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C -- SUPPLEMENTAL A/E SERVICES CONTRACT, TX SOL GS-07P-96-HUD-0004 DUE 040596 POC Contact,Christy A. Skirchak,817/885-7488 Modification/Amendment to CBD Announcement dated 10/25/95 for Supplemental A/E Services Contract, Texas Zone IV, Solicitation GS-07P-96-HUD-0004. This adds the following and applies only to those firms who have submitted 254/255s in response to the CBD announcement. Please submit any additional information by close of business April 5, 1996, or if you wish to withdraw your submission due to these changes, send a written request withdrawing to the above address, Attention: Christy Skirchak. The evaluation factors provided in the 10/25/95 CBD announcement are of equal weight in relation to each other. In accordance with Public Law 95-507, the A/E will be required to provide the maximum practicable opportunities for small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to participate as subcontractors in the performance of the contract. As part of its commitment to socioeconomic initiatives of the Federal Government, the General Services Administration has established for Fiscal Year 1996 subcontracting goals of 40 percent for small business, 5 percent for small disadvantaged business, and 5 percent for women-owned business. In support of the agency efforts, firms seeking consideration for this contract should provide maximum practicable subcontracting opportunities for small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses. The use of subcontractors shown on the submitted SF 254s will be reflected in a Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan included in the contract. Firms must also provide a brief written narrative of outreach efforts made to utilize small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses. The narrative shall not exceed one typewritten page. An acceptable subcontracting plan must be agreed to before contract award. (Small businesses are not subject to this requirement.) The resulting contract will include hourly rates for anticipated disciplines for use in negotiating fixed price delivery orders, which are not covered by the look up table. For projects with an estimated construction cost of $2,000,000 or less, the Government will use the fixed price amounts provided in the Supplemental Architectural-Engineer Contract Lookup Table, for pricing delivery orders. This table will be provided to the A/E during initial contract negotiations. It is the Government's intent to incorporate in the contract the lookup table as a mandatory payment provision. However, the Government reserves the right to award a contract based on negotated hourly rates only. (0066)

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