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C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING SERVICES Contact Robert M. Bencal, 215-656-6606. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Marine Design Center intends to award up to two (2) one year indefinite Delivery Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Contracts with the option of extending the contract for an additional one-year period. The maximum delivery order limit is $150,000.00. The cumulative total for all delivery orders shall not exceed $750,000.00 in either the base or option year with the cumulative total not to exceed $1,500,000.00. In addition, the total amount of Federal Information Processing (FIP) work allowed under this contract including both the base and option years is $150,000.00 pursuant to Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA) CENAP-95-007. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The primary work under this contract will be naval architecture, marine engineering, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), preliminary design, detailed (final) design and design studies. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The following primary evaluation factors are listed in descending order of importance: (1) Expertise in design of steel workboats, towboats, special purpose barges and floating plant; (2) Expertise in design of high speed aluminum craft; (3) Availability of appropriate staff and professional qualifications of Naval Architects, Marine Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Structural Engineers and related supporting staff including professional registration. All work shall be no less than reviewed and approved by registered professional engineers in that field; (4) Availability of computer-aided design and drafting (CADD); (5) Capacity to accomplish two $150,000 work orders at one time; (6) Past performance, if any, of the firm with respect to performance on Department of Defense contracts; (7) Contractual simplicity with all management, contract administration/management, engineering and drafting performed in a single U.S. location. Response area is the continental U.S.; (8) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. As a requirement for negotiations the selected contractor(s) will submit for Government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a completed Standard Form 254 and 255 (Revised 11/92) for the prime firm and SF 254 for all consultants, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next day business day. Include your ACASS number in Block 3b. of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at 503-326-3459 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. No other notification for this project will be made. This is not a request for proposals. (114)

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