US Army Engineer District, CESWF, 819 Taylor St., P.O. Box 17300, Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300

B -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY PLANNING SERVICES SOL DACA63-95-R-0065 DUE 103195 POC Karen Smith, Contract Specialist, or Joan O. LoRe, Contracting Officer, 817/885-7471. Contractor shall provide Planning Support Services for Civil and Military Projects within the scope of operations of the Fort Worth District. Multi-discipline services are required for preparation of various real property and natural resources management maps, plans and studies; utilization of existing digital data bases; preparation of new data bases for selected items; digitization of data from various source documents; computer graphics; preparation of program documents; and preparing infrastructure, real property; and natural resources analyses and reports. The contract will be an Indefinite Delivery Contract for a base period plus up to four option periods. The maximum amount that can be obligated during either the base contract period or any of the option periods is $2,500,000.00. Work under this contract may occur anywhere in the continental United States. However, the bulk of the work is anticipated to be performed in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. Firms should have the following: (1) At least 6 in-house Planners from at least 3 of the following disciplines: a. Landscape Architect/Community Planner; b. Ecologist; c. Economist; d. Civil Engineer; (2) At least one in-house systems manager/expert from Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (3) In-house experience with civil works and military planning/programming including familiarity with ER 1105-2-100, AR 210-20, CEMOPS, AR 200-2 and equivalent Air Force Regulations; (4) Capability/equipment for Intergraph-compatible CADD; (5) Capability/equipment for at least one rastor and one vector GIS; (6) Capability/equipment for imaging processing and (7) Capability/equipment for large size graphic scanning. If a large business firm is selected, the firm must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan. Fort Worth District's goals are that a minimum of 60.3% of the contractor's total intended subcontracted amount be placed with small businesses (including small disadvantaged and woman-owned businesses); 9.8% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with small disadvantaged businesses; 2.9% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with woman-owned small businesses; and 5.5% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with historically black colleges or universities/minority institutions. There will be a $10.00 charge for the solicitation package. Check should be made payable to Finance and Accounting Officer USAED FTW. Solicitaiton will be issued on or about 29 September 1995 with proposals due on or about 31 October 1995. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. No express mail procedures will be utilized on initial mailing of solicitation packages. Multiple awards may be made from this solicitation. (0233)

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