USPFO for Alabama, P.O. Box 3715, Montgomery, AL 36109-0715

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY A-E CONTRACT, BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ANG), BIRMINGHAM, AL AND MARTIN ANG STATION, GADSDEN, AL SOL DAHA01 97 R 0002 POC SSgt Lewis (334) 271-7336, Contract Specialist Project consists of furnishing Architect-Engineering Services for Indefinite Quantity contract. This Indefinite Quantity Contract consists of Project Site Investigation (Type "A"), Design (Type "B"), and Inspection (Type "C") during construction of projects for Birmingham International Airport (ANG), Birmingham, AL and Martin ANG Station, Gadsden, AL. The A-E fees total cumulative amount of all delivery orders will not exceed $1,500,000.00. Each delivery order will not exceed $300,000.00. Delivery orders may be issued for one year under this Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract, and may, at the Governments option, be extended for one more year. Significant Evaluation Criteria in descending order of importance are: (1) Professional Qualifications, (Architect, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Structural, Geo-Technical Engineers, and Surveyor/Inspector); (2) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence (Air Force and Air National Guard Design Criteria and Process Experience and Competence in Design of Various Facilities and Infra-Structures on an Air Base; (3) Capacity to accomplish Work in the Required Time; (4) Past Performance on Contracts with Government and Private Industry Projects in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Location of A-E Firm; (6) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design. Architect-Engineering Firms wishing to be considered must submit a SF 254, U.S. Government Architect-Engineer Questionnaire and SF 255, A-E and Related Services Questionnaire for this specific project to the USPFO For Alabama, Attn: SSgt Dawn Lewis, P.O. Box 3715, Montgomery, AL 36109-0715, telephone number (334) 271-7336. All responses must be received within 30 days of this publication in order to be considered for this project. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project is made and no further action is required. If a current (less than one year old) SF 254 has previously been submitted, a letter stating so should be submitted within the above time frame to assure consideration. However; a current SF 255 is still required. Approximate design dates are: Start October 1997, Complete October 1998 or 1999. This is not a request for proposal. Funds are not presently available for this contract action. The Governments obligation under this contract action is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract action and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this work are discouraged, but interviews by the selection committee will be done as part of the final selection process for this contract. (0126)

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