C -- WATER TANK FACILITY ASSESSMENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, WORLDWIDE

Notice Date

November 13, 2001

Contracting Office

Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office, Washington Navy Yard, 1435 Pendellton Avenue SE Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20374-5063

ZIP Code

20374-5063

Solicitation Number

N47408-02-R-2303

Response Due

January 8, 2002

Point of Contact

Clare Mitchell, Contract Specialist, (202) 433-5315

E-Mail Address

Rita Palmore, Contracting Officer (http://Palmorerd@nfesc.navy.mil)

Description

The contract resulting from this requirement will be a 100% set-aside for Small Business Concerns. The work includes one (1) indefinite quantity contract for miscellaneous design and engineering services for Water Tank Facility assessments of Government potable and non-potable water tanks at various locations, worldwide. The general intention is for the contractor to provide design and engineering services that will be described and procured through appropriate task orders. Water tank assessment includes, but is not limited to, water tank inspections in accordance with applicable standards of the American Water Works Association and NAVFAC MO-210.9; engineering analysis of existing conditions in comparison to design requirements, previous inspection reports and/or drawings of the facilities; engineering calculations for structural analysis with or without previous design calculations; documentation of findings; and recommendations with cost estimates for follow-on actions. All assessments will be performed under the auspices of registered professional engineers. The registered professional engineer (known as Engineer in Charge, EIC) shall supervise the writing of the detailed inspection report, and write at least 50% of the detailed inspection reports. The other personnel involved in the inspection may write the balance of the inspection report. US citizenship is required for access to inspection sites. Potentially, some inspections will be performed in a full tank requiring contact with the water stored. All in-water assessments will be performed in accordance with, but not limited to, OSHA standards, NAVFAC MO-210.9, and American Water Works Association C652-92. Additional products and services may include construction contract drawings and specifications; bid analyses; post construction award services (PCAS); Title II inspection services; engineering report review; database design, construction and population; procedures and guidelines reports; engineering calculations; static and dynamic structural calculations and using computer modeling; three-dimensional structure modeling and rendering; seismic vulnerability assessments, including analysis of critical elements and development of retrofit schemes. A water tank facility is defined as any structure that stores water. Water tank facilities include, but are not limited to, standpipes, reservoirs, elevated tanks, or any similar structure that serves as a water supply, a reservoir for maintaining equal water pressure in a water system, or for fire protection; tanks can be manufactured from a variety of materials including wood, steel, or concrete. The duration of the contract will be for a period of one base year, with the possibility of one option year. The guaranteed minimum amount under the contract shall be $10,000. The total amount contracted shall not exceed $1,000,000 for the base year and 1,500,000 for the option year. The estimated start date is January 2002. The selected firm for the contract will be required to provide a fee proposal within ten days after receiving the Request for Proposal for each task order. Each task order will be fixed price. SF 254 and SF 255 provide for consideration should not exceed 20 pages. Firms that wish to be considered for this project will be evaluated upon the following criteria. Criteria numbers one and two are of equal importance and the other criteria are shown in descending order of importance after criteria one and two. 1. Professional qualifications and technical competence of the team proposed for this project in the type of work required. Professional qualifications include professional registrations of the design personnel assigned to the project. As well as professional qualifications for design personnel, inspection team members will be evaluated upon certifications earned that are generally accepted certifications for the water tank industry including NACE, SSPC, welding and NDT qualifications. Diving personnel include the ability to meet OSHA safety standards and dive industry standards. 2. Specialized experience in the type of work required. This criterion includes experience in the following areas: a. Design and engineering services for repairs of water tanks. b. Evaluation of both impressed current and sacrificial anode type cathodic protection systems. c. Evaluation of both interior and exterior coating systems, including lead-based and heavy metal coatings. d. Evaluation of the tank for compliance with existing structural, sanitary, safety standards and codes. e. Experience with and capability to provide engineering submittals in electronic format(s). (Submittals will include, but are not limited to: contract bid documents, multimedia inspection reports, three dimensional models and renderings.) 3. Capacity of the firm to perform the work in the required time period. Capacity includes the firm's ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently in the required timeframe. Condition assessment reports will be required within 45 to 90 days after completion of the field inspection, depending upon the number and size of the facilities inspected. 4. Quality control and safety assurance procedures for conducting both wet and dry inspections, report preparation, structural assessments and design services. 5. Past performance on projects of similar size and scope. In addition to the above criteria, the following considerations will be used in the case that firms are found to be equally qualified. It is the intent of the Department of Navy to award this contract to a firm that is the most highly technically qualified and these considerations will only be used in the case of equally technically qualified firms. a. Volume of work awarded by the Department of Defense within the past 12 months with the idea of sharing the wealth of DoD contract dollars among highly qualified firms. b. Superior performance on past contracts. This may be demonstrated by providing copies of design awards, excellent performance evaluations, letters of recognition, etc.

Web Link

Electronic Solicitation (http://esol.navfac.navy.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011115/CSOL001.HTM (W-317 SN5128R9)