U.S. Property and Fiscal Office for Minnesota, Attn: Procurement Division, P.O. Box 288, Camp Ripley, Little Falls, MN 56345-0288

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY/QUANTITY (``OPEN-END'') A/E CONTRACT-MINNESOTA AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Sol DAHA21-96-R-0001, Due 010596, contact point: Chief Warrant Officer, Todd J. Horness, Contract Specialist, (612) 632-7402. This is an indefinite delivery/quantity ``open-end'' A/E contract in which specific delivery orders will be negotiated and issued as projects requiring A/E services are identified. The A/E services required may include Investigative and Concept (Type A) services, Design (Type B) services, and Construction Inspection (Type C) services, at Government option. The maximum fee for any one delivery order shall not exceed $150,000. The cumulative amount for all delivery orders shall not exceed $500,000. The contract will be in effect for a one-year duration, with the provision to extend for one additional year, at the option of the Government. Note that regulations preclude firms that design a Government project from constructing same. This is an unrestricted procurement, but small businesses and SDB firms are encouraged to apply. Firms desiring consideration shall submit appropriate data as described in numbered Note 24 not later than the close of business, Friday, January 5, 1996. Submit data to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis F. Wolf, Base Civil Engineer, Minnesota Air National Guard Base, 612 Militia Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55111-4121. Only one copy of the submittal is required. This is not a request for proposal. Firms under consideration by the board will be evaluated under the following criteria in descending order of importance: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the services required under this contract. (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in this type of work. (3) Capacity to accomplish work in the required time, to include suitability of firm size, organization, and disciplines. (4) Demonstrated performance on previous work, in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (5) Geographic proximity to the greater Twin Cities Metropolitan area. (6) Volume of present and past DoD work for the current and previous calendar year (inverse) with the object of effecting equitable DoD contract distribution. Final selection order of preference shall be determined by a voting board after providing A/E firms with the opportunity to make a presentation, and further examination of qualifications. Direct any questions regarding this synopsis to the buyer listed above. Site visits for the purpose of discussing your firm's qualifications and experience will not be scheduled by other than the selection board during the selection period. Note that submissions (one copy only) are to be mailed directly to the Base Civil Engineer at the Air National Guard Base. See Note (24). (311)

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