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

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS ENGINEERING SERVICES POC Cheryl D. Parsons, Contract Specialist, (304) 529-5006 Contract Information: Architect-Engineer design services, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and Far Part 36, are required for various types of civil works projects within the Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division geographical boundaries (including all of the states of WI, MI, NY, IN, IL, OH, PA, MD, WV, KY, VA, TN, NC, AL and GA). One indefinite delivery contract will be negotiated and awarded, with a base period not to exceed one year and two option periods not to exceed one year each. The amount of work in each contract period will not exceed approximately $1,000,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price delivery orders not to exceed the base contract amount. This contract is anticipated to be awarded in March of 2000. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The plan is NOT required with this submittal. Quality Control Plans will also be required at time of award. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under the resulting contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee's office location (not the location of the work) To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. 2. Project Information: The work and services to be accomplished will consist of providing, on an individual delivery order basis, studies necessary for Corps projects which would include preparation of inundation maps for potential flooded areas; development and implementation of flood evacuation plans and flood warning systems (including installation of required stage/precipitation gages and computer equipment); hydrologic and hydraulic studies to develop alternative plans for increasing spillway discharge capabilities at Corps dams; studies for flood insurance and Local Protection Projects; formulation of lake sedimentation reports; performance of navigation studies; formulation of drought contingency plans; and formulation of Water Control Management Manuals. The work and services may also include general development of reconnaissance reports; feasibility reports; design memorandums; and final design, layout, preparation of design computations, contract drawings, specifications and estimates. Drawings must be prepared on a CADD System and must be directly compatible with the Intergraph CADD System or translated at 100% compatibility by the A-E. The preparation of inundation maps for potential flooded areasat District projects would include the use of data from topographic maps, river channel and flood plain cross section and discharge data in appropriate computer models to prepare maps showing the limits of inundation in digital format at and below District projects. Hydrologic and hydraulic studies will be used for development of alternative structural plans for modifying existing spillways to satisfy current design criteria with respect to discharge capacity and freeboard. Such alternatives may include (a) widen the existing spillway; (b) provide a gated spillway at the existing site; (c) auxiliary spillways; (d) raise the dam; and (e) combination of the above. Flood insurance studies would include the use of topographic data, river channel and flood plain cross sections and discharges to produce 10, 50, 100 and 500 year flood profiles (using step backwater computer models), to develop flood boundary maps and floodways, to determine flood hazard factors and to determine flood hazard zones using digital mapping. Local protection studies would include the development of hydrologic and hydraulic data necessary to design interior drainage systems (behind floodwalls) and pumping station facilities and to develop river channel relocation and/or modification schemes to mitigate local flooding problems and to determine the upstream and downstream effects of such schemes. Lake sedimentation reports may include, but would not be limited to: determine lake bottom profile from fathometer charts or GPS data; determine lake storage volume in 1 foot vertical increments; determine original and resurveyed sediment range profiles from furnished field survey data; compute volume and distribution of sediment in lake using Corps of Engineers computer programs; determine rate of sedimentation in lake; prepare report text and exhibits comparable to previous District Sediment reports describing land usage, precipitation, reported sediment problems; volume, distribution and rate of sedimentation; conclusions; recommendations and prepared form 1787 reservoir sediment data summary. Formulation of Water Control Management Manuals would include the writing of required manuals and drafting of exhibits in accordance with prescribed format. 3. Selection Criteria: See Note 24 for a general description of the 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-e are primary. Criteria f-h are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. a. Professional Qualifications: Qualified Hydrologic/Hydraulic Engineers (the evaluation will consider experience, education, training, and registration), b. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: firm must demonstrate experience and familiarity with the utilization of HEC hydrologic and hydraulic computer models (primarily HECRAS, HECHMS, HECIFH and HEC6), GIS hydrologic/hydraulic computer models using ARCINFO, current versions of SWMM, multi-dimensional numerical modeling (TABSMD, etc), Intergraph CADD and the National Weather Service Dambreak. c. Past Performance: experience with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. d. Capacity to perform approximately $1,000,000 in work of the required type in a one-year period. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel. e. Knowledge of the Locality: Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia. This should include geological, hydrological and hydraulic features. f. Geographic Proximity: location of the firm in the general geographical area of the Huntington District, g. Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12-month as described in Note 24. h. Extent of participation of SB (including WOSB), SDB, historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measure as percentage of the total estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements.Interested firms having the capability to perform the work must submit two copies of SF 255 (11/92 edition) and two copies of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants, 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 will be the close of business of the next business day. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call 502-808-4594. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. Posted 11/18/99 (W-SN402097). (0322)

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