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

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR VALUE ENGINEERING INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR VARIOUS MILITARY PROJECTS PRIMARILY WITHIN THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION BOUNDARIES, BUT COULD BE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE LOUISVILLE DISTRICT MISSION BOUNDARIES SOL W22W9K-9301-7869 DUE 120999 POC William Easley, Technical POC (502) 582-6058; or Barbara Simpson, Contract Specialist, (502) 625-7634 The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract. The maximum amount of the contract shall not exceed $1,000,000.00, and no individual delivery order shall exceed $1,000,000.00. The contract period is one year from date of award, with two additional option periods to be exercised at the discretion of the Government with no additional increase in total contract amount. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected to negotiate a contract, the firm will be required to present an acceptable Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Lae 95-507 prior to award of the contract. The current subcontracting goals are 61.2% to small business, 9.;1% to Small Disadvantaged Business, 4.5% to Woman-Owned Small Business and 1% to HUBZone Small Business. These percentages apply to the total amount of subcontracted dollars. 2.PROJECT INFORMATION: The value engineering services may be either formal VE studies and/or VE reviews including presentations and will be so designated in each delivery order. The firm must indicate capability to complete any study in four weeks or less from receipt of the notice to proceed. Tasks will include VE analysis of concept, preliminary or final design submittals. The study group, meeting on five consecutive workdays will follow the five step plan as recognized by the Society of American Value Engineers (SAVE) International. All members of the team must be trained and knowledgeable in VE methodology and the team leader must be a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) currently certified by SAVE International. VE reports are to be assembled and distributed within one week of completion of VE study. Projects requiring VE services may be designed in metric units, therefore, team members must have knowledge and experience in metric design units. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process information. The selection criteria in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion) are listed below. Criteria a-d are primary and e-g are secondary: a. Professional Qualifications: The VE team will be a multi-discipline team of professionals with expertise in the following fields: civil, structural (independent of civil), mechanical, electrical, environmental, cost engineering and architecture. Firms should provide resumes in the SF 255 for an architect or engineer in each field, and each must be professionally registered. Only resumes identifying the professionalism and specialized experience of the study group are necessary. Other available personnel may be specified in paragraph 10 of the SF 255. All members of the team must be trained and knowledgeable in VE methodology and the team leader must be a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) currently certified by SAVE International. The CVS must be a professionally registered engineer or architect. b. Specialized Experience: (1) Technical competence and experience to design in metric units must be shown; (2) Experience must be shown of the team and firm in design of building type construction and related activities such as utilities, sitework, etc., and environmental restoration projects; energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials; (3)Experience of the team in VE studies must be shown; (4) A Quality Control (QC) Plan must be prepared and submitted identifying the process that the prime firm and consultants will follow to accomplish the activities as specified above. c. Capacity to complete the work in the required time. d. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Knowledge of the locality of the project. f. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. g. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contact team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4.SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: a. See Note 24 for general submission requirements. 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 p.m. local time on 09 December 1999. b. 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. c. 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 the past 12 months) SF 254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, must also furnish a completed SF 254. The business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in Block 3 of the SF 255. Definition: A concern is small if the annual receipts averaged over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $4 million. d. No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required. e. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A/E contracts. To receive information to receive an ACASS number, call (503) 808-4591. ACASS number for the office performing the work must be shown in Block 3b of the SF 255. 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. This is not a request for proposals. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 600 M.L. King, Jr. Pl., Rm 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230 Posted 11/08/99 (W-SN399070). (0312)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0018 19991110\C-0005.SOL)