Prescott National Forest, 344 S. Cortez St., Prescott, Arizona 86303

R -- PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEY SERVICES SOL RFQ No. R3-09-97-07B DUE 070797 POC Bill Gearhart (520) 771-4840, or Anthony Bachman (520) 771-4807. Professional land surveying services are required for cadastral surveys, mineral surveys, right-of-way surveys, land information system control surveys, and site surveys. Work may include control survey, corner monumentation, marking and posting, records and reports, corner maintenance, corner search, computer aided drafting, and land information database entry. Contract time will be determined when task orders are issued. This notice is for multiyear, multi-award, indefinite-quantity contracts. The three top ranked firms will be selected for award. When projects become available task orders will be issued. Each contract will have a minimum of $8,000.00, an estimate of $20,000.00, and a maximum of $50,000.00 over a three year contract period. Orders may be issued from award date through September 3, 2000. Qualified firms interested in providing professional surveying services of the type listed above are hereby invited to submit Standard Form 254 (if a current SF 254 is not on file with the Prescott National Forest, Prescott, Arizona) and Standard Form 255. The criteria set forth in the FAR 36.602-1 will be used in conjunction with the specialized selection criteria to assess your firm's qualifications for this project. Selection of firms for negotiation shall be through an order of preference based on the following criteria: (1) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, with primary emphasis on cadastral surveys and national forest boundary surveys. (2) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project, the majority of projects are anticipated to be of small scale and of short duration. (3) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services, i.e., licensed as a Registered Land Surveyor in the State of Arizona, (4) Capacity; (a) with respect to the ability to respond on notice of five weeks for projects of estimated short duration (one week), (b) with respect to the firm's ability toprovide computer-assisted drafting, and (c) with respect to the firm's ability to provide measurement data linked to the local control datum. (5) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (6) The ability of the firm to cooperatively perform work with Forest personnel in order to maximize available funding. This may take the form of field survey, measurement computations, computer aided drafting, or database entry. (7) The volume of work previously awarded by the Forest Service will be evaluated with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of contracts among the highest qualified firms. As part of the evaluation, firms should demonstrate under the appropriate criteria the following: 1. Equipment, expertise and methodology proposed for similar projects and 2. Cadastral survey experience of the Registered Land Surveyor (RLS) in responsible charge. In addition, submit two examples of boundary survey plats which show work performed on different public land survey system land descriptions, primarily mineral surveys. Submit forms to the Contracting Officer, Prescott National Forest, 344 South Cortez St., Prescott, AZ 86303. Materials will be accepted through July 7. 1997. (0156)

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