US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW YORK DISTRICT, Attn: CENAN-EN-MR, 26 Federal Plaza, Rm 2143, New York, N.Y. 10278-0900

C -- AE SERVICES FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR NAVIGATION STUDIES SOL CBAEPL-6222-0029 POC Willien Cunningham, Procurement Assistant, 212-264-9123. Contract Information: The total cumulative amount of all work orders will not exceed $750,000 and each work order will not exceed $150,000. Work orders may be issued for a period of one year from the date of the contract award. The Government reserves the option to extend the contract for an additional year to a total maximum amount of $1,500,000. The Government is responsible for paying the A/E a minimum guarantee amount for both the first & second years of the contract(if applicable). The first year minimum guarantee is equal to 2% of maximum yearly contract cost or $15,000. The second year minimum guarantee is equal to 1% of maximum yearly contract cost or $7,500.00. Project Information: Indefinite Delivery Contract to perform various planning and engineering services for deep-draft and shallow-draft navigation studies within the Civil Works boundaries in New York, New Jersey and Vermont. The specific abilities and disciplines required are: Bathymetric surveying capability, Hydraulic/marine engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Remote sensing, Cost Estimating, Civil (Design)/Structural engineering, Transportation planning(including economic benefits assessment). Dredge material disposal studies, Environmental and cultural assessments, Real Estate assessments and technical report writing. Special Qualifications: Expertise with navigation procedures, ship and port operations, transportations systems analysis, channel design subsurface investigations, remote sensing, bioassays, dredge material disposal and (marine) structural design. Experiencing in planning, determining feasibility, determining environmental impacts and designing navigation projects. The A/E must be developed using the metric system of measurement. All data will be required to be put into a GIS database compatible with the Corps applications. Closing date for submitting SF255: 30 days after advertising date. If this date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday the closing date will be on the next business day. Firms should submit their qualifications on 11-92 version of SF255 and SF254. SF254 should reflect the overall firms capacity, whereas, SF255 should reflect only the personnel dedicated to the specific project referenced in the submittal. If subconsultants are to be utilized, a SF254 must be submitted for each subconsultant. These guidelines should be closely followed, since they constitute procedural protocol in the manner in which the selection process is conducted. Evaluation factors in descending order of importance: (a) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. (b) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required. (c) Capacity to accomplish the work within the required time. (d) Past performance on contracts with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. (e) Knowledge of the locality and location in the general geographical area of the New York District boundaries provided that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project. Note: Firms are encouraged to submit from any geographical area. Note: Deep-draft navigation studies are generally in the New York harbor area. Shallow-draft must be anywhere within District boundaries. (f) Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (g) Volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense, with the object of effecting an equitable distribution among qualified A/E firms, including small and small disadvantaged business firms and firms that have not had prior DoD contracts. Start date/Completion: 1 May 1997/ 1 May 1998. Small and small disadvantaged firms are encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint ventures with other small businesses. All interested large firms are reminded that the successful firm will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent with small and small disadvantaged firms in accordance with Public Law 95-507. If a large business firm is selected, a small business subcontracting plan will be required prior to award. Firms which have not previously applied for New York District projects and firms which do not have a current SF-254 on file with the New York District should submit two of the SF-254 with this initial response to CBD announcement. Firms using consultants should submit copies of the SF-254 for their consultants. (a) Notification of all firms will be made within 10 calendar days after approval of the Final selection. Notification will not be sent after preselection approval. The notification will say the firm was not among the most highly qualified firms and that the firm may request a debriefing. (b) The A/E's request for a debriefing must be received by the selection chairperson within 30 calendar days after the date on which the firm received the notification. (c) Debriefing(s) will occur within 14 calendar days after receipt of the written request. (d) Copies of all SF 254's and SF 255's of all firms, who are not short listed, will be held for 30 calendar days after notifications are sent out. Three(3) copies of the submittals should be sent to Ms. Willien Cunningham, CENAN-EN-MR, Room 2143, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278, (212) 264-9123. (0225)

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