C -- C ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING IDTCONTRACT FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINE DESIGN SERVICES FOR WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO AND MONTANA

Notice Date

October 1, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Engineer District, Seattle -- Military, ATTN: CENWS-CT, PO Box 3755, Seattle, WA 98124-3755

ZIP Code

98124-3755

Solicitation Number

DACA67-02-R-0205

Response Due

October 12, 2001

Point of Contact

Vincent Daniels, 206-764-3572, FAX 206-764-6817

E-Mail Address

US Army Engineer District, Seattle -- Military (vincent.e.daniels@nws02.usace.army.mil)

Description

1. PROJECT INFORMATION: Project consists of providing multi-discipline Architect-Engineer (A-E) design services for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, primarily to be used for projects East of the Cascades. Services will be required for architectural , landscaping/civil, mechanical, electrical and structural engineering design related to the District's mission. Some asbestos and lead paint abatement work may be required. The A-E will be required to prepare plans, specifications, design analyses, and cost estimates as required for a variety of major military construction projects as well as for maintenance, repair and alteration projects. Most task orders will involve preparation of Requests for Proposal (RFP's) solicitation documents for Design-Build (D-B) procurement method. 2. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for a general description of the A-E selection process. The selection criteria for this particular project are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria (a) (d) are primary ; Criteria (e) (g) are secondary and will only be used as 'tie-breakers' among technically equal firms. PRIMARY CRITERIA: (a) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in the types of work required including a familiarity with requireme nts of District's customers in the geographical area for this contract. (b) Professional qualifications of firm s staff and consultants to be assigned to this project, which are necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (c) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work required in the required time, including whether the firm is currently under contract to Seattle District. (d) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. SECONDARY CRITERIA: (e) Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the project and knowledge of locality of the project, given that there is an appropriate number of firms therein for considerat ion. (f) Small and disadvantaged business or woman-owned firm and their use as a primary consultant. (g) Volume of work awarded in the past 12 months by DoD to the firm and consultants to be used on this project. 3. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Multi-disciplin e Architect-Engineering (A-E) design Engineering Services in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36 are required for architectural, landscaping/civil, mechanical, electrical and structural engineering design related to the Seattle Distr ict, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mission. An indefinite delivery contract will be negotiated and awarded, 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 e xceed approximately $1,000,000. An option period may be exercised when the contract amount for the base or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Work will be issued by negotiated firm fixed-priced task orders not to exceed $1,00 0,000.00. The contract is anticipated to be awarded by 15 Jan 2002. The Standard Industrial Classification System Code (SIC) has been replaced by the North American Industry Classificatiaon System Code (NAICS). The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541 310, which is matched to SIC Code 8712. Project is open to both large and small business. *If you are a large business and your bid or proposal will exceed $1,000,000, you will be required to submit a subcontracting plan. The subcontracting goals for the Seattle District which will be considered in the negotiation of this contract are: (1) at least 55% of a contractor s intended subcontract amount be placed with Small Businesses (SB); (2) at least 9% of a contractor s intended subcontract amount be place d with Small Disadvantage Businesses (SDB) or Historically Black College or University and Minority institution (3) at least 5% of a contractor s intended subco ntract amount be placed with Women-owned Small Business (WOSB) and , (4) at least 3% of a contractor s intended subcontract amount be placed with Service-Disabled Veteran-owned SB; and (5) at least 1% of a contractor s intended subcontract amount be placed with Hubzones. *For the purposes of this procurement a concern is considered a small business if its average annual gross receipts are $4 million or less. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registr ation (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. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Qualified firms desiri ng consideration shall submit one copy of SF 255 (11/92 edition), including organizational chart of key personnel to be assigned to this project, and one copy of SF 254 (11/92 edition) for the prime firm and all consultants. Include the firm's ACASS numbe r in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS information, call 503-808-4591. Submittals should be mailed or delivered to the following address not later than 12 Oct 01, 3 P.M. local time: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Attention: Nancy Gary, 4735 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington 98134-2385. Submittals by facsimile transmission will not be accepted and will be considered non-responsive. No additional project information will be given to A-E firms. Phone calls are discouraged unless ab solutely necessary. This is not a request for proposal. Visit the Corps of Engineers web site at http://www.nws.usace.army.mil, for additional contracting opportunities, visit the Army Single Face to Industry at http://acquisition.army.mil/.

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry (http://acquisition.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011003/CSOL001.HTM (D-272 SN50Z3F6)