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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF OCTOBER 13, 2018 FBO #6168
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE (IDT) CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN SERVICES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE 3 DISTRICTS (MEMPHIS, VICKSBURG AND NEW ORLEANS) THAT COMPRISE THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Notice Date

10/11/2018
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

541330 — Engineering Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Vicksburg, Attn: CEMVK-CT, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39183-3435, United States
 

ZIP Code

39183-3435
 

Solicitation Number

W912EE19O0005
 

Point of Contact

Amy L. Starks, Phone: 6016315693, Lane Vargas, Phone: 601-631-7021
 

E-Mail Address

amy.l.starks@usace.army.mil, lane.vargas@usace.army.mil
(amy.l.starks@usace.army.mil, lane.vargas@usace.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE (IDT) CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN SERVICES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE 3 DISTRICTS (MEMPHIS, VICKSBURG AND NEW ORLEANS) THAT COMPRISE THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; BUT MAY ALSO BE USED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE GEOGRPAHICAL BOUNDARIES OR OTHER MISSIONS OF THE 6 DISTRICTS INCLUDED IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This Pre-solicitation Notice is for interested firms to submit their SF 330 by November 13, 2018, 1600 hours, CST. Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP).The services to be procured under this announcement are classified in North American Industry Classification System Code 541330. This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Multiple contracts will be awarded as a result of this announcement. Contracts will be awarded by the Vicksburg District. Work will be accomplished under separate Indefinite Delivery Type Contracts NTE $5,000,000 with a performance period of five (5) years for each contract. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. Allocation of task orders will be based on the following factors: specialized knowledge or expertise which would enhance execution, past experience or knowledge of the locality, availability of appropriate staff, performance on previous task orders, magnitude of task order relative to remaining contract capacity, equitable workload distribution. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E service capabilities are required for various civil works projects and support for other agencies. Work may be comprised of civil, structural, hydraulic, hydrologic, geotechnical, environmental, sanitary, electrical, mechanical, surveying, mapping, CAD and architectural design. Work may include, but is not limited to engineering support for feasibility studies, preparation of design reports, value engineering, preparation of conceptual and contract drawings, computer aided drafting, cost estimating, preparation of contract specifications, performing design analyses and preparing design-build request for proposals. Work shall be accomplished in English and/or metric units as directed. Professional design experience in civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, hydrologic, sanitary, mechanical and electrical engineering and surveying and mapping, CAD, architecture, and cost estimating is required. Capability and experience is required for design of flood damage reduction projects including channels, levees, weirs, grade control structures, drainage structures (pipes and culverts), gated structures, floodwalls and pump stations; and other projects including channel stabilization, site development, multipurpose buildings in support to the District and its assigned DOD missions. Firms must employ qualified registered professional personnel in the following key disciplines: civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, sanitary, mechanical and electrical engineering, surveying, soil sampling and laboratory testing and architecture and demonstrate experience in presenting project details and/or study results using Bentley's MicroStation software to develop drawings to present project details and/or study results. Three-dimensional models may be required. Development of Building Information Models (BIM) may also be required. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria will be based on the following considerations and are listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A through F are primary. Criteria G and H are secondary and will only be used as a "tie-breaker," if necessary, in ranking the most highly qualified firms. A. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: List no more than 10 projects that best illustrate current qualifications, relevant project experience and technical competence of the firm and consultants in the work described in paragraph 2 above. B. Professional qualifications: The firm must indicate professional registration and work experience of key personnel with regard to the 10 key projects. The firm should emphasize professional registration, advanced degrees, and specific work experience of key personnel. The selected firm should also indicate adequate management personnel with required qualifications and experience to assure prompt response to assignments. C. Capacity: Consideration will be given to firms that indicate the capacity to perform multiple projects simultaneously and to complete work in a timely manner. D. Knowledge of locality: Consideration will be given to firms that indicate experience and knowledge of the geographic area encompassed in the Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans Districts and its terrain features, area working conditions, location of major land forms, and river basins, etc. E. Past Performance: Consideration will be given to ratings and verifiable past performance on previous DoD contracts. Consideration will also be given to firms that have above-average performance on the type of work described in paragraph 2 above. F. Geographic