Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Billings, Montana 59107-6900

R -- INDEFINITE QUANITITY OF SURVEYING SERVICES SOL 1425-7-SP-60-08410 DUE 101497 POC Dave Cellan, Contracting Officer, (406)247-7801 E-MAIL: Dave Cellan at the Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Regional Office in Billings, Montana, dcellan@gp.usbr.gov. The Bureau of Reclamation announces its intention to negotiate an indefinite quantity contract for the procurement of professional surveying services consisting of construction, geodetic, boundary, topographic, route, hydrographic, and cadastral, as well as use of GPS for projects with the Great Plains Region.. These services are to be provided on a firm-fixed price task order basis in the states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The contract will be negotiated in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Part 35 as implemented by Departmental and Agency regulations and directives. The performance period will be for one year beginning on the date of an award with four prepriced optional years. The options may be exercised solely at the discretion of the Government without further competition. The cumulative orders over the life of the contract may not exceed $1,000,000. The principal items of survey services are as follows: 1. Perform services under individual fixed price task orders in any of the above referenced disciplines in any of the specified states. 2. The maximum order limitation for any task order placed under this contract is $100,000.00 with cumulative orders over the life of the contract including optional periods not to exceed $1,000,000.00. 3. The minimum order that the primary contractor is required to accept is $2,500.00. 4. The minimum order that the secondary contractor is required to accept is $1,000.00. Competent firms suitably staffed to perform the required services are invited to submit five copies of an up-to-dat Standard Form 254, U.S. Government Archetect-Engineer Questionnaire and Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Services Questionnaire for Specific Project to the above address. Your Standard Form 254 must be received by the above office by 3:00 p.m., October 14, 1997. Submittals will be evaluated on the following criteria listed in descending order of importance: 1. Professional qualifications including education, work experience, and registration status of personnel. 2. Experience with Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal Government surveying standards. 3. Past Performance on contract with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedule. 4. Capacity to accomplish work including adequacy of facilities for performance of the work including those necessary to provide specialized services that may be required. 5. Availability of additional contractor personnel or consultants to support expansion or acceleration of a project. 6. Location in the general geographic area and knowledge of the locality of the Region. Size Standard for this Procurement. -- Any firm whose average annual receipts for its proceeding three fiscal years do not exceed $2.5 million, and the standard industrial classification code is 8713.***** (0251)

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