U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-3390

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR GENERAL SURVEYING SERVICES Contact, Robert M. Bencal, 215-656-6606. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award one or more Indefinite Delivery Contract(s) for General Surveying Services within the boundaries of the district. The contract will be for one year with an option for an additional year. The maximum delivery order limit is $150,000.00. The cumulative amount of all delivery orders shall not exceed $400,000.00 in either the base or option year. The cumulative total for both the base and option year shall not exceed $500,000.00. In addition, the total Federal Information Processing (FIP) work allowed under each contract including both the base and option years is $150,000.00, pursuant to Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA) CENAP-95-014. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work will normally be within the geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District, including but not limited to the Delaware River, Bay and tributaries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, also Chesapeake and Delaware Canal area of Maryland and the coastal regions of New Jersey and Delaware. Work in other areas of the above states may be required. Work under the contract may be required outside the Philadelphia District boundaries. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant evaluation criteria in relative descending order of importance are: (1) Specialized experience in land surveying using Global Positioning Survey (GPS) with capability for with capability for Differential GPS and Real Time Kinematic (RTK) surveys, electronic total station theodolites with electronic data collectors and ability to use standard electronic data exchange formats for electronic digital files for computer-aided drafting (CAD) map creation in AutoCADD. Must have ability to achieve 2nd order, Class 1 survey accuracy standards and photogrammetric mapping ability to create digital orthoimagery maps meeting National Map Standards Accuracies (NMSA); (2) Professional qualifications of the staff in land surveys. Education, training, experience will be revealed. Professional surveyor licensing is required; (3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish multiple delivery orders within time and cost limitations; (4) Past performance on relevant Department of Defense contracts will be a factor, however, lack of such performance will not necessarily preclude a firm from consideration; (5) Location of the firm with respect to work sites will be a secondary consideration provided that a sufficient number of qualified firms respond to this announcement; (6) 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 will submit for government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. The district reserves the right to terminates negotiations with firms that do not respond to Government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. in accordance with established schedules. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Responding firms must clearly present billing amounts for all USACE work as well as all other DOD work for the past year prior to the date of this announcement. Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in the announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 254 and SF 255 revised 11/92 for the prime firm and SF 254 for each consultant, 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 s Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business the next business day. Include ACASS number in Block 3b, of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at 503-326-3459 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made. (296)

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