Huntington District Corps of Engineers, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, WV 25701-2070

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR ENGINEERING FIELD SURVEYS AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES POC Donna L. Erwin, CONTRACT SPECIALIST (304) 529-5658, Paul R. Berns, CONTRACTING OFFICER 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Contract will consist of individually negotiated work orders each with a cumulative total not to exceed $750,000 during a one year period with two (2) one-year renewable options. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION. The work will consist of, but not be limited to, cadastral, hydrographic, topographic, geodetic, route, settlement and dis- placement, and construction surveys. Instrumentation will require equipment, knowledge and experience capable of acquiring second to first order accurateness. Services will require knowledge, capability, skill computations and equipment for Global Positioning Systems for subject work. Related services consists of computations and drafting (manual and computer). Contractor must have the capability to provide field data in DTM (Digital Terrain Modeling) and Intergraph DGN Format. All field data shall conform to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CADD Standards. The field surveys will be performed in connection with various civil works projects in the HuntingtonDistrict to include much of the State of West Virginia, about one half of the State of Ohio and smaller portions of Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina. The Huntington District is now a part of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (CELRD). Required services include furnishing three and four-man survey parties, as the needs of the Government may require, up to a maximum of three parties. One survey party must have H.T.R.W. field capability and current certification. All necessary data collectors, computers, plotters, software electronic measuring devices, automatic levels, theodolites, fathometers, boats, H.T.R.W. equipment and materials and automotive transportation will be furnished by the contractor. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general A-E selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A-D are primary. Criteria E-G are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. (A) Professional qualifications including H.T.R.W. certification necessary for satisfactory performance of required services: (1) H.T.R.W. Capabilities (a) Personnel Currently Field Certified (b) H.T.R.W. Equipment Availability (2) Personnel Strength (a) Civil Engineers (b) Land Surveyors (c) Civil Engineer Technicians (d) Draftsman/CADD Operators (e) Party Chiefs (f) Instrumentmen (g) Rodmen/Chainmen (3) Equipment Availability (a) Total Stations (b) EDMs and Theodolites (c) Automatic Levels (d) 4WD Vehicles (e) ADP System/DTM/Intergraph (f) Fathometers (g) Boats (h) Global Positioning Systems. (B) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required. (1) Cadastral (2) Topographic (3) Geodetic (4) Hydrographic (5) Route (6) H.T.R.W. (7) Construction (8) Global Positioning System (9) Settlement and Displacement. (C) Capacity to accomplish the work in the time required time. (1) Number of Subs (D) Past Performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and com- pliance with performance schedules. (E) Geographic proximity in relation to the firm's physical location to the location of the project. Knowledge of the project locations, such as geological features, climatic conditions or local construction methods. (F) Extent of participation in Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business including 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 DOD work within the last 12 months. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms having capabilities to perform the work and who desire to be considered must submit three (3) copies of a completed SF 255 and appropriate data. Only SF 255's received in this office within thirty (30) days from the date of this notice will be considered. If a SF 254 is not on file with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a current SF 254 should also be included. No other general notification to firms will be made. This is not a request for proposal. (0050)

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