T -- A/E SERVICES FOR LAND SURVEYING SERVICES -- UPPER CUMBERLAND RIVER AREA

Notice Date

May 11, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, PO Box 1070, Nashville, TN 37202

ZIP Code

37202

Solicitation Number

DACW62-01-R-0008

Response Due

June 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Rita Goncalves, Contract Specialist, at 615-736-7276 or Jean Todd, Contracting Officer at 615-736-7276

E-Mail Address

Jean.F.Todd@lrn02.usace.army.mil (Rita.f.Goncalves@usace.army.mil)

Description

LAND SURVEYING- NASHVILLE DISTRICT SYNOPSIS- US Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, P.O. Box 1070, Nashville, TN 37202-1070 T-A/E INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR LAND SURVEYING SERVICES- NASHVILLE DISTRICT Solicitation ID No.DACW62-01-R-0008, Due 11 June 2001 POC: John Coode, Technical POC, (615) 736-5954, Rita Goncalves, Contract Specialist, (615) 736-7912, Jean Todd, Contracting Officer, (615) 736-7910; 1.Contract Information: A/E Landing Surveying Services to perform surveying and mapping services as required for various projects located within the Nashville District. Projects outside the primary area of responsibility maybe added at the Government's discretion upon agreement of the selected firms. Two Indefinite Delivery Contracts for Land Surveying Services will be negotiated and awarded, each 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 $250,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Tasks will be directed by individually issue Task Orders. More than one Task Order may be issued concurrently. For each contract, the total accumulative amount of all Task Orders, including all options, will not exceed $750,000, with no one Task Order exceeding $150,000. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders not to exceed the base contract amount. The following factors will be considered in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate a particular order: performance and quality of deliverables under the current contract; current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time; uniquely specialized experience; and, equitable distribution of work among the contractors. The contracts are anticipate to be awarded in 11 June 2001. 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 the part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for the Nashville District with small business are 61.4%, including small disadvantaged business of 9.1% and women-owned small business of 5.0%. This plan is not required with the bid submittal. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must e 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. The NAICS code is 541370. 2.Project Information: Task orders are various sized, routine type surveying projects with emphasis on quick response and active participation in scope of services development. All types of land surveys and engineering surveys will be required. Work will require Global Positioning System(GPS) and conventional survey techniques. Results of these surveys will be submitted in hard copy report and map format as well as in digital format to be loaded on the Nashville District's Intergraph CADD system. 3.Selection Criteria: See Note 24 for 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) Specialized experience and technical competence: (1)Engineering surveying expertise in the areas of stream and streambank profiling, horizontal and vertical control densification, leveling and traversing, etc. Each submittal shall also show capability in the areas of photogrammetry and hydrographic surveying, which may be utilized on certain delivery orders. (2)Boundary surveying to determine the ownership and limits of ownership of land parcels. (3)Topographic surveying to develop maps of small and large areas. (4)Have available static/kinematic GPS equipment capable of subcentimeter measurement accuracy, electronic total station with data collector, and CADD/GIS data processing equipment. (5)Ability to deliver CADD drawings in Intergraph Design File(.DGN)format, compatible with the Nashville District's Intergraph CADD system. (b)Knowledge of NGS/USGS coordinate system in Nashville District. (c)Qualified personnel in the following key disciplines: (1)Registered Professional Surveyors;(2)Registered Civil Engineers;(3)Survey and Engineering technicians. (d)Past experience on DOD contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (e)Capacity to perform approximately $500,000 in work of the required type in a one year period. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel in key disciplines. (f)Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, including women-owned and minority-owned enterprises in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (g)Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. (h)Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the Upper Cumberland River area of the Nashville District. 4.Submission Requirements: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested firms having the capacity to perform this work must submit three copies of an up-to-date and accurate SF 254 and SF 255 for the prime and all consultants by close of business on the 20th day after the date of this announcement. Firms submitting SF 254's and SF 255's by the closing date will be considered for the work. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made, and no further action is required. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call 503-326-3459. In SF 255, Block 10 described owned or leased equipment that will be used to perform this contract, as well as CADD capabilities. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for Proposal. For SF 254's and SF 255's being submitted by Express Mail, the delivery address is: US Army Corps of Engineers ATTN: Rita Goncalves CEORN-CT, Room A-610 Estes Kefauver Building 110 Ninth Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203

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