U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia Wanamaker Building, Room 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES TO SUPPORT CIVIL WORKS POC Robert M. Bencal, (215) 656-6606 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award Indefinite Delivery Contract(s) to support civil works missions assigned to the District. Support for the Work for Others and Military missions will be secondary efforts under each contract. Each contract shall be for a period for up to one year with options up to two (2) additional periods. The maximum task order limit is $500,000. The cumulative total for all task orders in either the base or option period shall not exceed $500,000. The cumulative total of all task orders for the base and option periods shall not exceed $1,500,000. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The primary work is to provide assistance to the Engineering Division within the District. Work under this contract will be primarily related to long span bridges including but not limited to: inspections, report preparation, structural analysis, material testing and analysis, land and hydrographic surveying, underwater inspection and concept and detailed design including preparation of plans, specifications and cost estimates for evaluation, repair, rehabilitation and new construction of bridge structures and all related appurtenances. Primary disciplines required include: civil engineers, structural engineers, highway engineers, geotechnical engineers, specification writers, cost engineers, draftsman/CADD operators and bridge inspection personnel. Other work under this contract will include support for other and military programs assigned to the District in the area of special structures, highway, civil, architectural and related facility engineering. The work in the secondary areas shall include but not be limited to site investigations, surveying, analysis, planning, concept and detailed design including plans, specifications and estimates and various support during construction. The contractor must be capable of performing both hard and soft metric design. Engineering work under this contract including but not limited to civil and structural engineering shall be reviewed and approved by engineers in that particular field. Firms that intend to use subcontractors shall provide a list of those subcontractors and the work they will perform. Firms must be familiar with Corps of Engineers, Federal Highway Administration, AASHTO, SPECSINTACT, MCACES, and Computer-aided-Design requirements and regulations for preparation of various inspections, designs and technical reports. The firm will have in-house primary services capability. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant selection evaluation criteria in relative descending order of importance will include: (1) Specialized experience of the firm in the primary areas of work, including having demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in design where appropriate; (2) Professional experience of the proposed staff; (3) General experience in the other, related work; (4) Capacity of the firm to accomplish multiple projects simultaneously within the required time and within construction costs limitations; (5) Past performance, if any, with respect to the firm's performance on Department of Defense contracts; (6) Location related to the work will be a consideration in the final selection as a secondary selection criteria element provided a sufficient number of qualified A/E firms respond to this announcement; (7) 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 and billing amounts for all other Department of Defense work for the 12 months preceding this announcement. 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 District reservesthe right to terminate negotiations in which the Contractor's response to requests for proposals or information has not been provided in accordance with the established schedules. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform the work must submit one copy of the SF 254 and SF 255 for the prime firm and SF 254 for each consultant, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the 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. 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.***** Posted 07/29/98 (W-SN230011). (0210)

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