C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES ARE REQUIRED FOR A VALUE ENGINEERING (VE) CONTRACT, BALTIMORE DISTRICT

Notice Date

April 26, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineer, 10 South Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715

ZIP Code

21201-1715

Solicitation Number

DACA31-01-R-0034

Response Due

May 31, 2001

Point of Contact

contact, Susan Sonenthal, 410/962-7646

Description

CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineering services are required for one Indefinite Delivery-Type Value Engineering (VE) contract for Review of Designs for Construction Projects for Baltimore District. VE studies will be performed on various designs at approximately 30% stage. This procurement is set aside for small-business. The applicable NAIC code is 54133 (formerly SIC 8711). The type of contract proposed is Firm Fixed Price. The contract will be for one base period and two option periods. A period will not exceed one year. Cumulative total of all delivery orders for any period shall not exceed $500,000 and no individual delivery order shall exceed the contract amount. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing services under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. PROJECT INFORMATION: Projects may be of military, environmental, or civil works type. The selected contractor will conduct each study in accordance with the job plan as recognized by SAVE, International. A report will be prepared which encompasses the recommendations of the VE team with detailed cost estimate, life-cycle-cost analyses and sketches. The firm shall have a minimum of two Certified Value Specialists. In addition, the firm will have professional, registered expertise in architecture and the engineering fields of mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, and environmental. All member of each value engineering team except cost engineers must be registered. The firm shall: a. Document the ability to conduct two simultaneous multi-disciplinary studies led by Certified Value Specialists and provide the formal reports shortly after completion of the study. b. Provide narrative description of process for assembling multidisciplinary teams for conduct of study. c. Provide documented instances of conduct of two simultaneous studies. Include description of facilities used and time frames within which the formal reports were provided. Include report extracts as deemed appropriate. d. Provide narrative description of three best VE studies performed within the last year. Include report extracts as deemed appropriate. e. Provide narrative of process of determining estimated savings of proposals including experience of cost engineers employed on the study teams. SELECTION CRITERIA: The criteria that will be the basis for selecting firms are identified in Numbered Note 24. The selection criteria will take into account the location of the performing office of the firm, which must be within 100 miles of the Baltimore District Office. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Note 24 is written in detail in any Monday issue of the CBD. Interest-ed firms being able to perform this work must submit SF 255 for the prime and SF 254 for the prime and for each consul-tant to the above address not later than close of business on May 31, 2001. The SF 255 and SF 254 shall clearly indicate the staffing of the office indicated to the do the work. We require only one copy of a proposal (SF 255/SF 254). We will request that short listed firms submit extra copies of their proposals. The Baltimore District does not retain SF 254's on file. We will conduct telephone interviews with the firms short-listed (usually 3 firms). Mailing address ATTN. : Susan Sonenthal, Room 7000, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. For questions, call 410-962-7646 or write via Internet, susan.j.sonenthal@usace.army.mil. In order to comply with 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. For information regarding registration, contact: (1) CCR Web site at http://www.ccr2000.com (2) dial up modem at 614-692-6788 (User ID:ccrpud; Password:pub2ccri); (3) through any DoD Certified Value Added Network. To review the database, the web site is http://www.fedecnavigator.disa.mil. Additionally, a paper form for registration may be obtained from the DoD electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Solicita-tion packages are not provided. This is not a request for propos-al

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