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C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SOL DACA31-00-R-0003 DUE 013100 POC Susan Sonenthal 410-962-7646 E-MAIL: susan.j.sonenthal@nab02.usace.army.mil, susan.j.sonenthal@nab02.usace.army.mil. This CBD announcement is for Architect-Engineering services for support of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) Capital Improvements Program and other Baltimore District projects. Up to 5 Indefinite Delivery-type Multi-Discipline contracts for the Baltimore District that may be used to support other Baltimore District Missions will be awarded under this solicitation. These will be independent contracts with a maximum total value of $3,000,000 each. This is not a multiple award scenario as defined under FASA. Contracts may be issued up to nine months after selection approval. Contracts will be issued basked on the order of ranking of the firms by the selection board. The number of contracts that will be issued will be dependent on the amount of work that will be required. The contract(s) will each be for a 12-month period and will contain an option to extend for up to two additional 12-month periods. The contract amount will not exceed $1,000,000 per period. Individual task orders shall not exceed the annual contract amount. Task orders will be assigned based on the AE's workload, geographic area, specialized experience, and project requirements. The majority of the work will be for the DCPS but may be used for other Baltimore District projects. Project Information: A. The work will be primarily for the support of the District of Columbia Public Schools Capital Improvement Program for planning and design of new school and renovation of existing schools. A primary effort will be to prepare facility design standards and guideline manuals. The design standards and guideline manuals shall ensure uniform, energy-efficient, functional, cost-effective, high-quality, easily maintainable, forward-thinking educational and technological facility components. Critical analysis of space and material components necessary for the construction of elementary, middle, and high school facilities, including inter-agency space, may be required. It serves as a planning guide for those in the process of building, enlarging, or renovating school facilities. Products of the AE may consist of bracketing parameters to ensure a proper fit between the size of each common functional space and the student population served, common functional spaces used by the entire school population and sized dependent upon student population; historical data generated by but not limited to the A-E's previous school experience; space lists included but not limited to those spaces listed in the educational planner's design standards and/or guideline manuals. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance.a. The selected firm(s) or it's consultant(s) shall have experience in the development of these types of documents for at least one major school entity in the United States of comparable size to the District of Columbia Public School System. Products of the work may consist of preparation of reports, studies, design criteria, designs and other general A-E services for multi-disciplined alterations, renovations, maintenance and repair, and new construction projects for schools. The firm must be capable of responding to and working on multiple task orders concurrently. In addition, the firm or its consultants shall have experience in the following: asbestos and lead paint testing and abatement services; design in metric units; coordination, submissions, and presentations with the State Historic Preservation Office; and obtaining of all necessary permits including NPDES permits. Firms may be required to provide services for topographic surveys, and subsurface exploration and associated testing. The firm shall discuss in the Standard Form 255 how these services will be obtained for a particular task order. The following 3 items do not have to be discussed in the SF 255: 1) the firm selected shall provide the final design products in the CADD format used by the customer. 2) The design will not be required to be prepared using a specific CADD system but the A-E will be required to provide any digitizing or translation services necessary to deliver the final products in accordance with Baltimore District requirements. 3) The firm may be required to provide post construction award services and other services which may include preparation of operation and maintenance manuals, perform shop drawing review, and commissioning/start-up/fit-up design and support. B. Key Disciplines: Registered and/or licensed personnel for the following disciplines are required: Architect; Civil Engineer; Electrical Engineer; Structural Engineer; Mechanical Engineer; Fire Protection Engineer; Geotechnical Engineer; Land Surveyor; and Industrial Hygienist. In lieu of a registered fire protection engineer, a registered architect or a registered engineer whose principle duties are fire protection engineering and who is a full member in good standing of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers will be accepted. The following other disciplines shall be represented: Interior Designer; Plumbing Engineer; Cost Estimator, and Landscape Architect. Theevaluation will consider education, training, overall and relevant experience and longevity with firm. The availability of an adequate number of personnel in the key disciplines shall be presented to insure that the firm can meet the potential of working on multiple delivery orders. C. Work Management: A proposed management plan shall be presented which shall include an organization chart and briefly address management approach, team organization, quality control procedures, cost control, coordination of in-house disciplines and consultants, and prior experience of the prime firm and any significant consultants on similar projects. The SF 255 shall clearly indicate the staffing of the office indicated to do the work. D. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. E. The firm shall discuss in the SF 255 how these services will be obtained for a particular task order. F. Extent of participation of small business firms including woman-owned small business (WOSB), Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), HUB Zone small business firms and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measure as a percentage of the total estimated effort. G. Volume of DOD contracts awarded in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REQUIREMENTS: If the selected firm is a large business concern, a subcontracting plan with the final fee proposal will be required, consistent with Section 806 (b) of PL 100-180, 95-507, and 99-661. A minimum of 65% of the total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small business concerns. At least 15% of total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small disadvantaged businesses, to include Historically Black College and University or Minority Institutions, 1% to HUB Zone small business firms, and 8% with women-owned small businesses. The plan is not required with this submittal. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Note 24 is written in detail in any Monday issue of the CBD. Interested firms must submit an SF255 for the prime. SF 254s must be submitted for the prime and for each consultant. These forms shall be submitted to the above address not later than 4:00PM on 31 January 2000. The SF 255 and SF 254 shall clearly indicate the staffing of the office indicated to do the work. Only one copy of a submission (SF 255/SF254) is required at this time. Short listed firms may be requested to submit up to 2 additional copies of their proposal. The Baltimore District does not retain SF 254's on file. In block 9 of the SF 255, the prime shall provide contract award dates for all projects listed in that section. One Preselection Board and one Selection Board will be conducted from this solicitation. Telephone interviews with be conducted with the short listed firms. In order to comply with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, all contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be considered for award of a Federal contract. A paper copy may be obtained from the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414 or Contact CCR web site at http://www.ccr2000.com. Mailing address to send proposals: US Army Corps of Engineers, 10 South Howard St., Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201, ATTN: Susan Sonenthal. Mrs. Sonenthal can be reached at 410-962-7646 and via Internet susan.j.sonenthal@nab02.usace.army.mil. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal Phone calls to discuss this announcement are discouraged unless absolutely necessary. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. Posted 12/22/99 (W-SN410944). (0356)

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