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C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL PLANNING SERVICES POC Jennifer Ward, (215) 656-6773 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Contract for Comprehensive Coastal Planning Services to support the Civil Works and Work For Others missions assigned to the District. The contract shall be for up to one (1) 12 month base period with an option for one (1) additional period not to exceed 12 months. The maximum task order limit is $400,000.00. The cumulative amount of all task orders shall not exceed $400,000.00 in either the base or option period. The cumulative total for the base and option periods shall not exceed $500,000.00. Option will be awarded based on value first then time at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work will normally be within the geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District, including but not limited to the Delaware River, the Delaware Bay, their tributaries, and the Atlantic Ocean Coastline which includes the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal area of Maryland. Work outside the noted areas above and the Philadelphia District boundaries may be required under this contract. The selected firm will primarily provide assistance to the Coastal Planning Section of the Planning Division within the District by completing planning, design, engineering, and economic investigations, analysis, studies, reports and related efforts pertaining to Corps of Engineers projects or studies. Work with other groups within the Philadelphia District or outside the Philadelphia district may be required. The firm will be used primarily for coastal water resources planning, coastal engineering, designs related to the coast, investigations, coastal analysis and modeling, and the preparation of studies and reports. The firm must have available adequate numbers of professionals experienced in the following fields: coastal data acquisition; coastal processes; coastal engineering; modeling of coastal processes including but not limited to waveanalysis, shoreline profile responses and circulation models; environmental analysis and engineering; structural design; cost engineering; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); plan formulation; hydrology and hydraulics; economics; institutional studies; financial analysis; public involvement; and graphic arts and report writing. The firm must be familiar with Corps of Engineers requirements and regulations for the preparation of planning reports. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant evaluation criteria in relative descending order of importance are: (1) Specialized experience in coastal planning, investigation, and Corps of Engineers procedures and regulations areas noted above, and general experience in the other areas noted above including were appropriate experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction and the use of recovered materials; (2) Professional qualifications of the staff in the types of work noted; (3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish multiple task orders within time and cost limitations; (4) Past performance on relevant Department of Defense contracts will be a factor, however, lack of such performance will not necessarily preclude a firm from consideration; (5) Location of the firm with respect to work sites will be a secondary consideration provided that a sufficient number of qualified firms respond to this announcement; (6) 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. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: As a part of this submittal, it is required that all responding firms clearly present billing amounts for all Corps of Engineers work as well as all other Department of Defense work for the 12 months preceding this announcement. Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 254 (revised 11/92) and SF 255 (revised 11/92) for the prime firm and SF 254 for each consultant, to the above address not later than close of business on the 30th day after date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor will submit for government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. The contracting officer reserves the right to terminate negotiations with firms that do not respond to government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. in accordance with established schedules. Include ACASS number in block 3b, of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at (503) 808-4591 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made.***** (0140)

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