contract, ?Fire Protection Engineer?. 4. Provide a final design that can be constructed within the planning level estimated budget of $8,300,000. 5. Incorporate a charrette into the design process. 6. Incorporate a design and construction schedule such that construction completion/occupancy occurs no later then May 30, 2008. 7. Coordination with USFS Regional/National Integrated Technology work group to meet the requirements for data/telecom design. 8. Administrative office building and appurtenances meeting the design criteria shown in Section J, Sisters Ranger Station Office Design Criteria. 9. Work Center buildings and appurtenances meeting the design criteria shown in Section J, Sisters Ranger Station Work Center Design Criteria. 10. Modify the Forest Service standard 10 person barracks design documents for the site and provide services to complete the design package and incorporate into the final project construction documents. 11. Incorporate time into the schedule for performance of a Forest Service value analysis (4 weeks). It is expected that the design will provide architectural features that meet USFS requirements (Built Environment Image Guide) while conforming to the City of Sisters architectural theme/requirements utilizing, to the utmost extent, materials that are widely available. All work will be completed by or under the direct supervision of architects and/or engineers licensed in the State of Oregon (as appropriate to the work being performed). The SCOPE OF WORK for this project is divided into six sections as follows: Task 1 -- Project Management, Quality Control and Data Collection Task 2 -- Field Investigations & Charrette Task 3 -- Conceptual Design - (30%) Task 4 -- Preliminary Design - (60%) Task 5 ? Construction Documents - (95% and 100%) Task 6 -- Engineering Services during Construction The completion date for Tasks 1-5 is 200 calendar days upon receipt of the Notice to Proceed. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The resulting solicitation will be Firm-Fixed Price. In accordance with FAR 52.219-19 this procurement is advertised pursuant to the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program and is open to small and large businesses. The NAICS Code is 541310 and the Size Standard is $4 million. Qualified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, HUBZone, SBA 8(a) firms, women-owned firms, small disadvantaged and other small business firms are strongly encouraged to submit SF-330s. All interested large business firms are reminded that the successful firm will be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan. In accordance with FAR clause 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003), all contractors doing business with the federal government must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to any award. To register or upgrade you firm?s profile, see the Government?s website http://www.ccr.gov. See Numbered Notes 24. SELECTION CRITERIA: 1. Professional Qualifications (25%) Submission requirements: A. Provide brief resumes of proposed team members who will specifically serve as the Project Managers, Designers of Record (Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Fire Protection Engineer). B. Provide resumes of other relevant team members, such as: Architect, Civil Engineer, Structural Engineer, and Cost Estimator. C. Provide brief resumes of team members who will perform technical tasks under this contract. The Designers of Record shall perform and direct the design within their respective discipline and shall sign and seal the drawings. All Designers of Record must be professionally registered in their discipline in the State of Oregon. Each resume shall include a maximum of five (5) specific completed projects that best illustrate the individual team members experience relevant to this contract scope. 2. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence (25%) Submission Requirement: A. Provide a detailed narrative of up to ten (10) maximum relevant projects (not ten projects for each firm or consultant), completed within the last five (5) years, that best illustrate overall team experience relevant to this contract scope. List projects that demonstrate the team?s experience with projects of similar size and scope to those to be performed under this contract. B. Describe the team?s knowledge of the charrette process; C. Describe the team?s experience in sustainable design, use of the U.S. Green Building Council LEED System including descriptions of waste reduction techniques, energy efficiency in facilities designed by the team, and use of local/regional materials on construction contracts; 3. Organization, Management and Quality Control (20%) Discuss the firm?s organization and management process. Demonstrated success of the Quality Control (QC) program used by the firm to ensure quality products. Submission Requirement: In a narrative form: A. Outline the firm?s approach to design and project management. Document the firm?s ability to handle projects with multiple end-users and complex requirements; B. Describe the team?s organization. Provide an organization chart that identifies the overall relationship and lines of authority of the proposed team. Include firm names, key personnel and their discipline/specialty. Describe the extent of the A-Es previous experience with the proposed consultants and its demonstrated ability to effectively manage the prime-consultant relationship. Discuss how projects located outside of the firm?s typical area of operation will be addressed; C. Describe the prime?s QC program, identify the person primarily responsible for the QC program, and indicate how the prime will ensure quality consistently across the entire team. Illustrate success in implementing the program; and D. Address the team?s QC processes for checking and verifying plans and specifications for errors, omissions and quality, documenting design decisions, and incorporating and tracking review comments. Of special interest are the QC processes in place that minimize the Forest Services effort to QA the firm?s work project for errors, omissions, and quality. 