U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, 215 North 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-4978

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE CONTRACT FOR GEOLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNIAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE OMAHA DISTRICT SOL DACW45-99-R-0028 DUE 081699 POC PROPOSAL QUESTIONS: John Miller (402)221-4176; TECHNICAL QUESTIONS: John Monzingo (402)221-4481 WEB: Proposal questions, john.m.miller@usace.army.mil. The Omaha District intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Type contract for a base period and may include two additional option periods. The contract amount will not exceed $2,000,000 in any period. The base period and option periods will not exceed one year each, but option periods may be exercised when the contract amount for the current period has been reached or nearly reached. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. Task Orders will be issued from time to time as the need arises during the contract period. The amount of the Task Orders will not exceed the contract amount in any period. Contract award is anticipated in November 1999. Types of services required may include site investigations, studies, reports, concept design, final design, and construction phase services. If a large business is selected for this project, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work that it intends to contract. This plan is notrequired with this submittal. The subcontracting goals for this contract are that a minimum of 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), 9.1% be placed with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and 4.5% be placed with women-owned small businesses (WOSB). PROJECT INFORMATION: Geological and Geotechnical engineering services will be required for a variety of tasks in support of civil works, military construction and hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) projects for the Omaha District. Task Orders may consist of the following types of work: Geological and Geotechnical Engineering Studies and Designs including embankment and levee design; embankment criteria and foundation reports; building foundation design, including deep foundations for transportation facilities; design of HTRW containment structures; groundwater studies, designs and modeling; design of rock slope stabilization and underground construction; HTRW remediation design and feasibility studies; site characterization; and grouting. Materials Design and Specification including airfield pavement design and repair; concrete and asphalt mix design; paints and coatings specification; and special materials design. Dam Safety Services including periodic and annual inspections; instrumentation program design and installation; instrumentation data analyses; and special reviews and analyses, including bridge inspection. Field Services including soil and rock drilling and sampling and geologic mapping; Cone Penetrometer Testing and Direct-Push sampling; borehole and surface geophysical surveys; groundwater sampling; well services; instrument installation and rehabilitation; and HTRW site investigations with preparation of Site Safety and Health Plans. Lab Testing including soil classification and strength testing; rock testing; aggregate testing and petrography; and concrete, asphalt and special materials testing. Other Miscellaneous Services required are emergency response actions authorized by Public Law 84-99 (Initial Levee Eligibility Inspections, Rehabilitation Project Information Reports and advance Measures Project Information Reports); cost estimating; wetland mitigation studies; technical expert and witnessing services and literature searches. Work will be located primarily within the Omaha District, but may be anywhere in the U.S. subject to higher headquarters approval. SELECTION CRITERIA: Criteria for selection, in order of importance, are:(a) Recent specialized experience and technical competence of the firm (including consultants) in providing similar services as described above in the areas of Geological and Geotechnical Engineering Studies and Design, Materials Design and Specification, Dam Safety Services, Field Services, Lab Testing and Miscellaneous Services. (b) Quality control procedures and team organization, including consultants as described in the Management Plan (see SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS). The selected A-E firm must be able to provide products that meet guidance, criteria and quality standards without detailed review by the District. The firm must also present a logical team organization that provides an effective method of coordination and communication between the individual team members as well as consultants. (c) Professional qualifications and specialized experience in providing services similar to those listed above of the proposed team members (including consultants) in the following disciplines: Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Soils Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geology, Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene and Estimating. (d) Capacity to accomplish task orders in the required time. Additionally, the A-E must be able to provide drilling services on call and have sufficient drill crews available to be able to complete more than one task order at a time. (e) Past performance on previous contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (f) Location in the general geographic area of the Omaha District. (g) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, and, if appropriate, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. (h) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of DOD A-E contracts among qualified A-E firms. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposal. Firms desiring consideration must submit two copies of a combined SF 255 and separate SFs 254 for prime and each consultant. To be considered, submittals must be addressed as follows: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, CENWO-ED-C, ATTN: John M. Miller, 215 N. 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-4978. Submittals must be received no later than 4:00 PM CDT on August 16, 1999. In block 10 of the SF 255, provide the following: (a) Management Plan. The plan should be brief and include an explanation of the firm's management approach, management of subcontractors (if applicable), specific quality control procedures used and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors). In block 3 of SF 255 provide the submitting firm's number (six or seven digits) assigned by the Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the Architect-Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS). If firms has no number, so state. In block 6 of SF 255 provide the ACASS firm number for any consultants. If firm has no number, so state. To receive information on how to obtain an ACASS number, call (503) 808-4591. Personal visits for this solicitation to the Omaha District offices will not be scheduled. This is an amendment of Submission No. 352458, posted on 7/9/99). The amended change is the classification code for the work from Section R, Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services, to Section C, Architect-Engineer Services. Posted 07/12/99 (W-SN352953). (0193)

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