SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- PE Review Courses Sole Source Posting
- Notice Date
- 1/27/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 813910
— Business Associations
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, Rock Island, P.O. Box 2004, Clock Tower Building, Attn: CEMVR-CT, Rock Island, IL 61204-2004
- ZIP Code
- 61204-2004
- Solicitation Number
- W912EK14T0053
- Response Due
- 1/29/2014
- Archive Date
- 3/28/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rebecca Costello, 309-794-5589
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE District, Rock Island
(rebecca.m.costello@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Professional Engineer Review Courses Spring 2013 The US Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, intends to procure this requirement on a sole source basis in accordance with the statutory of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Service Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The US Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, intends to enter into a firm, fixed-price contract with The American Society of Civil Engineers. The NAICS code for this procurement is 813910 with a size standard not to exceed $7.0M. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES and no solicitation will be issued; however, any small-business firm that believes it can meet the requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement listed. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Questions should be directed to Rebecca Costello phone 309-794-5589; email Rebecca.M.Costello@usace.army.mil. Professional Engineer Review Courses Spring 2013 Period of Performance: 4 February 2014 thru 30 April 2014 SCOPE OF WORK Provide P.E. Civil Exam 17-Part Review Course - Includes Preparation for Depth Sessions. USACE shall receive all the instruction and guidance that comes with the 17-part webinar course to include the five Depth Sessions designed to provide the student a deeper and more focused knowledge of the P.E. Exam. a)Online access for 60 USACE sites starting February 4, 2014 (Spring 2014) through April 30, 2014 (Spring 2014) P.E. Civil Exam for 60 USACE locations. Registration must be made no later than 31 January 2014. b)The number of participants at each location shall be unlimited. c)Furnish support staff for technical issues pertaining to webinars. d)Supply survey and assessment tools to ensure customer satisfaction. e)Provide access to archived or recorded sessions to all USACE assigned participants for a period within no more than 48 hours of the live training session webinars. f)The online webinars will contain, but not limited to the following topics. Construction A. Earthwork Construction and Layout Excavation and embankment (cut and fill) Borrow pit volumes Site layout and control B. Estimating Quantities and Costs Quantity take-off methods Cost estimating Compound interest factors C. Scheduling Construction sequencing Resource scheduling Time-cost trade-off D. Material Quality Control and Production Material testing (e.g., concrete, soil, asphalt) E. Temporary Structures Construction loads Geomechanics Foundation Analysis and Design Foundation Engineering Introductory Soil Mechanics and Foundations NAVFAC Design Manuals DM-7.1 & 7.2 Pavement Analysis & Design Practical Foundation Engineering Geometric Design Applied to Vertical Curve Analysis Horizontal Curves Horizontal Curves: Equations Properties of a Parabola Vertical Curves Geotechnical Depth Design with Geosynthetics Flow Nets Foundation Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Liquefaction Mechanically Stabilized Walls Pile Lateral Capacity - Brom's Method Practical Foundation Engineering Seismic Site Class Standard Penetration Test Strength of Materials Bending Stress in beams Construction of Mohr's circle from given stress components Generalized Hooke's Law Original State of Stress Poisson's ratio Shear stress in bending Structures Depth Load combinations Moment distribution Generic design Tension members Compression members Steel design Beams Columns Concrete design T-beams Doubly reinforced beams Additional material Steel columns Deflections Concrete singularly rectangular beams Transportation Depth Driver behavior and/or performance Intersection analysis Pedestrian facilities Sight distance evaluation Speed studies Traffic analysis Traffic capacity studies Traffic control devices Traffic signals Traffic volume studies Water Resources and Environmental A. Hydraulics - Closed Conduit Energy and/or continuity equation (e.g., Bernoulli) Pressure conduit (e.g., single pipe, force mains) Closed pipe flow equations including Hazen-Williams, Darcy-Weisbach Equation Friction and/or minor losses Pipe network analysis (e.g., pipeline design, branch networks, loop networks) Pump application and analysis B. Hydraulics - Open Channel Open-channel flow (e.g., Manning's equation) Culvert design Spillway capacity Energy dissipation (e.g., hydraulic jump, velocity control) Stormwater collection (e.g., stormwater inlets, gutter flow, street flow, storm sewer pipes) Flood plains/floodways Flow measurement - open channel C. Hydraulics Fluid Variables and Units Cross Sectional Properties of Pipes and Open Channels Fluid Dynamics: Continuity, Energy, and Momentum Equations Full Pipe Flow Hydraulics Friction and Minor Losses Branched and Looped Pipe Networks Appendix A: Pipe Looped Networks: Hardy Cross Method Appendix B: Analytical Methods for Computing Critical and Uniform Flow Depths D. Hydrology Storm characterization (e.g., rainfall measurement and distribution) Storm frequency Rainfall intensity, duration, and frequency (IDF) curves Rainfall: Historical Storms Design Storms Time of concentration Erosion Detention/retention ponds Hydrologic Cycle and Hydrologic Budget Abstractions: Rainfall Excess Runoff analysis including Rational and SCS methods Small Catchments: Rational Method Midsize Catchments: SCS TR55 Method Hydrographs application Unit Hydrograph Method Appendices: a: Hydrologic Components for Design Rainfall and SCSTR 55 b: Hydrologic Routing c: Unit Hydrograph Derivation and Additional Examples E. Wastewater Treatment 1. Collection systems (e.g., lift stations, sewer networks, infiltration, inflow) F. Water Treatment 1. Hydraulic loading 2. Distribution systems
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District 1500 Rock Island Drive, Clock Tower Building, Attn: CEMVR-CT Rock Island IL
- Zip Code: 61204-2004
- Zip Code: 61204-2004
- Record
- SN03275165-W 20140129/140127234608-f66bc2bd876b9135d34dd9b98dd97765 (fbodaily.com)
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