4. Past Performance (15%) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. Points of contact provided in other criteria may be contacted. A firm with no record of past performance information shall be evaluated neither favorably nor unfavorably. Submission Requirement: A. Discuss firm?s ability to work with Government entities and design standards or similar relevant experience with other entities. B. For each Federal project provided as experience under Criteria 1 and Criteria 2, provide a copy of all performance evaluations (architect-engineer) issued for that contract. For non-Federal contracts, provide facility owner documentation of the firm?s performance issued on that contract. If no documentation exists, so state. C. Provide accessible owner points of contact: name, title, address, telephone number, and fax number D. Provide copies of awards and letters of appreciation/ commendation. 5. Capacity (10%) Submission Requirements: A. For the prime and each proposed consultant to be assigned to the team, list all current projects with a design fee of greater than $20,000 being designed in the firm?s office. For firms with multiple offices, only include this information for offices identified as part of the proposed design team. For each project, identify the current design fee, the current stage of design, and the anticipated design completion date. Indicate the firm?s present workload and the availability of the project team (including sub-consultants) for the specified contract performance period B. Describe experience in successfully delivering projects per performance schedule, providing timely construction support, and successfully completing multiple projects with similar delivery dates C. Discuss how surge workload will be managed. 6. Location (5%) Location in the general geographical area of the projects and knowledge of the locality of the projects. Submission Requirements: A. Describe and illustrate the team?s knowledge of design approaches, construction materials, codes/ordinances, costs, and other conditions unique to the geographic area related to the contract for which the submittal is being made. B. Documentation of the firm?s ability to provide at least 35% overall design services in-house from an existing office within the geographical area from which a preponderance of the work related to the specific contract for which the offeror has requested consideration will be drawn. Additional consideration will be given for each major consultant to the prime (i.e. architectural, structural, fire protection, etc?) with an existing office within the same geographical area. EVALUATION: SF 330s will be evaluated to determine the most highly qualified firm based on the responses from the selection criteria. Evaluating past performance and experience may include review of information provided by the firm, customer inquires, Government databases, and publicly available sources. Failure to provide requested data, inaccessible points of contact, or invalid phone numbers could result in a firm being considered less qualified. The following elements may result in a higher rating and should be addressed accordingly when preparing criteria responses: A. Projects emphasizing administrative and commercial building types; B. Projects involving a sustainable design approach; C. Projects provided in the SF 330 (Architect- Engineer Qualifications) completed by the office/branch/individual team member actually performing the work under this contract. SELECTION INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS: Personal interviews may be scheduled for firms ranked as most highly qualified. Firms slated for interviews may be asked to explain management and design team components, QC process, and to provide design solutions to actual/hypothetical projects, etc. Elaborate presentations are not desired. Site visits will not be arranged during this period. Debriefings of successful and unsuccessful firms will be held after final selection has taken place and will be conducted, to the extent practicable, in accordance with FAR 36.607 (b). SUBMISSION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS: The SF 330 is limited to 75 single-sided pages. Minimum font size is 10. Submit five (5) copies of SF 330 for the prime offeror (SF 330 should also include team?s key sub consultants). Firms meeting the designated geographical limitations and having the capabilities to perform the services described herein are invited to respond by submitting a completed Standard Form 330, Part I and Part II (1/2004 edition) dated not later than September 1, 2006, 1700 Local Time. Firms with branch offices and consultants must submit Part II of Standard Form 330 that should include project samples. Firms must separately address the evaluation factors and relate where information can be found in the submittal package relevant to each factor. The submittal should be forwarded with a cover letter that states the firm is requesting consideration for Solicitation No. AG-05K3-S-06-0039. Submittals should be provided to the address below by September 1, 2006. A pre-proposal conference will not be conducted. Contact John Langley at 360-891-5008 or jlangley@fs.fed.us for technical questions. All questions must be received by August 20, 2006. Firms must provide one (1) original and four (4) copies of their entire proposal to the following office: GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST, USDA-FS 10600 N.E 51st Circle Vancouver, WA 98682 ATTN: ACQUISITION, Vi Ta
- Place of Performance
- Address: Sisters Ranger Station, Sisters, Oregon
- Zip Code: 97759
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 97759
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