U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 600 M.L. King, Jr. Pl., Rm 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR HEADQUARTERS, AIR MOBILITY COMMAND, CIVIL ENGINEERING/HOUSING DIVISION, SCOTT AFB, ILLINOIS SOL W22W9K-7308-4702 DUE 030298 POC Contract Specialist, Tom Dickert (502) 625-7531; Technical POC -- Donna Thompson (502) 582-6904 1. GENERAL CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract and will be primarily for Air Mobility Command (AMC), Civil Engineering/Housing Division for use at AMC bases worldwide and at other Air Force bases as capacity permits. Projects will be awarded by individual Delivery Orders. The contract period is one year from date of award with a maximum value of $2 million limit in the base period with four option periods (each additional year with an additional ceiling amount of $2 million, respectively) awarded at the discretion of the Government. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. Some projects may require partnering with the selected firm which could require the selected A/E to attend a one-day (approximate) partnering meeting to define the User's expectations of the A/E, create a positive working atmosphere, encourage open communication, and identify common goals. Significant emphasis will be placed on the A/E's quality control procedures as the District nor AMC will review quality into the projects. Before award of this contract, the firm (if a large business concern) shall be required to present an acceptable Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507. To meet the current subcontracting goals, 61.2% of the total subcontracted dollars must go to the small business firms, 9.1% must go to small disadvantaged business firms, and 4.5% must go to woman-owned firms. The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: AMC is seeking professional program management assistance services and delivery orders issued under this contract may include: a) Investigate/assess condition and adequacy of housing facilities, utilities, equipment, pavements and grounds at AMC bases; determine technical, procedural and/or managerial requirements; develop recommendation, priorities, plans, drawings, specifications, and cost estimates for preventive and corrective actions (e.g., special study reports, project programming documents, and design packages for both renovation and new construction projects). b) Analyze housing facility requirements and develop approaches, options, costs, and recommendations for facility utilization, construction, alteration, or leasing (e.g., housing market analyses and housing privatization analyses). c) Develop and update comprehensive plans, designs, and analyses for construction and improvement within military family housing (MFH) and unaccompanied personnel housing (UPH) areas (e.g., housing community plans and airmen community plans). d)Develop design for new, altered, or upgraded UPH dormitories and housing management/service facilities. e) Provide Construction phase services for housing construction projects. f) Develop economic analyses addressing facility, utility, and other technical or managerial housing initiatives wherein alternatives are evaluated. g) Develop, analyze, or evaluate sufficiency of environmental impact statements and or environmental assessments supporting new housing construction. h) Research, establish, organize and maintain selected data bases addressing age, category, distribution, cost, condition, and other status of housing facilities. i) Develop software to address specific engineering and management applications for housing. j) Develop technical, procedural, and /or managerial tools, analytical models, publications, and training aids. k) Identify potential applications for new technologies or commercial state-of -the art products, materials, tools, equipment, services or processes to enhance facility operation/maintenance/repair or specific functional capabilities. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process information. The specific Selection Criteria (a through (d being primary and (e through (f being secondary in descending order of importance are as follows and must be documented with resumes in the SF255: a) Specialized experience and technical competence in preparation of Housing Community Plans and/or updates; Air Force Family and unaccompanied personnel housing planning, design and construction projects; Development of a variety of reports and studies assessing condition, adequacy, and requirements of Air Force family and unaccompanied personnel housing. Technical competence and experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials must be documented. b) Professional qualifications of key management, professional staff, and consultants qualified by education, registration, certification and/or training. Provide resumes for two registered professionals in the following fields: architecture; landscape architecture; civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and environmental engineers. Additionally, provide resumes for two professionals qualified by education, registration, certification and/or training in planning and in economics. c) Capacity of firm to accomplish projects within the required time and the ability to accomplish multiple delivery orders concurrently. d) Superior performance evaluations on recently completed DoD contracts. e) Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. f) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. In addition, a brief Design Management Plan including an explanation of the firm's management approach, management of subcontractors, quality control procedures and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors) must be included in paragraph 10 of the SF 255. Firms must provide documented evidence of CADD capabilities. These capabilities, including the type of system used, should be described in block 10 of the SF 255. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Any firm with an electronic mailbox responding to this solicitation should identify such address in the SF 255. Release of firm status will occur within 10 days after approval of any selection. Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one completed SF 255 (Revision 11-92), U.S. Government A/E and Related Services for Specific Projects to the office shown above. All responses on SF 255 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 pm Local Time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this publication to be considered for selection. The day following this CBD announcement counts as day number 1. If the 30th day falls on Saturday, Sunday or a U.S. Gov't holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next Gov't business day. It is requested that interested firms list the fee amount and date of all DOD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in Block 9 of the SF 255. Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF 254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally all responding firms which do not have a current (within 12 months) SF 254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers must also furnish a completed SF 254. If a SF 254 is included, only the 11-92 edition of the form will be accepted. The business size status (large, small, and/or minority should be indicated in Block 3 of SF 255. Definition: A concern is small if its annual receipts average over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $2.5 million. No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. This is not a request for proposals. (0028)

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