proximity to Memphis, Tennessee, Vicksburg, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana. G. Extent of participation of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns will have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in contract performance consistent with its efficient performance. It is further the policy of the United States that its prime contractors establish procedures to ensure the timely payment of amounts due pursuant to the terms of their subcontracts with small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Participation will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort, regardless of whether the small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner, the greater the participation, the greater the consideration. H. DoD contract awards in the past 12 months. The greater the awards the lesser the consideration. In the final selection process, the most highly qualified firms will be interviewed. The contract will be awarded on or about April 2019. There will be a possibility of additional awards at a later date. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities for this work must submit one paper copy and one electronic copy (in PDF format submitted on a CD) of SF 330 along with a copy of part II of each sub-consultant's SF 330 to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District, Vicksburg ATTN: A-E Technical Services Section (CEMVK-EC-T), 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39183, no later than close of business (COB) 4:00 PM Central on 13 November 2018. Include both the solicitation number and the company's DUNS number on all submittals. Note the following restrictions on submittal - Resumes of key persons, specialists and individual consultants (Section E) anticipated for this contract will be limited to a maximum of 20 typed pages. Pages in excess of the maximum of 20 will be discarded and not used in the evaluations. Additional information (Section H) will be limited to a maximum of 20 pages. All telephone calls should be directed to Ms. Lane Vargas, (601) 631-7021 or email lane.vargas@usace.army.mil. *** APPOINTMENTS WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT *** This is not a Request for Proposal. A fee proposal will be requested at a later date. Along with the fee proposal, the selected firm (if a large business) will be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 19.702. The objective of the plan is to offer subcontracting opportunities to small business concerns and small disadvantaged business concerns to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the efficient performance of the contract. The subcontracting plan shall separate percentage goals composed of direct cost, indirect costs, or a combination of the two for using small and small disadvantaged business subcontractors. Questions relative to the subcontracting plan may be directed to Ms. Demetric Erwin, Deputy for Small Business, (601) 631-5951. Email: Demetric.Erwin@usace.army.mil. Include DUNS number in the SF 330 in Part II as stated. **** **** NOTE: Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), for information see http: www.sam.gov. ****TECHNICAL INQUIRIES AND QUESTIONS ALL Technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet (https://www.projnet.org) no later than 5 days prior to bid opening date in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation if necessary. To submit and review inquiry items, prospective vendors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow the instructions listed below the key for access. A prospective vendor who submits a comment /question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email, followed by an answer to the comment/question after it has been processed by our technical team. All timely questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet. Approved answers to all timely questions will also be posted on the FedBizOps in the form of a report generated from ProjNet as soon as the comment/question entering period is over and all answers are all finalized. THE SOLICITATION NUMBER IS: W912EE19O0005 THE BIDDER INQUIRY KEY IS: 8FF3FN-BAETK3 Specific Instructions for ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access: 1. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen. 2. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE. 3. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above. 4. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication. 5. Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form. 6. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret Answer, and Time Zone. Make sure to remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system. 7. Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are currently logged into the system. Specific Instructions for Future ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access: 1. For future access to ProjNet, you will not be emailed any type of password. You will utilize your Secret Question and Secret Answer to log in. 2. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen. 3. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE. 4. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above. 5. Email. Enter the email address you used to register previously in ProjNet. 6. Click Continue. A page will then open asking you to enter the answer to your Secret Question. 7. Enter your Secret Answer and click Login. Once this is completed you are now logged into the system. THE CALL CENTER OPERATES WEEKDAYS FROM 8AM TO 5PM U.S. CENTRAL TIME ZONE (CHICAGO). THE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE CALL CENTER IS 800-428-HELP.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
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Place of Performance

Address: Contracting Office Address:, Attn: CEMVK-CT, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39183-3435, United States

Zip Code: 39183-3435
 

Record

SN05120909-W 20181013/181011230622-2f063c626ea6d5dea172271056c72db8 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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