C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR MISCELLANEOUS ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR MILITARY AND CIVIL PROJECTS WITHIN THE NORTHWEST DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Notice Date

September 11, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, 106 South 15th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-1618

ZIP Code

68102-1618

Solicitation Number

DACA45-01-R-0023

Response Due

September 26, 2001

Point of Contact

Contracting Issues: Loreen K. Blume, 402-221-4265, Technical Issues: Daniel Saniuk, 402-221-4521

E-Mail Address

Loreen K. Blume (Loreen.K.Blume@usace.army.mil)

Description

The purpose of this notice is to extend the response date from 19 Sep 01 to 26 Sep 01. DESC: Numbered Note #1 is applicable to this solicitation. This announcement is restricted to small businesses (SB), small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and/or women-owned small businesses (WOSB). CONTRACT INFORMATION: Up to two Indefinite Delivery Type contracts will be awarded at staged intervals for a base period and may include one additional option period. Base year contract capacity is $750,000 and the option year contract capacity is $1,500,000. The base period is one year and the option period will not exceed two years. The option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the current period has been reached or nearly reached. Minimum contract guarantee amount is $15,000. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. Task Orders will be issued from time to time as the need arises during the contract period. The amount of the Task Orders will not exceed $500,000 in any period. Contract award is anticipated in December 2001. All contract options may not be awarded if not supported by sufficient workload. Types of services required will include site investigations, studies, reports, concept design, final design, and construction phase services. Allocation of task orders from among firms with IDT contracts for similar work will be based on one or more of the following factors: specialized knowledge or expertise which would significantly benefit a specific customer or enhance execution, past experience with a specific customer or knowledge of the locality, availability of appropriate staff, performance on previous task orders, magnitude of task order relative to remaining contract capacity, and equitable workload distribution. PROJECT INFORMATION: Task orders under this contract will consist primarily of design for new, addition, and remodel of facilities including (but not limited to) administrative, operations, training, maintenance and production, medical, and housing and community improvements. Task orders will also include infrastructure design for facility-related site utilities and grounds, site planning and design, surveying, landscaping, and roads and bridges. Finally, task orders will include requirements for facility-related special designs including fire protection, underground storage tank removal/replacement, interior design(CID/SID), asbestos/lead paint removal, and Energy Management Control Systems (EMCS). Construction cost estimates may be required for any of the design tasks listed above. Work will be primarily located within the geographic boundaries of the Omaha Distict, but may be anywhere in the U.S. subject to higher headquarters approval. It is likely that use of the metric system of measurement may be required for some deliverables under the proposed contract; however, metric system experience is not a selection criterion and is not required for selection. Construction cost estimates will be prepared using the Corps of Engineers Micro-Computer Aided Cost Estimating System (M-CACES) Gold version. (M-CACES software will be provided.) Drawings will be prepared in a format fully compatible with Bentley Microstation SE, or AutoCAD version 14 or later depending on specified customer requirements. Delivery of electronic CADD and CALS files, as well as vellums and prints, will be required. SELECTION CRITERIA: Criteria for selection are: (a)Recent experience and technical competence of the firm (including consultants) in: (1) Design for new, addition, and remodel of facilities including (but not limited to)administrative, operations, training, maintenance facilities. Include related past experience (in the last five years) with the Omaha District and their customers as well as knowledge of design in Omaha District boundaries. (2) Design of infrastructure for facility-related site utilities and grounds, site planning and design, landscaping, and roads and bridges. Include related past experience (in the last five years) with the Omaha District and their customers as well as knowledge of design in Omaha District boundaries. (3) Design of specialized building systems such as fire protection, security detection and alarm systems, and Energy Management Control Systems (EMCS). (4) Experience in compliance with laws, regulations, user criteria, or other critical projectcriteria as related to general project design and construction, and for special asbestos/lead paint removal, underground storage tank removal/replacement, and permitting required for project construction. (5) Use of the MCASES Gold cost estimating system. (6) Green building design concepts including energy efficiency, heat pumps, energy recovery, use of recovered materials, waste reduction and pollution prevention in facility design. (7) Experience with multi-discipline task order type contracts that require the ability to respond quickly to task orders, requests for proposals, and completion of projects on an accelerated schedule. (b) Professional qualifications and specialized experience in providing services similar to those listed above of the proposed team members (including consultants) in the following disciplines: architecture; interior design; landscape architecture; master planning; civil; sanitary (water and wastewater treatment); environmental (hazardous waste); mechanical, including heat distribution systems (steam, hot water, and high temperature hot water); fire protection; electrical; structural; cost engineering; soils engineering; surveying; force protection; and, asbestos/lead remediation. (c) Quality control procedures and team organization, including consultants as described in the Design Management Plan (see SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS). The selected A-E firm must be able to provide designs that meet guidance, criteria and quality standards without detailed review by the District. The firm must also present a logical team organization that provides an effective method of coordination and communication between the individual team members as well as consultants. (d) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time, including the ability to complete more than one task order at a time. (e) Past performance on previous contracts with respect to cost control, design to cost, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (f) Compatibility with CADD systems as described above. (g) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of DOD A-E contracts among qualified A-E firms. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Solicitation packages are not provided for A-E contracts. This is not a request for proposal. Firms desiring consideration must submit two copies of a combined SF 255 and separate SFs 254 for prime and each consultant. To be considered, submittals must be addressed as follows: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, CENWO-CT-M, ATTN: Loreen Blume, 106 S. 15th Street, Omaha, NE 68102. Submittals must be received no later than 3:00 PM CDT on 19 September 2001. In block 10 of the SF 255, provide the following: (a) Design Management Plan (DMP). The plan should be brief and include an explanation of the firm's management approach, management of subcontractors (if applicable), specific quality control procedures used and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors). In block 3 of SF 255 provide the submitting firm's number (six or seven digits) assigned by the Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the Architect-Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS). If firms has no number, so state. In block 6 of SF 255 provide the ACASS firm number for any consultants. If firm has no number, so state. To receive information on how to obtain an ACASS number, call (503) 808-4591. Personal visits for this solicitation to the Omaha District offices will not be scheduled.

Web Link

Omaha District Advertised Solicitations (http://ebs.nwo.usace.army.mil/ebs/contract/htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010913/CSOL002.HTM (W-254 SN50X377)