DA, Vicksburg District, CE, 2101 N Frontage Rd, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-5191

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE CONTRACT FOR SURVEYING SUPPORT SERVICES WITHIN CONSTRUCTION DIVISION (CONTRACT NOS. 1 & 2) Sol EDEADF-5212-0133. Due 092595. POC Laura Cespedes, (601) 631-5575. Due by 25 September 1995. Point of COntact, Laura Cespedes 601/631-5575. 1. Contract Information: Two contracts will be awarded as a result of this announcement. Work will be accomplished under an Indefinite Delivery Contract NTE $600,000 (plus an option year with an additional $600,000) by issuance of individual delivery orders, NTE $150,000. The work consists of professional services in connection with surveying required at various locations primarily within the limits of the Vicksburg District which includes parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The contract will be awarded on or about January 1996. 2. Project Information: The surveys will be of the topographic, hydrographic and land/boundary survey and related type. One contract will be primarily within the Shreveport Area Office boundary and the other will be primarily within the Vidalia Area Office boundary. 3. Selection Criteria: Pre-selection criteria will be based on the following considerations which are of equal importance. The firm (either in-house or through association of a qualified consultant) must: (A) Have one or more registered land surveyors in each of the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. (B) Have a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in the performance of automated topographic surveys utilizing total stations and data collectors, and cadastral surveys. (C) Have demonstrated experience in the use of GPS and DGPS for both topographic and hydrographic surveys. (D) Have the necessary equipment, boats and personnel with demonstrated experience in the performance of the above type surveys. (E) Demonstrate experience in use of CADD systems. All drawings shall be furnished in Intergraph Microstation design file compatible format. Deliverables shall be provided on one of the following types of media, subject to prior approval from the contracting official; 8 mm Exabyte tape scpio saveset (UNIX), or 3.5'' diskette cpio saveset (UNIX). The aforementioned files and backups must be of current version in operation by the Vicksburg District at time of contract award. The external design file specification, level assignments, line styles, and line weights shall be in accordance with Engineer Manual EM 1110-1-1807 (all parts) and/or as indicated by contracting official. Responding firms must, as part of their response, state the type of CADD system to be used in this effort and explain in detail how the system will be made compatible with the Vicksburg District Graphics System. Firms failing to submit as part of their response information on how they will achieve complete CADD compatibility with the Vicksburg District system will not be considered. Selection criteria will be based on the following: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A-E are primary. Criteria F-H are secondary and will only be used as ``tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. (A) Specialized experience in automated hydrographic surveys in real time utilizing DGPS technology, topographic surveys utilizing total station and data collectors formatted for entry into Intergraph computer systems; cadastral surveys including large land areas accepted by state or Federal courts to settle boundary disputes. (B) Professional qualifications or employees designated to work under this contract (includes professional recognition and work experience of key personnel, Professional registration and specific work experience of key personnel, and adequate management personnel with required qualifications and experience to assure prompt response to assignments), (C) Capacity in both available personnel and equipment to accomplish the work in a timely manner (includes indicating sufficient-personnel and equipment to staff four 4- man survey parties simultaneously), (D) Knowledge of the work area, (E) Past Performance, (F) Georgraphic proximity to Vicksburg, Mississippi, (G) DoD contract awards in the past 12 months. The greater the awards the lesser the consideration, and (H) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), and minority institutions (MI) in the contract team. Participation will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort, regardless of whether the SB, SDB, HBCU or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner, the greater the participation, the greater the consideration. In the final selection process, the most highly qualified firms will be interviewed. The contract will be awarded on or about January 1996. 4. Submission Requirements: Interested firms must send SF 255 (11/92 edition) and SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime and all consultants to U.S. Army Engineer District, Vicksburg, ATTN: A-E Coordination Team (CELMK-ED-ACE), 2101 N. Frontage Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-5191: All telephone calls should be directed to Mrs. Laura Cespedes, (601) 631-5575. This is not a RFP. A fee proposal will be requested at a later date. Along with the fee proposal, the selected firm (if 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 efficient performance if the contract. The subcontracting plan shall separate percentage goals composed of direct cost, indirect cost, or a combination of the two for using small business and small disadvantaged business subcontractor. Questions relative to the subcontracting plans may be directed to Mrs. Shirley Reed, Small Business Specialist, (601) 631-5347. See Notes 24 and 25. (234)

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