PRESOL | C | INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) CONTRACT(s) FOR SURVEYING, MAPPING AND RELATED SERVICES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE), NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT.

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 23, 2009 FBO #2735
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) CONTRACT(s) FOR SURVEYING, MAPPING AND RELATED SERVICES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE), NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT.

Notice Date: 5/21/2009
Notice Type: Presolicitation
NAICS: 541330 — Engineering Services
Contracting Office: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, US Army Engineer District, New Orleans, ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
ZIP Code: 70160-0267
Solicitation Number: W912P8-09-R-0064
Response Due: 6/22/2009
Archive Date: 8/21/2009
Point of Contact: Eric Armstrong, 5048622316<br />
E-Mail Address: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans
(eric.c.armstrong@us.army.mil)
Small Business Set-Aside: Total Small Business
Description: 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract(s) is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A/E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on the demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. See Numbered Note 24 for general information on the Architect-Engineer (A-E) selection process. A-E Services are required in the form of three (IDIQ) contracts for Surveying, Mapping and Related Services, not to exceed $2,000,000 per performance period, with four performance periods, not to exceed $2,000,000 each. Each performance period shall not exceed one year. This is a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541330 and the size standard is $4.5 million. The Government will award Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) contracts under which FFP task orders will be issued among the three contracts using the following ranking criteria: the performance and quality of the deliverables under the current ID/IQ contracts, current capacity to accomplish the task orders in the required time, and equitable distribution of work among the three contracts. The initial contract is expected to be awarded in October 2009 and the period of performance will be a base performance period of one year and four additional performance periods not to exceed one year or $2,000,000 each (whichever comes first), for a total contract period of not to exceed five (5) years. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The services required under this contract will include the following field assignments: topographic surveys, overbank surveys, structure surveys, terrestrial-LIDAR, Field GIS, field CAD, planimetric, cadastral and control surveys including Global Positioning System (GPS) vertical surveys which conform to NGS specifications, setting staff gages, and automated hydrographic surveys including multibeam surveys in water bodies and channels within the New Orleans District and the Gulf of Mexico. Hydrologic services will include field gauging surveys, including discharge measurement and sediment sampling measurements. Subsurface and submerged utility and object detection per industry standards shall be required. Differential Global Positioning systems (DGPS) will be used in making hydrographic surveys. Offerors shall have the capability of using both multibeam bathymetric and single transducers with dual frequency technology to obtain hydrographic surveys. Tasks may include researching titles and preparing abstracts for servitudes, rights-of-way, etc., and graphically depicting the survey data and certifying the resulting hard copy plan maps. All data collection and deliverables shall comply with USACE Hydrographic Surveying, Control & Topographic Surveying Engineer Manuals, and the current industry standards. Completed surveys shall be certified by a registered professional land surveyor. Offerors shall provide sufficient surveying vehicles and equipment with sufficient technical, supervisory, and administrative personnel to ensure expeditious completion of all task order assignments. Services also include computing and compiling the above types of surveys; creating digital terrain models; point-cloud data processing; production of ESRI GIS and MicroStation CADD products from collected data. As applicable, deliverables shall comply with the USACE A/E/C CADD and SDSFIE GIS standards. All survey data shall be furnished on digital media. Offerors shall have the capability to transfer products to a secure USACE File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Server. To be considered for selection, offerors shall demonstrate experience in the types of serves stated above including hydrographic surveys with DGPS equipment and multibeam bathymetric systems and topographic surveys, total station systems, RTK and VRS systems; have available at least the following: one (1)professional registered land surveyor; and one (1) abstractor; have at least two 4-person conventional survey parties; three (3) 2-person hydrographic survey parties; two(2) 2-person Global Positioning System (GPS) parties capable of performing various types of GPS Surveys; and two (2) 2-person stream gauging crews. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Evaluation of firms qualifications for negotiation will be based on the following primary factors (a. through g.) in descending of importance. (See below for secondary evaluation factors h. through j.). a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence of the firm and key personnel in performing similar work; b. Capacity in Personnel and Equipment to accomplish services in the required time and to furnish at least the minimum number of personnel stated above; c. Professional Qualifications necessary for quality performance of required services; d. A Quality Control Plan outline and documented processes sufficient to demonstrate an active quality management program with consistent methods to ensure delivery of quality products; e. Past Performance on Department of Defense (DOD) contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; f. Knowledge of the Geographic Area, to include knowledge of boundary and coordinate systems in states within the boundaries of the New Orleans District (LA). g. A Safety Plan outline and documented processes sufficient to demonstrate an active safety program to support acceptable safe practices. Also provide an indication of past Safety Performance (number of hours lost per 100,000 man-hours). The following secondary evaluation factors, also listed in descending order of importance, will be utilized as tie-breakers among technically equal firms. h. Geographic proximity: Location of the firm in the general geographic area of New Orleans, Louisiana. i. Volume of DOD Work. Volume of DOD A-E contract awards in the last 12 months, with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of DOD A-E contracts among qualified firms, including SB and SDB. J. Extent of Small Business (SB) and Small and Disadvantage (SDB) participation. Extent of participation of small businesses (including women-owned), small disadvantaged businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: The submittal package shall not exceed 200 printed pages (8.5 x 11). Each side of a sheet of paper is a page. Use no smaller than 12 font type. Offerors meeting the requirements in this announcement are invited to submit five (5) copies of their SF 330 and one (1) searchable PDF file of the SF330, including those for subcontractors and consultants within 30 calendar days of this publication. If the 30th day is a Saturday or Sunday, or a Federal Holiday, the due date is the close of the next business day. Include the firms DUNS number in SF 330, Block 3b. For ACASS information, see internet site: http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/, or call (504) 808-4590. The ten (10) evaluation factors listed above must be addressed in the appropriate sections of the SF 330 for the prime contractors as well as all subcontractors and consultants, and any other pertinent information. This is not a Request for Proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided. Overnight or courier type of mail shall be sent to the following address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, Attn: CEMVN-CT-E, Eric Armstrong, Room 155-A, 7400 Leake Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118-1030. Refer to Announcement No. W912P8-09-R-0064.
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Place of Performance: Address: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267 New Orleans LA<br />; Zip Code: 70160-0267<br />
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C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) CONTRACT(s) FOR SURVEYING, MAPPING AND RELATED SERVICES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE), NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT.