C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR VARIOUS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION PROJECTS AT ANTARCTICA AND CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND

Notice Date

March 7, 2001

Contracting Office

Pacific Division, NAVFACENGCOM (ACQ0243), Architect-Engineer Contracts Branch, 4262 Radford Drive, Honolulu, HI 96818-3296

ZIP Code

96818-3296

Solicitation Number

N62742-01-R-0008

Point of Contact

Contact Mr. Hayden Hu, Contract Specialist, (808) 474-9392 or Mr. Melvin Yoshimura, Cotracting Officer, (808) 474-5406

Description

Services include, but are not limited to design and engineering services for the United States Antarctica Program (USAP) under the National Science Foundation. The work includes the preparation of planning studies, conceptual plans and cost estimates and construction plans and specifications. The work also includes engineering studies and surveys, specifically energy conservation surveys and third party reviews for facilities in Antarctica. Personnel traveling to Antarctica must pass strict medical and dental examinations. If asbestos or hazardous materials exist, the Architect-Engineer (A-E) shall identify them and provide for their disposal in the required documents in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. The selected A-E may be required to participate in a pre-fee meeting within seven days of notification and provide a fee proposal within ten days of the meeting. The contract will be of the Indefinite Quantity type where the work will be required on an "as-needed" basis during the life of the contract. Each project will be a firm fixed price task order. The Government will determine the task order amount by using rates negotiated under the contract and by negotiating the effort required to perform the particular project. The contract shall not exceed twelve months or $1,000,000 total fee, whichever comes first. A-E fee per project shall not exceed $400,000. The Government guarantees a minimum amount of $10,000 for the contract. The Government reserves the option to extend the contract for two additional one year periods. There will be no future synopsis in the event the options included in the contract are exercised. Estimated construction cost of project is $10,000 to $20,000,000. Estimated date of contract award is August 2001. Proposals may be subject to an advisory audit performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. The following selection evaluation criteria, in relative order of importance, will be used in the evaluation of A-E firms: (1) Professional qualifications of firm and staff proposed for design and engineering services for facilities in extremely remote, cold weather locations. (2) Specialized recent experience and technical competence of firm or particular staff members in the design and engineering services for facilities for extremely remote, cold weather locations. Energy conservation survey, third party reviews, and examples of innovative designs with the use of state-of-the-art technologies should be addressed. (3) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (4) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. (5) A-E experience in sustainable design and quality control practices/techniques. (6) Knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project. (7) Extent to which firms identify and commit to small business (SB), small disadvantaged business (SDB), women-owned small business (WOSB), historically underutilized business zone small business (HUBZoneSB), and historically black college or university and minority institution (HBCU/MI) in performance of this contract, whether as a joint venture, teaming arrangement, or subcontractor. (8) Volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense shall also be considered, with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of Department of Defense A-E contracts among qualified A-E firms and firms that have not had Department of Defense contracts. The selected firm, its subsidiaries or affiliates which design or prepare specifications for a construction contract cannot provide the construction services for the same contract. This includes concept design, which includes preparation of project programming documents (DD1391), facility siting studies, environmental assessments, or other activities that result in identification of project scope and cost. The A-E firm and consultants selected for this contract will be required to perform throughout the contract term. The contract requires that the selected firm have on-line access to email via the Internet for exchange of correspondence/information. A-E firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit complete, updated Standard Forms 254, Architect Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to the office shown above. A-E firms utilized by the prime A-E must also submit completed Standard Forms 254 and 255. Only one copy of each form is required. IN BLOCK 10 OF THE SF255, INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS IN NARRATIVE DISCUSSION ADDRESSING EACH OF THE ABOVE SELECTION EVALUATION CRITERIA. IF NECESSARY, CONTINUE ON PLAIN BOND PAPER. For selection evaluation criteria "(3)", the government will also evaluate each firm's past performance and performance rating(s) from the architect-engineer contract administration support system (ACASS) during the evaluation process which can affect the selection outcome. For selection criteria "(7)", the Government will evaluate firms by the government wide goals, therefore, offeror should identify each firm (prime and subs) by name, discipline, and size status. In addition, the offeror should provide information on past performance on the use of SB, SDB, etc. and/or any awards received for outstanding support of SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZoneSB, and HBCU/MI or other documentation. Documentation may include SBA awards, final subcontracting reports for individual contracts (SF294), copies of performance evaluations on the implementation of subcontracting plans or periodic compliance reviews, and/or information on existing or pending mentor-prot g agreements. The statutory Government wide goals for the total value of all prime contract awards per fiscal year are 23% to SB, 5% to SDB, 5% to WOSB, 5% to HBU/MI, and 2% to HUBZoneSB. Small Disadvantaged Businesses must obtain formal certification from the Small Business Administration to receive contract evaluation benefits reserved for Small Disadvantaged Businesses. This includes receiving benefit as a prime contractor or subconsultant under a Subcontracting Plan for subcontracting to Small Disadvantaged Businesses. Small Disadvantaged Businesses: Contact your local Small Business Administration (SBA) representative for information on the certification program or visit the SBA agency's web site at http://www.sba.gov/sdb. Prime Contractors: To determine whether a prospective subcontractor is a certified small disadvantaged business, access SBA agency's on-line database, PRO-Net website at http://www.pro-net.sba.gov. Large business firms who are short-listed will be required to submit a subcontracting plan before negotiation begins for contract award. This solicitation will be a small business set aside, if we have sufficient number of highly qualified small business concerns. If there are insufficient number of highly qualified small business concerns, this solicitation will be opened to all firms. Therefore, we are requesting application from all interested firms. Firms responding to this announcement within 30 days from publication date will be considered. Firms must submit forms to Pacific Division, NAVFACENGCOM (ACQ0243), Architect-Engineer Contracts Branch by 2:00 p.m. HST, on the closing date. Should the due date fall on a weekend or holiday, the Standard Forms 254 and 255 will be due the first workday thereafter. Firms having a current SF 254 on file with this office may also be considered. This is not a request for a proposal.

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