SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- A-E services are expected to be required for a variety of military projects, with emphasis on fire protection, risk management and loss control at various facilities within the jurisdiction of the Norfolk District, and North Atlantic Division.
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541310
— Architectural Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Engineer District, Norfolk, 803 Front Street, Norfolk, VA 23510-1096
- ZIP Code
- 23510-1096
- Solicitation Number
- W91236-07-R-0046
- Response Due
- 8/14/2007
- Archive Date
- 10/13/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT OPEN TO ALL FIRMS REGARDLESS OF SIZE. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect and Engineering (A-E) services are expected to be required for a variety of military projects, including renovation and new construction with emphasis on fire protection, risk management and loss control at various militar y facilities within the jurisdiction of the Norfolk District, and North Atlantic Division. One or more Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) will be negotiated and awarded with a base period not to exceed one base year and two option periods not to exceed one year each.? The option period may be exercised when the base period or preceding option period nears expiration.? The cumulative value of all task orders will not exceed $3,000,000.00.? Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price Task Orders. Th e contracts may include Task Orders with options for planning, engineering and design, and construction phase assistance. PROJECT INFORMATION:? A-E services for an Indefinite Delivery Contract for preparation of studies and designs at various locations as directed by Norfolk District and North Atlantic Division.? A-E services are expected to be required for field investigatio n, project programming documents, fire protection investigations and designs, with an emphasis on risk management, loss control, life safety code analysis. Concept and final design including preparation of plans, specifications, cost estimates, analyses fo r design services. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria a-e are primary. Criteria f-h are secondary and will only be used as tie-breakers among tec hnically equal firms. a. Specialized experience and technical competence: (1) Demonstrated experience by the prime firm and its consultants in military facility design in DOD projects.? Projects older than five years will not be considered.? Similar projects newer than three years will receive higher ratings. (2) Computer Resources firms must indicate in Section H of the SF 330 the following items: (a) accessibility to and/or familiarity with the Construction Criteria Base (CCB) system. This shall include as a minimum, the SPECSINTACT specification system, the MCACES estimating system, and the Dr CHECKS review management system; (b) demonstrated CADD capability with capacity to produce output files in .DXF or .DWG and .CAL file format. CADD drawings will be required on CDs in Auto CADD Release version 2005 or higher. b. Professional Qualifications: (1) The design team must possess experienced, registered personnel in ARCHITECTURE, MECHANICAL and FIRE PROTECTION engineering disciplines and registered professional engineers who have passed the fire protection engineering written examination. Design team shall provide documentation of having passed the written exam used by their licensing authority. c. Past performance on DOD and other contracts: (1) ACASS evaluations (superior performance evaluations on recently completed projects is advantageous); (2) Letters of evaluation/recognition by other clients; (3) Cost control and estimating performance as a percentage deviation between the final estimate and low bid on similar TYPE and SIZE projects; (4) On-time delivery of designs for DOD and similar projects. d. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time: Firms must demonstrate ability of the design team to complete the project as scheduled. e. Knowledge of the Locality. f.. SB and SDB PARTICIPATION: Extent of participation of 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. Geographic Proximity (Within 150 miles of the Norfolk Distric t) h. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months. Considerations may include: (1) Equitable distribution of contracts among qualified A-E firms, including minority-owned firms, small business (SB) and small disadvantaged business (SDB) participation and firms that have not had prior DOD contracts which will only be considered when used as a tie-breaker. (2) ACASS retrievals; and (3) Current workload SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: All requirements of this announcement must be met for a firm to be considered for selection. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit a single SF 330 for the design team to the above address. Propo sals must be received by 2:00 PM on the submission date indicated above. Submittals by facsimile transmission (or other electronic format) will not be accepted and will be considered nonresponsive. Please clearly mark all solicitation correspondence with t he Solicitation Number and Contracting Office POC name on the outside of the package. Forms may be obtained through GPO at {202)512-1800 or via the web site at http://www.gsa.gov/forms/zero. ALL FIRMS ARE ADVISED THAT REGISTRATION IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACTO R REGISTRATION (CCR) DATABASE IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO AWARD OF A CONTRACT. Failure to be registered in the DOD CCR database may render your firm ineligible for award. All firms are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Information regarding this regist ration may be obtained by accessing the web site at http://www.ccr.gov. The SF 330 must also include the following: a. Section H: prime firm's ACASS # and distance (in terms of POV driving miles) from address of office to perform the work and the Norfolk District. For ACASS information, call 503-808-4591; b. Section H. include your Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. c. Firms with more than one office -(1) Section C: this section should reflect the proposed project team, distinguishing, by discipline, between the number of personnel in the office to perform the work and the total number of personnel in the firm; (2) Se ction E: each key person's office location; d. Section E: registrations must include the year, discipline and state in which registered; e. Section F: a descriptive project synopsis of major items of work; f. Section F. Indicate fee in terms of thousands of dollars, not percentage of work completed. Prior to the final selection, firms considered highly qualified to accomplish the work may be interviewed either by telephone or by formal presentation. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. SOLICITATION PACKAGES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED. 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.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, Norfolk 803 Front Street, Norfolk VA
- Zip Code: 23510-1096
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 23510-1096
- Record
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