C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN OF HYDRANT FUEL SYSTEMS

Notice Date

September 24, 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-0028

Response Due

October 23, 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

Numbered Note No. 2 applies to this acquisition. NAICS 54133 is applicable CONTRACT INFORMATION: Up to two Indefinite Delivery Type contracts may be awarded at staged intervals for a base period and may include an option period for each contract. The total value of the two contracts shall not exceed $10,000,000. A minimum of thirty (30) percent ($3,000,000) of the total capacity for the two contracts ($10,000,000) is set-aside for Small Business and will be awarded to small business provided small business responds with submittals meeting the selection criteria as stated in the following paragraphs of this notice. If no qualified small business responds, then up to two (2) contracts of up to $5 million per contract may be awarded to large business. The base period is two years and the option period will not exceed three 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 two (2) percent of the capacity of the contract for the base period and one (1) percent of the capacity for the option period. 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 the contract amount in any period. 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 for hydrant fuel system projects. The successful firm(s) shall be able to prepare the plans, specifications, design analysis, and cost estimates for the complete design of petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) fuel storage complexes with associated hydrant fuel distribution systems for Army and Air Force installations/bases. 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. Any large business is selected for this project must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work that it intends to subcontract. This plan is not required with this submittal. The subcontracting goals for this contract are that a minimum of 61.2% of the contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with small businesses (SB), 9.1% be placed with small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), and 4.5% be placed with women-owned small businesses (WOSB). PROJECT INFORMATION: Task orders under this contract will consist primarily of design for new, additions to, and upgrade of POL facilities including (but not limited to): Above ground storage tanks; 2,400-gallon per minute hydrant fuel distribution systems including pumps, valves, hydrant and filter separators, bulk storage systems, transfer pumphouses, and controls; Buildings including pump houses, petroleum operations buildings, fuel truck maintenance buildings, and generator buildings. Task orders will also include infrastructure design for POL facility-related site utilities, site planning, aircraft parking aprons (pavement design), fuel pits, fill stands, and roads and bridges. Finally, task orders will include requirements for facility-related special designs including cathodic protection, fire protection, NATO cut-and-cover tanks, underground storage tank removal/replacement, special coatings and paints, asbestos/lead paint removal, and demolition of existing buildings. Construction cost estimates may be required for any of the design tasks listed above. Work will be directed by the Northwestern Division, Omaha Distict, POL Center of Expertise, and may be occur anywhere in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and its territories. The selected Architect-Engineer firm may be required to act as an extension of the Omaha District design team for one or more design disciplines on some projects. Architect-Engineer services during construction (shop drawing review and field visits) may be required. 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 (last eight years) and technical competence of the firm (including consultants) in: (1) Design for new, additions to, and upgrade of POL facilities including (but not limited to): Above ground storage tanks; 2,400-gallon per minute hydrant fuel distribution systems including pumps, valves, hydrant and filter separators, bulk storage systems, transfer pumphouses, and control systems; Buildings including pump houses, petroleum operations buildings, fuel truck maintenance buildings, and generator buildings. (2) Design of infrastructure for POL facility-related site utilities, site planning, aircraft parking aprons, fuel pits, fill stands, and roads and bridges. (3) Design of specialized facility-related special designs including cathodic protection, fire protection, NATO cut-and-cover tanks, underground storage tank removal/replacement, and special coatings and paints. (4) Experience in compliance with laws, regulations, user criteria, or other critical project criteria as related to general project design and construction, and for special asbestos/lead paint removal, underground storage tank removal/replacement, demolition of existing buildings, and permitting required for project construction. (5) Use of the MCASES Gold cost estimating system. (6) Sustainable (Green Building) design concepts including energy efficiency (e.g., heat pumps and energy recovery systems), 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; fire protection; electrical; structural; cost engineering; soils engineering; surveying; 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) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, and, if appropriate, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. (h) 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, ATTN: Loreen Blume, 106 S. 15th Street, Omaha, NE 68102. Submittals must be received no later than 3:00 PM CDT on 23 October 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. 20010926/CSOL001.HTM (W-267 SN50Y5E6)